First day over - whew
Pictures are coming in fast and Furious! I’ve put mine up as have others. Go look!
Some thoughts now that the rush is over. Warning: They are completely random, I’m too tired still to edit them into a sensible cohesive unit.
Everyone in line was great, a really friendly crowd. very few of the first 50 were there for anything but “the experience” that us hardcore fans found ourselves chanting ad nauseam to all the media. Only one or two were there for the free chair.
I was #12 in line and got a $50 gift card on the way in. My friend camping with me got a free cinnamon roll, and was quite bummed. I heard lots of $10 cards. So far the card I got was the biggest that I’ve heard of.
While waiting at the door to go in, while all the festivities were going on my friends and I were singing “It’s Log!” from Ren & Stimpy. (The weird looks of the 20 somethings near by shows that this show hasn’t made the jump.) The stage and screen were nice, but for those of us at the very front we had trouble hearing somewhat and couldn’t really see much. and for the record, I would have clubbed someone like a baby seal to raise the Ohio flag - had I not been so freaking exhausted.
As soon as I got off the escalator victory ride, I took a pic down from the top and then I turned to my companions and said “Follow me if you want to live!” (Okay not really, but they did follow me.) My knowledge of the similar layout of the Detroit store had us off the escalator and into the cafe before nearly anyone else had even gotten there. We had the NO line, choice of any table we wanted and had food and a seat in under 5 minutes (more or less). After 24 hours in piercing cold, hot scrambled eggs never tasted so good let me tell you.
You could definitely tell the virgins in the store, they were the ones walking against traffic, making their own way all willy nilly. As I’ve said before IKEA has a traffic pattern your shopping trip will be SO Much easier if you “go with the flow”.
As expected many weren’t getting the whole yellow bag thing and when spotted with my cart we were asked where we got it several feet into the second floor showroom area. (PS after the excalator turn left into kids, go around the staircase, and turn left again and take the elevators by the cafe downstairs, get your cart and bring it BACK up.) Also a few who got carts thought they were broken with the way they steer. Explained that even the carts are european.
What did I buy? Nothing. I’m going to be returning on Sunday without a van filled full of camping gear, but the ektorp chair in as-is had my full attention. Might scoot over Thursday and see if it foud a home yet.
Well that’s enough for now, I’m going to go to bed. Tommorrow I’m hoping to have a jumbo post of news links.
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I was there, we got there around 5 am, and were front and center for the festivities after they made the people in the que squish in.
I just wanted to respond that I was eyeballing that striped Ektorp chair in as-is as well.
I’m officially addicted! I went to Ikea today for lunch and another look at As Is. Just so both of you know, the Ektorp chair is gone now. Sorry. But maybe they will put out another one. There are a lot of new furiture out that wasn’t there yesterday. I’m still waiting on a Karlstadt chair to appear ;]