I agree with you. Ranger Sean is a nice enough guy. I'm sure the other Rangers are nice guys too. But, from my observation, there is a lot of inconsistency in what is and is not enforced and who has to follow the rules and who gets a pass. The Fort doesn't need Rangers. On a busy night, I can see that there is a benefit to having castmembers direct traffic at the three way stop. But, since these guys are on the payroll, they get sent down there when it's not busy too, and all they do is create a problem where one doesn't exist. If they happen to show up at the pool and chase away a few freeloaders, that's good. But, an hour later, there's another crop back at the pool, and the Rangers are off doing something else, like telling folks on one loop that they have to move their cars and utility trailers, while ignoring other loops completely. This isn't rocket science. And this isn't some mom and pop campground. The company that operates the Fort has the resources to solve the problem of traffic congestion at the three way stop. And, they have the ability to easily solve the pool freeloading problem. They choose not to because it will cost money to fix these problems. Instead, we get dimwits dressed in costumes and paid near minimum wage to run around the campground and make it look like something is being done. Phooey on the Rangers! TCD
OK, Here we go. I'm going to lay out the details of the golf cart parade judging conspiracy here. Can you handle the truth? If not, don't read this post. Also, I note with interest that we have a new member of the forum by the name of Sean, who just happened to join today. Today. Is that you Ranger Sean? If so, you can help clear this all up. To reset this, here is a photo of the golf cart, driven by Keith Stone (maybe), which won the golf cart parade contest:
I stole that photo from WBI by the way. Nice photo, WBI. Make note of the white golf cart immediately behind Mr. Stone's. Well, look what I came upon while looping around the 1200 loop on Monday afternoon:
That's the white golf cart driven by Keith's friends, right? I found their site! And look, two of that Jeep's wheels are off of the pavement:
Oh boy! They are going to get a love letter from Ranger Sean! Ha! Ha! I wonder why they haven't gotten one already like the rest of us rule breakers had that afternoon? Hey, and look behind that car parked next to the jeep, isn't that the Grand Prize Winning Golf Cart? In fact, it is!:
But what is that leaning against that cart? Is that a Segway? Doesn't Ranger Sean have a Segway? You don't think? No. It couldn't be. These folks have three carts at their site, none of which are completely parked on the pavement:
Also make note of the fact that these folks have a fence set up around their site. I wonder why? The 1200 loop isn't a pet loop. I headed over to the 1300 loop to see if I could see anything over there. From the ice machine, I could clearly see the back of their site. Well, lookey here. They have a castmember visiting them. He's sitting right there at their picnic table:
Whoa! That's Ranger Sean!:
What is he doing there? Breaking bread with the Grand Prize winners? I'm sure that there must be a logical explanation for all of this. I just can't think of one. Except that these folks are good friends of his. I guess that's why they got that sweet parking space right in front of Pioneer Hall this morning. And why they get to park their cars off of the pavement. And have a pet on the 1200 loop. NBD. But wait. There's more. I have seen these folks around the Fort a lot. They were on the 1700 loop this past Thanksgiving. In fact, they were there for most of the Fall and Winter. When they are not there, they have been allowed to keep their motorhome and trailer with golf carts in the overflow lot. This is one of their carts. It used to have a really ghetto multi-colored roof on it:
On another message board a while back, someone else noticed that these folks were being allowed to keep their motorhome and golf cart in the overflow lot during the week, and then move it to a site on the weekends. That poster asked who these folks were, and why they were allowed to do that. Someone who professed to be in the know posted that this was a former Castmember who had been given these privileges as part of his retirement package. Well, I may have some of the facts wrong here, but if this is so, why should these folks have been allowed to participate in the golf cart parade? It's not a big deal to me, but it wasn't very fair to the people who obviously put a lot of effort in to decorating their carts. So there you have it. It smells pretty bad to me. How about to you? TCD
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