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Ralphie
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Kevy
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I KNOW there will be more of you there!

I'm going to have three other people with me, and I know there will be lots of others with additional people as well. I don't think we'll have a problem filling it.:D

I listed your other people above, unless you meant 3 MORE people besides...

As for total participants, we will not know until the Time Has Come ... as we are also recruiting volunteers at MiceChat.

Many over there have raised concerns about when this is going to be done, as everyone has a busy day with more people than I thought possible having lunch at Blue Bayou at various seating times.

So, here's the deal. We are going to gather people together starting at 12:30 as the Noon Mega-Meet either starts to die down or just hits its stride, whichever. And before 1:00 p.m., we will be heading for Fantasyland to Fill the Caroussel.

This will not be a part of the Disneyland Thru the Decades Attraction Quest. The Caroussel was not voted as one of the Best Attractions of Opening Day or Decade One, but it remains a sentimental Opening Day favorite - - especially beloved by Not Afraid, whose lifelong dream we are going to fulfill.

But let's not break the Caroussel. Remember, not too long ago, it took them longer to rebuild the Caroussel than it took to build all of Disneyland in 1955!

If we can make it, I'd like to recruit myself, LSPE and her main man. :)

LSPE, if you're reading this, throw in the yeah or nay! ;)

Whoops, sorry CP! Didn't see that. Well, I still think we'll be fine, between all the MC'ers and LoT'ers.

All we need are 70 victims.,,,,,er,,,,,volunteers.

We should start to think of the logistics of accomplishing this. The carousel will NOT be a walk-on. And remember, above all, we should strive not to piss off too many other people (not counting the small segment of people in this world who are comitted to getting pissed off no matter what).

There seem to be 2 options on how to handle this, each with their own pitfalls.

Option 1: All 70 of us get in line, and when the first member gets to the front, they smile and cackle in delight as one (or more) of several expressions cross the CMs face (fear, panic, envy, distaste, joy). The pitfall? Let's say that after the carrousel loads, there are 25 people in front of us. That leaves the next one about 1/3 full. On most occasions, not a problem. If you have a large group that wants to ride together, but the normal loading rhythm leaves you staggered, you just move aside, let the CM fill the vehicle, and wait for the next one. But it's a sight more comlicated to move 70 people aside and let 55 get past. For instance, what if one family too many shuffles their way past. Are you going to be the one to tell the 5 year old that just got to the front of the line that he's got to go back now?

Option 2: We send a small group (3, 4, or 5) of emissaries to have a pow-wow with the CM before queuing up. Then, most likely, the emissaries would get into the actual queue, while the rest of us stand to the side (perhaps wrapping around the carrousel's perimeter to be out of the way as much as possible). When the emissaries get to the front of the queue, the CM lets the right number of people pass, empties the holding area, and we file in our 70 bodies for the next ride. The pitfall? The people behind us, most likely blissfully unaware of the pre-queuing huddle with the CM, will probably not be too keen to go from being next in line to having 70 people get in front of them. Of course, logically, it's just one spin of the carousel, hardly a fantastic hardship on anyone. However, we all know crowds don't respond logically, especially on busy days when visual length of a queue is an important determining factor in people's decissions. Undoubtedly, someone, if not several people, will feel swindled at being lead to believe the queue was 70 people shorter than it actually was.

Not to say it will be impossible to do it cordially and without incident, but the logistics of getting a CM to accomodate a VERY extraordinary cicumstance on an already extraordinary day will not be trivial. Among other things, we have to be prepared for the fact that success or failure may hinge on the mood of the CM.

Option 2. And we should send our emissaries over there just after 12:30, before we get the whole group moving in that direction.

I think it's totally doable, and that one spin of the carousel won't really piss off anyone. If we attempted this at 4pm, when the place is even more hot and crowded and people are tired, I might worry, but as it is, I think we'll be ok, if we do everything in the politest way possible.