My rant of the year.

austen · 10-30-2009, 08:35 PM

I am extremely upset right now.

I am a senior in high school.

At the end of the year, Seniors are supposed to go to Grad Night. I'm guessing some of you did.

But no.. The majority of students said that Disneyland is too crowded that night, and Magic Mountain isn't, so they want to go there. I guess its also cheaper. We are going to take a vote on it soon. One school in my district already voted and is going to Magic Mountain.

What is happening to the traditions!?

Yes, I know Disneyland is crowded that night. But just being there on Grad Night is the point.

Any thoughts on this? Is this happening to some of you?

kodiak · 10-30-2009, 09:46 PM

similar thing happened to me back on 2000. I circulated a petition and had a rather large campaign to secure a DL trip.

Personally... too many people would just ruin DL for me. But I live farther away and each trip has to be worth it.

ryguy222 · 10-31-2009, 01:30 AM

Be Glad you get to go anywhere at all I say. I graduated five months ago, and our senior class had 750 students, and we didn't get any trips or things like that. I mean Disneyland is great and all, but Grad Night seems to be very very crowded, and one thing that ruins the magic easily is grad night. I mean the only difference between going during an average day or grad night, is basically it's all students, it's more crowded, and there's lots of hip hop playing everywhere.

And besides if a majority of the seniors want to go to Magic Mountain, then they'll probably be in a bad mood if you went to Disneyland and that's no fun.

Piglet · 10-31-2009, 09:39 AM

My step daughter went to grad night last year and had an awesome time!

PeoplemoverMatt · 10-31-2009, 09:42 AM

My high school cancelled my Grad Night. Be happy you're going somewhere.

crystaltink · 10-31-2009, 10:28 AM

I'm with RyGuy and PMM. I see your point and why you'd be upset but be at least grateful that you get to go somewhere at all or in the least somewhere fun. I spent my Rad Grad at a gym that was set up with faux poker tables, a man who did caricatures, and a room with a Playstation. Not my ideal way to spend 4 hours, but my BFF bought my ticket so I went and made the best of it.

mousecrazy · 10-31-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by crystaltink

I'm with RyGuy and PMM. I see your point and why you'd be upset but be at least grateful that you get to go somewhere at all or in the least somewhere fun. I spent my Rad Grad at a gym that was set up with faux poker tables, a man who did caricatures, and a room with a Playstation. Not my ideal way to spend 4 hours, but my BFF bought my ticket so I went and made the best of it.

Same scenario for me too Tink! Except we had access to the pool and a hypnotist. lol It was called "safe grad"

crystaltink · 10-31-2009, 12:31 PM

They never opened the pool to us, but we had access to the basketball and tennis courts. I'm pretty sure at one point I feel asleep in my then boyfriend's arms in the playstation room LOL.

Sesshomaru-sama · 10-31-2009, 01:42 PM

At least you have a Grad Night, mate. The school I went to canceled Prom and never planned to make Grad Night on my Senior year.

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

#1DisneyFreak · 10-31-2009, 10:31 PM

we had ours at a comedy club. Hypnotist and food.. that was about it. It's the friends that make it though. You'll still have a blast! (if you choose to :))

mickeypancakehead · 10-31-2009, 11:14 PM

In Utah the idea of a grad night is sitting in your high school at night playing card games and having the basketball court open to you. Hence the reason I didn't go to go Grad Night. Ha.

mrhappybomb · 10-31-2009, 11:52 PM

I never had grad night wish i did though I would of been happy going to Magic Mountain just as much as Disneyland ^-^

mrskellington · 11-01-2009, 02:13 AM

Wow.. I guess we really are lucky to have Disneyland as our potential Grad Nite spot..

But it does kinda bum us out if the class before us goes and we can't

[c/o 2011]

Piglet · 11-01-2009, 10:05 AM

Austen, I can understand how disappointed you must be at not being able to go to Disneyland for Grad Night. Both my husband and step daughter grew up in Southern California and they both said that from the time they were Freshmen in high school, everyone talked about when they were Seniors they would get to go to Grad Night at Disneyland. I mean they looked forward to it for FOUR YEARS!! For them to take that away from you at this point is just sad. I'm sorry that this happened to you. I hope you still have a great time in your Senior year and on Grad Night.

austen · 11-01-2009, 06:20 PM

Well, as much as I love Disneyland, I would be happy to get to go somewhere IF I liked Magic Mountain.. I'm not a "upside-down, loop" coaster finatic. I am greatfull that we at least are going somewhere, I just wish it was a place I liked.

10-30-2009, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
austen Proud Musician & Dreamer People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 1,007	My rant of the year. I am extremely upset right now. I am a senior in high school. At the end of the year, Seniors are supposed to go to Grad Night. I'm guessing some of you did. But no.. The majority of students said that Disneyland is too crowded that night, and Magic Mountain isn't, so they want to go there. I guess its also cheaper. We are going to take a vote on it soon. One school in my district already voted and is going to Magic Mountain. What is happening to the traditions!? Yes, I know Disneyland is crowded that night. But just being there on Grad Night is the point. Any thoughts on this? Is this happening to some of you? __________________ My Christmas Light Show: http://www.vimeo.com/2782727 Disneyland Slide Show: http://www.vimeo.com/5480270 My Countdown Counting down to: My Christmas Light Show: Winter Light! 4 days 9 hours 45 minutes

