Comments on: Costumes http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/ Failing the Turing Test since 1986 Sat, 19 May 2012 12:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Smokering http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/#comment-1124 Smokering Tue, 11 May 2010 09:53:27 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=842#comment-1124 Ooh, speaking of which, The Hobbit should start filming late this year. Wouldn't it be oose if the pig could be a hobbit extra? She has the cheeks for it. Ooh, speaking of which, The Hobbit should start filming late this year. Wouldn’t it be oose if the pig could be a hobbit extra? She has the cheeks for it.

]]> By: Miriam http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/#comment-1123 Miriam Tue, 11 May 2010 08:38:44 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=842#comment-1123 Penny would be good. She has fetching cardigans. You could hold a clipboard. The pig could also go as Elanor Gamgee. That would be sweet. Penny would be good. She has fetching cardigans. You could hold a clipboard.

The pig could also go as Elanor Gamgee. That would be sweet.

]]> By: smokering http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/#comment-1120 smokering Sun, 09 May 2010 23:01:12 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=842#comment-1120 I wondered about the Lolita thing myself. You're not allowed gang patches either. Or, in some instances, homemade Disney-themed clothes. Like if you attempt to replicate the Mickey Mouse ears headband thingies with a couple of Oreos and some duct tape, they might be all "No, honoured guest, you are trying to put one over The Man and we will not have it". Or, if it were a particularly beefy Cast Member, he might just rip off one of the Oreos and eat it in a menacing fashion. Thinking about it, it might be a worthwhile use of my trip to spend it wearing a different outfit every day in order to test the limits of Disneyland's policies. I'm pretty sure I could get away with Penny - the laundromat outfit, not the popular cosplay Dead Penny outfit with the shard of the deathray sticking out of her chest. Although if you're not careful with the colours it actually does look a bit Snow Whiteish, so that could be interesting. I wonder what I could wear on the other days? Maybe progressively more lavish steampunk outfits? Jodhpurs and a waistcoat would probably be OK, but where would be the tipping point - a top hat? A frock coat? Buckled boots? Underbust corset? Mechanical six-foot wings? A more pressing question: given Helpdesk Man's usual outdoor garb, would they let <i>him</i> in? I wondered about the Lolita thing myself. You’re not allowed gang patches either. Or, in some instances, homemade Disney-themed clothes. Like if you attempt to replicate the Mickey Mouse ears headband thingies with a couple of Oreos and some duct tape, they might be all “No, honoured guest, you are trying to put one over The Man and we will not have it”. Or, if it were a particularly beefy Cast Member, he might just rip off one of the Oreos and eat it in a menacing fashion.

Thinking about it, it might be a worthwhile use of my trip to spend it wearing a different outfit every day in order to test the limits of Disneyland’s policies. I’m pretty sure I could get away with Penny - the laundromat outfit, not the popular cosplay Dead Penny outfit with the shard of the deathray sticking out of her chest. Although if you’re not careful with the colours it actually does look a bit Snow Whiteish, so that could be interesting.

I wonder what I could wear on the other days? Maybe progressively more lavish steampunk outfits? Jodhpurs and a waistcoat would probably be OK, but where would be the tipping point - a top hat? A frock coat? Buckled boots? Underbust corset? Mechanical six-foot wings?

A more pressing question: given Helpdesk Man’s usual outdoor garb, would they let him in?

]]> By: Betty Scandretti http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/#comment-1119 Betty Scandretti Sun, 09 May 2010 21:33:41 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=842#comment-1119 Interesting. What if you're a genuine goth and don't own anything other than Lolita Alice? What if you're a homeschooler? Or on rumschpringe? What if you say your Star Wars headpiece is to conceal and protect your brain modifications and hearing aids, and then weep a little? I don't think they've adequately thought this through. Interesting. What if you’re a genuine goth and don’t own anything other than Lolita Alice? What if you’re a homeschooler? Or on rumschpringe? What if you say your Star Wars headpiece is to conceal and protect your brain modifications and hearing aids, and then weep a little? I don’t think they’ve adequately thought this through.

]]> By: smokering http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/#comment-1118 smokering Sun, 09 May 2010 10:24:37 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=842#comment-1118 Nope. The idee is people could oose in dressed as Tacky Snow White with polyester, and a thousand tiny tourists would take pictures with her and distribute them abroad, leading to a general perception that Disney Snow Whites are tacky and polyestoid. Or summat. Some woman tried to get in recently wearing a large, unpleasant op shop wedding dress, just for a giggle, and they made her go home and change. You can't wear Pepsi T-shirts either. Nope. The idee is people could oose in dressed as Tacky Snow White with polyester, and a thousand tiny tourists would take pictures with her and distribute them abroad, leading to a general perception that Disney Snow Whites are tacky and polyestoid. Or summat. Some woman tried to get in recently wearing a large, unpleasant op shop wedding dress, just for a giggle, and they made her go home and change. You can’t wear Pepsi T-shirts either.

]]> By: Betty Scandretti http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2010/05/09/costumes/#comment-1117 Betty Scandretti Sun, 09 May 2010 09:11:08 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=842#comment-1117 Wait, over-9-year-olds aren't allowed to wear costumes in the Magic Kingdom? Wait, over-9-year-olds aren’t allowed to wear costumes in the Magic Kingdom?

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