2nd Annual Holiday RADP Meet Weekend
2nd Annual Holiday RADP Meet Weekend
December 6-7, 1997
More and
more folks gathered and soon we were blocking the pathway in front of
the Fountains. Here you see: Arlen, Person To Be Identified, Rob C., Mike
Scibeta, Paul McKenna, and Pat Sklenar.
What a delight
to see my friend from DownUnder twice in one week! Here's Larisa O'Donnell
(MissBianca on IRC) who is traveling throughout the US with her folks
Lucy and Brian. I got to spend a wondrous day with the 3 of them in Washington
DC the week earlier.
Rob Olsan writes the Disney Institute Accommodations FAQ for WDWIG. He's
pictured here with his brother Brent. Other WDWIG Team members in attendance
included: gardenia, Jeff Spencer, DCDeb, Andrea McKenna, Craig Wingerson,
Michele Warner and Kenny Cottrell.
The crowd continued to swell and soon we RADP'rs where EVERYWHERE! Folks
who post and folks who lurk were all meeting.
Diznee39 even posted from Innoventions in Epcot! Well, I have decided
to do it…I will delurk in about ten minutes in front of the Fountain
View Cafe…Wish me luck!…Hello, to all from Epcot! Diznee39 – TDC Keeper
of the Kaki-Gori! Diznee39 and I met — it was way cool! Wish I had gotten
a picture!
Todd and Sue have been writing
me for months….so very excited about their trip to WDW! It was great meeting
email friends.
As we gathered
for the group photo, it was tough getting everyone all lined up. GenieEFL
stood on a wheelchair and began giving instructions to everyone to MOVE
TO THE CENTER AND AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE! It was unreal!
As we had
everyone in a large area, I began to do GiveAways! I was so so thankful
to have the help of Bruce Metcalf (Rufus) and Pam Kosko (and Pam's hubby),
and Carol Koster. Everyone in attendance was asked to fill out a 3×5 card
with their name and email address. All cards were placed in the Official
Drawing Hat, which just happened to be a Red RADP Hat from the August
1997 CANAM meet!
The Grand
Prize was donated by Rita Aero and was an autographed copy of her book
WDW For Adults and Families Too! In addition, Becky Ashley had donated
her unused Fall Fantasy Coupons which were shared with folks, Meli donated
a NY Disney Store Minnie Liberty Pin, and the O'Donnell's contributed
a boomerang from Australia! A listing of all who attended and the prizes
won are on the last page of this write-up.
Rufus
(Bruce Metcalf) writes: At noon, most of the EMuckers gathered at the
Fountain View Cafe in Epcot to join the annual r.a.d.p meet. What a mob,
there must have been 100 people there! Disney security kept trying to
shoo us about so we wouldn't block the paths for the civilians, with little
success. I finally ran out of patience, and, doing my best imitation of
General Knowledge from Cranium Command, used my lecture hall voice to
herd the group into position for the photographers. They laughed at me,
but they moved.
At this
point, someone asked the Disney Security folks if they would mind taking
a picture of us. "Sure," they said, and were quickly passed about thirty
cameras. Deb Wills also dragooned me into service as a human megaphone
for the door prize giveaway. I suspect her outstanding web site on WDW
will post a final total and possibly a roster of those in attendance,
so I won't even try, but it was a spectacularly successful meet. Kinda
scary to see the size of crowd the net can gather, ain't it?
When
we'd had all the mass socializing we could stand, most EMuckers struck
out for the attractions of the park. The EMuckers spent much of that day
and the next prowling Epcot and MK with much gleeful jesting and in-character
conversation. I believe I can safely say that a good time was had by all.
gardenia
went to Guest Services to get some Cast Members to help. Jeff Spencer,
Peter Sabin along with the 2 Epcot CMs took photos with about 20+ cameras.
What a site that was!
