Agreed! I'm green with envy. My friends are lame in comparison.
OP, have you considered going into business? People would sign up for challenges like this. Maybe trophies and gift cards as prizes.
This is a much more cool business model than the pixie event thing I've read about. Of course you'd have to change the name.
A cool idea, but I don't live anywhere near Orlando! And I expect there are logistical and Disney coordination problems with running it often enough and on a large enough scale to make any money off of it.
Thanks for all the positive support, everyone! Unfortunately, the information in my signature is off a year; it looks like the next possible time for this trip is either May or October 2014. People keep having weddings and kids, which gets in the way...
I came up with a way to fix the DHS leg, by moving the animation stuff to a roadblock and using a different type of picture hunt as the other side of the detour, and I've also added answers to the puzzle in parentheses for the thread readers to see, so the leg is now:
Leg 3: DHS leg.
Route Info from France: Take a pleasant boat ride to the next location, where you can pick up the next clue by crates scheduled to ship to Tara Planation, Bialystock & Bloom Theatrical Producers, and Xanadu Compound. (The crates next to Min & Bill's Dockside Diner).
Detour: Be the Star or Find the Goof
Be the Star:
DHS was conceived as, and still largely is, a celebration of movies throughout history. And in many places, you can play the lead (though the Superstar Television attraction sadly no longer exists). To complete this roadblock, capture the following photos:
* A teammate playing the Gene Kelly role in Singin' in the Rain (1952)--complete with rain. (Telephone pole umbrella setup by Streets of America).
* A teammate playing Luke Skywalker on a speeder bike in Return of the Jedi (1983)--bonus points for including a lightsaber in the shot. (Speeder bike outside Star Tours)
* A teammate playing a kid in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), getting sneezed on by a giant dog. (Honey I Shrunk the Kids playset)
* A teammate pressing his or her handprints into the Graumann's Chinese Theater walk of fame--or at least Florida's equivalent. (Walk of Fame outside GMR)
When you've got pictures of all of them, check in at a coffee shop that used to be a bookstore on Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom for your next clue. (The Writer's Stop)
Find the Goof: Some things at DHS are just wrong. Figure out what they are and take a picture:
A subway station that doesn't really exist. (NY Subway station with completely wrong lines on Streets of America)
A Scrabble game that didn't follow the rules. (Sign in
Pixar Place showing a Scrabble Board that says "You've Got a Friend in Me," where the tiles aren't continuous)
A Statue of Liberty with a non-human Lady Liberty (Miss Piggy fountain outside Muppetvision)
A lion that's really a dog. ("Lions" outside the Chinese Theater).
When you've got pictures of all of them, check in at a coffee shop that used to be a bookstore on Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom for your next clue. (The Writer's Stop)
Roadblock: Who wants to be a Disney animator? Both teammates must try their creative hands at the following places:
Draw a character at the Animation Academy.
Create a sound track for an animated movie at the Sound Stage.
Show your video and drawing at the Animation courtyard to get your last clue.
Route Info: Wrap up your day at the most accurately named Pit Stop, by DHS's mechanic shop for, if you wish, a traffic light margarita (The stand near Lights, Motors, Action).
