MiceChat Gumball Rally early photos

[BFJen]

Almandot - thanks for the pictures!! Okay, I'm going to be so jealous for the next few days!!! But, I'm glad everyone had so much fun!

[SusieP.]

So. Tired.

At the park at 7:20 am, home at 12:15am. Need coffee.

Thanks to everyone who planned and participated this fantastic event. It was one of the most fun days EVER!

[MissChristine]

It's too early to be awake...is there any way we can wind-back the clock a couple hours so I can go back to sleep.

[Dustysage]

Dusty's first thoughts on MiceChat Rally/Quest Saturday.

The gods were smiling on our first big event with incredible weather. I'm sure that this helped the Rally teams immensely. For a long day, it sure was fun! I was touched by the many teams who arrived back from 13 hours in the park with huge smiles on their faces. Win or lose, problems or not, they had a good time at Disneyland - and that was our goal.

At the end of the night, we filled the Festival Arena with over 200 people. It just seems unreal to me and I'm so happy and pleased that so many of you were able to join us.

We'll have photos of the packets, swag, teams, and post scores very soon. But you'll probably see it all posted here by the participants first.

Again, a HUGE thank you to all of our teams, volunteers, and supporters. You guys are amazing!

-The Dusty Sage

[Hakuna Makarla]

oh man, I am so excited!! who won, ??? ok I will go clean my bedroom and come back, but I must know soon and with pictures~!~!

[Maseca]

The whole night was a blast!

Great work to everyone who was involved in setting up this event!

THANK YOU!!!

[LuvsLilo]

Yesterday was awesome!

Thanks to all the organizers, volunteers, and MC. I know that sunnyg and I had a great time.

[RobotMirror]

Yesterday was so much fun! The Quest was difficult, but we had a great time, and it was so nice to see people in person I hadn't met, like LuvsLilo, TheJoshuaLee, FastpassMountain and Hyperbole, and Mamabot, and all the rest of the old friends I've come to know and love! Can't wait to do this again - great excuse to get together!

[Fishbulb]

Here are some of my random pics from the day

Circarama and I lugging the swag through DTD at the buttcrack of dawn














In a slumber party prank, Grumpy4 supper-glued O-nuts hands to his temples. He, however, was still in good spirits.


Shenanigans at the La Brea Bakery




Rally Registration

[LuvsLilo]

OMG. FB's pic of me makes it obvious that no coffee + an early Saturday morning do not agree with me.

[sunnygirl]

What a wonderful event, I can't remember the last time I had so much fun in Disneyland. The CMs were all great, especially the wonderful guy on Splash Mountain who sent me and Luvs Lilo off in a boat together with another Rally team - in spite of us being in the Single Rider's line. We encountered a rogue wave which left our butts soggy for most of the rest of the day, but we laughed so hard and had so much fun. A million other little moments like that made up the day for us, but I couldn't possibly mention them all.

Thank you, sweet baby Jesus, and Tom Cruise, both of whom we prayed to and cursed all day long, for helping us finish this arduous task safe and sound.

[Fishbulb]

More photos...

Best Shirt design for a team




Most Clever name/logo idea for Gumball Rally


Peppy Volunteers

That night at the MiceQuest Sign up...

Al Lutz and Sue Kruse look at the material for the teams


Frogbertolita and Tadpole


Wonderful members of one of the Aussie teams


Last minutes of the quest


The party


Our event coordinator and Circarama


Frodopotter and Disneyphile


The Gumball Rally 1st Place winners


Dustysage with the top ranking teams

[splashmountainfreak]

Will this become an annual thing? I'd like to participate next year if it's happening again.

[Olympicnut]

SLEE-PEE! But had a GREAT time!! Gotta love trash talkin' between the teams during the Rally (we're watching you SunnyG and LL ), all in good fun of course which is what made it so much fun!! Such a great time was had and the desserts were fabulous!! Thanks to everyone that put this together. A LOT of effort was put into it and it showed. Love ya all!

[mcow1]

We had a great time yesterday. The quest was definitely difficult but it was still lots of fun. I hope it and the rally become regular things. It was great to finally meet some of the people that I know online face to face.