hbquikcomjamesl
01-28-2002, 11:59 AM
I cannot possibly adequately thank the late-afternoon shift at Soarin' this past Sunday. It seems that I got about halfway out to the front of Condor Flats when I realized that my umbrella was still on Soarin. This was about 3:45-3:50.
I promptly made a U-turn, and explained the problem to the cast members at the entrance. They called up the tower on the side I'd been on, and alerted them to it; unfortunately the next cycle was already in progress. At the end of the cycle, it failed to turn up, but they sent me down the exit ramp to wait out another cycle and check for myself.
It was kind of remarkable how I was able to follow the progress just by what I could hear through the exit doors. As I heard the fireworks, I moved closer to the doors, quickly slipped in ahead of the stampede, and identified myself to the CM as "the guy with the umbrella." Not ten seconds after I'd done so, and started checking the under-seat nets, a young guest practically waved the umbrella in front of my face, presumably to turn it in as "lost-and-found."
Happy ending (but you can bet that I thanked the guest and her family, and explained that I'd had to wait out two cycles to retrieve it, as I was going back up the exit ramp).
I thanked the CMs at the entrance (saluting them with the umbrella, as with a sword), then the rain started.
I missed Millionaire (because I had a 5:15 Blast! ticket, and given a choice between Millionaire and Blast!, you can guess. . .), but got the umbrella back (and I can see Millionaire anytime); I ended up doing the Boudin exhibit (where there was actually something going on in the "fishbowl": a whole rack of boules was being rolled out of the proofer, and scored for the oven.) Speaking of Boudin: did they just recently add the big window into the "mother dough" room?
Later yesterday evening, after spending some time in DL, I returned to DCA, found Guest Relations, and filed a formal "Attaboy!" to the entire Soarin' staff. Even now, I don't think I've adequately thanked them.
I promptly made a U-turn, and explained the problem to the cast members at the entrance. They called up the tower on the side I'd been on, and alerted them to it; unfortunately the next cycle was already in progress. At the end of the cycle, it failed to turn up, but they sent me down the exit ramp to wait out another cycle and check for myself.
It was kind of remarkable how I was able to follow the progress just by what I could hear through the exit doors. As I heard the fireworks, I moved closer to the doors, quickly slipped in ahead of the stampede, and identified myself to the CM as "the guy with the umbrella." Not ten seconds after I'd done so, and started checking the under-seat nets, a young guest practically waved the umbrella in front of my face, presumably to turn it in as "lost-and-found."
Happy ending (but you can bet that I thanked the guest and her family, and explained that I'd had to wait out two cycles to retrieve it, as I was going back up the exit ramp).
I thanked the CMs at the entrance (saluting them with the umbrella, as with a sword), then the rain started.
I missed Millionaire (because I had a 5:15 Blast! ticket, and given a choice between Millionaire and Blast!, you can guess. . .), but got the umbrella back (and I can see Millionaire anytime); I ended up doing the Boudin exhibit (where there was actually something going on in the "fishbowl": a whole rack of boules was being rolled out of the proofer, and scored for the oven.) Speaking of Boudin: did they just recently add the big window into the "mother dough" room?
Later yesterday evening, after spending some time in DL, I returned to DCA, found Guest Relations, and filed a formal "Attaboy!" to the entire Soarin' staff. Even now, I don't think I've adequately thanked them.