WonkaKid
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Brief report:
Crowds remained light, there were a few runners once the park opened and I/we would have been first on PP except that some kids ran. However, I spoke with them before rope drop (twin girls and a boy around 9 or 10, all adorable) and they seemed very sweet. In those cases, I often suggest that their group stick with us and we'll do what we can to help them be first on the ride. But once I suggested the idea, the boy smiled and replied: "Oh, that's OK. We're gonna run." I laughed because I loved his enthusiasm and his frankness. So once the rope did drop, they took off and beat everyone. I was second or third and I congratulated them all. But then they stopped moving. They had to hold back for their parents. We urged them to keep going and jump on the ride but they wanted to wait, which of course was their call. We felt bad since they were first but didn't get to ride first :-(.
On that topic, a CM at Dumbo explained the rules about children riding attractions by themselves. It's not simply Disneyland policy. It's actually a state law. Any child younger than seven must ride with someone older than 14.
There's a new AP-holder popcorn bucket available now (pic below). I believe it was released on Friday. It's $20 with $1.50 refills but there appears to be some kind of light in the top, which makes it more of a fair deal
. There were also a few new/different HM popcorn bucks (also pictured below) available only at the popcorn wagon near HM. Lines were relatively long -- no surprise. Not sure if they've sold out already.
Buzz was the most screwed up that I've ever seen it. On our second or third ride, there were six targets that weren't working! I did the ride perhaps seven times today and three times I wasn't even able to break 1M -- because of the non-operating targets and because my laser was a micro pinpoint that was hard to see and/or target from more than six inches away ;-). Very frustrating. The score on my final ride of the day was approx 1.7M, which took first place. But again, even that relatively low score was a chore to achieve. Bad guns and few targets is like fishing in a lake with only three fish and paperclips as bait.
I have the new Halloween maps as well as the Halloween Time Food Guide (pics below). Anyone that would like a set, please shoot me a message.
Lastly, I met a nice couple from The Netherlands just before the park opened. It was their first time at DL. I asked them if they've ever visited the Paris DL. They had -- it's only four hours from where they live. That's when the guy pulled out his Paris DL AP and showed it to me (pictured below). That's the first time I've ever seen one. And look at that price: €259 (about $285 -- not bad)!
OK -- pic time:
The new plaza in front of the security check.
Paris DL AP.
First in the park.
Crowds remained light, there were a few runners once the park opened and I/we would have been first on PP except that some kids ran. However, I spoke with them before rope drop (twin girls and a boy around 9 or 10, all adorable) and they seemed very sweet. In those cases, I often suggest that their group stick with us and we'll do what we can to help them be first on the ride. But once I suggested the idea, the boy smiled and replied: "Oh, that's OK. We're gonna run." I laughed because I loved his enthusiasm and his frankness. So once the rope did drop, they took off and beat everyone. I was second or third and I congratulated them all. But then they stopped moving. They had to hold back for their parents. We urged them to keep going and jump on the ride but they wanted to wait, which of course was their call. We felt bad since they were first but didn't get to ride first :-(.
On that topic, a CM at Dumbo explained the rules about children riding attractions by themselves. It's not simply Disneyland policy. It's actually a state law. Any child younger than seven must ride with someone older than 14.
There's a new AP-holder popcorn bucket available now (pic below). I believe it was released on Friday. It's $20 with $1.50 refills but there appears to be some kind of light in the top, which makes it more of a fair deal
. There were also a few new/different HM popcorn bucks (also pictured below) available only at the popcorn wagon near HM. Lines were relatively long -- no surprise. Not sure if they've sold out already.Buzz was the most screwed up that I've ever seen it. On our second or third ride, there were six targets that weren't working! I did the ride perhaps seven times today and three times I wasn't even able to break 1M -- because of the non-operating targets and because my laser was a micro pinpoint that was hard to see and/or target from more than six inches away ;-). Very frustrating. The score on my final ride of the day was approx 1.7M, which took first place. But again, even that relatively low score was a chore to achieve. Bad guns and few targets is like fishing in a lake with only three fish and paperclips as bait
.I have the new Halloween maps as well as the Halloween Time Food Guide (pics below). Anyone that would like a set, please shoot me a message.
Lastly, I met a nice couple from The Netherlands just before the park opened. It was their first time at DL. I asked them if they've ever visited the Paris DL. They had -- it's only four hours from where they live. That's when the guy pulled out his Paris DL AP and showed it to me (pictured below). That's the first time I've ever seen one. And look at that price: €259 (about $285 -- not bad)!
OK -- pic time:
The new plaza in front of the security check.
Paris DL AP.
First in the park.
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