Members Jonathan Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Did anyone go to Florida and attend the final year of SSW? Please share your stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members KMan101 Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 I went! Tyler Christopher finally showed up and boy were fans happy. Brandon Barash and Darnell Williams had the biggest crowds. Barash was super popular. Greg Vaughan was a popular returnee to the weekend. Most everyone had good crowds around them. No one really any less popular than the other, although the "major" stars had larger crowds (Bradford Anderson, Vaughan, Kelly Monaco, Thorsten Kaye, Alicia Minshew, Cameron Mathison). Greg and Kelly got major crowd response. I watched all of the motorcades on Saturday and am uploading videos to YouTube! I saw most of the conversations at the hat. The dynamics between all the stars are great. During a GH talk, Tyler Christopher was talking about having to learn to milk a cow for an upcoming scene and Kelly Monaco randomly spitted out that he could milk her if she wasn't his cousin! Fans really love Spinelli and Maxie together. Susan Haskell, Kassie DePaiva and Michael Easton had a great rapport between them. It was sweet to see how much Brittany Underwood and Jason Tam were enjoying the weekend. Kristen Alderson had been telling them about it forever and it's clear she too loves the weekend. Farah Fath had a shocking new haircut but it looks better than the pictures make it seem. She looked rail thin, much smaller and skinnier than I expected. Farah was very happy to be on OLTL and doesn't miss DAYS. Farah seemed kind of bitchy the first day but I think she was just ovewhelmed. On Sunday, she was much more personal and seemed the be enjoying it more. Same for Jason Cook. He looked overwhelmed at first and he also dissed DAYS when asked about it. He's glad he's on a more "real" soap and in all honesty, I love DAYS but I can't blame him for it. The Street Jam was great. Bob Guiney sang three songs. Ricky Paull Goldin sang. Brandon Barash sang. Bradford Anderson sang twice, one song was "Mellow Yellow" and it was fantastic. During a break in the lyrics, he just randomly started frolicing on stage to the music. Kassie DePaiva and Bobbie Eakes sang together. Kassie sang a song on her own and then sang a touching duet with Kristen Alderson, who sang a song from her very first SSW when she was 12. Brittany Underwood sang and then had a duet with Jason Tam, who then sang his own song "Walking in Memphis" and it was GOOD. Brittany, Jason and Kristen sang together the song "Lean on Me". Bobbie Eakes sang "Mercy" in a sixties go-go outfit with great backup dancers. She also sang with Melissa Claire Egan and they did a high tempo 20s type swing. Hard to describe. Hope people put videos up because I was just too tired to videotape it all. Susan Lucci danced the Paso Doble with Tony Dovolani and it ended with Bob Guiney singing "Time of Your Life" as they had a montage of the past 13 years. Susan even started choking up about it ending. Kassie DePaiva encouraged fans to try and save the weekend. NONE of the stars wanted this weekend to be cancelled. I got pictures of everyone. I'll post them in a bit. Oh, on Sunday I was able to stand at the barricades and get quick autographs from Bobbie Eakes, Julie Marie Berman, Kristen Alderson, Cameron Mathison, Jason Tam and Greg Vaughan. Despite the crowd, Vaughan was the best about trying to see EVERYONE and sign everything. THe others did try but I felt Vaughan and even Cameron were the best about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 ALL MY CHILDREN ... Cameron Mathison: Susan Lucci: Alicia Minshew: Thorsten Kaye: Ricky Paull Goldin: Melissa Claire Egan: Vincent Irizarry: Rebecca Budig: Eden Riegel: Darnell Williams: Bobbie Eakes: (coming soon) Aiden Turner: (coming soon) ONE LIFE TO LIVE: KRISTEN ALDERSON: JOHN PAUL LAVIOSIER: FARAH FATH: JASON TAM: ERIKA SLEZAK (and Sherri Shepherd): MICHAEL EASTON: BRITTANY UNDERWOOD: BREE WILLIAMSON: KASSIE DEPAIVA: (coming soon) SUSAN HASKELL: (coming soon) BRANDON BUDDY: (coming soon) GENERAL HOSPITAL BRADFORD ANDERSON: BRANDON BARASH: KELLY MONACO: JULIE MARIE BERMAN: TYLER CHRISTOPHER: KIRSTEN STORMS: JASON THOMPSON: GREG VAUGHAN: KIMBERLY MCCULLOUGH: JASON COOK: REBECCA HERBST: (coming soon) LAURA WRIGHT: (coming soon) STREET JAM: BOB GUINEY PERFORMING: KASSIE DEPAIVA & BOBBIE EAKES PERFORMING: more soon ... I haven't uploaded all of my photos so keep checking back for updates, especially for the Street Jam. I have photos of every performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkH Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 What a terrific post! Those photos are terrific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Southofnowhere Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Did Eden Riegel perform at Street Jam? She was on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thanks for the pics. I've also read it might NOT be the last SSW. I guess there was ALOT of backlash against Frons' decision and I read they might be trying to find a way to bring it back in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeGoldy Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thanks so much for posting, great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCHistory Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Why not move the event to Disneyland in Aneheim. I know they had one in the past but it was canceled due to low attendance. I think that was a result of there being 2 Super Soaps, and not that it was in Aneheim. The old soap tours were always really well attended. This would reduce costs as: A) flying stars NY-LA is def cheaper than NY-FL For the GH'ers all you'll need is a limo picking them up at studio on Friday after work C) You have the whole ABCD staff on call to help with the event as they are based in LA. They can prbly get more things done, faster, and cheaper. Turnaround for plan implementation with greatly reduce. I agree, there has been a lot of negative backlash from the SSW cancellation. I didn't think it was loosing money as the park is filled to the brim on these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 I guess even the people at Disneyworld had NO idea that this was going to be the last SSW. Guess no one bothered to tell them I'll have to find the article I read this in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rakesh Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thanks for sharing! Loved all your pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 No one was happy about it being the last SSW. The parks were packed, more than before. Disney cannot be happy about this at all. It brings in a LOT of money and attendance. Think of the rooms they fill, tickets they sell, merchandise they sell, food they sell ... it adds up, and I'm sure it adds up to a LOT. There was hope about it not being the last, even Kassie refused to say it's really the last and kept saying they're just going away for a while, which is what we all hope. No one knows for sure. I have a feeling it will return. I really don't know why but I have a lot of hope. And no, Eden Riegel did not perform. Only those who I listed performed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted November 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 I went to the one in Anaheim. I don't recall the event being on a weekend and it was in April. Maybe that's why there was low attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Events like SSW cost a lot more money than people think. Travel, security, event planning, staging, staffing, etc... and it's not like they close the park for SSW only. (Do they? I've never been.) So those crowds may be big but all those people are paying money to the park, not ABC. And thanks for the pics KMan101. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 Great pics! LOL @ the one of Darnell, it looks like he's got that lady in a headlock. Her face is like, "*help.me.*" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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