Welcome! Today, teams from all around are participating in our latest event, the Gumball Rally! The goal: To ride as many attractions in Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure as possible. The teams started fresh and early this morning…
Sorry for the gap in coverage. The laptop ran out of juice. We have now found a place to plug in - and no, I’m not going to tell you where we are inside Disneyland!
Just to mix it up a little - here are some photos from the Carb Loading Pasta Party. Thanks to IndianaJenn for making the arrangements!
Back to the team photos:
Dustysage recites the rules to the crowd before they move over to the main entry plaza:
After the the rules were explained, the group walked from the Howard Johnson Hotel to the main entry plaza. Kudos to the players who walked over to the parks in such an orderly fashion.
Once everyone arrived on Disney property, they gathered near the kennels to receive their answer packets and receive some last minute comments from Dustysage.
The teams were then turned loose in the parks to start playing in the Gumball Rally. We’ll post some photos of the teams actually playing in the parks in a little bit.
OK - starting up again with photos from the park courtesy of Alan (AKDDISNEYFAN).
View: Get the latest from the Gumball Rally! Check back all day for more pictures and fun!
56 Comments, Comment or Ping
DisneyKid1994
So jealous of you guys right now…. : )
May 30th, 2009
snorkeld
Looks like fun already
May 30th, 2009
Ortizmo2000
Hows the crowd today? Was wondering how easy/hard this would be in relation to guest-capacity.
May 30th, 2009
Lukey114
it would be great to tag each photo with the member names eh?
May 30th, 2009
Rixter
“Hows the crowd today? Was wondering how easy/hard this would be in relation to guest-capacity.”
Crowd is light so far but building. Weather is cold/overcast.
“it would be great to tag each photo with the member names eh?”
Agreed. We’re just trying to bring you a little taste of what is going on today. We might repost the photos in the future with captions.
May 30th, 2009
penguinsoda
Looks like its going to be a fantastic day for the rally!
May 30th, 2009
StitchTT6
I wish I was their playing!!
May 30th, 2009
elly
Hello from the one for the Matterhorn. Our plan is working great and we expect team Is It October Yet? The Revenge to do very very well today!
May 30th, 2009
Joshrzmeup
Wish I was there, best of luck to all teams!!!!!!
May 30th, 2009
OogieBoogie
How much longer do the teams have?
May 30th, 2009
Rixter
“How much longer do the teams have?”
Players have to return their answer packets to the Howard Johnson no later than 8:00 p.m.
May 30th, 2009
OogieBoogie
oooo.. lots of time left.
Come on Team !!!
May 30th, 2009
WheresMickey
Looking good so far!
May 30th, 2009
SaraNoH
Awwww, swag bags, too? GARG, I’m so jealous!
May 30th, 2009
Stitchy
YAY!!!! Looks like a great time!! Good luck guys!
May 30th, 2009
Circarama
It’s been so much fun watching all the different teams running the rally. I’ve gotten tons of pics of teams on different rides. Everyones having a BLAST!!
May 30th, 2009
OogieBoogie
Pictures coming soon please?
May 30th, 2009
snorkeld
Oc register front page
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/team-year-disney-2434533-ceballos-moss
May 30th, 2009
All4dISNEY
We need some stats! Where’s everyone at? Who’s fallen behind? Who’s ditched for the Cove Bar??
May 30th, 2009
kelly
I love it so far. wish I could have gone
May 30th, 2009
jamwilson
Great shots! Wish I could have participated. Maybe next year!!
Can’t wait to see who wins.
May 30th, 2009
dlandnut
Ah….I miss being there. Next year for sure!
May 30th, 2009
dlandnut
Does anyone know the time limit they were given?
May 30th, 2009
Lukey114
They have to be back by 8pm.
May 30th, 2009
disney-fan-reborn
OH MAN! I wish there was a way for me to be able to do this each year! What a BLAST!
May 30th, 2009
StitchTT6
We need more live stuff please!!
May 30th, 2009
MouselyGrateful
2 more hours!!!! are you tired yet?????
May 30th, 2009
HighLeveller
The 11th hour has just rung. Does the last-minute mad rush now begin? It sounds like you gotta allow time to get back to hojos too.
May 30th, 2009
Circarama
Some folks have already started trickling back to the HoJo’s, and some teams are pushing hard go the very end. No way of knowing who’s in the lead at this point, bug that’s the beauty of the Gumball Rally - nobody knows until the end!
May 30th, 2009
pixie chick
Looks like a great turnout! Wish I could have been there. Thanks for all the pics and updates!
May 30th, 2009
akfandisney
It is AKFandisney
Ok who Type in extra {D}
Happy to take the pictures.
May 30th, 2009
SummerInFL
Looks like everyone had a wonderful time! I can’t wait to see who wins.
