Fishbulb's Gumball Rally 2 / 3 year anniversary trip report

[Fishbulb]

The story of the Ralliversary weekend as told by Fishbulb

I am late in posting this report about the big weekend of the Gumball Rally 2 event and the 3 year anniversary because, shortly after, I came down with a chest cold that took me out for a week. Well, better late than never, I decided to post my account. So sorry for the delay.

The snowcapped mountains indicate the frigid weather of early morning Rally day

January 26th. Gumball Rally 2 day. The weekend started early Saturday Morning. The teams were already line up at La Brea Bakery when I arrived with the coveted packets for the event. Little did I know that I would end up with what came to be know as the Ralliversary bug.

DTD in the morning

La Brea Bakery had kindly given us the use of the far end of their patio for teams to register and start their day. They were so accommodating.

Circarama at the registration table


Ashee


Fishy and Thrax


Pezz Lightyear and the lovely Skyway Grl


Mmmmmm Food!


Lovely Disneylandmom and AllAglow


What time is it?


WahWAH


A quick Con Congress

All the teams got their info and then the team captains all grouped together to hear the instructions

Registration


"YOU MUST RIDES THE RIDE TO GET THE POINTS"


Rixter found a particularly strange angle to shoot from

The starting gun was fired and the teams dispersed. That is, except the alterna team who eventually pulled in a whopping 11 points with their particular strategy of not riding things.

Ride what?


I love Mtngrl


Monorail Man documents it all live

While the teams all bolted to Fantasyland Dusty got some coffee on Main Street and I got some fruit at Tomorowland Terrace after getting Space Fast Passes with Monorail Man. We all met back up at the Fantasia Gardens which, at the last event, served as command central for two simultaneous events.

Tulips in Town Square


The sticky stuck squad on Alice


Another poor team in the Nemo queue


Must walk, must walk


Princess626 as a spotter in Tomorrowland

Before the day even got started the Matterhorn went 101. Some teams had to plan accordingly.

Brokedown Mountain

Circarama and Tigerlilly showed up and, hearing that the Matterhorn was about to come back up, Tigerlilly and I hopped in line for a rough spin around the mountain.

Okay isn't Tigerlilly just beautiful? And she is such a sweetheart too.


AAAA WATER

When I returned I found that the lovely Widow Bessler had arrived and Dusty and myself wanted to give her a tour of Tom Sawyers Island since she had never been there.

SusieP. gets some direction from the sage one




Big Thunder


Dusty ran MiceChat Central during our trip to the island


Another team having a blast

We crossed the park and hoped aboard a raft. Our original intention was to find a great hiding place for the Where's Fishy event that was to happen for the 3 year anniversary. We would later find that mother nature had other plans.

The band played as we arrived


into the grotto


Widow Bessler enjoyed the island

We went back over to Fantasia gardens to check on Al and then gathered a group to go have lunch over in DCA at the Tratorria.

Arriving at the restaurant we spotted one team coming in for Seasons of the vine.

Spirit Award winners

After a wonderful lunch with the gang we all wandered over to Paradise pier to check on the staff over there.

Pirate Munkee Dusty and Rixter


A brave team exiting Golden Dreams


Safety Third leaving the Zephyr...


and heading to Jumpin Jellyfish


MaxandbellesMom and Demigod


The widowBessler and Princess626


MickeyMaxx doing his thang


Chernabog exiting the Orange stinger


We're having fun even though we're in Paradise

We ran into several teams along with spotters, MaxandBellesmom, Demigod, and Photomatt.

It was about time for me to take advantage of the Space Fast Pass I had and so I called MonoralMan. He said he would meet me over at Space so I left the group and made my way there.

MM and I had a great time in Space but MY GOD it is in such disrepair.

Leaving space we ran into another spotter, IndianaJen. Then the Neuhickman's stopped by.

IndianaJen


Another rally team


Neuhickmans

The day was coming to an end and my impending obligation to help score the players of the rally was on the horizon. With just a little bit of time to spare I wanted to catch one last ride. I had it in my mind to ride Mansion.

Along the way Monorail Man and I ran into Prat55 and Mimmy, er Hubby55 and The Forbidden eye.

Forbidden Eye

Dustysage called. He was finished checking us into the Anabella Hotel and wanted to join us. Soon enough Dusty was by my side and the four of us went into the mansion.

So glad to have the old Mansion back as it should be.

