Disneyland Enchanted Tiki Room Art Event TODAY JUNE 22, 2008 - California Events

TS Tom Slick Tiki Socialite The Beaches of South Bay, SoCal Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 1093	TS Tom Slick Posted posted on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 10:29 PM I was at the 40th Tiki Room Anniversary as well. It was actually alot smoother than this past 50th anniversary. I also attended the POTC event in 2000, and Former Disneyland President Cynthia Harris was compelled to refund the admissions to all attendees who purchased the $85/person ticket admissions. Same scenario....Line up on Main Street, view and purchase product, BUT pick it up after 3pm. That was a fiasco. Computers went down, and all orders had to be hand filled. I decided to stay at the park until close, and went to pick up my merchandise. So did about 400 other people. I left the front gates at 4:30am because of the huge mess up. But, at least they offered free drinks including coffee and free retail candy as part of a well needed apology. You would think that in 8 years of merchandise mishaps, they would have this thing nailed, but apparently people quit or move on to other positions, and leave no notes for the people taking over the events in following years. In other words, like most big businesses, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. "What we have here, is a FAILURE to commmunicate." Anyhow, I better get a call for my fountain and NOT be charged shipping. I'll tell them to deduct it from my park admission, parking fee, and gas money. They KNEW they didnt have all 500 fountains, and they KNEW they didn't have the 1,000LE figurine box sets. The event was led under false pretenses. Maybe as someone told me at the park, was a predetermined ploy for Disneyland to make extra money on shipping charges...You never know about those commie mousers! :lol: And it gets better....The person that sold the first fountain now has a second one up for sale. I'll bet that person had friends to tag along to buy 4 or 6 fountains so the seller "deluxeprinters" could flip it on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Disneyland-Tiki-Room-Enchanted-Fountain-45th-SIGNED-LE_W0QQitemZ190232508730QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1380QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Oh, and here's another ebay fountain link that sold for $350 with buy it now... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250262883093&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015 [ Edited by: Tom Slick 2008-06-25 23:16 ]

I was at the 40th Tiki Room Anniversary as well. It was actually alot smoother than this past 50th anniversary. I also attended the POTC event in 2000, and Former Disneyland President Cynthia Harris was compelled to refund the admissions to all attendees who purchased the $85/person ticket admissions. Same scenario....Line up on Main Street, view and purchase product, BUT pick it up after 3pm. That was a fiasco. Computers went down, and all orders had to be hand filled. I decided to stay at the park until close, and went to pick up my merchandise. So did about 400 other people. I left the front gates at 4:30am because of the huge mess up. But, at least they offered free drinks including coffee and free retail candy as part of a well needed apology. You would think that in 8 years of merchandise mishaps, they would have this thing nailed, but apparently people quit or move on to other positions, and leave no notes for the people taking over the events in following years. In other words, like most big businesses, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
"What we have here, is a FAILURE to commmunicate."

Anyhow, I better get a call for my fountain and NOT be charged shipping. I'll tell them to deduct it from my park admission, parking fee, and gas money.
They KNEW they didnt have all 500 fountains, and they KNEW they didn't have the 1,000LE figurine box sets. The event was led under false pretenses. Maybe as someone told me at the park, was a predetermined ploy for Disneyland to make extra money on shipping charges...You never know about those commie mousers! :lol:

And it gets better....The person that sold the first fountain now has a second one up for sale. I'll bet that person had friends to tag along to buy 4 or 6 fountains so the seller "deluxeprinters" could flip it on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Disneyland-Tiki-Room-Enchanted-Fountain-45th-SIGNED-LE_W0QQitemZ190232508730QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1380QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Oh, and here's another ebay fountain link that sold for $350 with buy it now...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250262883093&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2008-06-25 23:16 ]

Post #389651 by Tom Slick on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 10:29 PM