AuburnJen 771 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Super Geek just received this message when he was picking up this AWESOMESAUCE minetrain trick or treat bucket (shown below). (They also took down what site number you were at for the buckets so you couldn't get more than how many kids were at your site either.) From the Bike Barn: They are checking magic bands to see if you are a registered guest this year in order to trick or treat. If you are not a registered guest, the Fort Rangers will not let you enter to get candy from the campers. Back to your regularly scheduled holiday. Wicked, momof3kids-Yvonne and djsamuel 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ceemike...Mike & Judy 50 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Just went to the Bike Barn to get one but it's closed. :-( Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 55 minutes ago, AuburnJen said: Super Geek just received this message when he was picking up this AWESOMESAUCE minetrain trick or treat bucket (shown below). (They also took down what site number you were at for the buckets so you couldn't get more than how many kids were at your site either.) From the Bike Barn: They are checking magic bands to see if you are a registered guest this year in order to trick or treat. If you are not a registered guest, the Fort Rangers will not let you enter to get candy from the campers. That is good news! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 29 minutes ago, ceemike...Mike & Judy said: Just went to the Bike Barn to get one but it's closed. :-( Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk They close early. Hope you can get one tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mich1073 5 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 As soon as we showed up for the awards tonight. They handed out the mine train carts to all. No one was checking bands but there was not alot of people. Most people were the top ten carts and all the others. It was pretty quick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Hmm, that looks remarkably similar to the minetrain popcorn buckets. I wonder if they got stuck with a warehouse full of them? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Memphis 105 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Wow, that's nice of them. Who said that? Will be anxious to hear how T or T goes this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mich1073 5 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 2 hours ago, DaveInTN said: Hmm, that looks remarkably similar to the minetrain popcorn buckets. I wonder if they got stuck with a warehouse full of them? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk They were Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Sure looked like they kept "FREELOADERS* out. We had about 400 and not mass chaos. A CM also drove around giving out small bags in case a ToT'r need an extra one. He handed us 5 to distribute if needed. djsamuel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted November 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Now what was told and what happened are of course two different things. Was the influx of locals controlled better this year? I would say yes on the whole. However, I have never seen so many cars in overflow, second overflow and the third overflow they had on the main drag. It could be partially because of the restructuring of the actual lot. It could also be because people have learned that if they say they are visiting Mr. Smith in site 1430 and they actually have the correct information,,, they get to park. Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for people coming in to visit, but there could be shenanigans there, just saying. There is always a way around a rule. As Fiends, we usually know this more than most. ? Most of the Fort Rangers I saw were directing traffic on the main drag between loops. There were a couple handing out candy amd since I was walking a dog, I was able to hear some conversation between the Popo and guests. Much to my surprise, he was asking how they were doing, how their campers were, if they were having any issues with their camoers, etc. These were the type of questions that if you were staying there you would feel comfortable answering and talking with him about. So kudos to the Popo for trying to sniff the locals that got through out. I didn't see any scanning of magic bands as promised. Maybe that was at the dock and at the entrance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 As a local fiend not camping at the fort, I'm very happy the Grand Gathering and Birthday party were not on Halloween night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 17 hours ago, AuburnJen said: Now what was told and what happened are of course two different things. Was the influx of locals controlled better this year? I would say yes on the whole. However, I have never seen so many cars in overflow, second overflow and the third overflow they had on the main drag. It could be partially because of the restructuring of the actual lot. It could also be because people have learned that if they say they are visiting Mr. Smith in site 1430 and they actually have the correct information,,, they get to park. Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for people coming in to visit, but there could be shenanigans there, just saying. There is always a way around a rule. As Fiends, we usually know this more than most. ? Most of the Fort Rangers I saw were directing traffic on the main drag between loops. There were a couple handing out candy amd since I was walking a dog, I was able to hear some conversation between the Popo and guests. Much to my surprise, he was asking how they were doing, how their campers were, if they were having any issues with their camoers, etc. These were the type of questions that if you were staying there you would feel comfortable answering and talking with him about. So kudos to the Popo for trying to sniff the locals that got through out. I didn't see any scanning of magic bands as promised. Maybe that was at the dock and at the entrance. Many of those cars were still here (in the grass overflow areas) yesterday and some yet today. I think many locals and others had family staying with them or brought two cars to haul all their decorations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 12 hours ago, fladogfan aka Gretchen said: As a local fiend not camping at the fort, I'm very happy the Grand Gathering and Birthday party were not on Halloween night. This is the very reason I chose to have the GG potluck on Saturday and not anywhere near Halloween night. I will most likely do this again, especially because Halloween will be during the week in 2017 and more people will be able to attend on the weekend and there will be less resistance from the Disney Popo. fladogfan aka Gretchen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 11 hours ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Many of those cars were still here (in the grass overflow areas) yesterday and some yet today. I think many locals and others had family staying with them or brought two cars to haul all their decorations. When I was talking with Lorna (lornaduck), Kelly and Stacy during the ToT, we specifically asked this one group of people where they were from and they told us they drove an hour to come and ToT and did not have a reservation this year. They explained that they, in previous years, had reservations, but this year did not, and chose just to come in and ToT. They didn't say how they got in, but there was a bunch of them all dressed up. The four of us gave each other looks, as we were just talking about the locals situation and how Stacy and Kelly Waldrep (tiggerinbama) had gone through $150 worth of candy and it was just 7pm. I know that Melissa (MandMluvsDVD or something like that, I never can remember it right) ran out of a monster amount of candy early as well. I am not saying it was because of locals, I am just saying that is a ton of candy. I know people are going to go around the system put in place. How much candy is enough? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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