Parade Attendance Roll Call
 

IN.

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Was, but can't do it now. Bummed out.

To all who go, Have a great time!

No thanks. That's going to be a GIANT kluster**** of people.

Yep, trying to decide when to leave and where to go. Thinking 8:00 and Union Station, but there may be 400k more thinking the same thing.

Grabbed a hotel room last night so I could get some work done in the morning and not worry about parking or shuttles or the other 500 thousand people.

Thinking of just sticking around the end of the route. :shrug:

Probably get to Crown Center around 8. I hear it's $10 to park there. I will probably do that or Penn Valley Park.

The chaos will be miserable, but when my kids are my age, I want them to have that memory.

As I was leaving work, someone said they were planning on heading down at 11.... uh, 11 tonight? :spock:

Isn't there like suppossed to be a million of us? :shrug:

In

Yep the end is it for me.

I'm gonna be late getting there lol, can't leave here until 845. Won't hit kc until 11...

I'm betting I'm ****ed but the kids are super excited

IN

Does nobody work in KC tomorrow??

IN

Side note: How are you guys getting there?

From the east, I guess you could go straight to Swope Park and shuttle from there... http://ridekc.org/news/parade


Thinking I'll walk over to Union Station around 9, see how it's going and decide if I should hang out for a few hours outside or get a little more work done.

In. Taking the shuttle from Metro North.

What's a good time to show up to the shuttle? I'm thinking around 7:45? Is that good enough?

I'm hoping to bypass the shuttle route. fingers crossed

So bummed that I won't be able to get off work to drive up there. Disgusted seeing a bandwagon fan and her husband bragging about getting to go on Facebook when up until these playoffs started neither of them could name a single player.

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But you are probably right, swope park will get us to 27 and main, which is better than 19thwhere most other shuttles go.

In. My son and I are headed in from Topeka. Not sure yet when to leave. Can't wait.

They start at 9.

In.

The bandwagon fans peeve me. I'm glad the Royals brand has grown, but man, I sat through the 2000's and had season tickets in 2004 and saw all those 100 loss teams and endured it.

Then I've seen the young guys grow and develop and it's been a true pleasure to watch unfold. I've probably missed about 30 Royals games this season and last combined. Just realize it's sweeter when as a real fan we've gone through the journey to get to the top and had the full experience.

I've seen that, but will they be able to fit everyone onto the buses at that time? I feel like there could be a surprise waiting game for those who show up a little later. I've never taken a shuttle, so just asking.

In, 9ish at union station Standing around for 6+ hours?
Damn that makes my knees hurt thinking about it.
Camping chairs, liter soda (1.25 and 1.5) and munchies.

The wife and I will be at Union Station.

Pretty sure sure I'm going. Gotta figure out if I need to take one of these shuttles, or risk finding a place to park near the parade.

It was a big win, and a long flight home from London. It's nice of the city to give the Chiefs a parade.

I'm guessing a lot of people will be showing up an hour or two early for those and maybe even forcing them to do an early trip or two if the shuttles are sitting there before 9.

Wife, her sister and mom are going, me, company do not curr.

I wonder if there's free wifi on the lawn of the WWII Memorial....

I'm guessing not free if any is in that area. It's likely a dead zone for wifi.

I can see that to an extent with watching these guys come up and get better each season like you said in your last sentence, but not so much with watching 106 losses 10 years ago. I used to feel that way back in the day, like when Rams fans came out of the woodwork after their SB win, but these days I can't blame people for not watching something that isn't the least bit entertaining. And the Chiefs had fairly recent heartbreak back then, where as the Royals had 'only' not met expectations of becoming a playoff team.

The past couple of seasons have been a celebration of baseball (well, either pro sport) being back in KC, and largely a celebration between the generation who watched the 70s/80s Royals and their children or even grandchildren. Hopefully they're making some lifelong fans and will give them a reason to keep watching for years to come.

In.

Taking the shuttle from Red Bridge. Was going to leave at 10, but thinking now that I may want to get there sooner, like 9.

https://www.visitkc.com/royalcelebration

More information ^^

In. Hauling about 8 others plus meeting up with family and friends. It's going to be a crush of humanity, but I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Per Faceook: Big Time Grain co. Will be kicking off with a concert at 10am at Union Station.

I live in DSM and I've blown most of my remaining vacation on the playoffs. BUT I did stop by the stadium on my way back home to get a shirt and just happened to be there right in time to see Ned triumphantly carry the trophy through gate C followed by the rest of the team, so I'll just take that as an acceptable parade memory substitute.

I will be getting another chemo treatment, so I am stuck in the cancer center and will miss the parade. *groan*

Crap I own a parking lot 1 block off the parade route and I'm sure I'd have to tow someone to get a spot in it.

Coming up from Wichita. Planning to park at Kemper and take the shuttle. Fingers crossed its not full before we get there.

My wife was just saying she wished we could have been there and that could be our parade substitute.

I believe the parade will also be shown on local channel news and MLB network.

Also MLB.com

Depending on what my schedule looks like tomorrow afternoon, I might have to take a long lunch.

In. Shuttling from Metro North

I will be there.

ditto

I'll be attending from my couch in jax.

damn right

Metro north shuttle.

Northland representing! It's interesting to see where everyone is coming/going from...I guess I never actually think about where different posters might live.

But I like seeing all the Metro North talk....it'll be the most action that place has seen in 5 years.

Already a lot of people in front of Union Station from what I can tell.

Hey all. I am leaving from Lawrence in about 30 minutes. Where should I park? My knowledge of downtown KC is shoddy at best, should I take the shuttle from Metro North?

I'll be there with my kiddos.

Tons of people at metro north

Saw a pic of Metro North a little while ago and the lines are already pretty long, but there are already a lot of people downtown, too.

So, I'd say 1) leave now.

You're probably better off going to Olathe or Red Bridge if you're taking at shuttle... http://ridekc.org/news/parade

Crown Center parking is supposed to be available, but no idea if/when it'll fill up.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...2cb7afbceb.jpg

And it starts... Breakfast at Cosentino's.

I'm walking from work to see the parade, can't make it to the rally.

Do the shuttles run on a certain schedule? I'll jet out ASAP.

ugh, i would love to go. :(

if the Chiefs ever win, rest assured that I WILL make the trip

Not sure if they originally had that plan, but with so many people, I'm thinking it'll just be as fast as they can drive between each point.

Lol metro north is ****ed up. Just standing in line for 1/2 hour.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...5e59999bc5.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...cbe309bb5d.jpg

And it's only 10:00...

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...869dfb3560.jpg

Makes me sick that I'm going to miss this.

In.

Did they actually end up letting school out for this?

hahaha really?

Yeah

ROFL

Look, empty busses. Huge cheers. LMAO http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11...e1365296b9.jpg

Royals fans set your DVR. The MLB network is broadcasting the parade from Noon to 4:00 today.

Now they're cutting people off at Metro. Lots of pissed off fans.

Trying to get there. But this is insane......

http://i68.tinypic.com/2hhjgw6.jpg

So I'm glad I didn't go.

Anyone having trouble accessing the live feed on Fox4KC.com?

in

I got it, but there isn't anything to see as of yet.