Just got back from our second trip on Friday night. I was thinking about writing a long review but I'm not sure where to post it (EDIT - I found the place to post reviews and will do so this week.) This thread caught my eye because I was going to include a relevant comment in my review. Every afternoon at the sexy pool the playmakers are going to get the party going. But they aren't just doing random stuff. It's somewhat scripted, and the audience participation games are well thought out and organized. So drunk lady from last Wednesday, they definitely DID NOT need you to get up and dance with them (and up on them) and try to help get the party going. They have it covered. It's their job. Normally I wouldn't call someone out. But she couldn't just shake her hips a few times and then accept when one of the playmakers very kindly tried to escort her back into the pool. Nope. Gotta keep coming back out of the water. Then gotta get belligerent when someone finally escorts you around to the other side of the pool. Then gotta yell at your husband for a while. Then yell at security. Then when you finally realize someone is going to physically restrain and remove you throw your sandals at some random employee who is just walking by. But ok, I get it. We all get drunk and, unfortunately, some of us get belligerent. The real ass of the show was the husband. Her antics went on for about 25 minutes before it was clear that she was even at the pool with someone. He was content to just hide out waaaaay in the back and hope that, I don't know, maybe that she would get arrested or drown or something and save him more embarrassment.
Yikes. There’s more to this story here and it is sad. Sad for all who had to watch and or deal with whatever emotions it evoked while on a fun vacation, especially said spouse. Yes, for a minute, it was probably funny. Hoping for only good vibes this week/weekend.
Sorry all - but what happened to “nobody knows you and nobody gives a shit”? Not defending anyone harassing the playmakers but the business model does account for that and they are trained to handle/diffuse it as needed. They have also created it at times by really pushing people past their limits of a lot of things, alcohol included. Do we really need to call it out here and maybe even force someone to relive a really, really bad day? Maybe they already regret it, maybe we don’t know what is going on in their lives and they just needed to really let loose? Maybe they just aren’t as happy or perfect as the rest of us? Yes it affected others there that day, but only if they wanted it to (and maybe some of the “others” were part of the partying beforehand anyway as shots can fly pretty quickly and no one really knows what is in “Purple Shit” shots….). Can we save the public shaming (whether named or not) and Dr Phil marriage assessments for FB or a million other places, just not on CCC? Personally don’t want to see it here but….that is just “my” opinion. “Normally” I would not respond like this but…..
Yeah that sounds like a humiliating rough day and it is bound to happen from time to time in that atmosphere. Most of us have had a time we regret due to alc! I hope that isn't me tomorrow!
Mike…I can tell you have a following and my response will not be popular, but I don’t care. Your post to call out the og poster and probably my response was condescending. First of all, “nobody knows you, nobody gives a shit” is over. Have you been there lately? Stating everyone’s happy and perfect life and to add, “affected others that day only if they wanted it to”….do you really believe that anyone spending money to vacation at TTR want to let this kind of shit bother them? Do you think the person next to you with PTSD who cannot help their emotions want to let it affect them? Not everyone can help it. I try to be empathetic to all situations. Did I want to read his post? No. It made me uncomfortable. So I agree with you there. I tried to defend the spouse but I cannot imagine my spouse or my friends at TTR not coming to my drunken aid, if I needed it. Fortunately, we have experienced a different TTR. It used to be a more intimate experience with friends all over the place, even if you did not know them.
When you start your post with, “ I have a following”…. While I don’t disagree with you, no one listens after that. I’ve seen this issue on here discussed countless times. Fact of the matter is, if it’s s dude, he’s getting kicked out, if it’s a girl, it’s managed and someone puts her to bed. It’s the life we live. Unfortunate or not, that’s how it is. No one knows you and no one gives a shit!!!
I agree with pretty much all of your post (you lost me a couple of places). Wasn’t trying to be condescending (more sarcasm) though but was pushing back pretty hard in my response (to the original responder) because I think of CCC as a reflection or extension of TTR. It is what makes the whole experience great, if you want it to be. CCC should not be a shaming tool….FB and other boards make billions of dollars in that arena, keep it there. Yes we have been recently (and are going twice this year) and yes it has changed a lot (I actually bitched quite a bit in a trip report but we caught a pretty bad weekend I think- was better the next trip) but….are we just going to lay down and accept the changes and “join” in? I think it is only over when we say it is over, but I am pretty stubborn. To quote a great American: “ Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!” Or should we make a stand and try to keep it a place where nobody does really give a shit except about the party, where we make new friends, we take care of each other and we can all escape for a bit….then laugh about it until the next trip? I wasn’t there that day but have seen similar in multiple trips. Most of the time someone in the “friends group” helps out and it is laughed about the next day. Sometimes the friends group is more drunk or their isn’t a friends group. Should we be calling out the behavior of one drunken day (no comment was made if it was repeated all week so assume it was a bad day) publicly for all to read and calling out the husband for being what? That is definitely not the TTR we go to and we don’t want to be part of anything that pushes it in that direction. Sorry for pushing back to original responder that hard but I will continue to push back on any type of cancel culture or public shaming. Hope to meet everyone on here at some point in time as the CCC boards are really the start of every trip we make. See some of you guys in April and other in May this year!
