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9 Jan 21, 09:48 PM |
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slightly serious Dibber
Join Date: Mar 17
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What's with the hairbands on Expedition Everest?
We noticed loads of hairbands had been thrown onto the scenery at the very top of Expedition Everest.
Does anyone know when this started and why? |
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9 Jan 21, 10:56 PM |
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No i dont but would like to know A) why and B) why dont they get cleared up each day? I hate it... seems chavvy!
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9 Jan 21, 11:01 PM |
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Trying for More Ears
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I can't remember where I saw it (maybe a Youtube video) but I remember hearing it is part of 'ski culture' where people tend to throw stuff off of chair lifts.
I've also heard its a crowd thing where once a few people have chucked something, others follow (similar to the coins in it's a small world in Paris). |
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9 Jan 21, 11:15 PM |
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Join Date: Jan 10
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The chairlift theory makes sense - there's also loads under the chairlift at Blizzard Beach.
Agree, they look horrible.
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10 Jan 21, 01:55 AM |
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Having ski-ed in Colorado a fair bit, there is certainly a culture throw shiny bead chains from the chairlifts onto the adjacent trees. Given the proximity of the trees to the chairlifts - i.e. a goos "safety envelope" away, it makes removal very difficult.
I would have thought Disney could quite easily remove the discarded items daily, if they wanted to. |
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10 Jan 21, 09:21 AM |
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It's been going for years, no idea why, seems silly to me.
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10 Jan 21, 11:25 PM |
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Thread Starter
slightly serious Dibber
Join Date: Mar 17
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I've not noticed it on other rides so I guess it must be a ski thing? I'm now going to be checking all the rides to see if there are hairbands on Splash, Thunder etc.
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10 Jan 21, 11:57 PM |
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Join Date: Jul 14
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We noticed this too! Thought it was strange and even more so that Disney didn’t take them away
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11 Jan 21, 02:57 PM |
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From what I've read Disney do take them away, albeit once a week not daily (the area is not that easy to get to), but people keep adding more. It seems to have become a 'thing' now.
There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer as to why they are there. It's been suggested that some people dropped a couple there (whether accidentally or because of the ski tradition thing) and then others just copied them. And, by now, it's become something that some people do, just... because. The fact that something similar happens at the Blizzard Beach ski lift implies that it's a bit of that ski tradition thing plus others copying them. TBH, I've never really noticed them. I'm too busy working myself into a big ball of nervousness because of what's about to happen next. I hate the backwards bit.
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11 Jan 21, 03:30 PM |
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Thread Starter
slightly serious Dibber
Join Date: Mar 17
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I'm no fan of the backwards bit either! Seems a shame... My daughter can never find a hairband when she needs one!
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