Kitty-chan
Cheese is always the answer
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- Nov 13, 2004
My French is very poor, but not quite non-existant (it's amazing how much my junior high school French classes kick back in once I'm surrounded by French-speakers for a few days!). But DS8 speaks no French. He's a pin-trader, so I'm going to teach him a few basic phrases for interacting with CMs ("Hello, may I look at your pins?" "May I trade you this pin for that pin?" "Thank you very much"), but there's no way he'll understand movies, narration, etc.
I have read that all the CMs can speak English (so really, the pin trading French lesson is for fun and educational enrichment). But what about the rest of the park experience? What pitfalls should I look out for?
Examples from another park: When we went to Tokyo Disneyland when he was 5, I didn't really understand how intense their version of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" was, because many (though not all) of the warnings were only in Japanese (and my Japanese is worse than my French?). On the other hand, we went on Star Tours 5 or 6 times and didn't understand the narration at all, but it didn't matter a bit (and it was amusing to me when I took him on Star Tours at WDW for the first time, and I'd practically forgotten how Rex sounds in English!).
Advice, comments, etc?
I have read that all the CMs can speak English (so really, the pin trading French lesson is for fun and educational enrichment). But what about the rest of the park experience? What pitfalls should I look out for?
Examples from another park: When we went to Tokyo Disneyland when he was 5, I didn't really understand how intense their version of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" was, because many (though not all) of the warnings were only in Japanese (and my Japanese is worse than my French?). On the other hand, we went on Star Tours 5 or 6 times and didn't understand the narration at all, but it didn't matter a bit (and it was amusing to me when I took him on Star Tours at WDW for the first time, and I'd practically forgotten how Rex sounds in English!).
Advice, comments, etc?