Merry Christmas - MA date announced

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I agree it was too damn hot but I had fun because I played with some good friends. We weren't killing ouselves to get things done but we tried to get organized and let that take us thru the game.

We did ToonTown first because it get's very hot out there in a place with no trees and tons of kids after Noon. We took time to sit and go over things.

In the end, I doubt I would like to play again in the heat. WDW would be fun but only in a nice 70 degree rainstorm.

Oh, and next time we should get a team name and maybe a mascot.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

We did ToonTown first because it get's very hot out there in a place with no trees and tons of kids after Noon. We took time to sit and go over things.

Yeah, just ruuub it in smarty pants.

We tried to do the TSI quest first for much the same reasons, that island gets hot and crowded. We left the ballroom, broke off from the main herd to cut through the Grand Cal, read our packets as we went, and decided on TSI as our first stop. I guess the staff hadn't counted on us moving that quickly because we got onto TSI and there was no staff member there to give us the quest. That was kind of a crappy start. Turned out to not matter much thanks to the closure later in the day, but it did waste a good 20-30 minutes for us.

But yeah, ToonTown first will be our new mantra. We didn't end up back there until around 1:30. Biiiig mistake.

Our other kinda big mistake was not bothering to ride HM to get the missing name needed to finish the quest. We were right there, the line was short. But it just seemed like a huge chunk of time to spend, and I wasn't even sure I'd get the right answer even if I had ridden it (I've never bothered to get proficient at that particular type of logic puzzle...which is stupid because the MA writers seem to love 'em. I think I'd better get on that). But we really should have just gone ahead and done it. In the end we weren't rushed for time.

The heat didn't really seem to get to me much. Maybe it was because we did get a lot done early and were able to slow the pace down during the hottest part of the day, or maybe the breeze that kept flipping our quest pages softened the scorching blow, but yesterday didn't stand out as all that uncomfortably hot. That's probably still reserved for a couple of those DCA events.

I LOVED the Main Street quests ("Disneyland/Not Disneyland" and the hotel story one). Really clever, and led to a bizarre moment of synchronicity. After we found the "Snow Owl Peaches" in the Market House window, we stepped aside to write the answer down and figure out the next step. While we stood there, a family passes behind us. It wasn't too long after we had spotted the crate, but long enough that it's not like these people saw us pointing at it or heard us talking about it. But a little girl looked in the window and asked, "Mom, what are Snow Owl Peaches?"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

MA shirts

[wendybeth]

Lol, CP!

[Kevy Baby]

As always, brilliant shirts!

[BarTopDancer]

Love the shirts!

[Alex]

I posted this at MousePad, but thought I'd share here as well. I sought to quantify just how bad it is with MouseAdventure so often being on unusually hot days.

The results were not what I expected. Only 1/3rd of MouseAdventures have been held on days that were warmer than the historical average for that date. However, three of the times they've been over, it has been way over (twice by more than 20 degrees).

A cherished myth shattered. But good support for why I hold personal perception (particularly by an emotionally involved group) in so little esteem as support for the reality of something. I'm sure I'll bring this up in some future discussion.

Particularly ironic, to me, is that the first seven MAs were actually all cooler than average and yet we developed the idea from them. While four of the last five have been warmer than average and I think the perception has been that the days (other than this last one) were generally more temperate than in the past.

[Ghoulish Delight]

What about a comparison to temperatures of the surrounding days/week? I think that's added to the perception, the fact that the MA days are (if memory serves, which it clearly doesn't) hotter than the days leading up to and following.

[innerSpaceman]

Yes, sorry Alex, but we humans are not cognizant of the historical average. It means zip to us. We get used the rapidly-changing seasons of Southern California (i.e., June now is not what June was like 10 years ago). And we base our subconscious expectations on the current season we are experiencing.


Regardless, it's all perception. And mine has had it. Thanks for the AP info that Anaheim tied for hottest spot in the nation at 102. I won't be doing that anymore. I have no problem bowing out Day Of based on the actual weather, but I can't do that to my teammates ... so I will just be sitting out future Spring MouseAdventures.

I'll keep trying in October. Plus, with my all-too-human perception that time goes faster as we age, MA once-a-year is plenty often enough.

[Kevy Baby]

I would actually be more interested in the ACTUAL temperatures on each day. Just because the actual temperature is 2 degrees under normal for that day doesn't mean that 94 degrees isn't freaking roasting*.






* And I have no idea what the actual temperatures have been - I am just pulling a number out of my arse.