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The Mouse Adventure
Invitational was INSANE… let’s just start there.
Team Mickey News was comprised
of Robert, Kevin, Tina and I. We were given a packet but told
not to open any envelope in it until instructed to do so, because
some of them are decoys, and we will be penalized if we do open
it. We also had a passport of sorts which we had to use at certain
check points. We also had two trading cards, which we had to exchange
with teams competing in the Open event. With those instructions,
we were off at 9:30.
Our first envelope told us to go to Downtown
Disney and get various prices from shops but we first had
to get the shops number from the directory. We were allowed to
split up for this task. Once we had all our info, it was this
very large math problem, which would give us a clue to find the
person, who was waiting for us with our next clue. We were instructed
to get on the Monorail at the
Downtown Disney entrance where
we would find our next clue. We were then given a puzzle with
letters on the back and when we put it together it told us to
open envelope E.
Our next task was basically to go count the
cannon balls on top of City Hall…
And to pick up a fast pass at Autopia…
Now, you must remember that clues are not this straight forward.
They are insanely encrypted. We went to the City
Hall on Mainstreet, and
looked for a while, and decided to just take a guess, and of course
we were wrong. We opted for a 40 minute penalty to find out the
answer. It was City Hall in Toon
Town… sheesh, should have known. We were given our
next clue which was a logic puzzle with Pooh. We had to solve
it and find a person in Critter Country.
We gave him our answer and were given paper hats to wear so that
we could be split up. We had a list of things with numbers, how
many this, how many that, wattage on a bulb, stuff like that.
We split up the list and were off, to meet again at the castle.
Once everyone was back we had to do more math and figure out a
barcode. We had been given a Disney
Dollar, and we had to go find the postcard that matched
the barcode and buy it. Once we found it, we were back to Mouse
Adventure Central (Carnation Plaza).
Our next clue was to go over by Ariel
and find the Mouse Adventure
people and one person had to guess the words to a song. Once that
was done, we were told that the next leg had been canceled due
to time issues. We were given the next clue. Off we went to Star
Tours where we uncoding things to find our next clue which
was to open another envelope. This clue was encrypted. At the
beginning of the day we were given a lanyard with three different
alphabets on it. Once we decoded the paper, we went to innoventions
and did a google search for Mouse Planet.
Once we clicked on the link, we were given instructions to examine
our envelopes. They had written GPS points in ink we could only
see under black light. Inside the envelope was a GPS map and we
had to find the coordinates and go there… off we went to
the Disneyland Hotel. We then
had to choose between two tasks, we chose the collage, where we
had to find one item that wasn’t on the HUGE collage of Disney
memorabilia.
Once that was done, we were given yet
another clue. This was a puzzle type thing to help us find ONE
car in the parking structure with a
Mickey Mouse in the drivers seat
which had our next clue. We hopped on to the tram and were headed
back near the park. Mickey’s
clue gave us a locker number and combination. Once those numbers
were entered, the locker would open and we would have our next
clue. Teams who did not reach this point by 2:45 would be eliminated.
We got there about 2:40. The next clue was to take the two trading
cards we had traded with Open teams and that would help us with
the room number since our next stop was the HOWARD
JOHNSON on Harbor and Manchester…
Holy crap. Off we went. Teams not at that checkpoint by 3:00 would
be eliminated. Once we found the room, we had to pick between
a word search and trivia contest. We chose the trivia contest.
Once we answered one question right against David Koenig we were
given our final clue. It was another encryption, in another alphabet…
the one from Indiana Jones…
thank goodness for those lanyards. Off we went to the finish line…
It was one of the docks… right across from the Haunted
Mansion, and where they sell Mc
Donald’s French Fries. We were the eighth team to finish,
but we won’t know our results till Wednesday. We did so well.
Most teams did not even finish the race to even finish at all
was an accomplishment. I am so proud of all my team mates…
we did such a good job… even though we didn’t win, it
was so much fun and I will do it again. We were told that we walked
at least ten miles for the race…hehehehe… wow…
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