SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL ONLINE DARK SHADOWS NEWS UPDATE # 279
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Update Number 279.
January 31, 2013
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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS) announces the following breaking news in this Official Online News Update "bulletin."
**** SG PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE
THE DARK SHADOWS FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
DARK SHADOWS HALLOWEEN 2013 OCEAN CRUISE
**** NEW DS GUEST ADDED
**** SPECIAL ADVANCE BOOKING OFFER EXTENDED
Last October, the SG Official DS Online News Updates premiere-announced a new, exciting, and very special event for DS fans and our actor guests to enjoy during the 2013 Halloween season.
SG Online Updates have continued to premiere-announce and report cruise details as we confirm them.
Here are the latest official plans and news.
October 27-November 3, 2013
Seven days round-trip from the New York City area to Bermuda, on board Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas, all at a special rate.
---- Announcing: NEW GUEST:
MARIE WALLACE ("Mad" Jenny Collins, Eve, Megan Todd) will be sailing with you and with previously-announced guests KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT (Maggie) and LARA PARKER (Angelique).
In October, SG reported that Marie had badly injured her shoulder and hip when she fell off the stage during a performance of the play "The Last Romance' in Waterbury, CT. She underwent surgery and was hospitalized for a couple of weeks, followed by physical therapy and treatment at a rehabilitation center near her Manhattan apartment.
She's home now and sounds great, happily saying she's doing well. She thanks everybody who sent their good wishes, get-well hopes, healing energies, caring thoughts and kind prayers.
---- CRUISE BOOKINGS UPDATE:
SPECIAL ADVANCE REGISTRATION BONUS!
The early registration offer has been extended and now runs through March 31.
Attendees who reserve their cabin with a REFUNDABLE deposit of $250 by March 31, 2013, will be invited to a private party with Marie, Kathryn, and Lara during the cruise. They also will receive an exclusive Dark Shadows celebrity gift bag.
PLEASE NOTE: In order to confirm your reservation, the refundable deposit is required at the time of booking when you call or e-mail the cruise travel agent, Hartford Holidays, as listed below.
Final payment is due no later than 75 days prior to the cruise - August 12, 2013.
The deposit amount is doubled should you choose to reserve a suite instead of a standard room. Room rates follow.
The cost of the 7-day event sailing to Bermuda:
Inside Staterooms from $749 per person
Ocean View Staterooms from $949 per person
Balcony Staterooms from $1099 per person
Suites from $1399 per person
Please Note: Rates are per person, based on double occupancy. Included are all meals, shipboard entertainment, all port charges and DS registration fee. Government fees and taxes of $125 per person are additional.
The cruise departs from Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey (NYC area), the evening of Sun., Oct. 27. The ship arrives at Kings Wharf, Bermuda, the morning of Wed., Oct. 30. Attendees will spend Halloween Day - Thurs., Oct. 31 - in Bermuda.
The ship departs from Kings Wharf in the late afternoon of Fri., Nov. 1, and returns to Cape Liberty Cruise Port in New Jersey, the morning of Sun., Nov. 3.
Any fans having questions should please directly contact the sponsoring travel agency that is booking the cruise:
Hartford Holidays is reachable via phone toll-free at 1-800-828-4813, weekdays Eastern Standard Time.
They also may be reached online via the following website. A flyer with details, cruise itinerary, and booking form information is available at their website:
http://www.hartfordholidays.com/DarkShadowsHalloweenCruise/Home.html Cruise information also can be found at the DS Cruise Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/475128925858897/?ref=ts&fref=ts This cruise is being administrated by CruiseGourmet.com Magazine and Hartford HolidaysTravel.
---- NOTE: A minimum number of participants are required in order to operate this group cruise event. Artists / cast members are subject to availability.
---- CRUISE ROOMMATES
Fans who wish to locate a potential roommate(s) for the cruise may contact the DS Cruise Roommate Service Coordinator Pam Jarman at
pljarman@hotmail.com Pam will provide you with a form to help you make your arrangements.
She's been the Roommate Service Coordinator for the DS Festivals and Fest events for many years.
Fans may also go to the Dark Shadows Cruise Facebook page and post a request to locate a roommate if they wish.
http://www.facebook.com/#%21/events/475128925858897/ ---- SG Online Updates will premiere-announce and provide more confirmed cruise details as they become available, as well as other DS Fest- and DS- related news. All the information will be in the published SG Official Published DS Newsletters and through the SG Official Online News Updates via the SG YahooGroup.
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