Notes from the park - 10-24-21

[WonkaKid]

Crowds today were about the thickest I've seen, post-reopening. Although it didn't feel especially busy and it wasn't hard to get around, wait times for nearly every attraction verged on the high end.

• We were the first guests in the park and would have been first on PP but a father ran (after being asked twice not to) and cut in front of us in the last few seconds. Then his group of eight joined him. This is always an annoyance but I reminded myself that getting upset about not being first on PP is a one-percenter problem at the bare minimum ;-).

• As per usual on a Sunday, crowds didn’t start to build in earnest until about 10:30. However, we spent too much time on Buzz – because neither of us could get the scores we wanted or when we did, they didn’t come through – so we didn’t get on Pirates or Haunted Mansion. By the time we got to that side of the park, wait times exceeded our line-tolerance level ;-).

• I scored approx. 2,070,000 on my fourth or fifth ride of Buzz but it didn’t come through (which always makes me crazy). But later I broke 2M twice and got the credit for them.

• I rode three attractions today that I haven’t done since the park reopened: the canoes, the Monorail and Soarin’.

• I always like to speak with fellow park-goers throughout the day and especially at the gates and at rope drop. Two women (not together) told me at the rope that their first attraction of the day would be the Storybook Land Canal Boats because, if they were first, they’d get to sign some book. Oddly, I’d never heard of this but two separate people told me about it. I love when I learn something new at the park.

• I returned to LA last night around 8:00 and was tired from my travels: six days in NYC and then ten in Chicago. I decided to leave the park a little early and was back on the road by 2:20. Despite leaving early, I still walked six miles.

Some park pics.

 

[WonkaKid]

A few more park pics plus some bonuses from my NYC jaunt. The piano pic was taken at Alicia Keys’ studio.











Random pic from Target. I love that General Mills releases the old-school monster cereals around Halloween... even though I won't eat them because I've been off of refined sugar for years. Bonus question: name all five monster cereals. The main three are widely known. The other two weren't around for a long time.


Battery Park - the southern tip of Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty can can seen towards the left.

 

[Aspencreek]

Wow, you must know some crazy good Buzz point scoring hacks/secrets to get those kinds of scores. Care to share any?

As for the monster cereals, not sure I've ever heard of any other than Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Franken Berry. I actually thought they had been discontinued decades ago and then recently saw them in stores and for nostalgia sake bought a couple boxes. I remember them being fantastic as a kid, but I could barely stand them now. Like you I don't eat much sugar anymore, so not sure if my taste has changed or their formula got worse but you aren't missing anything.

 

[WonkaKid]

Wow, you must know some crazy good Buzz point scoring hacks/secrets to get those kinds of scores. Care to share any?

I've posted scoring tips a few times in the past. You should be able to search for them.

As for the monster cereals, not sure I've ever heard of any other than Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Franken Berry.

There was also Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy. Both are included with the other three in Monster Mash (seen above).

I actually thought they had been discontinued decades ago and then recently saw them in stores and for nostalgia sake bought a couple boxes. I remember them being fantastic as a kid, but I could barely stand them now.

They used to be made with oat flour. They changed to corn flour around 1990, presumably because it's cheaper. I've heard from a few people that it's nowhere near as good as it used to be.