The First Official LoT Park Meet
 

Greetings hipsters. Hope you've all settled into our swanky new digs here. I know I just blew my top when I saw the mad groove you all have locked up. Tonight just after midnight is our 1 month anniversary, and we're having such a good time, that we're just frisking our whiskers hoping to see as many of you as we can at the park this weekend. I hear the last attempt was some kind of bust, so let's give it another go.

This Sunday, 4 PM at the Hub. If anyone laid their glims on the calander earlier, you may have seen noon as the time. But man, even with my cogs on, that mid-day light just doesn't seem quite swanky enough, dig? Besides, it's Valentine's Day weekend, so we think some folks might be up late into the black with their main queen and won't want to be around in that early bright ;)

So swing on by if you can.

:coffee:

*pout*

I wish I could go and spend time with people I actually like.

(~MS~ knows what I mean)

Be there, or be square!!

Hmmmm. We will be at the park on Sunday, but maybe not that late. If we are still there, we will swing by for a quick hello.

If I make it to the park Sunday, I will definitely drop by. I've been such a lazy sack of bones lately -- barely make it out of the house on Sundays, let alone drive to the Park.

My swankometer has definitely dipped from all the winter hibernating....

Looks like GD's grip on the hip hasn't slipped. :cool:

This meet will put you in the spin - Teacups are supposed to be back, dig, and perhaps with a looser feel. We'll be the judge of that.

After our stomachs have settled, we can drink to our new digs. Hope to see you there! :cheers:

It will take a bit of juggling, but we should be able to make it.

Matthew comes in on a train that afternoon and we are seeing if he can just take it to Anaheim instead. T'would make things much easier. (shame that Amtrak and the DLRR don't meet up anywhere. :))

How far is the train station from the park. Anyone know?

It's in the parking lot for the Stadium, not far at all. About a 5 minute drive.

I wish I could join you hipsters this weekend. Fast spinning teacups and cocktails sounds like a great combination! :cheers:

Have fun!! :cool:

I wish you could join us, too MP!! It would be oh so much fun.. When's the next time you think you'll be down??

I'm square.....wheeee!

I could have sworn there was a shuttle of some sort - I recall a post long ago on another board where someone detialed a train based trip to the park - could that have been Lost Boy?

Kitten, you're much to swank for that - I appoint you (and up to 2 cohortrs of your choosing) to plan the East Coast edition at WDW.

Um... I've taken bus/subway/rail to Knott's/DL many times, but I usually catch the 460 bus from Downtown L.A.

You can also pick it up from Fullerton station, and the drop off at Disneyland is right at the resort (on the Harbor side)

I won't be able to attend. I got a 7 year old's birthday to attend! Can't let him down. Maybe I shall join you on the next trip, swanksters!

Man, I'm going Wednesday already for my girlfriend's birthday. Hmmmm, maybe I'll swing by anyways, got to get her a gift!

Have fun and post lots of pictures for those of us who have to be virtually swanky....

So is this going to be one of those "Bornieo shows up, sits by himself for an hour and then cries peacefully to himself as he watches the sun set from the top of the Mark Twain too the sound of his heart breaking" type meets?

Cool, I guess I'll be there!! :cheers:

I've got a show opening next week, which means I'll be at the theatre past midnight on Sunday. Color me suh-QUARE! :(

OH no!!! We can't let that happen!!

Hehehe...

Damn! I wish I could be there. Hopefully, this will be the first of many...
The airfare is only $70 r/t from here, so I'm game for the next one.

Kitten . . . heh.

I think a trip to a record store is in the works. It's not Dole Whip (or Kaki-Gori), but it's swanky.

I'm square!!! Have fun:D

If I can drag my sorry keister out of the apartment, I'll be there.

I'd love to see your sorry keister. Wait, no, that's not what I meant! :p

how 'bout mine, CP:confused:

if things work out on the work schedule, i will be there - dig it?:snap:

:(

we will be in the park at that time... for valentines day, were doing wine tasting at the wine cellar at the DL Hotel, and then we have reservations at the Vineyard room at 5:50pm...

we will stop by if we can :)

I would love to see everyone's sorry keister. Wait, no, that's not what I meant! :p

I will be there, in one form or another

I vote liquid!

Fine form, I'm sure!

I will leave the park if I get any damned "Do you work here?" questions tomorrow, though.

Crap, that's all it takes? And I've been trying so hard to get rid of you.

I'll be in Pasadena in a dance class at 4:00 and then home recovering after. But I'll have a glass of wine and think of you all. :cheers:

I hate to miss it! :(

it's our biggest celebration in ... weeks...and everyone's gonna be there -

the only one missing-

is you.:(

the swankiest meet on earth.:cheers:

Sorry, but lindyhop wants to be able to lindyhop again... :)

Sadly, I am still lacking in my APness. My heart will be with you though.

