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Overnight Pirate Adventure for Kids & Parents

July 14, 2006 | By Carma In fantasy, museums, pirates | Comments(0)

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Next Saturday, July 22, the Orlando Science Center is host "A Pirate's Night for Me!" For $53 per child and $40 per adult, participants will get to sleep on Dinosaur Island, search for clues in the Black Lagoon and learn how Pirates navigate ships using the stars.

The cost includes a treasure map, dinner, snack, breakfast and one pirate costume per child. The event starts at 5pm July 22, ends at 9am July 23, and is suitable for children in grades K-5. OSC members receive a discount on the cost. Call (407) 514-2112 for reservations.

For more information, visit www.osc.org.

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Windows and Pirates — What a Team!

June 23, 2006 | By Carma In pirates | Comments(0)

Billy Bones, the skull and cross bones icon for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, is helping launch Windows Live Messenger, which officially became available on Monday.

The fruit of a partnership between Microsoft and Walt Disney, this promotion centers of “Dead Man’s Tale,” an interactive game featuring Billy Bones. This cross promotion not only showcases the new features of Windows Live Messenger, a re-launch of MSN Messenger, but also Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which opens July 7.

42 Entertainment, a marketing company specializing in immersive entertainment-based marketing campaigns, created the game to immerse users in the movie’s world using the tools available through Windows Live Messenger.

"With Windows Live Messenger fans have the opportunity to interact with the world of the film by themselves or with friends and family who may be thousands of miles away," said Cherise McVicar, senior vice president of National Promotions for Buena Vista Pictures Marketing.

To play the game, you join the crew of the Black Pearl and use Messenger’s communication, sharing and interactive features to move through a variety of challenges. As you complete these challenges, you unlock details about the storyline from Dead Man’s Chest, revealed by Billy Bones. If you complete all the challenges, you will be treated to an exclusive clip from the movies only available through Messenger. There are both single-player and multi-player versions available.

To complement the game, Disney and Microsoft have created a variety of new Pirates of the Caribbean backgrounds, display images, Winks and other content for Messenger users to personalize their IM conversations.

Windows Live Messenger is one of the first products to be release under the Microsoft “Live” brand. “The launch of Windows Live Messenger represents a significant ‘down payment’ on the Windows Live vision,” said Martin Taylor, corporate vice president, Windows Live and MSN at Microsoft, “and an important milestone for the business.”

Microsoft is renaming some of their products and launching others under the “Live” brand as part of its effort to provide more web-based products.

For More Information:
Dead Man's Tale: www.deadmanstale.com. Here you not only will find the gave, but a trailer for the game.
42 Entertainment: www.4orty2wo.com/what.html
Windows Live Messenger: messenger.live.com
Official Movie Website: disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates.

My Comments:
I might be looking forward to seeing this movie -- I loved the first one and the trailers for this one look fun -- but I won't be playing this game. Not only don't I have the time, but I don't use Windows unless I have to.

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A Real Treasure Island?

June 21, 2006 | By Carma In pirates, tours | Comments(0)

This time Billy Bones won't be giving you the map -- Red Funnel Ferries will.

If you’re going to be in the U.K. between now and the end of July, you might want to participate in the Great Isle of Wight Treasure Hunt. Organized by Red Funnel Ferries, the Isle of Wight specialist, the treasure hunt follows a Castles and Kings theme and can be downloaded from Red Funnel's Treasure Island page in PDF or mp3 format.

Prizes include an iPod Video or a New Year’s self-catering break to the Isle of Wight. All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is visit the Isle of Wight, follow the history-packed tour around the north of the island visiting both historic sites and popular attractions and find the answers to a dozen questions, some of which are, according to Red Funnel Ferries, “mildly cryptic, but nothing that should give you brain-ache.”

You can drive or cycle the 25-mile clue-trail, with some “gentle strolling here and there.” Along the way, you will learn about the Island’s history and see some of its beautiful landscape and scenic coastline. You should be able to stay on track with nothing more than the guide, a pair of sensible shoes and a map of the island.

Answers to the clues should be emailed or sent by post to arrive by July 31, 2006. All correct entries will go into a prize drawing. For more information, visit www.redfunnel.co.uk/treasure.

SUMMARY
What: The Great Isle of Wight Treasure Hunt
Where: Isle of Wight, U.K.
When: Now through July 31, 2006
Send Entries to:
treasure@redfunnel.co.uk
or
Treasure Hunt CC,
Red Funnel Ferries,
12 Bugle Street,
Southampton, SO14 2JZ
United Kingdom

Be sure to include with your entry to contact information.

Don’t know who Billy Bones is? Visit this site and find out: www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure

For more information about pirate activities and things to do, see the January 2006 issue of The Genre
Traveler: http://thegenretraveler.com/JAN2006/TGTJanuary2006.htm.

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