Well, we have finally "recovered" here from today's ride event.
I do think the surprise was that we were indeed going to be riding through a public room, "The Victorian Park". I actually thought that was a really cool part of the ride event, but wish they would have taken another room out of the loop to keep the rides to 3 rooms.
There were a few more technical glitches and lag/freezing issues today than last time. I got stuck at a teleporter in a ride room early on. I sent a "Help" message with as many details as I could. (ride color and room I was in - room 2 of pink ride) When a few minutes went by I sent a second help message with the same details and let them know I was just going to have to refresh and get back in line. It took about 15-20 minutes, but I got a pop-up message letting me know that the prize for my color ride was in my inventory. So, if you crash before getting the prize or get stuck, etc. send help messages - a few if needed.
Overall, I was pretty happy with today. When I saw those ride pieces in the park early this morning I had visions of the servers crashing and all of us in single mode. Since they are still testing things, King and I wondered if this was a test of server capacity and technical issues with rides. (especially in a public room) I mean, today was a recipe for lag. It was a Sunday, quest day, the prizes were much coveted items, the event was held early enough for our UK friends to hop on also, and you had the ride going through the park where regular guests were talking, watching, and doing quests.
We had some quirky technical issues here too, but overall, I had a nice time today. I still love that people can stay in the queue and ride through even after the event is over. King and I took a nap with the kids while our last folks rode through.