My goodness! What a night! I decided to get out and celebrate the New Year with a bang in Downtown Toronto! Even if it was only two of us characters out, it was still lots of fun. There were others with us two as spotters. As soon as RK and I stepped off the parking elevator at Dundas Square, there was an epic flood of people wanting to pose with us for pictures. We literally couldn't move! Though we did slowly progress south on Yonge Street to Queen Street. It felt like hours making our way down. We couldn't move a metre without being asked to pose for pictures. Eventually we all made it to Queen Street and slowly progressed west to the heart of the New Year's Eve celebrations at Nathan Phillips Square. Of course I couldn't really tell where I was walking due to poor vision and the mass amount of people around. Fortunately I had aid by one of my spotters which really helped me a lot.

Trying to get around Nathan Phillips Square was a huge challenge. It was pretty much a whole sea of people and of course more people wanting for us to pose for photos with them. Some wanted some hugs too. Nothing like a hug from a sizzlin' red-hot dragon to warm up a few who were feeling cold. We did manage to find a clear path behind a line of food trucks as we made way to City Hall. Our final stop there was by the huge Christmas tree. We were pretty much stuck there due to more people wanting us to pose with them for pictures. We did try to move around to a better spot, but any movement was very slow. Either way, being by the Christmas tree was the best spot for us. Though it would have been nice to get over to the main stage where the concert was taking place. Getting there would have been slow and difficult. It just seemed endless of posing for pictures. We were very well loved!

When it was getting close to midnight, we decided to head back. Again it was a very slow progress trying to cut our way through the sea of people. We took the same path behind the line of food trucks while stopping for people who wanted to pose with us for pictures. I needed the aid of one of our spotters to get to where we wanted to go. RK wanted us to get to the Pan AM games sign, but we couldn't get there. Just too many people to try and get through. We then finally decided to make our way back to Dundas Square. Our plan was to get to the Eaton Centre and take the PATH to Dundas Square.

Trying to get were we wanted to go proved to to be difficult and very slow. Another huge mass of people was making their way into Nathan Phillips Square. We were really getting shoved around. I couldn't tell where I was going, but my spotter was guiding me through. We made it to a crosswalk that crossed Bay Street. We got about half way and the clock of Old City Hall struck midnight and we stopped to watch the fireworks from New City Hall. It was a very nice display, but it appeared that they were having some technical difficulties with them. There were three long sets with about a minute pause between them. Once the final set was done we managed to make it over to the Eaton Centre. Unfortunately the doors were locked so we followed an alley way that took us to Dundas Street and then made it back to Dundas Square.

I do have to say that the event went along uneventfully! Despite the odd tail pulling, nothing much happened to us. Although a couple people there thought I was the Devil. I guess they've never seen a dragon before. The Devil is more of a goat than a dragon. I don't have hooves. Though I did have one lady trying to pamper me up that I was trying to play along with. She was giving me belly rubs, stroking my snoot, and scratching my head. Yup, that's all it takes to get this sizzin' red-hot dragon going. Especially belly rubs. They feel so good! Ah! *cough cough* Sorry, getting a little carried away. I would very much love to do this again and hopefully with some more of us characters there too! Here's to 2015!