Celebration Europe Heads Up

Hello fellow Fanforcers

Celebration Europe is just around the corner in your fine city and the Portuguese Fan Force as well as the 501st Outpost are preparing our share in the invasion of the Queen's grounds.

First of all, I apologize if this isn't the proper place to talk about this, but it seems the CE dedicated forum is now gone, so you're, perhaps, the best possible forum to talk about this.

I was confronted with a newspaper article about the usage of weapons in public areas as well as customs restrictions in the UK. This concerns us because we have a jedi and a Sith costumed members who are thinking about taking Force FX sabers as well as a Tusken Raider with a pike and a Sandtrooper with a E-11 and Shotgun (plastic replicas, of course) that may cause trouble in the airport or even in the London streets condidering that the article stated that Police will confiscate any object that can represent a weapon, especially swords or katanas.
Everyone knows what a Force FX looks like. But I don't know.

Does someone have ANY information that might help us with this?
Must I take my saber in the cargo hold luggage when flying? Can I take at all?

Thanks in advance. I'm sure this post will be quite helpfull for all of us visiting london in July from abroad.

Cheers.

 

The Celebration Europe Forum is here

 

And the replica weapoon issue was being discussed there in this thread. I don't know if we got a definitive answer though.

 

WOW, major goof!

Thanks both!

 

Who's meeting up, where and when ?

 

lol,friday morning,seven o'clock,outside the doors,excel centre...

 

I'll probably go on Friday and hopefully saturday too, if we get enough votes! (wink wink) http://www.celebrationeurope.com/news_cantina.htm Vote Anchorhead!

Give me a call when you arrive Steve, It'll be good to catch up again.

 

Will do, I look forward to it Charlie, Matt, everyone else, where are you all ?!!!

 

[leia]I'm here.[/leia]

Do we really need to meet at 7am? Seems a bit, err. eager.


I had a bit of a muck-up on the holiday booking front (someone else beat me to booking the weekend off) and it was only last week I got the OK, having taken over two months to find cover. I was considering resigning!

Anyhoo, all's well now, providing the tickets arrive.

 

Unless me and Koren suddenly win the lottery (even though we don't play it), we probably wont be coming
Bugger.

 

Matt - DAMN!
Would you still do a meet-up in the evening? Dinner or something? If you see me on MSN, ping away mate, sometimes I don't notice who's on, and atm I have been busy researching stuff for CE.

 

i was kidding about being there for seven,just ask lordtice.

matt!!!
koren!!!
you guys aren't coming???
you're kidding???
heck,just come down on the day,we'll crack open one of the fire exits,and sneak you in the back passage.

 

Jamie loves sneaking around in back passages.

"It's possible he came in through the south entrance."

 

hello,whats commander antilles doing lurking about these parts?
haven't you bought a boat,or something?

 

I wish someone had told me about Jamie's darkside before I went to London Expo!

 

For goodness sake Matt and Koren, it won't be the same without you, hell I'll even cover your tickets myself!

 

Got an email during the night saying my ticket has been posted. It arrived this morning

Mine just says '3 day adult', are the fan club members/hyperspace any different?

I joined Hyperspace a couple of weeks back, so didn't say so when I ordered the tickets.

 

Basicly, on the thursday, I have a warm up gig for Guilfest so wouldnt be getting out of bed till mid day on friday. We were gonna come for the whole day saturday but cant even afford the train ticket cos Koren got underpaid and sunday my band's playing at guilfest. Im working on raising funds for saturday but I aint holding out much hope.
You're all welcome to come back to mine for drinks though

 

Yay! I managed to 'acquire' £80 so me and Koren can come down on the Saturday Anyone know how much day tickets are and can we buy them on the door?

 

hey,that's great news.
looking forward to seeing you two.
will that be in costume?

 

Excellent Matt!!!!!! I was so gutted when you posted above about not being able to come, I have been telling the North people how great you and Koren are, everyone is looking forward to the big FF meet up.

Just checked - one day tickets are - 1 Day Adult £27.00
http://www.celebrationeurope.com/tickets_general.htm

 

Great news Matt, so glad that Koren and urself are able to come, it wouldn't be the same without you both, I was only discussing with Lord Tice about how to get u to come along to CE this afternoon, great news, please say hi to Koren for me

 

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Will be great to see you all there! Is everyone doing all 3 days?

Charlie

 

Yes Charlie, I am !