WonkaKid
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Visited the park yesterday. Brief report (since I have to get moving shortly).
We rope-dropped PP. I was first in line but there was a nice family behind us and it was the mom’s birthday so we offered them our first-place spot.
Oddly, a number of rides were closed just as the park opened. Dumbo, Casey, Jr, Rise, Matterhorn, Buzz. But they opened quickly and we rode Matterhorn immediately after Alice, which was our fourth ride of the morning.
Crowds were good/relatively light early and never got too bad throughout the day.
My first get rounds of Buzz were meh. 1.2M, 1.3M. Then for my third in score 2,040,000. Later I scored 1.9M. I’d lost count/track of my score earlier. Had I not, I would have beat my earlier score. But oh well.
I did the canoes at around 10:30. As many of you know, it’s a bit of a hard sell for CMs to get people on that attraction. One reason is that most people walk by and don’t realize that it’s there. Another is that most guests don’t want to do any “work” while at the park. Totally get that and not a criticism. As many of you know, many guests will board the canoes and decline to row. That can make it a challenge for the CMs who have to take up their slack.
As an aside, I asked what the fastest time was for CMs to compete the river (with only CMs on board). I was told that the existing record is 3:20. There’s still an annual competition among CMs that requires them coming in at 4:00 a.m. to race against other CMs. I think that’s been going on for years. It’s voluntary, of course. It’s done simply for fun.
I’ve got maps, if anyone would like a set. DM me your address if you’re interested.
Some pics. Didn’t take many.
We rope-dropped PP. I was first in line but there was a nice family behind us and it was the mom’s birthday so we offered them our first-place spot.
Oddly, a number of rides were closed just as the park opened. Dumbo, Casey, Jr, Rise, Matterhorn, Buzz. But they opened quickly and we rode Matterhorn immediately after Alice, which was our fourth ride of the morning.
Crowds were good/relatively light early and never got too bad throughout the day.
My first get rounds of Buzz were meh. 1.2M, 1.3M. Then for my third in score 2,040,000. Later I scored 1.9M. I’d lost count/track of my score earlier. Had I not, I would have beat my earlier score. But oh well.
I did the canoes at around 10:30. As many of you know, it’s a bit of a hard sell for CMs to get people on that attraction. One reason is that most people walk by and don’t realize that it’s there. Another is that most guests don’t want to do any “work” while at the park. Totally get that and not a criticism. As many of you know, many guests will board the canoes and decline to row. That can make it a challenge for the CMs who have to take up their slack.
As an aside, I asked what the fastest time was for CMs to compete the river (with only CMs on board). I was told that the existing record is 3:20. There’s still an annual competition among CMs that requires them coming in at 4:00 a.m. to race against other CMs. I think that’s been going on for years. It’s voluntary, of course. It’s done simply for fun.
I’ve got maps, if anyone would like a set. DM me your address if you’re interested.
Some pics. Didn’t take many.
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