May 30th, 2009
Slscjk
Love the pics
Maby next year I can talk some of my group in to this
May 30th, 2009
Stitchy
who won? Who won?
May 30th, 2009
Tinkbelle
I love all the pictures! But, I want more! What happened to the rest of the day? No more pics?
May 30th, 2009
All4dISNEY
Come on!! It’s been 2hrs since closing bell. Where are the results?
May 30th, 2009
Monorail Man
We’ll have the results up on Monday or Tuesday!
May 30th, 2009
OogieBoogie
Tease
May 30th, 2009
Missviolet
I really REALLY wish I was there!
May 31st, 2009
Circarama
The winners of the 3rd Annual MiceChat Gumball Rally are Team “Kids Incorporated”, the 3 young ladies wearing pink and lime in the very first picture posted on this blog early this morning!! Congratulations ladies!!
More pics and Gumball Rally results in the days to come.
Thanks to everyone; Participants, Event Staff, Sponsors and the fine folks at Howard Johnson’s… it was a BLAST!!!!!
May 31st, 2009
Stitchy
Thanks Circarama! Congrats for the win, ladies!
May 31st, 2009
dodgy pirate
Congratulations Kids Incorporated!!
The posted pictures are great!!! Thanks!!!
I had a blast. Can’t wait till the next one!!!
May 31st, 2009
jeannie2252
Thanks to Dusty and Circarama and everyone who volunteered to make this an awesome fun event! Our team pink elephants completed 28 attractions which is a record for us!! Ok, not close to winning but we still had a blast…:)
May 31st, 2009
Urreafam
Thank you so much for the wonderful time, it was the most fun i’ve ever had and I can’t wait until next year. Thanks to Dusty and everyone who helped with the event. You made us feel so welcome
May 31st, 2009
GoofyWife
Another great event!! I, for one, am very grateful to Todd, Norm, Jenn, Rick, Lou and all the others for their awesome event planning and super organizational skills!! Even though Team Rally Monkeys wasn’t a threat for the prize, we always play as if we were and have the time of our lives.
Oh, a HUGE shout out to HoJo’s — especially for providing the spa. My old tired feet and legs can’t thank you enough!!
May 31st, 2009
BrngBckCaptainEO m
This was so amazing. I was so excited to meet so many kind and amazing people at this event!
You can bet that BBC will be there next year to kick some tail not only for Spirit (we need to maintain our title) but also to take the Gumball!
:]
May 31st, 2009
Ginarella
Congratulations to all the winners.
Many thanks to Dusty and his MC crew for all their hard work in making the Gumball Rally an enjoyable event.
We had so much fun.
May 31st, 2009
Vasooki
So, how many rides did Kids Inc end up riding?
May 31st, 2009
MoVal Disney Fans
It was our first Rally and we really enjoyed it. How did those top teams do what they did? That was amazing. Congratulations to them and thank you to the staff for a great event. We hope to be a part of it next year.
Nemo’s Posse
May 31st, 2009
Esfunewgui
My team and I had a blast at Gumball. Next year though I may volunteer as a spotter. I want to make sure that everyone is playing fair.:)
May 31st, 2009
teri
I am still recouping! It was such a great event! We had soo much fun! Thank you to all of the Micechat Staff that made this event so easy and fun for all of us!!!!!!
Be back next year for sure! And we will be bringing other teams too…we have convinced a few people that they HAVE to do it!
Thanks to all that made the magic!
congrats to all of the Winners!
3Heffalumps and 1Woozle
Jun 1st, 2009
BringBackEo
To all Micechat Staff and teams that made our 1st Gumball Rally (deff not our last) so much fun, we look forward to bringing Captain EO and his spirit to the rally with us every year…….thank you so very much for everything!!!!!!!
Big Ups to the 1st,2nd and 3RD place teams, just remember team EO is going for the sweep next year LOL!
Team Bring Back Captain EO
Jun 1st, 2009
Persephone
This was my first Gumball Rally and I had a blast!! BIG THANKS to all of the coordinators and staff for your hard work. Congratulation to Kids Inc. on your well deserved win!! Worthy competitors and the most stylish!
Can’t wait until next year!
Jun 1st, 2009
DizneeSmurf
Jealous!! Thanks for the pics. I hope to make it out for the next one or maybe there will be one at WDW on “our” side of the country?!
Jun 1st, 2009
Joshnyah
I must tell you this was the most fun and the most exhausting event I think that I have ever attended at disneyland even more exhausting then the pirates at worlds end premier. Me and my girlfriend will definitly be back next year, Goodbye arizona sun devils Were coming back with a new hot name and a new hot strategy, I think were going to party harder at the afterparty also.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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