May Day Maze 2021

Gulliver was in town today, and I dug up the five pieces of his communicator and returned them to him. I’ll be getting a reward (or two?) in the mail tomorrow.

I walked by the newly-vacated house plot, and I took a last look at all the trash around the area. 😛

Rizzo's former house plot.

I cleaned up the area after taking that picture, although I plan on leaving the garbage can there.

At town hall, I told Tom Nook that I wanted to attend a ceremony. So we headed up to my new ramp to celebrate its opening. Yay!

The opening ceremony for my new ramp.

Apollo was sick with a cold, so I bought him some medicine. He rewarded me with a garbage can…and then told me I deserve it. Thanks a lot.

Apollo: I'm all better, thanks to you. So I'm hopin' you'll accept a small gift. It's a garbage can!

Once I finished making my rounds, I bought some Nook Miles Tickets and headed to the airport. It was time to find a new villager! I wanted to find a villager who was either a villager that I liked a lot, or a snooty that was halfway decent.

On the first two islands, I found Stu and Rasher. They made for easy decisions: heck no. The third island had Bangle the tiger, and that was a tougher decision. I decided that if she was a snooty, I’d take her. But I googled her and saw that she’s a peppy instead. Sorry Bangle, not today.

Del the gator was on the 4th island, and I was very tempted to take him. He was kinda my buddy in ACCF back in the day, and I have some good memories with him (including some Wi-Fi Moments that I remember fondly). But ultimately, I resisted the urge to take him and kept looking.

Paolo was on island #5. He’s not bad, but if I didn’t take Del, I sure wasn’t taking him either. Ditto for Simon the monkey and Sterling the eagle. I considered stopping at this point and trying again tomorrow (if nobody moved in randomly). But I ultimately decided I’d buy three more tickets and stop at ten if I didn’t find anybody.

However, the 8th try was the charm! I found Eloise the elephant. Not only do I like her, but she’s a snooty! Say hello to Forest’s next islander! 🙂

Stu, Rasher, Bangle, Del, Paolo, Simon, Sterline, and Eloise.

Now Bones is going to be sandwiched in between two elephants! He’ll have Tia on one side and Eloise on the other.

With that settled, I again took flight…but this time, I used my May Day ticket. I tried out the new maze, and it’s a bit more complicated than the one we got last year.

The May Day Maze for 2021.

I apparently took a wrong turn and couldn’t advance further. So I had to restart the maze. But on my 2nd attempt, I was able to complete the maze and chat with Rover.

Rover: Hey, you! Wow, what are the chances we'd meet like this again? Congrats on making it to the end, by the way.

I enjoyed the maze, and I hope they keep adding new mazes for years to come. It’s one of the most unique events in New Horizons.

Before wrapping up my game for the night, I paid Tom Nook 10,000 bells to bury Rizzo to demolish that extra incline that I mentioned yesterday.

I’ll be back with another entry soon! Hope to see you then! Enjoy your May Day Maze!