I don’t think a whole lot about my Klout score until an enterprising company offers me something special because of it. Not too long ago, I was approached by Fox to spread the word about a new show they were launching called “Lone Star”. I wasn’t particularly interested based on the premise, so I didn’t follow up/accept. The show lasted two episodes, I think.
However, a couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Disney inviting me to attend a free advance screening of “Tangled”, which is set for release on 
November 24th. It’s a 3D animated comedy based on the story of Rapunzel. This is more my speed, frankly, so I readily accepted and I took my two older daughters (they are 9.5 and 4.5 years old).
We arrived about 10-15 minutes before the scheduled screening time of 7:30pm. I saw a gigantic line wrapping halfway around the building, and I was concerned. As we were walking up, I asked someone if that was the line for “Tangled”, even though I already knew that it had to be. My heart dropped a little bit. I was worried about disappointing my little girls, since I didn’t see how everyone in that line could possibly fit into an average theater.
We took our place at the end of the line, and it began to move….slowly. I noticed that most of the people around me were holding large passes. Was I supposed to have these? Maybe I should have gone to the box office first. Ugh. Someone mentioned that they were hoping to get a seat, but if not, it was no big deal to them. It was a big deal to me, since there was no talk of limited seating on the email or info I had received, and I had two girls who were stoked about seeing this movie.
As we approached the corner for the final straightaway to get to the actual door, a guy came around to the crowd and said this:
“If you received an email from Disney giving you front-of-line access, please come see me.”
Could it be?
I walked a few feet over to him, and I mentioned that I had received an email from Disney, but I didn’t know if it granted us special access or not.
“What’s your name, sir?”
I responded.
“Yes, you’re on the VIP list. Come with me, please. You’re in the special reserved section of the theater.”
Um….awesome?
I gathered my daughters and our hands were stamped, then we were whisked inside, leaving a couple hundred folks outside looking bewildered.
The sole complaint about the evening was the fact that I was forced to return to my car before the movie, since I had an iPhone with me and it has a built-in camera. I think this could have been more clear in the instructions.
We all loved the movie, and I’ll write a separate review on one or more of my blogs sometime soon. It’s definitely worth seeing, and a few scenes were laugh-out-loud funny. The animation was lush and beautifully rendered. I was impressed.
They’re supposed to be mailing me a kit of “Tangled” goodies sometime soon, too, including a t-shirt, etc. It didn’t ask for a shirt size, so I’ll be interested to see what they send now. 🙂 I think I’m supposed to include this rather official sounding disclosure, which is the truth, too:
I was given a free product or sample because I’m a Klout influencer. I was under no obligation to receive the sample or talk about this company. I get no additional benefits for talking about the product or company.
Congratulations to Disney Pictures! You are the 210 Consulting Social Media Winner of the Week. I have little doubt that your efforts will help “Tangled” to be a big-time success through the holidays.
