Apple Store Woodlands, TX

[cr2sh]

Wait...you're in the Woodlands...and you're going to go to *Dallas* for the Apple store?!

Take the hour or so and drive south into Houston, there's an Apple store in the Galleria. Very nice, helpful people, and can meet your *every* Apple need. I bought my powerbook from there and they were awesome.

Dallas...that's almost 4 hours *in the opposite direction*.

Ahh! Been there.. its small. I wasn't impressed.

Take the time to drive up to Easton, Columbus... now trhat's awesome!

 

[jtkellertx]

I emailed the manager of the mall and he said 7 AM for the walkers.

ROCK!!!!!
(I've known this for about a week, but just to clarify, ya know?)

Thanks for letting us know about this.

 

[stevietheb]

For the record, it's not "Woodlands, TX" -- it's "THE Woodlands, TX"...eh...gag

Also, I agree with those who said that "The Woodlands" is part of Dallas (of course, I'm from a town southeast of Houston...we consider anyone north of I-10 to be "yankees")...takes for ever to drive there especially if anyone else is on I-45. But, other than golf and concerts, I guess there's one more reason to make the trek now.

For you San Antonio folks upset about Houston having two stores. Consider that driving from the store at the Galleria to the new one in The Woodlands probably takes the same amount of time as driving from San Antonio to the Austin Store (isn't there one at Barton Creek Mall now?).

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

I would LOVE to go to a grand opening of an Apple Store, especially if it was in Appleton . But of course that won't be happening any time soon because the world hates me, but I can hope gosh darnit!

 

[jtkellertx]

For the record, it's not "Woodlands, TX" -- it's "THE Woodlands, TX"...eh...gag

Also, I agree with those who said that "The Woodlands" is part of Dallas (of course, I'm from a town southeast of Houston...we consider anyone north of I-10 to be "yankees")...takes for ever to drive there especially if anyone else is on I-45. But, other than golf and concerts, I guess there's one more reason to make the trek now.

For you San Antonio folks upset about Houston having two stores. Consider that driving from the store at the Galleria to the new one in The Woodlands probably takes the same amount of time as driving from San Antonio to the Austin Store (isn't there one at Barton Creek Mall now?).

The Woodlands to Downtown Houston takes less than half and hour. If it's near anything, it would be near Conroe.

 

[mercuryjones]

3 hours to go. I should be heading out from College Station in the next 30 minutes or so. See ya there.

 

[katie ta achoo]

3 hours to go. I should be heading out from College Station in the next 30 minutes or so. See ya there.

I have your headphones patches.

 

[iSaint]

I have your headphones patches.

Is the opening today? Are you there right now? ...first in line???

edit: just checked your blog, or pic site or whatever. Coolio...boy that's a lot of books in that store! What's up with that?

edit edit: I can't believe you guys aren't giving us live updates!

edit edit edit: with live pics and everything!

 

[katie ta achoo]

I'll post pics when I wake up, hahaha.

I'm SO exhausted. I left the house at 6 AM.

It was SO FREAKING FUN, THOUGH!!!!!

I met a few MR-er-ers.

The one guy was talking about my woodlands map, then when we got in line, he was talking about the girl who one powerbook at houston.
he says "Man! i've been caught talking about you TWICE today." or something like that.
He's a cool dude. I gave him Gmail.
Flight attendant Tim.

 

[goodwill]

damn. this is exciting. great marketing for apple. i think the woodlands is the logical and smart choice to put the next apple store in houston. i think the one at the galleria was a nice flagship store, but for being close to the 3rd largest city in the nation, it's about time apple infiltrated the market a bit more here. the galleria store although nice, lacks the size i wouldve thought could accomadate the demand of apple users in a larger city. plus, although there are sizzlin' chicks at the galleria mall, models are covered all over the woodlands mall! plus, now it will be so nice to go hit up the apple store before going to rock out at the woodlands pavillion. kudo's apple.

 

[mercuryjones]

Thanks for the patches, Katie. Sorry I just walked up out of nowehere and walked away, but my friend was back in line by himself with my iBook, and I was scared of what he might do (he beiing a Windows guy and all ).

Anyways, it was nice meeting you and talking to you for a bit, and your mom is such a nice person for coming along with you.

Overall, the store was incredible. So many people, and I think we scared most of the mall workers with the amount of Macheads that showed up. So tired now...must sleep..zzzzzzz....

 

[katie ta achoo]

Thanks for the patches, Katie. Sorry I just walked up out of nowehere and walked away, but my friend was back in line by himself with my iBook, and I was scared of what he might do (he beiing a Windows guy and all ).

