The whale watching trip was still very fun, despite being dejected by Nile and calf. We were thinking about doing it again some time, maybe during an Alaska cruise or something. Once back on dry land, Chrissy had a whole lobster for dinner, which was gross because the digestive tract was still intact. We were pretty tired once we...
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We had signed up for a whale watching expedition with Captain John Boats in Plymouth, Massachusetts. We showed up about two hours early, so we had some time to see Plymouth Rock and visit a local winery. Parking is hard to find around that area (it’s very touristy), but the guy at the winery was nice enough to let us park in...
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Chrissy and I planned to head out to Cape Cod on Saturday. I only wanted to get an autograph or two from Peter Cullen before we jumped in the car. Somehow, the alarm clock was reset to one hour later, so we ended up in the autograph line at 7:30 AM instead of 8:30 AM. I didn’t mind so much, but Chrissy was clearly grumpy...
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On summer nights, you can rent a gondola for a ride along the Providence River. It’s very Italian, with a well decorated gondola and an authentic Italian gondolier. Marcello was as authentic as you can find in Rhode Island; his family was from Italy, and he had visited Italy many times, including a trip to Venice where he was...
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Besides the box set, Fun Publications also produces a special figure that is only given to attendees, a freebie just for showing up. This year’s extra figure was a Classics Mirage, molded in clear blue plastic to simulate his “invisibility” power. Mirage also comes with instructions and a “tech spec”...
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The dealer room was open for registrants at 4:30 on Friday. Walk-ins would not be able to get in until 10 AM on Saturday. I was pretty disappointed in the dealer room this year, since there weren’t that many dealers this time. Stylin’ didn’t show up at all, and they usually have a very large display of t-shirts and...
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I called ahead of time about the Hasbro tour, and it turned out that I could go in Chrissy’s place. They gave us a wristband at the time of registration, and that was all I needed to go on the tour. There would be two tours on Friday, and my group was leaving at 7 AM. That meant that I would have to wake up at 6 AM (after...
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Hasbro gave a special preview of the new Transformers movie on two screens. Chrissy and I made our way to the theater about an hour early. We found plenty of seating, especially since we got into the second of the two theaters that were showing the movie. I had heard a lot about the movie through online forums, but I had avoided...
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