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So I want to go to the KMFDM show at House Of Blues Anaheim Monday; I head over there today to get an advance ticket ($18) figuring to save a bit. HOB is inside DD, see
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I get to park in the motorcycle area, which is fairly close to the entrance of DD, but I notice that the "MOTORCYCLE" white paint on the ground is really faded (so if you're not looking carefully all you'd see is "PARKING"). There is plenty of room as there are no other bikes there at 3 PM on a Saturday. A short note about parking: the pricing is a little confusing, basically the first 3 hours are free but you can go to 5 free if you get validation. Anything after that, the charges start *really* piling up, something like 2 bucks for every 20 minutes over; you lose your ticket you PAY THE FULL DAILY RATE, CHUMP! (which is something freaking ridiculous like $38) [img]/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
So I hike to the HOB ticket office and am told the ticket is $22. I hold up the ad and ask "It's 18 plus.....?"
Dopey ticket chick: "22 dollars"
Me: Yes, so it's 18 here, and PLUS the service charge...?"
DTC, finally getting the drift: "Yeah...22 dollars...service charge is 4" (holds up 4 fingers lazily)
Me: (grunts disappointedly; I was hoping to avoid service charges by GOING DIRECTLY TO THE VENUE) sigh...
"OK now tell me about the parking validation"
...there follows a difficult conversation where I try to find out when KMFDM goes on, when the place shuts down, etc (so I can get in and get out in less than 5 hours, natch)...it was like pulling teeth with this chick!! [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
Had to get exactly where to validate the damn parking ticket, etc etc.
So then I need to use facilities, and since I was really tired of dealing with chick-of-few-words, I cruised over to ESPN Zone. OK, I hadn't been there in a while so I was taken aback by the 5" TV screen mounted in the wall right above the urinal! Kinda cool, then I laughed when I saw they had even larger TVs mounted in the ceiling over each of the sit-down stalls! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
http://www.mouseinfo.com/disneylandr...owntowndisney/
I get to park in the motorcycle area, which is fairly close to the entrance of DD, but I notice that the "MOTORCYCLE" white paint on the ground is really faded (so if you're not looking carefully all you'd see is "PARKING"). There is plenty of room as there are no other bikes there at 3 PM on a Saturday. A short note about parking: the pricing is a little confusing, basically the first 3 hours are free but you can go to 5 free if you get validation. Anything after that, the charges start *really* piling up, something like 2 bucks for every 20 minutes over; you lose your ticket you PAY THE FULL DAILY RATE, CHUMP! (which is something freaking ridiculous like $38) [img]/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
So I hike to the HOB ticket office and am told the ticket is $22. I hold up the ad and ask "It's 18 plus.....?"
Dopey ticket chick: "22 dollars"
Me: Yes, so it's 18 here, and PLUS the service charge...?"
DTC, finally getting the drift: "Yeah...22 dollars...service charge is 4" (holds up 4 fingers lazily)
Me: (grunts disappointedly; I was hoping to avoid service charges by GOING DIRECTLY TO THE VENUE) sigh...
"OK now tell me about the parking validation"
...there follows a difficult conversation where I try to find out when KMFDM goes on, when the place shuts down, etc (so I can get in and get out in less than 5 hours, natch)...it was like pulling teeth with this chick!! [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
Had to get exactly where to validate the damn parking ticket, etc etc.
So then I need to use facilities, and since I was really tired of dealing with chick-of-few-words, I cruised over to ESPN Zone. OK, I hadn't been there in a while so I was taken aback by the 5" TV screen mounted in the wall right above the urinal! Kinda cool, then I laughed when I saw they had even larger TVs mounted in the ceiling over each of the sit-down stalls! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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