Anyways, it was nice meeting you and talking to you for a bit, and your mom is such a nice person for coming along with you.

Overall, the store was incredible. So many people, and I think we scared most of the mall workers with the amount of Macheads that showed up. So tired now...must sleep..zzzzzzz....

Haha, ya, that was weird. Someone coming outta nowhere, poking me with a camera, and saying "hey, you!" Freak!

I'll post pics in a few. I'm just needing to resize them. I'll convert the HIGH FIVE MOVIE (I'm so sad. ) to a smaller size and see if I can post it.

HOLY CRAP IT WAS FUN!!!!
but then I ate some bad japanese food and got a little sick.

 

[katie ta achoo]

holy patootie, that was FUN.

1. Le window display
2. There's nothing to do other than surf the internet and watch the window guy
3. Still watching the window guy. He did an AWESOME job. Freaking cleanest glass I've ever seen!
4. Queueing up. The white shirt guy was first in line, he got there at 6:20 and sat in his car until 7.
5. This little kid started banging on the door, saying "LET ME IN!" You should have seen ALL the people getting out cameras to take his pic. HE WAS SO ADORABLE!! *pinches cheek*

 

[katie ta achoo]

1. Entering a sweepstake. I hope I win. I need vienna money. Although, my mom said that if we win, she'll switch to Mac. *FINGERS CROSSED!* She was the first to put in her card, I was 2nd, hehe.
2. Flight attendant Tim. He's a MR lurker (hi, tim! *waves*) and I caught him unknowingly talking about me TWICE! First was me AWESOME map of where the woodlands REALLY is, and the 2nd was that poor, poor girl who won the PowerBook at Houston Galleria. My reputation precedes me! I gave him a GMail account, and showed him the awesome Gmailpop widget. We both whipped out our PowerBooks for Gmailness. I'm his first Gmail buddy! haha (HEY! Join MacRumors already! Lurker!! )
3. INSIDE THE STORE! HOLY PATOOTIE! IT'S TWICE THE SIZE OF HOUSTON GALLERIA. IT'S FREAKING HUGE!
4. More of the Crowd.
5. So many green shirts!! The clerks here are REALLY AWESOME. I wish I could come here all the time. (I'm sooo not doing the hour-drive.)

 

[mercuryjones]

Bad Chinese food at the mall? What are the odds of that?

I took advantage of the free Chick Fil A sandwich and the Godiva store giving out free chocolate drinks...yum.

Yes. I am a freak, but didn't wait in the line for almost 3 hours, and then not buy anything. I only stood there for 75 minutes, and then didn't buy anything. Wasn't able to convice my Windows friend to purchase any apple merchandise either (maybe when they open a College Station, TX store...)

 

[katie ta achoo]

1. Genius Bar. NIICE.
2. Dual 2.7. NIIIIIICE! (I have freaky looking thumbs)
3. HOLY CRAP, A STUDIO?!?! It's one of SIX in the country. The guy said San Antonio might have one. I WANT A STUDIO! I HATE YOU, HOUSTON GALLERIA!!
4. The genius bar again.
5. Me and my clerk friend. I know him through TextAmerica. Since I'm gonna put this on my blog, he did the standard KT thumbs up. (patent pending!!)

 

[katie ta achoo]

1. Galleria Shirt. I like that one sooo much more.
2. MercuryJones and I. (Hey! that bad japanese food was the only veggie-friendly stuff in the mall!)
3. MUAHAHA GIMMIE A SHIRT!!!!
4. I like to point.
5. Hahaha, look at those losers in line. It was SOO long! It went ALL THE WAY to banana republic. (that's like 200 feet) IT WAS SO LONG! My mom and I were walking by, and I wanted to cause a panic by saying "I'm so glad we got the last two shirts!" but she wouldn't let me.

 

[katie ta achoo]

ok, ok, last one, I SWEAR!!!
1. The boxes. BEAUTIFUL! Of course, I ripped mine open, and my mom's is still closed and perfect. i couldn't close mine again. I broke my box.
2. LoudestNoise. He IMed me from TUAW.com Check out his pics of the opening here
3. bahahaha, look at the line! Ok, it's like 10 people long at this point but.. NEENER NEENER!!!
4. Trying on my Gap jeans for free iTunes. THE JEANS WERE HORRIBLE! they were itchy and make me look ... ewwwwww. (I didn't need any help with that!)
5. Free iTunes!! I have one free song and 93 cents left over from a card soooo.. I'm getting the Jason Mraz album. He's adorable!

