Parents were enticed to attend by this advertisement. (Image: Facebook\/Dirt Dog)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhat 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>\nThis 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>\nYoung 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":"
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 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":319816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,82353],"tags":[90879,90880,23,82166],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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