STARFURY: SERENITY Convention in UK?

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UPDATED: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 10:24
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DOUBLESHINY

Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:11 PM

I'll share a room with you Gwyn, I don't snore or nothin'. And I promise not to clean 'Vera' with the safety off.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Friday, July 23, 2004 9:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DoubleShiny:
I'll share a room with you Gwyn, I don't snore or nothin'. And I promise not to clean 'Vera' with the safety off.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

Folks, its a con - room parties and video rooms are the way to go.

Haven't been to a convention since the B5 days (before Wolf 359 went a little *ahem* *cough* *carpet under-brushing*) - am sorely tempted.

"I threw up on your bed"

MEDUSA

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by gwynethh:
"Rooms for SERENITY have not been released yet, and will not be until tickets are sent out.

Please do not call up the Thistle Hotel regarding this event until tickets have been dispatched.

I'll post hotel booking details here when the rooms are released, and not sooner.

Hi!

It's Oct 27th and I still don't get my ticket! What about the room booking? On the official starfury convention web site they say that booking was possible from Monday 9th August!!!

The woods are the only place I can see a clear path.

GWYNETHH

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:35 AM

I asked the same question on the Yahoo Starfury group. Ticket mailings seem to be running slow. But hey we have until April.

Are You Asking me to Dance?

MEDUSA

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:34 AM

Yes, I know. I was just concerned about the hotel. Did you book your room yet?

The woods are the only place I can see a clear path.

WREN

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:27 PM

Hotel rooms have been available since August. You don't need a ticket to book. Sean left a post on the Starfury site:

'The Thistle Hotel Heathrow will be accepting room bookings from
attendees of STARFURY: SERENITY for the weekend of that event from
Monday 9th August 2004.

Rooms are available for the attendees at a rate of £59:50 B&B per
night for a single room and £77 B&B per night for a twin or a double
room from the nights of Thursday 28th April through to the morning
of Monday 2nd May.

There is a charge of £5 per day for parking.

To book a room you will need to call The Thistle Hotel directly on
0208 759 2400 and ask for group reservations and quote Starfury
Conventions. Please note that you should book by phone and not the
internet, as that could result in you being put in the overflow hotel.'

When I booked my room in August the hotel said there were no family rooms available.

ROBYN12

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:02 PM

Hi all, I'm all booked for this con except the flight and have delightful news for Dutch fans: Serenity is opening In The Netherlands on may 5th 2005 (our liberation day by the way). I haven't got the info for other European countries yet but I'll keep badgering UIP until I do. I have a contact there, Monica Muns, who is very nice and very helpful. I did ask her about the other European countries but she's not allowed to disclose their opening dates at present.

Robyn.

EMBERS

Wednesday, December 1, 2004 6:38 PM

Yay! I received my ticket in the mail AND I have got my reservations at the Thistle Heathrow..
but I'm a little concerned about this:

Quote:
Originally posted by DoubleShiny:
If the rules are the same as other Starfury conventions if you want any other items you have to have at least 1 official photo (£10 each available at the event) for each signer.

Any Firefly items must be OFFICIAL i.e. DVD, official photo. You can't print a screencap off the internet or anything like that.

Also, there may be photo session, and these can cost £10-£20 each. (Eg You and Summer on a photo £10, you and Gina and Alan on a photo £20)
The photos are 8x10 and you can collect them during the convention.

£10 seems VERY expensive for an official photo since they normally cost $6 (about £4) here...is there any way we can bring out our own official Fox photos (not downloaded from the internet but bought through official dealers)?

However the photo w/the celebrities sounds like an incredible deal! Those are usually $40 US so I think I'll need to get my picture made with everyone! Do you think we'll get our photos back in time to get THEM autographed in the autograph session? Or is that unlikely?

SLAYERFEST

Wednesday, February 9, 2005 10:24 AM

Quote:

£10 seems VERY expensive for an official photo since they normally cost $6 (about £4) here...is there any way we can bring out our own official Fox photos (not downloaded from the internet but bought through official dealers)?

Do you think we'll get our photos back in time to get THEM autographed in the autograph session? Or is that unlikely?

£10 is a standard cost for photos bought AT events here in the UK. You can buy 10x8's elsewhere (you could certainly get them cheaper that way) and bring them but they are not considered official convention merchandise.They should also feature the correct Fox logo etc. If you bring any item that is not purchased at an event it is counted as a personal item.

You are only entitled to get ONE personal item per guest signed for free, therefore if you had a DVD or a cast photo, you would have to choose which item you used as your personal item. You can purchase up to three photos from the event for signing. If you try to get more than one personal item signed though, you will be asked to leave the auto session and may get no more autos at the event.

Having said that you can get a different personal item signed by each celeb its not just ONE item in total, so you could bring your own official 10x8 of each celeb for signing.

With regard to the shots taken at the photo session, Starfury usually tries, though they don't promise, to get the actor to sign the shot before it is returned to you. It is not always possible to do this, it is an added bonus if they can. This signature will not however be personalised, it will be the actors name nothing more. And as I say, it might not actually get signed at all if Starfury is for any reason pressed for time.

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