I just wanted to offer an update to this, based on my own experience, in case any other future chaperones are wondering -- but I have a feeling grad nights have ceased, or nearly ceased by now. Hannahbelle, you were correct in everything == except one thing caught me off-guard. My friend and I were given yellow wrist bands as chaperones. We thought this entitled us to walk all over CA Adventure to keep track of our kids, and also access the chaperone lounge. However, it wasn't enough. Each time we approached a music/dance venue, we were kindly told (by a CM) to return to the chaperone lounge and obtain and a pink wrist band, too. Disney had not sent us two extra pink wrist bands with our ticket package, but when I got to the chaperone lounge, and explained this, they handed me one of the last pink bands that they had. My friend had to use a pink band from an unused ticket in our package (the boy canceled at the very last minute), otherwise she would not have been able to go very far in CA Adventure. I was surprised at this, and kept asking why I needed both bands, but no one ever answered me. The lounge was very nice, and I appreciated the soft drinks and coffee. The snack tables were mainly fruits and veggies with dips -- which was fine, but I felt weary of this, and watching people helping themselves over and over again as if we were at a very large party. I'm happy the snacks were there, as well as some cookies, and I honestly don't know what else Disney could have offered -- I thought it was generous of them to offer anything at all. But it felt weird watching so many people scooping up the dips, as if we were at a salad bar. Salad bars always make me nervous, I guess. I sat outside and had a nice view of the WOC at 1:45 a.m. Another thing is, most of the non-thrill rides were closed. And most kids didn't seem to realize that they could ride RSR -- it had virtually no line. The shops closed except those on the main street area, but when I asked the CM when the shops were due to close -- none of them knew. Luckily, they stayed open until 2 a.m. and we were able to buy some souvenirs before we left. So to me, there were some glitches. But otherwise, I loved being a chaperone and seeing all of the teens having so much fun. I only saw a few incidences where kids led away by security. Otherwise, the kids were fun to watch and be around and I had a nice time.
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