WonkaKid
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It’s getting late and I’m very tired so this will be brief (as I always promise and never deliver ;-)).
Day started great. Moments after rope drop, I stopped to talk with a mother and daughter dressed in great Dapper Day outfits. I asked the daughter if I could take a pic with her. They both smiled and said “Are you Rob?” I said that I was. They then told me that they met me about a year ago and remembered me clearly. In fact, on their way from Idaho to the park, they wondered if they’d see me again. That was a great surprise and a wonderful way to start my day.
I saw a few people I know (and a CM) who I hadn’t seen in a while. That was nice.
My performance on Buzz was abysmal. On a total of four rides today I got guns that were defective for one of various reasons. I also met NAP, we recently-minted Buzz rival. We spoke briefly and exchanged a dew anecdotes. He told me that he’s also really good at Toy Story Mania and that he holds the world record for the highest score of around 650,000. I’ve only played that once years ago so I have no idea how that ranks as a score. In any case, usually I break 1M on Buzz about 39 times out of 40. There were three times today when I didn’t. It was all a mess for some reason and my highest score was only 1,830,000. I left the park at around 2:30 in third place. It was both frustrating and maddening. Oh well. Chalk it up to a bad day, Buzz-wise.
I met a lot of great people who’d also dressed for Dapper Day. I also got countless compliments on my outfit, my spiffy Back to the Future light-up shoes in particular. It was a great day (Buzz excepted) and I didn’t want to leave but I had other things planned in the evening (after going to bed at 1:30 last night and getting up at 5:00).
The gemstone Millennium Falcon, flying carpet and Pluto were priced at $18,000, $20,000 and $24,000, respectively. The CMs there told me that they sold a Pluto recently. I presumed the purchaser would have had it shipped home. But no. He/she simply carried it out and into the park. That kind of cash would keep me in APs for many years.
OK – pics. The first is of the nice young woman I met once a year ago mentioned above.
I ran into someone I hadn't seen in a while. She made the chicken purse
.
Day started great. Moments after rope drop, I stopped to talk with a mother and daughter dressed in great Dapper Day outfits. I asked the daughter if I could take a pic with her. They both smiled and said “Are you Rob?” I said that I was. They then told me that they met me about a year ago and remembered me clearly. In fact, on their way from Idaho to the park, they wondered if they’d see me again. That was a great surprise and a wonderful way to start my day.
I saw a few people I know (and a CM) who I hadn’t seen in a while. That was nice.
My performance on Buzz was abysmal. On a total of four rides today I got guns that were defective for one of various reasons. I also met NAP, we recently-minted Buzz rival. We spoke briefly and exchanged a dew anecdotes. He told me that he’s also really good at Toy Story Mania and that he holds the world record for the highest score of around 650,000. I’ve only played that once years ago so I have no idea how that ranks as a score. In any case, usually I break 1M on Buzz about 39 times out of 40. There were three times today when I didn’t. It was all a mess for some reason and my highest score was only 1,830,000. I left the park at around 2:30 in third place. It was both frustrating and maddening. Oh well. Chalk it up to a bad day, Buzz-wise.
I met a lot of great people who’d also dressed for Dapper Day. I also got countless compliments on my outfit, my spiffy Back to the Future light-up shoes in particular. It was a great day (Buzz excepted) and I didn’t want to leave but I had other things planned in the evening (after going to bed at 1:30 last night and getting up at 5:00).
The gemstone Millennium Falcon, flying carpet and Pluto were priced at $18,000, $20,000 and $24,000, respectively. The CMs there told me that they sold a Pluto recently. I presumed the purchaser would have had it shipped home. But no. He/she simply carried it out and into the park. That kind of cash would keep me in APs for many years.
OK – pics. The first is of the nice young woman I met once a year ago mentioned above.
I ran into someone I hadn't seen in a while. She made the chicken purse
.
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