A New California Camp my yet Arise

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The Huntsville Times is reporting about a group of investors ready to give a California Space Camp another go.

Read all about it!

The new camp would be in The Dome on the grounds of the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach. Campers’ dormitories would be aboard the historic ocean liner, which for decades has been an anchored hotel and tourist site.

The Dome – a giant geodesic building – was formerly home to the “Spruce Goose,” Howard Hughes’ wooden seaplane. The plane was moved to a museum in Oregon in 1992.

McNerney said an opening date, like many details about the new camp at this point, is subject to negotiation.

“We’re going to try to open up July 6,” he said.

Hmm…I wonder if they’re looking for a new employee!

Technical Problems with the SpaceCamp DVD

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Some users in the HabForum mention that they were having some troubles with their copies of AnchorBay’s now discontinued SpaceCamp DVD.

They are aware of the problems and you can send back the disc to get it replaced if you’d like.

Visit http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/about/faq.asp#Contact for more information including how and where to send in your defective disc to get a new copy.

Sorry about the Slow-Down

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So my web hosting provider was having some major issues yesterday and part of today. If you tried to visit the site or post in the HabForum, chances are you had a heck of a time!

Things should pretty much be back to normal now. At the very least, things are actually loading.

Sorry about that! It shouldn’t happen again, but if it does, I’ll fix it next time (i.e. change providers)!

Thanks for your understanding!

Use the Buddy System, Save $150 Each!

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There’s a new promo out now from Space Camp. Bring a friend to camp and you’ll both save $150. Not that bad!

The offer states:

Bring Your Wingman or Crewmate, and each of you saves $150!

Register with a friend for the same summer session of Aviation Challenge Mach I, Mach II, Mach III, Space Camp, Space Academy or Advanced Space Academy and each of you will receive a $150 discount off your tuition.

  • Must attend camp between May 24 and August 22, 2003
  • Only one friend per person
  • Does not apply to friends already registered – must be a new registration
  • This offer is not available for Parent/Child, Pilot/CoPilot, 4-day, Adult, Educator, Day Camp or Group Programs.
  • Cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount or promotion.

Call 1-800-63-SPACE and reference source code BUDDY

*Sigh*

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We greatly appreciate your interest in a Counselor position for this summer. Unfortunately, we will not be hiring any new counselors. Due to budget constraints, we will only hire returning counselors who have already been trained.

We will, however, hire new counselors for the January/February 2004 training session. If you are currently in college, you might want to check with your Career Services Dept. to see if the Counselor position could be a co-op position. If you are interested in coming to work next January/February, please let us know so that we can keep your application active.

Thank you again for your interest and good luck in your job search. We hope to hear from you regarding the Spring 2004 training session.

Contest Submissions now Being Taken

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So I said it’d be April 1 – April 30 that I would be accepting submissions. Whoops!

Still, everyone’s known about the current contest, so you’ve had time to work on them…and still do!

To submit your logo(s) (up to two, remember), email them to [contest AT this domain, hab1.com].

As for official rules (this is a contest, after all, and what contest would be complete without official rules?!), just go look at one of the old Space Camp contest rules I guess. Basically, standard contest rules apply (Open only to residents of the United States and Canada, must be 13 or older to enter, etc.).

The winner will be announced on or around May 5, 2003.

Good luck!

War Slows Camp Reservations

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An article published in the Huntsville Times notes the current status of bookings at Space Camp and how they are down for the year due to the current conflict in Iraq (the article was published at a time when war seemed imminent, but had not yet begun).

Reservations for June and July camps are down by about 1,400 from where U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO Larry Capps would like them to be.

However, the article does note that while reservations are down, revenue is still up since they haven’t discounted the price of the programs as they did last year.

Space Camp Alters its Cancellation Policy

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In light of recent world events, Space Camp has made a few alterations to its cancellation policy.

As can be seen here on their registration page, the policy now includes the following:

In the event of military conflict, and if you, your child or group are unable to travel during that time you would need to arrive for your camp session:

  • We will hold your individual reservation for US Space Camp or Aviation Challenge until such time that you can reschedule.
  • For groups of 12 or more, we will gladly reschedule your contracted session to include the busy summer season dates if necessary.
  • Full tuition refunds will be made provided we receive your refund request in writing no earlier than two weeks prior to the start date of your camp session.

Otherwise all cancellation requests will be held to our existing stated Cancellation

Policy. NOTE: We can not be held liable for additional or forfeited transportation charges incurred as a result of your desire to reschedule your camp session.