OK! that was the apple store The Woodlands Grand opening! SOOOO FUN!
clickidoo <--- more pics of the opening. Look in the comments. Manhattan beach AND woodlands. When I smallerize the video files, I'll post them.

 

[katie ta achoo]

Bad Chinese food at the mall? What are the odds of that?

I took advantage of the free Chick Fil A sandwich and the Godiva store giving out free chocolate drinks...yum.

Yes. I am a freak, but didn't wait in the line for almost 3 hours, and then not buy anything. I only stood there for 75 minutes, and then didn't buy anything. Wasn't able to convice my Windows friend to purchase any apple merchandise either (maybe when they open a College Station, TX store...)

Wait, I thought you got iClear?

Yeah, I stood in line for 3 hours and didn't buy anything, but two of those hours were sitting wit other macHeads. another was standing with MacHeads. HOLY CRAP MACPEOPLE ARE FUN! I need more! I NEED MORE!
(Hey! Tim the lurker! I know you're reading this and lurking in the shadows of the forums, laughing at my AWESOME map! Register already! It's FREE! Hehehe.)

 

[wms121]

..looks nice Houston people

hey capn underpants....you been to the WillowBend Store in far North Dallas?

NOPE you can't take the DART rail on the weekends...

NOPE....that shopping center is NOT easy to find. Took me extra 30 minutes.

..YES..very upscale mall...even has a Haagen-Das Store.

YES YES YES..ask to meet "Elliot the Unix geek" at the Guru bar...he is cool
(very green but cool).

YES...IF you are not happy ...not enough high tech...try the Informart
Location..(which may still be open as of this writing).

IF APPLE left...go and pester the Unix geek at the IBM store. Ask about
Darwin and AIX compilers. They will get you a free cup of Java.

WW

 

[WeeShoo]

KT IM SO JEALOUS.

 

[katie ta achoo]

KT IM SO JEALOUS.

Bahaha, as you should be!


I'm just ragging on ya, You'll get to an opening one day.
but in the mean time

IT WAS FREAKING FUN, look at the pics and pretend you were there, hahaha.

 

[iSaint]

Bahaha, as you should be!


I'm just ragging on ya, You'll get to an opening one day.
but in the mean time

IT WAS FREAKING FUN, look at the pics and pretend you were there, hahaha.

Hah! Small towns in Mississippi don't have Apple openings! Maybe one within six hours of me will open someday. Memphis is 3 hours and they already have one...Atlanta is 4 hours, been to that one. My iPod broke the other day. I almost drove to Memphis just to go there, but sent it back to Apple (getting replacement Monday - one week service, awesome).

thanks for the pics KT, awesome fun. What did you get in the box? Did they not give scratch off cards? ...or was that what the sweepstakes was? And where's pics of mom? She's the hero here, getting up to take you over there that early. Hope you find good veggie food and feel better.

 

[mercuryjones]

I was gonna get the iClear, but then you mentioned Fry's and my friend wanted to go, so I figured I'd wait for there. Then, we ended up hanging at the mall too long, and I had to get back home.

All in all, I had a great time. Good company, great merchandise, tasty free food and excellant Apple products to play with.

By the way, did you see all the Younglings? Get 'em started early....

 

[katie ta achoo]

Hah! Small towns in Mississippi don't have Apple openings! Maybe one within six hours of me will open someday. Memphis is 3 hours and they already have one...Atlanta is 4 hours, been to that one. My iPod broke the other day. I almost drove to Memphis just to go there, but sent it back to Apple (getting replacement Monday - one week service, awesome).

thanks for the pics KT, awesome fun. What did you get in the box? Did they not give scratch off cards? ...or was that what the sweepstakes was? And where's pics of mom? She's the hero here, getting up to take you over there that early. Hope you find good veggie food and feel better.

The box was our shirt. I'm wearing mine right now.. they only came in XL. I'm SWIMMING in it. It comes halfway down my thigh.

No scratchoff cards, but we all did get a free chick fil a sammich. I gave it to the woman behind me in line. Sweepstakes is for iMac g5 with a buttload of canon stuff (printer, digicam, digicamcorder)
Mom doesn't like pictures. She thinks cameras steal your soul.


ok, I'm full of crap, but she don't do pictures.

I was gonna get the iClear, but then you mentioned Fry's and my friend wanted to go, so I figured I'd wait for there. Then, we ended up hanging at the mall too long, and I had to get back home.

All in all, I had a great time. Good company, great merchandise, tasty free food and excellant Apple products to play with.

By the way, did you see all the Younglings? Get 'em started early...

Man, I bet the dad brought them there JUST for free Tshirts! I should have totally brought my nephew for that!