{"id":319813,"date":"2024-05-14T11:39:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=319813"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:05:51","slug":"they-bluey-it-vegas-restaurant-disappoints-thousands-with-pathetically-costumed-kids-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/they-bluey-it-vegas-restaurant-disappoints-thousands-with-pathetically-costumed-kids-character\/","title":{"rendered":"THEY BLUEY IT: Vegas Restaurant Disappoints Thousands with Pathetically Costumed Kids Character"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 11, 2024, is a day that will live in infamy for the more than 3,000 people who schlepped to a Las Vegas event promoting the opportunity to \u201cmeet Bluey & friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“Bluey” greets guests, some of whom drove for an hour and then waited in line an hour more. (Image: KVVU-TV\/Las Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Waiting for them at the fast-food restaurant Dirt Dog, at 8390 S. Rainbow Blvd., was a dude attired in a plastic dime-store onesie and what was apparently a dog-poop bag affixed to his face.<\/p>\n

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Parents were enticed to attend by this advertisement. (Image: Facebook\/Dirt Dog)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What in the Blue Blazes?<\/h2>\n

Social media comments from parents posted after the debacle showed not only a line out the door of the tiny eatery, but the massive letdown at the front of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemu Bluey costume and decorations from Dollar Tree,\u201d wrote Kevin Tagenhorst below the event’s Facebook ad. \u201cThanks for ruining my 3-year-old\u2019s day!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou pissed off a community of parents,\u201d added Leiren Theroux. \u201cI\u2019ll never be back to your establishment. My daughter was super disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI drove one hour just to see a grown man in PJs,\u201d another parent wrote, while yet another posted a Facebook marketplace listing for a proper Bluey costume the eatery could have rented for $85.<\/p>\n

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This is the photo op most parents were expecting to encounter. (Image: Facebook Marketplace)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe kids were distraught, some were crying,\u201d Stephanie Hernandez, whose daughter Sophia was super-excited at the prospect of meeting an actual TV star, told KVVU-TV\/Las Vegas,<\/em> which broke the story.<\/p>\n

Young Sophia added: \u201cI was mad. He looked unexpected. We could see his beard.\u201d<\/p>\n

We Blue It<\/h2>\n

A restaurant spokesperson issued an apology to those disappointed by \u201cBluey Day,\u201d\u00a0 which is basically everyone who attended it, explaining that restaurant employees planned the event for their regulars, expecting 50-60 people max, not \u201cthe whole city coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that they are working on securing the \u201creal\u201d Bluey for a future appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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