The VF DCA Dash...

[Cavemandon]

It gives me great pleasure to announce the next Visions Fantastic event to be held at the Disneyland Resort:

This event will take place inside Disney?s California Adventure (DCA) on Saturday, March 15th, 2008 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. All teams are to meet in the picnic area to the left side of Disneyland's Main Entrance at 9:00 am to check in. This is a game for a team consisting of two people and at least one of those people must be a current member of Visions Fantastic in good standing. Only the two people on the team may be actively searching the park for the items during the event. Visions Fantastic staff members will be scouting the park, looking for teams that are asking for help from anyone else, including Disney Cast Members. All of the rules listed below must be strictly adhered to. Any team found to be deviating from any these rules will immediately be disqualified and have their score sheets removed from their possession.

* Park admission is required for this game and is NOT included in the event registration. All team player will be responsible for entry into DCA along with any associated costs (Parking, food, beverages, etc). No items will be located outside of DCA so you do not NEED to purchase a Park Hopper ticket. However, there is a chance that there will be a group meet after the DCA Dash inside Disneyland to either go on some attractions as a group or possibly get good seats for either the fireworks or Fantasmic.

Now for the game itself:

This is a mixture of a Scavenger Hunt and an Amazing Race where the event is divided into three (3) 1 hour and 15 minute sections and a final 2 hour section at the end. Between each ?leg? will be a mandatory 45 minute break when the judges will be judging the pages the teams turned in after each leg. Each leg will have it?s own page of items that your team will be looking for. These pages you will get consist of sixteen (16) different cropped items that are located in certain areas of DCA. Your teams job is to find these sixteen (16) items as quickly as possible within the allotted time and report to the different check in areas. Teams will turn in their page at the check in area to the VF staff member and then go to the rest area until it?s time for you to head off for the next leg of the race. It?s important to know that the teams will be released for the next leg of the race based on how many items they correctly located from the precious leg. For each photo not correct or item not found, a one (1) minute time penalty will be assessed. For each minute you are late checking in after each leg, that time will be added to your next leg's departure time. There will also be some special surprises to look forward to, but I can say that there will be NO staff members hiding anywhere for you to look for... :)

Arrival times will be tracked but will not allow to leave any earlier. All departure and arrival times will be noted and used as a tie breaker if needed. However, everyone must still follow all rules posted by or announced Disney or Disney Cast Members which include NO RUNNING whatsoever.

Please make sure that you fully understand these rules before submitting your entry. If you have any questions regarding the VF DCA Dash, please private Message (PM) Cavemandon prior to sending him your player information.

Official Rules:

1. Each team must send in their team entry fee of $30 by midnight on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008.
2. Each team must PM Cavemandon with the following information at the time they send in their entry fee: Team name, VF screen names, real names, email addresses, camera type, and memory card type.
3. Children under the age of 16 may enter the game, but they must bring with them a written permission letter from their parents before they can begin the game. It is important to note that the parents may NOT walk around the park with their children's team at any time while the game is in process. They can however, meet during the required break sessions.
4. Parents who wish to enter a team into the event who have children must also be aware that any children over the age of five (5) may NOT accompany the team during the actual event. They are welcome before and after, but not during.
5. Cavemandon will send each team member a PM confirming that the entry fee and team information have been received.

Now for the rules during the game:

1. All teams must follow the posted rules of Disney or announced by Disney Cast Members at all times.
2. A ten (10) minute time penalty will be assessed to any team found running at any time.
3. You must locate and take pictures of the items listed on the sheets that each team is given. Only one item will count in each picture and you must get EXACTLY what is asked for, not something similar.
4. Photos of the cropped items are worth ten (10) points each.
5. Before starting the Visions Fantastic DCA Dash, we ask that the first photo be taken of yourself to better identify your team and the card.
6. Teams are allowed to use only one (1) digital camera that uses a single removable memory flash card.
7. No cell phone or non-flash memory card type cameras may be used.
8. Only one (1) flash memory card may be turned in per team. Be sure that you have enough space on it.
9. No "backup" cards will be accepted.
10. The above stated flash memory card must be turned after each leg of the race and they will be returned to the team prior to the next leg starting.
11. All photos taken become the property of Visions Fantastic and will be deleted from the memory flash card.
12. Any team that fails to check in at the designated finish line after each leg or at the cutoff time will automatically be disqualified.
13. No photos may be taken on or in any area where it is clearly stated NO PHOTOGRAPHY or NO FLASH PICTURES. Any photos that the judges find being taken in any of these areas will not count to wards the game. To note, we have not added ANY game items that are located in these areas.
14. Some items may or may not be located where the above photography rules do NOT apply. In fact, some items may only be located while on an attraction or in an attraction?s queue.
15. Items are located inside Disney?s California Adventure only.
16. No photos may be taken outside of the Disneyland Resort.
17. No team may ask for or receive ANY assistance from ANYONE including other Disneyland Resort guests and or any Disneyland Resort Cast Member for ANY reason. ANY team found asking for or receiving assistance will be immediately disqualified and their team?s score booklet will be confiscated.
18. No electronic devices may be used at ANY time during the event, besides the single digital camera of course. These items include cell phones, PDA devices, walkie-talkies, units, microwave ovens, small furry farm animals that need to be plugged in to forage for food, etc. Any team found using any of these banned devices by a Visions Fantastic staff member or game volunteer, will have that team's score disqualified.
19. All teams must obey any and all Disneyland Resort rules and regulations at all times. Do not go into any area where normal guests are not allowed to go.
20. Above all other rules listed above, please do not interfere with any other DCA guest. Don?t ruin their day by trying to get in front of them to take a picture of something.
21. As a participant of the VF DCA Dash, you are acting as a member of Visions Fantastic. Please act in a way that reflects professionalism and pride in the website.

