Where did they all come from?

Something strange seems to have happened over night, its like everyone has suddenly realised that Christmas is less than 6 weeks away; so they decided to set up a flashmob and all go to Lakeside today.

We went to Bluewater one evening during the week and although it was busy there was an air of calm about it (well everyone else was calm but me, Emmie Lou and Nicola Claire seemed to have a bit of mischief in us) No one there seemed in much of a panic and it was all very polite; but just a couple of days later  and after a quick trip through the Dartford crossing it was bordering on mayhem and all I wanted to do was get out of there as fast as I could.

I can deal with crowds, after all I've been to Magic Kingdom on July 4th which is definitely a challenge to deal with but I just don't understand why everyone is suddenly in such a rush......after all Christmas is on the same day for all of us.

As with everything in life there are always those people who think they are more important than everyone else (like the person on the motorway who flashes their lights to try and get you to pull in) where as I will happily wait my turn as long as no one invades my personal space (that's what irritates me)

I wouldn't say I enjoy queueing, actually I can tell you times when I down right hate it - check in at the airport, waiting to board but that is more about my fear of flying than anything else; but if I have to queue I will

At Disney they post the current wait times outside of the attraction so at least you can decide if you want to join the queue and now they are getting smart and making the queues interactive - so far they have done Soarin, Little Mermaid, Big Thunder Mountain and the Haunted Mansion or you have the option of Fastpass and coming back at a specified time with a shorter wait

So what would I queue/ wait for - here are some of my favourites:

And yes, I know its sad but I will queue for the TTA, its one of my favourite things to do; its 10 minutes away from the madness with some air conditioning thrown in for good measure!

Maybe some of our retailers could start doing interactive queues, and I don't mean putting more impulse purchases there but its a thought....maybe then you wouldn't have so many angry shoppers tapping their feet and sighing loudly (behave James).

I'm off to see what presents I can find on the net and then the postman can take the strain; until next week xxx