10-30-2009, 09:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
kodiak People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: White Mountains, Arizona Posts: 589	similar thing happened to me back on 2000. I circulated a petition and had a rather large campaign to secure a DL trip. Personally... too many people would just ruin DL for me. But I live farther away and each trip has to be worth it. __________________ Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older)

10-31-2009, 01:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
ryguy222 People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,562	Be Glad you get to go anywhere at all I say. I graduated five months ago, and our senior class had 750 students, and we didn't get any trips or things like that. I mean Disneyland is great and all, but Grad Night seems to be very very crowded, and one thing that ruins the magic easily is grad night. I mean the only difference between going during an average day or grad night, is basically it's all students, it's more crowded, and there's lots of hip hop playing everywhere. And besides if a majority of the seniors want to go to Magic Mountain, then they'll probably be in a bad mood if you went to Disneyland and that's no fun. __________________ -Ryguy222 Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) My Countdown Counting down to: The New Year! 40 days 9 hours 45 minutes

10-31-2009, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Piglet People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Posts: 1,422 Images: 8	My step daughter went to grad night last year and had an awesome time! __________________ <-- My kids with Piglet at Disneyland, taken 6/05. A big thank-you to Kit Cloudkicker for the awesome sig he designed for me!!

10-31-2009, 09:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
PeoplemoverMatt An Objective Perspective People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,745 Images: 18	My high school cancelled my Grad Night. Be happy you're going somewhere. __________________ "I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4

10-31-2009, 10:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
crystaltink The Delicate Tinkerbell People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,116 Images: 21	I'm with RyGuy and PMM. I see your point and why you'd be upset but be at least grateful that you get to go somewhere at all or in the least somewhere fun. I spent my Rad Grad at a gym that was set up with faux poker tables, a man who did caricatures, and a room with a Playstation. Not my ideal way to spend 4 hours, but my BFF bought my ticket so I went and made the best of it. __________________ "Anything your heart desires will come to you" My Countdown Counting down to: Hawaii on Business 17 days 16 hours 56 minutes Last edited by crystaltink; 10-31-2009 at 10:30 AM. Reason: sp error.

10-31-2009, 12:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
crystaltink The Delicate Tinkerbell People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,116 Images: 21	They never opened the pool to us, but we had access to the basketball and tennis courts. I'm pretty sure at one point I feel asleep in my then boyfriend's arms in the playstation room LOL. __________________ "Anything your heart desires will come to you" My Countdown Counting down to: Hawaii on Business 17 days 16 hours 56 minutes

10-31-2009, 01:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sesshomaru-sama VF's local demon People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 1,463 Images: 5	At least you have a Grad Night, mate. The school I went to canceled Prom and never planned to make Grad Night on my Senior year. Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon, Sesshomaru-sama __________________

10-31-2009, 10:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
#1DisneyFreak People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orem, UT Posts: 1,486 Images: 5	we had ours at a comedy club. Hypnotist and food.. that was about it. It's the friends that make it though. You'll still have a blast! (if you choose to :)) __________________ " is the star, everything else is in the supporting role." - Walt Disney Trivia: In the movie "Cars", the tow truck introduces himself as "Mater, like Ta-Mater without the Ta". However, in French, the joke did not translate so he introduced himself as "Martin, like Aston Martin without the Aston" Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) My Countdown Counting down to: VF's 4th annual scavenger hunt (and the D23 convention!) Ask me how we did!

10-31-2009, 11:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
mickeypancakehead People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 16	In Utah the idea of a grad night is sitting in your high school at night playing card games and having the basketball court open to you. Hence the reason I didn't go to go Grad Night. Ha. __________________ Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world. --Walt Disney

10-31-2009, 11:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
mrhappybomb People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas,Nevada Posts: 1,543 Images: 10	I never had grad night wish i did though I would of been happy going to Magic Mountain just as much as Disneyland ^-^ __________________ Times been on Indiana Jones Adventure scenes the day it opened: 201 Times been on Canyon Blaster scenes 2004: 405 Check out my first Music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te5GkcLkP5o My Countdown Counting down to: Ghost Galaxy yes it's here

11-01-2009, 02:13 AM	#13 (permalink)
mrskellington band geek :] People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 895 Images: 1	Wow.. I guess we really are lucky to have Disneyland as our potential Grad Nite spot.. But it does kinda bum us out if the class before us goes and we can't [c/o 2011]

11-01-2009, 10:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
Piglet People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Posts: 1,422 Images: 8	Austen, I can understand how disappointed you must be at not being able to go to Disneyland for Grad Night. Both my husband and step daughter grew up in Southern California and they both said that from the time they were Freshmen in high school, everyone talked about when they were Seniors they would get to go to Grad Night at Disneyland. I mean they looked forward to it for FOUR YEARS!! For them to take that away from you at this point is just sad. I'm sorry that this happened to you. I hope you still have a great time in your Senior year and on Grad Night. __________________ <-- My kids with Piglet at Disneyland, taken 6/05. A big thank-you to Kit Cloudkicker for the awesome sig he designed for me!!

11-01-2009, 06:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
austen Proud Musician & Dreamer People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 1,007	Well, as much as I love Disneyland, I would be happy to get to go somewhere IF I liked Magic Mountain.. I'm not a "upside-down, loop" coaster finatic. I am greatfull that we at least are going somewhere, I just wish it was a place I liked. __________________ My Christmas Light Show: http://www.vimeo.com/2782727 Disneyland Slide Show: http://www.vimeo.com/5480270 My Countdown Counting down to: My Christmas Light Show: Winter Light! 4 days 9 hours 45 minutes

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