10/6/07 Craziness. Can you say "Cah-rowded?"

[Mac Daddy]

So I was at a meeting down the street at the Hyatt, and I stopped by last night on my way home. (There was a Hot Wheels convention in town. Who knew they had conventions for Hot Wheels? ) Downtown Disney was an absolute zoo. It was about 10:15 pm as I walked through and it was wall to wall people from the ESPN Zone down to the gates. I can't recall seeing that many people down there before.

Here's a couple of shots from last night (10/5):














After more meetings this morning, (10/6) I stopped by on my way home in order to see how many had made it to the meet today. As I arrived, Mary Poppins was just finishing up "Jolly Holliday" in front of the castle:










I finally spotted quite a few faces in front of IASW waiting for the parade. Sadako and Monorail Man...




The Forbidden Eye and the back side of DinseyIPresume...



Princess Buttercup looks on...



After the parade it was time to set off across the park for a Micechat trip through the Haunted Mansion. So off we went.

Except, when we finally arrived, we found this....




Just a wee bit of a crowd. Here's a photomerge of the line....




Adelade tells everyone not to panic. Dusty has a plan...




Penguinsoda has never seen this many people in her entire life...




Pezz Lightyear thinks "You CAN'T be serious!"




What to do about the mammoth line from hell? Princess Buttercup comes up with a solution:




Bribe the CMs with Mr. Yummy Skeleton Pops!


But, our CM wouldn't budge. Happily, the "bribe" was not needed as it turned out that we had enough fastpasses from within our group to make it in.




(More to come...)

[The Disneylander]

WOW that's a lot of people!!!

[kickcows]

by 3:00 this afternoon, the entire area was in chaos with the line. if you guys went after the parade, it looks like it had slowed down a little bit....

!!

i look forward to the rest of the report!!

[Koutesu]

It's funny to see the real world flesh and bone versions of Micechatters!

It's the weekend, and Halloween Time, and Gay Days Weekend. The crowd is just the offspring of that traingle (and that's speaking as a Summer Warrior).

[codelyokorox]

That's a crazy line! Can't wait for more!

[DarthDucky]

So much red, is it the prom again?

[tuxhero]

Holy grails from the Crystal Kingdom!! I may be a pride member but gods know I wouldn't even think of braving that line for gay days... I think I'll go pridefully on my own time.... Sometime in December.... hmmm.... lol

[Radiobarry]

Originally Posted by Koutesu

It's funny to see the real world flesh and bone versions of Micechatters!

And for what it's worth, I miss seeing some of my MiceChat friends in the flesh.

Your report is the next best thing, LDF. Nicely done.

[Rex Dopey24]

Oh my gosh thats crowded Im getting scared now. But very nice pictures I hope theres more pic on the way thanks for sharing with us. Im gonna be there tomorrow. I Just hope I get there early.

[caesarboxfan]

Is it safe to say that it's going to be this crowded tomorrow?

I'm going to celebrate my cousin's 5th birthday and he absolutely loves Nemo, so we're hoping to get on the subs.

-CBF

[DISNEYJUNKIE]

wow those crowds are crazy...please tell me the will all magicaly disappear by Oct 28th!

[MrLiver]

Originally Posted by localdisnyfan

But, happily, the bribe was not needed as Dusty marched up and threw his Micechat weigh around. ("Don't you know who I AM???") After magically conjuring exactly enough fastpasses for our group, we were in!

So because you post on an Internet discussion board, somehow you feel you don't have to wait in line?

That right there is reason enough to abolish FastPass and Annual Passholders.

My sincerest apologies to anyone whose wait was made longer by that selfish display.

[mrfantasmic]

Yeah it was crowded. Same tomorrow, I'm sure.

[SCUBAbe]

you know, I miss seeing MC'ers, but with crowds like that I'm glad I didn't go. I would have left....yikes.

[Datameister]

So because you post on an Internet discussion board, somehow you feel you don't have to wait in line? That right there is reason enough to abolish FastPass and Annual Passholders. My sincerest apologies to anyone whose wait was made longer by that selfish display.

I agree with the spirit of your post, though I think you may have overreacted a bit. Me, I'm still trying to decide how serious the OP was. But...why did you bring up FastPass and APs? Both are great systems for helping everyone get a chance to ride what they want...so I'm not sure how that relates to this.

Anyway...wow. That's a LOT of people.