MouseAdventure Fall 2009 Recap
MouseAdventure traveled to Florida this Fall for MouseAdventure World Explorers: Epcot, our first-ever Walt Disney World event. 33 brave and adventurous teams joined us for an event that was unlike any MouseAdventure we’ve ever produced. Walt Disney World has so many more options for hosting special events, and we were thrilled to be able to actually begin the game inside Epcot Park, with breakfast and introductions at the Odyssey Restaurant on the border between Future World and World Showcase.
Recap | Team Photos | Results | MouseAdventure on the High Seas | Crew acknowledgments | Next events
MouseAdventure World Explorers: Epcot
The event was divided into two portions, with troops solving a packet of quests in each Future World and World Showcase. Before they received their Future World packet, troops had to first solve the Geotracking quest, which sent them on a hunt through the Leave a Legacy sculpture to find specific memory tiles. After locating the correct tiles, teams took a ride through the newly enhanced Spaceship Earth attraction, and used the results from the first part of the quest to made decisions during the interactive portion of the ride. After troops watched the “Welcome to Your Future” video that was generated based on their responses, they had to answer a question about the video. This was the first of two locations where teams could earn bonus points by sending a photo of their team to us.
Team Photos
A full gallery of candid photos taken during the event is also available for teams to enjoy (link).
Results
Results of MouseAdventure World Explorers: Epcot were announced at an informal post-event gathering, and all teams present received their merit badges for quests correctly completed. The logistics of this event made it impossible to fly our traditional fabulous prize table to Florida, so winning teams received a prize package of Disney books and DVDs, to be delivered directly to their homes. Unclaimed merit badges have been sent to teams who could not attend the post-event gathering.
480 points were possible in this event, including the hidden quest and the two opportunities to earn bonus points. Two teams correctly solved all quests and earned all bonus points, and so time was used as a tie breaker. MouseAdventure veterans Simba’s Pride turned in their answer sheet a full two hours and five minutes ahead of YM’s Majesty, earning them both a first-place victory and the honor of being named our fifth MouseAdventure Masters team.
MouseAdventure Masters are those teams who, on the occasion of their third first-place victory, are honored with retirement from competition. After retirement, the Masters teams are invited to participate in most MouseAdventure events at no charge, but may only compete in the super-difficult Invitational events.
MouseAdventure on the High Seas
MouseAdventure on the High Seas has been hosted informally on three previous Disney Cruise Line voyages, but this was our first “official,” if very, very casual, event. Six teams decided to extend their MouseAdventure experience by joining a handful of MouseAdventure crew on a 4-night Disney Wonder cruise. The game was held on the sea day of the cruise, and consisted of just eight quests. Teams had the entire day to solve the quests, and several players remarked on how unusual it was to be able to relax, eat a nice sit-down meal, swim in the pool or even indulge in a massage during a MouseAdventure. This MouseAdventure on the High Seas was officially a noncompetitive event, but scores were tabulated and the highest-scoring team received a pair of Disney Cruise Line baseball caps, signed by the captain of the Disney Wonder.
Crew acknowledgments
The usual stresses and challenges that come with creating any MouseAdventure event were compounded this time by the distances involved (Joe Stevano and I each live over 2200 miles away from Orlando), and the novelty of working with Walt Disney World for the first time. Joe and I wrote most of the quests for this event over the course of two long weekends in Orlando, and each made a third trip the month before the event to double check everything. (Teams will never know how heartbroken we were to discover that the tin toy display had been removed from the Japan pavilion between our visits, thus ruining one of the most perfect MouseAdventure quests ever). Joe was once again responsible for the professional-looking logos and game materials used in the event, including the merit buttons, and for the MouseAdventure Newsletters sent to teams.
Our next events
Winter 2009 – Disneyland Resort
MouseAdventure Holiday: Reindeer Games will be held on Saturday, December 12 at the Disneyland Resort. Registration is already sold out for this first-ever holiday event.
Spring 2010 – Disneyland Resort
MousePlanet will celebrate our 20th MouseAdventure event with our biggest event ever at the Disneyland Resort. Event format, park and pricing have yet to be determined. We will post the event date and registration dates as soon as we confirm them, but that announcement may be as little as 90 days before the event. Keep reading MousePlanet.com for more information—MouseAdventure updates are posted in the weekly Disneyland Resort Park Update. You can also sign up for our MouseAdventure Mailing List to receive updates about future events as they are available. Please note, this is an opt-in only mailing list, which means that we have not already added the names of former MouseAdventure players to this list. If you would like to receive these updates, you will need to sign up for the list.