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Monday, August 3, 2009

WDW Today Goes to Oregon

What would happen if the gang from the WDW Today podcast attempted to travel the Oregon Trail? Good question. I decided to find out. I plugged everyone in and sent them down the trail to see what would happen.

They got off to a bad start thanks to Scopa’s uncanny ability to lose the trail. With Scopa Leading, on April 12th, he los the trail and it took three days to find it again. Unfortunately he did it again on April 19th but only lost one day this time.

The first member to get seriously ill was Len. He contracted dysentery on May 5th and it took him four days to recover.

The first member to break something was Newel. He busted his leg on May 14th and it took him four days to recover.

Having to be the center of attention, Len went ahead and caught measles on May 22nd and it took him two days to get better.

Annette didn’t want to be showed up by the boys so she went ahead and contracted typhoid on June 16th, costing the team four days of travel time.

Apparently Matt had enough and ran off getting himself lost on June 27th. It took three days to find him. His little adventure left him weak which resulted in a nice case of dysentery on July 4th costing the team three days.

Len climbed a maple tree in search of syrup, fell out, and broke his arm on July 15th. It was four days before he could travel again.

Scopa’s brilliant navigation skills made a comeback on July 21st when the team lost the trail again. Only a day was lost this time.

Matt, still weak from the dysentery, caught a nice case of the measles on July 28th. The team lost three days.

Newell, who had been healthy since his injury, had two bouts of Cholera on August 1st and August 12th costing the team a total of seven days.

On August 13th Len though it would be fun to play with a snake on the side of the trail. The snake bit him. Len got sick and delayed the team for three days. The bit left him weak and he contracted typhoid on August 31st costing the team another three days.

Len tripped Matt resulting in a broken leg on September 5th. It took five days for Matt to recover.

On September 11th Scopa got excited when thought he smelled the ocean but it turned out to be Newell. Len ratted him out.

On September 17th a fight broke out when Scopa told Annette that she needed a bath.

On September 21st, with the destination in sight, Matt decided it was a good time to catch Dysentery. Instead of waiting for him to recover, a doctor was paid $28 in gold to help. That’s roughly $2800 when adjusted for inflation.

On September 23rd Matt tried to trip Len. Len dodged out of the way and Newell tripped instead, breaking his arm in the process. Their shenanigans cost the team another $14 in doctor bills.

On September 25th Scopa had the brilliant idea of trying to float down the river to their goal. He crashed the raft in process. Everyone survived but it caused a 20 day delay while the wagon was rebuilt.

On October 24th the WDW Today team reached finally reached Oregon.

What did we learn by doing this? A number of things:

- Never let Scopa drive!
- It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Then it’s hilarious.
- If Matt isn’t sick, Len will be.
- Newell likes to break things.
- Annette is nearly invincible and knows how to travel. I guess there is a reason she is a travel agent.
- Never, EVER let Scopa drive one of the rafts that go to Tom Sawyers Island. It won’t end well.

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