If you look closely, you may see me there, will depend on the weather as I am a motocycle rider and will be heading from SD. So if the weather is sunny, look closely in the shadows and you may see a name lurking nearby.

I hope we'll have as many people as we can there.

I will be at the park earlier to meet up with another friend, so perhaps I'll bump into some swankers there!

See you later!

Yay! That's good to hear. :snap:

The Gus Meister and I will attend after class is over (ya, know, the point in the day where we no longer have class).

We should be getting out about 5:00 ish, so look for us to pop up around 6:00 ish.

That sentence makes no logical sense. It assumes you had class to begin with.

It's 3:10pm out on Anaheim. I guess everyone that's going to the meet is well on their way. So where does that leave the rest of us? What are you doing?

I'm sitting here having not eaten a regular meal in three days, surrounded by the remains of two and a half boxes of tissues wadded up on the floor while watching such stimulating TV entertainment as "Donny Osmond presents America's National Parks" and "Celebrity Poker". I hate the flu.

I just can't wait to hear about all the fun you folks had at the meet.

Now it's almost 6pm on the West Coast. Hope you guys are having tons of fun :p Did you sink any boats today? And how are the Tea cups?

Ok, I have tried to be patient!!

Did 1 and all have a swankin' good time????

Jealous minds would like to know!! :)

I just talked to some of them about 30 min's ago. There were at the Grand Cal lounge drinking cocktails and trying to keep warm. The park was busy and the tea cups still suck.

Swanky hedonists.

Man oh man, I am SO loving this new swank version of the usual collection of Disney freaks 'n geeks.

GD and I cruised in a couple hours early. The place was jammed. Crazy lines for bag check, all rides had long lines, and the paths were full of people too. Insanity. We bumped into DustyTraveler and Monorail Man - we haven't seen them since the new board revolutions, so it was good to catch up. At 4, hung out at the hub and watched the swank roll in. We were joined by ubergeek, Name, CoasterMatt and his Monkey, Szczerbiak, Borneio, MickeyLumbo, MotorboatCruiser and Matthew, surprise guest Gemini Cricket :eek:....and finally in comes the most swank of all, strolling down Main Street like the most fabulous hipsters DL has ever seen. € and NA, iSm and Zapp, dressed to the nines. There had to be at least one beret among us, oui? :cool: I didn't take many pics but I will post them later. Hope I didn't forget anyone in my list.

More later...

glad you all had fun, sorry we missed it, we had a minor channge in plans that didnt put us at the resort until 5:00pm and we had dinner reservations at 5:50 at the Vineyard Room.....

maybe next time :)

Your (screen)name was mentioned, you were missed. :)

I have only a few pics of the actual noon meet, and none of what happened later. Here they are.

After going MST3K on the latest parade/celebration/cavalcade and a quick look at the castle, we got over to the teacups and gave 'em a whirl. I'll let the spinners state their cases on the status of the 'cups. I wasn't in a spinning mood. But it was fun.

We walked around the park at dusk, looked at the now functioning leaping fish and lack of a mine car, then went back to Tomorrowland and hopped a Monorail to DTD. We were dismayed to hear the wait at Tortilla Jo's, then realized that the outdoor cantina area was empty and hit that up instead. We got our very own corner all to ourselves. Somewhat removed from the rest of the place, we could be boisterous (oops I mean swanky) without bothering anyone else. We had dinner and drinks and relaxed. It was the most. :snap:

It was rather cold so afterwards we hid in the AP Lounge (err, Grand Cal Lobby) and had more drinks and talked even more. Loads of kick back fun. There was even a balcony scene...anything can happen at the DLR.

We traipsed back to the park and watched part of Fantasmic and rode Mansion. Gotta love Leota. :cool:

We left, and it felt early enough, but we really had stayed until closing. Some had left earlier but we didn't get to bed until midnight. *yawn*

All in all I'd say it was the perfect Lounge of Tomorrow day. A bit of Disney, a lot of lounging, some drinks, and some fantastic people. :cheers: :snap:

If you weren't there, I hope you can make the next one!

Sounds like you guys had a great time:)

Thanks for the pictures CP!

I'm so sorry that I didn't say hello to you last night:(

Some phone whore you are. :p

Thanks for the pictures, CP!

I love the group photo- great shot! The flowers and bee one is beautiful as well.:snap:

Mmmm, a most swankilicious night.

Oh, and news of the teacups, Castle lighting and other such "State-of-the-Park" news, that talk's going on at this thread.

