Thursday, August 30, 2007

2002 Happy Haunts Event Numero Uno


Here is a picture from the 2002 Happy Haunts, I find it funny that back then I thought it “Cool” to wear a pin lanyard with pins..oh how the times have changed, I am now a confirmed “Hey kid youll drown in the lake with that thing on”

Best things about the 2002 Happy Haunts:
Master Gracey Pin
Frame Sets
Raven Jumbo pin
Steven A. Miller Disney Ambassador

Worse things about the 2002 Happy Haunts:
Having to pick up your stuff in Adventureland and then Shlep it all out of the park or pay for a locker to hold it all.
Not very clear about the goof with the edition size of the Master Gracey pin
The Food set the bar very low for future events but leave it to Disney to do worse (See 2003 Happy Haunts)

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Donkey Kong versus Rocky Balboa

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Any fan of pop culture and documentaries should love this movie. It is a true Rocky story about a underdog trying to upstage the champion..their playing field of choice is Donky Kong. This has to be one of the funniest documentaries of all time and during the first 10-15 minutes you will swear this is some sort of Spinal Tap type mockumentary. Let me tell you it isn’t and it is side splitting funny to watch these characters maneuver their way towards the All-Time Donky Kong High score. The fact that the film revolves around playing Donkey Kong is really not that central to the story but rather it shows one mans obsession to his quest to be Donkey Kong champion. In one portion of the film Steve Weibe shows up unexpectedly at a restaurant owned by the champ, Patti commented that the gossip that ensues reminds her of some of the discussions that go on within our Disney Pin Trading group…anyway grab a fistful of quarters and go check out this hidden Gem before I chumpify you!!

Monday, August 27, 2007

We all live on a Yellow Submarine


I knew for sure I wanted to ride the new Nemo's Submarine Voyage at Disneyland, I have one piece of advice, get in the park first thing and sprint to this line, otherwise you are without a doubt looking at a 2 Hour plus wait. I got into the park 10 minutes after opening and I still ended up waiting 1 Hour and 45 minutes but that had more to do with the fact the attraction was not even running right away due to a broken projector in one of the caves. I have to say something about being back in a submarine in a Disney theme park was kind of cool, and the Nemo effects and story were far better than the rated L for Lame, Nemo attraction at EPCRAP, does EPCRAP even have anything besides Soarin? Well anyway Nemo was practically worth the wait, and the friendly cast members were handing out 5 dollar bills while I waited in the form of a exclusive Nemo VMK card..no more VMK cards soon..what a bummer

Friday, August 24, 2007

Bats Day 2007

Bats Day

Just got back from Bats Day, I must admit it was a lot more fun than I could have imagined, it also made me realize just how many people are actually in Disneyland at a given time, earlier in the day as many of the Goths were still asleep only about 1 in 20 people were dressed in black, as the day wore on more and more of the crowd was all in black, I have not heard the official count but it had to be almost 2000 people in my estimation, this is my first blog post here so hopefully I will figure out how to post some pictures soon!!