The thing about the gift shop that annoys me is that everyone always stops and stares at their picture, totally blocking any chance of proper flow that area would have had.
I really liked riding it with lights on for RWW, but I've never gotten to ride it with all of the lights off. The colored lights are a nice touch, however.
I guess lots of the ride ops aren't doing their jobs then- I've seen smoking in line for The Beast, FoF (yes, FoF!), DB, AT, Vortex, FD, DT, Invertigo, and possibly some others. I've seen line jumping in more lines than I can count.
I would totally buy the huge Spongebob statue, and stick it in my backyard.
CedarPointer, who nearly lives in the backyard of a Ryan Homes model home...