Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Ace1 · Mar 14, 2013

Talks late night at PatyO's are always the best.....Laughing so hard your cheeks hurt.

Lenni & Jodie · Mar 14, 2013

Dont think anyone could of put it into a better perspective. Dont worry about the negative, bring your positive game. That is exactly how we party when we are at TTR.

Bring out our own booze after hours and keep the party going, someone grabs some music, and everyone mekaes new friends for life. What other resort are you able to do that at. None

Heres to seeing everyone on day in February with The Week 8 Crew

The Woodman · Mar 14, 2013

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Ok, I haven't been able to post much today but I spent that driving from the relative warmth of Calgary to Fort McMurray, Alberta the last couple of days and setting up to drill a well that's going to be a lot of work.

On the way up, once in a while, ALWAYS when not moving if the RCMP happen to be checking, I have watched a few threads.

-Too many single men!
-What's happened to TTR?
-How would you improve TTR without making it more expensive?
-Chairs at the Sexy Pool?

I drove many, many hours watching the temperature drop from about 4C (~38F) to -20C (-4F) in snowy sometimes slow traffic and then setting up my work area on site tonight. Something was going through my mind and I couldn't quite put my finger on it... Then I remembered a quote from Christmas vacation which I'll paraphrase.

"Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned TTR Vacation. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest holiday since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye. And when the cleaning crew squeeze their asses past our drunken passed out broken bodies tonight, they'll find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse".

The world is not ending! In fact, some of the things may be related to eachother. But first the one that absolutely should be fixed:

-Chairs, yup, saving them before about 4 am is pretty lame and shouldn't be allowed by the hotel as a policy. Especially if you have no intention of showing up until lunchtime.

Now the rest I can look at from a distance and make a picture in my mind of what's happening and why some things are going the way they are.

1) It seems that the hotel may be putting fewer resources into TTR (ie. staff)

The hotel just took over another property in the last year (Pearl) and seems to be pushing that one. Also, they want to get more families going to Sea Adventure (got a mention in a Fox News article, as well as Desire). As a result to push one you take resources from the other. Temptation is pretty much full all the time. It may be strategic on their part, even if may not be right.

2) Large unruly groups of young British men during Spring Break

Combine booze, the promise (albeit marketing in the UK) of women wanting to mess around with, and peer pressure well and you end up seeing some of the bad things that people have complained about here recently, and in the past.

It's not a single guy problem, it's a moron problem. TTR needs to market away from that demographic and steer them towards places like Oasis where they belong.

And number 1 (minor) and number 2 (moreso) combine into the next in my minirant...

3) THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN PATY O's at 2 AM!!!

For those large groups of singles who want to drink like fish and pick up everything that moves, this will make them more likely to want to head to the bars and annoy the women there, not at TTR!

It is also closer to the policy of the hotel before the transition from BBG to TTR. They used to close the bars down by 1am. After which time if you wanted to keep drinking at Paty O's etc. you supplied your own.

And from what I can remember, it was a FUCKING BLAST!!!

I remember piling into a cab at 1am with another guy (smart enough to stay safe that way) and go to a convenience store where we picked up about 48 cans of beer one night. Other people had hard stuff etc.

About 10 of us sat in Paty O's and drank like fish, we made more friends as people came over looking for a drink which we provided.

MEANWHILE the walking hormones in the group, were at the City, Coco Bongo, Dady O' etc. either picking up or failing with non resort demographically correct women.

By the time they came back, at 4-6am they were smashed and ready to go to bed, not to be seen until the next afternoon.

Late at night this in my opinion ends up being more fun having the bar closed at 2, and will likely lead to less bad situations on the resort at night, since the problem makers will flock to the greener pastures of the bars most nights.

And finally, your trip will go better if you look for a way for it to be better! Chairs, some unruly guests, an earlier closing bar. Really don't take too much away. After 2am if you walk around the resort generally few people are still moving. Hide water baloons underneath towels set on chairs, hell shuffle them around the pool area soy have to go hunting for their seat in the morning! Pick up a new bottle of rum, a dozen different local beers, bring them out late at night, share and make more friends! All the better if you know a guitarist (Hi Bruce!).

Don't make me buy a bullhorn, dress up in a cheerleader uniform and do a dance to cheer you up now folks!

Oh yeah, pay no heed to the Ms. TTR contest. They will ensure that they get the result they want (or the net will produce it). Like my experiences hitting on hot lesbians, there is simply no way it's going to end well, no matter how many jager bombs, glasses of wine, meals, shoes, cars you buy her.

And I am pretty sure I rambled here, or showed bad grammar... I just can't be bothered to check! For those who are getting ready to go in the next few months, like me, look for the positive! Bury the negative in the sand and leave it for dead!

I think I should sleep now lol.

(note this was lack of sleep derived and not affected by alcohol, because they don't allow it on site...)
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Funny, no comment from Don yet? :bowdown: :icon_biggrin:
We've been there w/ groups of singles (Guys mainly and not from the US or Canada) and if we're told about them when they get there, a few of us repeaters usually go and have sort of a heart to heart talk with them.
Doesn't work all of the time but most of the time it does and usually potential problems are eliminated. If not, a word to any Security Person can and will settle it quickly!

A couple of Irish lads in Paty-O's last April learned the hard way after one tried to take a swing at one of the Security Guards!! Pretty much ended their stay there instantly!

They learned that you really don't want to screw up in a foreign country.

PS: If anyone has ever needed a chair to put their stuff on we (nor our friends) have never refused to share!

kimandann · Mar 14, 2013

Awesome post Keith especially the line "Like my experiences hitting on hot lesbians, there is simply no way it's going to end well, no matter how many jager bombs, glasses of wine, meals, shoes, cars you buy her"

However for the record you have my blessing to buy my hot lesbian girlfriend any of the above LMAO

Canadian Dos Equis fan · Mar 14, 2013

kimandann said: ↑

Awesome post Keith especially the line "Like my experiences hitting on hot lesbians, there is simply no way it's going to end well, no matter how many jager bombs, glasses of wine, meals, shoes, cars you buy her"

However for the record you have my blessing to buy my hot lesbian girlfriend any of the above LMAO
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Haha I get to play escort back to the room late at night again don't I?

JimCarrie · Mar 14, 2013

Sometimes, Perspective is less HOW you see things and more WHERE you choose to look...
Gr8 post!

Waste · Mar 15, 2013

Jen&Kyle said: ↑

It comes in waves on the site.
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blame spring break... year after year after year...

Lee and Gail · Mar 15, 2013

Great post. Focus on the negatives and you're sure to have a sh*t time. Focus on the positives and you will have fun and a great time with like minded friends. There is always a solution (preferably alcoholic!).

bearhug · Mar 15, 2013

Nicely done sir...a bit of relief. See you soon buddy

LionsNzebras · Mar 15, 2013

This is one of hte best threads so far, I have to say 100% that if you bring a good attitude, can get past some of your own issues you will absolutely have a fabulous time.

We were absolutely shocked at the crazy wonderful friendly people we met. We did not party after hours and were mostly in bed by 1am after some play time.
There is always next year though right?

We dont want to wait till next Feb to party again, but our next trip is out to see zebras family in Moncton New Brunswick.

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