[MR] Things that are more expensive than going to Estrella

[M'lady Foxy]

 ``Think your Pennsic numbers off mostly after you add the shopping war points to the total =)

 On a personal note 
attending both Estrella AND Pennsic the same year is expensive mostly when you add in airfare (I managed both my first year of SCA!)

--- On Thu, 10/28/10, Mineko Murai <mineko.murai at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mineko Murai <mineko.murai at gmail.com>
> Subject: [MR] Things that are more expensive than going to Estrella
> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 2:49 PM
> Greetings Unto the Noble Populace!!
> 
> Ever since I started in the SCA, I have always heard some
> debate as to
> how expensive it is to attend Estrella War for a week. Now
> I watch my
> dollars as much as the next person and having given it some
> thought
> over an episode of David Letterman, I wanted to throw out
> some numbers
> for those of us who have to choose how to spend a week of
> hard earned
> leave. So in the style of The Late Show, I give you my TOP
> TEN LIST OF
> THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN GOING TO ESTRELLA WAR!!
> 
> 1.Getting bounced out of Disneyland by Mickey Mouse himself
> for
> stalking Cinderella - $216 (thats just the 6 day Park
> Hopper pass)
> 2.Discovering that JAWS isn't part of the Pirates of the
> Caribbean
> ride at Disney World - $296 (again just the tickets)
> 3.Waking up next to Wayne Newton after 6 crazy nights at
> the Excalibur
> in Las Vegas - $450
> 4.Instead of recreating the Middle Ages you try to recreate
> “The
> Hangover 2” - (Bail Money sucks, but Mike Tyson rocks!)
> 5.Watching Avatar every day for 6 days trying to figure out
> why
> Gargamel isn't in this production of The Smurfs -$135 (with
> a small
> drink and Popcorn)
> 6.Spending 6 days at Magic Mountain asking other travelers
> how to get
> rid of that One Ring - $240 (admission only)
> 7.Six days in beautiful Hawaii trying to be an Extra in
> “Dog the
> Bounty Hunter” - $650+ (depending on whether you fly or
> swim)
> 8.Realizing that after 6 days, the food at Medieval Times
> tastes like
> the Green Knights old Turnshoes - ($57.95 per show)
> 9.Trying to hike your way out of the Grand Canyon because
> you iPhone
> GPS doesn't work right - ($18 per day)
> 10.Pennsic - ($110)
> 
> Pre-Registration for Estrella War costs a mere $65 and
> comes complete
> with camping, showers, privies, fighting, A&S classes,
> equestrian,
> archery, rapier, hardsuit combat, heraldry consultations,
> period demo,
> merchants row, or any one of the myriad of other things
> that there are
> to do at Estrella War.
> 
> So take the time to Pre-Register for Estrella War. All it
> takes is a
> $20 deposit to pre-reg, and you can pay the rest at the
> gate. Learn
> more by following the link below:
> 
> http:// www. estrellawar .org
> /RegistrationFrontGate/PreRegistration.aspx
> 
> 
> In Service,
> Lord Alystyr Stewart
> promotion @ estrellawar .org
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