No, I'm not talking about getting up and walking out in the midst of Traditions. ;D Rather, I was in WDW on holiday over Xmas and as I was taking a boat ride on Bay Lake when I saw something I'd never noticed before. There is a tree just to the right of the Fort Wilderness Boat Dock with lots of trainers hanging all over the branches of the tree! ??? I was really curious as to what this was all about and so after a bit of digging I found the answer. Apparently it's tradition for the Fort Wilderness CMs to throw their shoes into the tree when they leave. In UK merch, our tradition is to throw our shoes into World Showcase Lagoon on our last night. So this tree got me thinking. What other traditions are out there? What did you guys do on your last night at work? Ona x
When i arrived in 1999, there were only a few small traditions in Canada MAC for your last night, of which the big one was jumping into the waterfall. But, we wound up adding the Lumberjack Marathon, which I hope still goes on! We'd take off at Canada the minute the first words for Illuminations started ("Good Evening...")and then go walking around the World Showcase and had to be back in Canada by the time the last firework went off. The trick was that you couldn't run, you had to walk, since you were in costume. A few people still jumped in the waterfall once they finished that, but I didn't...no way! The rocks hadn't been cleaned and the water hadn't been drained in a while, so it was a bit gross at the time. I think Levon started the Marathon, but can't remember exactly. Anyone know if that still goes on?? ali
When I was there in 2001-2002 the Canada MAC leaving tradation was similar to what you did Aly. We didn't WALK around the world showcase though, we ran. It didn't matter if you were in costume - it was your last night. You also carried a flashing torch light thing so everyone at the pavilian could see you as you went around. After the run, we jumped into the waterfall at the back of the pavilian. We also started leaving our Roots boots in the waterfall. Are people still leaving their boots? J
Yep! The Merchie Triathlon continues (run, throw, jump) and the water's still NASTY! The flashing torch thing doesn't happen anymore though. And the guests didn't usually notice them but I always loved the boots that stayed up on the rocks for months! I wonder what maintenance/custodial thinks about it though...
I threw my boots...cept I was off at 7:30 so there were all these guests watching my terrible throws (never know I played baseball for years!!). Shan