Thanks! I just cant help myself when standing in the hub for 45 minutes next to such gorgeous flowers. And nearly every time I come they have different flowers. I have lots of flower pics. :)

Thanks for the pics, CP! It was very nice to see all of you swanksters yesterday. :)

I had fun too.

Major Mojo! The balcony scene was a highlight!

I know, I didn't even know that I was talking to you :cheers:

Hmmm, I thought anonymity was part of whoring...

It was the goatee, it confuses a lot of people.

wow, i feel almost honored LOL :D

Glad you guys had a good time, you hit up all the places we usually do as well, with the Grand Californian lobby and the cantina at Tortilla Joes...

maybe next time ;)

Don't Cry For Me Argentina!!!!!!!!!!!!

:confused: :confused: :confused:

Which word did you want explained? :p

I think there are THREE words. ;)

all of them:D

Lets see if I can help out at all:

Hmmm - a thought, a moment of reflection
I - me, or in this case the person speaking, €uroMeinke
thought - past tense of think
anonymity - to be anonomous, to not want identity known
was - past tense, to be
part - a function of, a piece of, included in
of - filler word, connects part with whoring
whoring - noun. the act of being a whore, prostitute, lady of the night, street walker. verb. to go out looking to secure the services of a prostitute.

Hope that helps. ;) :evil:

Thanks!

I'm sorry to have missed the Swank-o-rama. :( However, a personal matter kept me from attending. Hopefully I'll see some of you before MA, as there's usually no real meaningful time to talk and say hi that day.

Sheila

Ahem

I believe CP was limiting her list to those that showed up to the official meet at the hub. She didn't mention bluerica or Tramspotter either. But yes, for completeness sake, they, Kevy, and GusGus all joined us later.

YesYes...

Late was I...

hmmm.....

do it again, you shall not, yes?




/yoda

Yes. And those who showed up to the Official 1st Annual Lounge of Tomorrow Meet at the Hub with Added Parade Viewing Event received a Special One Time Only Lounge of Tomorrow Commemorative Magnet brought to you by GemCricKCo... :D

Those were awesome, GC. Thanks for making them!

That's right! I forgot to mention the amazing Lounge of Tomorrow™ Magnets that Gemini Cricket brought! :eek: Thanks so much for the hard work! I'd mojo ya, but I can't at the moment.

The first ever LoT™ Merchandise, free for the taking, of course. Soon to be a Collector's Item. Limited Edition. (you should have Hand Numbered them, GC ;) )

Damn, we should have gotten a pic of you holding up one of your cool magnets. Perhaps I'll take a pic of the ones on our fridge. :D

Would have loved to join you all, but Ken and I were too busy celebrating Valentine's Day early, and couldn't stop cuddling long enough to drive to the park. :p

I still have a few magnets left.............

Says my dear wonderful friend {who may still have my address..... :D}

I have an easier, softer way.......come to the next meet! :evil:

And it looks great with my business card pasted to the front of it. :evil:

J/K :D

/me ducks

Hehe. Speaking of which, didn't GC say these were "reclaimed" magnets? What did they have on them before?

I would bet something from the MBA.

Sort of. We have these employee Great White Shark sales each year dealing with merchandise that are damaged, discontinued, sample items or overstock. We have great big boxes of magnets, pins and pencils that they sell for 10 cents a piece. So, I scored a bunch at the last sale last December. :)

Yes, but this would seriously decrease the value if you tried to sell an authentic LoT magnet on eBay ten years from now. These are collector's items, jeez man!
:D

well, now its an authentic Jon Madden Photography magnet, first edition even, so it will be worth far more on ebay 10 years from now. :evil: :p

John, you just can't get more creative with your name, title and signature, could you? :evil:

LOL I'm working on it! I have a birthday coming up {I am going to be 4!!}
and don't think I ain't milking it for all I can!! :evil:

I'll keep you informed..... ;)

Nope :evil: At least its themed, I am here to help those confused about what all the area's on each post are supposed to represent. :D Just call me the friend of the newbie. :)

I'll be there next month for MA, could you please save me one?, pretty please :)

Now if we could just get you to make the background color of your avatar match the LoT color. At least I *assume* that is what you were going for.

DO'H!

i was at the hub first, then went to Main Street to be in position for the show stop. i sure wish i didn't miss out on the magnet. ;-(

Yes. You're ever so helpful. :P

If indeed that was the goal, may I suggest this:

I handed them off to the wand wielding diva, NA. She may have some left.
??? :confused:

It was, and thanks,I got the transparent gif fixed so it looks good now though, so now it will look right with any color of background. So if the swank gods choose to change the colors, my avatar will still look right. :D