It was getting cold and dark




The last moments of the Rally and the rain began


Penguinsoda on her way to another assignment


And the rain continued

We now had to high tale it to Tortilla Joes. But I was to meet IndianaJen and a few others at the Hearthstone to go over some GR procedures. It was here that I got the first martini of the night.

Nice and warm, I headed over to Tortilla Joes and met up with Al. My crew soon followed and we waited with great anticipation for the first teams to arrive.

CONGRATULATIONS! GIMMIE YOUR PACKET!

The first team arrived and we began to have people line up for the Awards party.

While a crowd continued to grow outside in the rain, our team put the finishing touches on the scoring. Circarama kindly bought me another Martini.

With scoring finished and the night of fun ahead I ordered a third Martini and settled into a corner.

My work was done. Onto the party

I tried to take pics of the winning teams...

Spirit Award goes to...


DfrntDrmr


Third place goes to...


Is it October Yet?


Second Place

...but my battery gave out just as Dusty announced first place.


Oh well.

Until part 2...

THE END!!!

[disneytim]

Originally Posted by Fishbulb

What time is it?

IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!!!!

(Gratuitous plug. I have no shame)

Great report Fishy! Definitely worth the wait. Glad you're feeling better.

[pratt55]

I think your End is the same one we saw Sunday at lunch but wearing a white mini-skirt . I have told Timmy that next year we are going for the Rally portion of the program even it means working the event just to see all the wild and fun teams.

P.S. I will unleash the Mimmy if we do not get part 2 soon!!!

[MissChristine]

A fantastic Trip Report, Fishy! That weekend went too fast and I miss it terribly.

[Rocker]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Fishbulb

The story of the Ralliversary weekend as told by Fishbulb

A quick Con Congress

I have GOT to get me a pair of those!

Before the day even got started the Matterhorn went 101. Some teams had to plan accordingly.

Brokedown Mountain

That has happend before on some of my visits. I don't know why that happends.

Okay isn't Tigerlilly just beautiful? And she is such a sweetheart too.

Is she single?

Dusty ran MiceChat Central during our trip to the island

Did the President call him for a Top secret mission?

Monorail Man looks like he's been BLOWN AWAY!!!

With scoring finished and the night of fun ahead I ordered a third Martini and settled into a corner.

My work was done. Onto the party

Are you giving a baby a martini!???

Great TR Norm. the Gumball Rally looks like a lot of fun- I'll see if I can try and do it next year.

[Melonballer]

Where's Fishy? Man that idea sounds familiar. I hope it worked better for you than it did for me. Great report, I can't wait for the rest.

[Coheteboy]

Yay!

[pixie chick]

Can't wait for Part 2!

[WhiteMagick]

Originally Posted by Fishbulb

THE END!!!

OMG !!!!! When I first saw that pic I thought it was a ginormous @ss with no head!!! Then I realized the head was blurred to insure confidentiality. Like no one would recognize my (oops) I mean someone's butt! Sweet TR! Yer lookin' pretty cute after 3 martooni's ....... which is probably how everyone was lookin' to you!!! Glad yer feelin' way much better!

[kelly]

LOVE IT

[Dustysage]

So far, so good Fishy my dear. Now let's get to the soggy second act of this play in two parts.

It sure was a fun weekend - rain and all. It was just so wonderful to spend time with the Chatters!

-Dusty

[Hayley B]

Great Trip Report, Fishbulb.

Pictures of the snowcapped mountains are so very colorful and beautiful.

I don't really have anything big to say this time. Just glad to see the MiceChatters having a funtime at the Rally.

-Hayley B.

Originally Posted by Dustysage

So far, so good Fishy my dear. Now let's get to the soggy second act of this play in two parts.

It sure was a fun weekend - rain and all. It was just so wonderful to spend time with the Chatters!

-Dusty

Just wanted to say 'oooooo!' in the thought of the 2nd part. Maybe I'll have more to say. Bring on the soggy!

[nbodyhome]

Originally Posted by pratt55

P.S. I will unleash the Mimmy if we do not get part 2 soon!!!

LOL!!!! I love the Mimmy!

Great, awesome report and pics!

[wolfy]

Missed seeing everyone this year.....

Waiting for Part 2, but no hurry, the Wolfpack is a patient group.

[Rixter]

Originally Posted by Fishbulb

Rixter found a particularly strange angle to shoot from

The really sad part is that I had planned to post the video of Dusty's speech to our Liveblog, but after reviewing the tape, I knew that Dusty would have KILLED me if had posted a video shot from that angle (up his nose)!