T-SHIRTS:

Due to the size of the team numbers each player will be wearing during the event, no t-shirts will be available for this event.

Thanks!

A violation of any Official Rules (ONLY prior to March 15) will bring with it a 24 hour time penalty.
Note that any penalty in excess of 10 hours incurred prior to the Start of the Dash will result in forfeiture of an opportunity to compete. Any penalty in excess of 5 hours incurred after the Start of the Dash will result in a forfeiture of an opportunity to gain a place finish; however, a team that has begun the Dash will be allowed to finish unless a major breach of VF Site Guidelines has occurred

[spaceventure]

Is their anyway we can give the money on the day of the event

[bigben78]

I wanna go....but the Scavenger Hunt tapped me out......I think it's time to find a part time job....

[bigben78]

nevermind....just looked at the blackout calender....the 15th is blacked out....

[Almandot]

Okay so let me clarify my understanding about how this'll work.

We all start in the picnic area

10:00am-11:15am: Leg 1. We each get a 15-item page to go look for and turn back in.
11:15am-12:00pm: 45 minute rest.
12:00pm-1:15pm: Leg 2. We get another 15-item page and can leave the resting area after however many minutes corresponding to the number of pictures from leg 1 that we missed minutes have passed(if you find all the pictures from leg 1 you get a small advantage over other teams who didn't for leg 2).
1:15pm-2:00pm: 45 minute rest.
2:00pm-3:15pm: Leg 3. Same deal.
3:15pm-4:00pm: 45 minute rest.
4:00pm-6:00pm: Unannounced 2 hour activity.

[DCA Fan]

The last 2 hours is one final leg of the hunt.

[kairamoon]

Interesting. I really want to go but I'll have to see if I can afford it...

[Cavemandon]

Originally Posted by Almandot

Okay so let me clarify my understanding about how this'll work.

We all start in the picnic area

10:00 am-11:15am: Leg 1. We each get a 15-item page to go look for and turn back in.
11:15am-12:00pm: 45 minute rest.
12:00pm-1:15pm: Leg 2. We get another 15-item page and can leave the resting area after however many minutes corresponding to the number of pictures from leg 1 that we missed minutes have passed(if you find all the pictures from leg 1 you get a small advantage over other teams who didn't for leg 2).
1:15pm-2:00pm: 45 minute rest.
2:00pm-3:15pm: Leg 3. Same deal.
3:15pm-4:00pm: 45 minute rest.
4:00pm-6:00pm: Unannounced 2 hour activity.

I'll make it simple to understand:

Leg 1 - 10:00 am to 11:15 am
Leg 2 - 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Leg 3 - 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm
Leg 4 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The break in between the four are 45 minutes long.

The teams will leave for the next leg based on how many items they located and photographed in the previous leg. For each item the failed to find, a one minute time penalty will be added to their departure time.

Sample #1

• Team 1 found 12 items during leg one. They would depart for two leg at 12:03 pm (12:00 plus 3 minutes for three missed items)

Sample #2

• Team 10 found 8 items during leg one. They would depart for two leg at 12:07 pm (12:00 plus 7 minutes for the seven missed items)

Sample #3

• Team 6 found all 15 items during leg one but they checked in at 11:25 am. They would depart for two leg at 12:10 pm (12:00 plus the 10 minutes they were late to the check in point)

Sample #4

• Team 13 found 5 items during leg one, they were caught running by a judge once and they were 15 minutes late at the check in point. They would depart for two leg at 12:35 pm (12:00 plus 10 minutes for the 10 missed items, A 10 minute penalty for running, and 15 minutes added for being 15 minutes late to the check in point.)

Does that better explain it?

Admin Edit: Fixed the times...

[linklewtt]

awesome!

[disneyfreak59]

this sounds like fun. im gonna have to start looking into plane tickets...

[Clrntfrk777]

Is there a way you can move the day to the 16th because I REALLY WANNA GO, but the 15th is blocked out.

[Kamra]

I can't wait.

[Chris]

We weighed the options of having the Hunt on another day because of the blockout day, but the option of a Sunday (the 16th) would mean people that aren't local would have to drive home that evening after the Hunt. I can say from experience that I didn't want to drive any great distances after the last Hunt and appreciated being able to crash in the hotel that night (its a 4 hour drive for me) and not having to get up for work the next day.

-Chris

[bigben78]

I'm a new AP holder....do they discount the tickets you buy on a blackout day?

[Neo]

Yes. Blackout tickets can be purchased from the ticket booths on the day you want to use them. Just present your AP and let them know you would like a blackout ticket.

The price is $40 dollars no matter what AP you have or day you go.