TS-9142 Snowtrooper: Jon Weger
We arrived between 5:20 – 6 o'clock in the early evening to get on the floor at 6:30 until 8PM to take photos with the families and kids on the green screen and then had a chance after that to mingle with the crowds. The kids had a terrific time and we received some fabulous reviews after the whole event was over on Sunday: One of the families had said on their survey, and I'm paraphrasing here: 'My boys had a great time and it was wonderful that the Snowtrooper and Darth Vader took time to interact and answer a bunch of questions from my sons. I'm so glad it wasn't just a "here's your photo" and that's all.'
We were treated extremely well at the event! After we did the photos, we both went off into various sections of LEGOland downstairs keeping guests entertained and even accompanying a few on the Kingdom Quest ride downstairs. Speaking from my personal experience on this ride, it was tough for me to even reach the blaster once I sat down, so the employee handed it to me. I told the kid next to me that I only use a lightsaber and that I wasn't familiar with this blaster. He explained to me that I just point it and shoot. LOL! Guests were kept downstairs at the start so that they could clean upstairs and then when the pizza came, we flip-flopped so when we went upstairs, they cleaned downstairs and set up the sleeping mats. Very well orchestrated!
At this point, it was around 8PM so I went to go get changed and had no idea where Jon went. LOL He eventually came upstairs and suited down too. We then were treated to pizza, drinks (open kid bar!) and even a cookie! See? It is true! The Dark Side has cookies! After this, there were workshops, demonstrations, and 3 movie shorts in 4D. When the last movie ended, group sections were invited to go downstairs to get their things and find a place to sleep. Lights out happened at midnight and there was much snoring (some from me apparently, although I only got between 2-3 hours of sleep), and much building noise. It really sounded like someone kept dropping the giant LEGO Yoda on the floor—hard!
In the morning, we were all treated to a light breakfast (muffin or bagel), OJ, and coffee. It was the perfect amount of people at this one—about 57 in all. Their Super Hero Overnight Adventures had about 80 people at each event (far too many they found out).
Thank you, LEGOLAND!
LEGO Vader! They had this head of their costume just sitting on a shelf in their office, and I had to ask if I could try it on! It's made for a 5' 2" person or smaller though.
Photos have been uploaded to the MWG Photobucket album.
It was great seeing you again!!!
