Details:
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| Place: |
Canada's
Wonderland, Ontario |
| Date: |
August
21st, 1999 |
| Review
By: |
Stacy |
CCer's
In Atttendance:
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mikeG
- Montreal
flu
- Orillia
RMJDgirl - Toronto
starshine,
- Windsor, Ont.
Stacy
- Hamilton
olpsunflower - St.Catharines
Boat - Toronto/Etobicoke
SeedsOfTheStars - Toronto/Etobicoke
RiN - Markham
autumnondrugs - St. Catharines
Lissa
- Oshawa/London
gerl
- Toronto
Knowme
- Toronto |
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| Most
mobile CCer: |
Mike
G Who made it all the way from Montreal |
| Official
Stupid statement of the day: |
*Frantic
Pointing* "That bald man needs a haircut!" --Lori |
| The
'almost made it' award: |
This
one goes to dustball for 'almost' finding us at lunchtime
and making the meetup. |
| the
'I stayed at Wonderland for 12 hours and survived' award:
Goes
to olpsunflower, autumnondrugs, starshine, boat, and SeedsOfTheStars
for staying and closing the park. |
|
Photo
by olpsunflower |
On
August 21st, 1999 the Clumsy Congress had its second annual
meetup. At the ungodly hour of 10am on a Saturday morning,
Congressors from the Southern Ontario area (and beyond) began
to filter onto the Wonderland grounds and collect at the gates. |
By
10:30 we were a small mob and ready to hook up with Jenn and
Naomi from Sony for an informal photo shoot and prepare to
terrorize wonderland. Naomi and Jenn came bearing gifts of
One Man Army singles. We all took a moment to drool accordingly
and swap OLP pics and a few stories.
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As
we were gathering ourselves together to get head into the park,
all of a sudden, RMJDgirl pointed and said "over yonder, A bus bearing
Mike's Name!" (ok so that's not really what she said but it sounds
much more dramatic my way!) And sure enough over in the parking
lot was a Tuner coach lines bus. After a small mixup at the gate
and getting separated into two groups. we finally found each other
again.
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After
that it was off to the coasters (and the line ups). On the
way we passed a stage where they were asking the dangerous
question: "What would you do for a Klondike Cone?" Katie decided
she would like a klondike cone and informed the guy "I will
dance like an idiot for a Klondie Cone". Well. Katie got her
cone.
|
Photo
by olpsunflower |
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We
found a small booth where they print out photo stickers. Those booths
are small enough as it is, try piling 10+ people in them. It was
interesting to say the least!
|
Photo
by RiN |
Lunch
was uneventful. Other than the fact that the majority of us
decided to get nachos and cheese and they were...well...less
than wonderful... Flu spent most of her lunch entertaining
us by running around the table flinging her arms around while
being chased by a bee. At this time we were supposed to be
meeting up with dustball, but at 2pm there was still no sign
of her and we decided to head back to the rides.
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After
more wandering (and more coasters) we made our way to the
video booth. Upon seeing Self Esteem by the Offspring, four
lucky victi...er congressors were thrown together for a quick
tribute to The Offspring. With Katie and Autumnondrugs on
vocals, Boat on guitar and RiN on bass/tambourine we made
ourselves our very first little CC video!
|
Photo by olpsunflower |
|
Photo
by olpsunflower |
By
now it was getting a little later in the day and we had lost
a few members of our group. We all decided now would be a
good time to tackle the white water Canyon. For those of you
unfamiliar with wonderland, White water Canyon is where they
stick 6 people on a huge inner tube with seats and send you
down a river to take your chance to laugh at your friends
getting soaked, or being the one that gets laughed at. One
of the two is going to happen. We went on enough times that
everyone got a chance to do both. Soaking wet and hungry we
went for dinner. Pizza seemed safest bet, so we all overpaid
for an undersized slice and enjoyed eating it too! |
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After
a few more rides, it was time for me to head home. I still had an
hour drive ahead of me, so my story ends here. But I am told that
the people who did ended the night with a bang, quite literally.
Apparently Wonderland had fireworks that night and everyone was
treated to quite the show!
|
Photo
by RiN |
Photo
by olpsunflower |
Photo
by RiN |
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