Mighty Men of Mouse – 2014
Attraction Draft
Guidelines
1. All rules and guidelines must be accepted by
the participants as a condition of participation in the Mighty Men of Mouse 2014
Attraction Draft.
2. The Attraction
Draft shall consist of no more than 22 participants. All team names must incorporate the
participant’s name/show/blog/internet shtick in some manner. Team names should
be communicated to Dutch prior to the draft.
3. There is no prize
offered for winning.
4. Dutch is the
Commissioner. Should a dispute arise
during the draft, Dutch will rule on the matter. His decision is final. He will not be a draft competitor. You may
dispute an individual pick’s validity up until the next pick is made. After
that, only Dutch may invalidate a pick.
The Challenge
Premise: We are drafting to build two perfect theme
park days for a family of four (4). The
family consists of two (2) adults and two (2) children who meet the height
requirements for all attractions and age requirement for any restaurant. Assume that the family will do all
attractions together and will enjoy doing so.
You will also be selecting their lodging and six (6) meals. The winner shall be determined by the
Commissioner based on how effectively each participant drafts the most
enjoyable day for the family.
Draft Order:
Attractions shall be drafted using with standard “snake” rules. The commencement date of the draft will be
furnished upon finalization of the draft order. The order of selection shall be determined
by Kentucky Derby Style draft slotting (Google it. It’s awesome.) with order of preference
determined by who signed up for the draft first. Dutch will contact each competitor to get
their preference.
The Draft: The draft
will occur via slow format. Each
competitor will e-mail his draft pick to Dutch@MightyMenOfMouse.com.
Dutch will then relay the pick to the entire league. Each competitor has twelve (12) hours to make
their pick. If extra time is required,
it shall be granted at the pleasure of the commissioner. Dutch will be very liberal in handing out
requests for additional time.
Rosters: You must draft seven (7)
attractions/experiences/shows/spectaculars from within the four (4) Walt Disney
World parks, one (1) hotel in Walt Disney World (DVC and Swan and Dolphin
count, DTD hotels don’t), two (2) breakfasts,
two (2) lunches and two (2) dinners.
Failure to draft any
one of the above will result in an illegal roster and disqualification from the
competition.
What can be drafted:
· All current and historical attractions and
experiences within the four (4)Walt Disney World parks are eligible to be
drafted.
· Once an attraction is drafted by you, no
other competitor may draft that attraction.
· If a historical attraction is drafted, the
attraction that replaced it is draftable ONLY
if it is a different theme or concept.
For instance: both Horizons and Mission Space may be drafted, but Star
Tours can be drafted only once.
· You may specify which version of an
attraction or experience your family will be doing. For instance: you can draft
the original full-length version of the Backlot Tour
· Experiences can be anything. Experiences can cost money. Things like the Shootin’ Arcade or Bibbi
Bobbidi Boutique are eligible, but must
be from inside the four (4) WDW parks.
· Once any meal is drafted at a restaurant,
that restaurant cannot be drafted by any other competitor. For example, if Russ
selects Crystal Palace for breakfast, it is unavailable to all other competitors
for lunch and dinner.
· You only get two of each meal. Once you have drafted two locations and designated
them as “breakfast,” you cannot designate a third restaurant as “breakfast.”
· For
the hotel you draft, you may select a room or class of room. Any description of said room is welcome and
encouraged.
· NEW
RULE: If you are drafting a ride, you may specify at any point in the process
if you plan on your family riding the attraction more than once.
Questions Raised in the
Previous Draft
Questions prior to
and during the draft are welcome. All
questions can be emailed to dutch@mightymenofmouse.com.
QUESTION 1: I assume we can draft seasonal
items, such as HalloWishes, but can we draft HalloWishes even if someone has
already drafted Wishes?
DUTCH RULING: No.
Ditto for Illuminations and the holiday/special event tags. Once a fireworks show has been drafted from a
park, no other fireworks display can be drafted from the park. Exception: Fantasmic doesn’t count as the
fireworks show for the Studio (i.e. Sorcery in the Sky or NYE fireworks would
still be eligible.)
