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Achievements

A game-style trophy case — the little wins, built and ridden and visited and shipped, shelved by the things I do off the clock. Not posts, just trophies.

9 gold 5 silver 7 bronze

Parks & Coasters

9 unlocked

Front row, hands up — opening days and first rides.

The Park Field Guide 
Certified Disney Adult
Annual passes to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando. I-4 is basically the commute now.
· gold
Front Row, Hands Up
Rode Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens. Again.
· bronze
Bonjour, Mickey
First trip abroad — Disneyland Paris & Walt Disney Studios Park.
· gold
Five New Worlds
Opening weekend at Universal Epic Universe — day one through the portals.
· gold
Carowinds Sweep
Cleared most of Carowinds' coasters in a single day — Fury 325 and all.
· silver
Studio Tour
First visit to Universal Studios Hollywood.
· silver
Where It Started
First trip to the original — Disneyland, California.
· gold
End of Line
Opening day on TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom.
· gold
Cosmic Rewind
Opening day on Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT.
· gold

On the Map

5 unlocked

Cities, desert parks, and a first ride in a Waymo.

Death Valley
Visited Death Valley in early June 2026.
· bronze
Las Vegas
Visited Las Vegas, Nevada, in late May 2026.
· bronze
Valley of Fire
Visited Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, in late May 2026.
· bronze
First Waymo Ride
Took my first Waymo ride in May 2026.
· bronze
Nashville
Visited Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2026.
· bronze

Brick by Brick

1 unlocked

Big sets built (and defended from the cats).

LEGO Builder 
Master Builder
Finished the LEGO Disney Castle. The cats helped.
· gold

Up in the Air

1 unlocked

Window seat, no exceptions.

Aviation Nerd 
Cleared for Takeoff
Window seat, no exceptions.
· bronze

For the Cats

2 unlocked

Fosters placed and tools built for the rescue.

Purrfect Match 
Purrfect Match
Built a free WordPress plugin so CJ Paws' adoptable cats can appear on another site without storing an API key or server-side secret.
· gold
Rescue Roster
Another foster placed through CJ Paws.
· silver

Shipped

3 unlocked

Things built and put into the world.

What I build 
Hello, World (Again)
Rebuilt andrewmayes.com from the ground up — pixel world and all.
· silver
Shipped It
Released DepoAudio v1 for Windows and macOS. Free, on-device.
· gold
In Preview
Opened CasePrompts to the public — the CITE method, live.
· silver