Drunken Mickey

Not sure, maybe it's just me. but it seems the proliferation of "Street Characters" (for lack of a better term) is hitting record highs. That stretch from the pedestrian overpasses in front of Bally's down the street to the PH is probably ground zero for this activity.

Poor Porn Slappers really have to fight for their turf. Guy pitching us a helicopter ride pretty much chased us down the street. The celebrity "posers" do appear to be getting more creative. We did get a chuckle over Drunken Mickey Mouse; passed out in the middle of a bunch of beer bottles with poor Minnie crying her eyes out. We laughed - - we didn't tip! Walt's people probably wouldn't find it quite as funny.

There was also a drunken Garfield, but the tandem deal was funnier.

And you have to plow through the free CD guys, several Elvie, transformers, the club pass guys and the snake people. Guy sticks this big white snake in front of me as I'm trying to get through the pack. Normally that would give me a start - but for some reason it seemed "normal" and I just said "No thanks". Not sure that everyone would react that well.

The over-aggressive ones can be annoying, and there seems to be more of them. Tough enough to pass sometimes even without the additional attempts at commerce going on.

Anyway - that was just an observation - now, perhaps a dumb question, but something I've been wondering about....

The pedestrian overpasses seem to be the magnet for the "brother-can-you-spare-a-dime" crowd laying about, as well as the guys selling sunglasses, water, etc. I know out in front of the casinos, they would be likely to get the "bum's rush", but the overpasses seem to be safe haven.

Apparently the passes are immune to loitering, but the sidewalks are not? Just curious if there is some sort of local "loophole" or something.

The porn-slappers have never bothered me. The costumed characters annoy me but for no reason, none have ever given me a hard time, it just is annoying like a mime.

The helicopter-ride, show-ticket, nightclub-VIP-pass hucksters bug me for just a second but I have never been really hassled by one. It should be legal to shoot a time-share representative on sight. One of the few up-sides of the recession is that there are fewer of them.

I like the $1 water guys, I have left a casino to grab an ice cold bottle instead of $4 for a cool bottle in the gift shop.

The little old lady who dresses homeless and sits on the bridges with a little Maltese dog that looks up at you with it's little brown eyes is a treat. I wonder how much she made last year?

Bring back the mob , they will all be gone.

Hope the $1 bottle you buy on the street isn't a refilled bottle. Why not just ask a cocktail waitress for a water and tip her a $1?

I was wondering about this. I wouldn't mind giving a guy a buck for a bottled water that he purchased for $4 a case at Costco. But I definately dont want a bottle that he found in the trash then filled with tap water. I guess the only way to know for sure is to make sure it's sealed.

I was really disgusted by the drunken cartoon characters. Disney should step in and file a law suit on each of them. This is horrible for kids to see.

Although I actually have no idea whether or not there is a law about this (the loitering on the pedestrian overpasses) on the books, I'm just thinking that it might have to do with not only the concept of impeding other licensed businesses but also possibly further slowing down (possibly by a lot more) the pedestrian traffic who are walking on the sidewalk.

I don't know if the police can (or whether they even find it to be worthwhile to) stop these people on the Pedestrian overpasses from selling their wares and whatnot.

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Yes, I agree that this is not a good thing, and I also wonder whether Disney has been notified at all about this activity!

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Yeah - - now that I think about it from the perspective of someone with kids in tow - - probably not QUITE as funny as it originally struck me. But then again, you have the porn slapper cards tossed about all over the place, so parents certainly need to understand that their kids - in general - might be seeing things on the street corners that they don't usually see in Hometown, USA.

Speaking of dogs, that was another thing we noticed this time. Seemed like everyone with a "help me" sign had an animal sitting next to them. They probably figured out that people feel sorry for the dog and drop two bits in the hat. That could get "unclean", so to speak, in a hurry unless you have potty trained dogs.

as long as you don't lose much while waiting to order and waiting for it to be served.