QUESTION 2:
Can I pick a pavilion/building? Example: I pick the Mexico pavilion, do
I get the boat ride, restaurant, and La Cava? My suggestion/assumption would be
that buildings/pavilions are off the table.
DUTCH RULING:
No. A competitor may NOT squat on an
entire pavilion/building. Three
Caballeros and La Cava are separate experiences. If there are two elements to the attraction
that share a queue, the two shall be considered the same attraction (i.e.
Maelstrom and Norway film; different stages of the old Backstage Tour). Any store or experience within a pavilion are
draftable.
QUESTION 3:
If I pick something like Agent P's thing, is it just assumed that it
gets slotted into my park wherever and I don't get all the pavilions with it?
DUTCH RULING:
Yes. Extinct attraction rules also apply
to these experiences. Drafting of Agent
P would foreclose the drafting of Kim-possible.
QUESTION 4:
For resorts, do we get the dining/bars with it or just the hotel?
DUTCH RULING: If a hotel is drafted, the drafting
competitor receives the rights to the whole grounds of the hotel EXCEPT the
restaurants within and the bars that are attached/near to a restaurant. If a bar is not attached/near a restaurant
AND does not have a distinct food menu, it is part of the hotel’s ground. A bar not attached/near a restaurant with its
own menu is its own restaurant.
Examples:
Bellevue Lounge is
part of the Boardwalk Resort;
Tambu Lounge is part
of Ohana;
Crew’s Cup Lounge is
a distinct restaurant;
The Dawa Bar is a
distinct attraction within the Animal Kingdom.
QUESTION 5:
Restaurants, do characters come with them where applicable?
DUTCH RULING: Yes.
Note: if you select a restaurant for a meal, the presence of characters
at the meal is dependent on the character’s availability during that meal at
the restaurant. For instance, the
Crystal Palace will have characters during all three meals of the day. If drafted, Tusker House may only have
characters during breakfast and lunch.
Competitors are encouraged to suggest ADR times for any restaurant
drafted at the time they are drafted.
QUESTION 6: If I, say, draft Saratoga
Springs, does the golf course come with it?
DUTCH RULING:
No. Since any golf course would require
a separate admission apart from the cost of lodging, it is not an amenity
included with staying at the hotel. The
pleasant views that would come with a golf course would, of course, be attached
to that hotel. The same logic would
apply to boat rentals or surrey bike rentals. As they are not part of the four
(4) WDW parks, these types of experiences are not draftable.
QUESTION 7:
Can I draft a concert series, such as Eat to the Beat, to have Rick
Springfield and Wilson Phillips just play all day?
DUTCH RULING: An
individual concert or concert series may be drafted. Once an individual concert or concert series
has been drafted all concerts of any type at that venue are not eligible for
drafting going forward.
QUESTION 8:
How far out does the sphere go surrounding a hotel? Does it included the
immediate area or is anything past the walls view only like a holodeck? For example, the Beach Club. Does it include
Crescent Lake? The walkway around the lake? Does it include the pier and
lighthouse or is that Yacht Club's? Also, who gets Stormalong Bay? Another example, the Poly. Does it include 7
Seas lagoon? Is there such thing as a theme park view there?
DUTCH RULING: The promenade may be enjoyed by all of the
Crescent Lake hotels. The lighthouse is
shared by Yacht and Beach,as is Stormalong Bay.
As in the views at Shades of Green, the views of the 7 Seas Lagoon or
any body of water are included with any hotel that has said view.
In no way, does this
allow you to piggy back a hotel/restaurant view onto a theme park
attraction/experience. For instance, you
cannot draft an outdoor table at Rose and Crown with a 8:45pm ADR to get credit
for Illuminations.
The hashtag for the draft is #mmomdraft. We won’t be tweeting every pick, but we’ll be
throwing some stuff out there. Feel free
to do whatever makes you happy.
