Meme thingy

[pensnest]

pixiebeanz asked: if money/travelling were no issue where would you host the next Camp Sparkle and what activites would you have on the agenda?


Disneyworld!! That is, if everybody actually wanted to go to DisneyWorld. I love it, myself, but it might be over-twee or over-commercialised or over-done for others. But it is a place to put off adult things and be a merry child, which is sorta what we do at Camp anyway. Everyone would be required to print up a Camp Sparkle T-shirt for themselves so that we could roam in magenta groups and outweird the marauding tribes of senior citizens whose T-shirts just do not measure up.

We would scour the popslash archives for any and every reference to Disney and compile careful lists of Things To Be Visited and Things To Be Done (although the 'round the world' trip might be deemed alcohol-optional, as we will not have a giant bodyguard to carry us home).

We would have a carefully organised programme of Which Park Today, and we would go to All The Fireworks, and the first thing of all when we had unpacked would be a ritual game of Crazy Golf near the Dolphin (?) hotel, because it is the prettiest golf course ever (except that I have not tried the one near the snow-covered Water Park, which may be even prettier). But we would have two or three fireworks-free evenings for doing Proper Camp Stuff.

And we would have a day at Universal Studios, and stop for coffee at the Fifties place with the doo-wop group, and go to the Beetlejuice thingy, as well as playing on the Men In Black ride which is AWESOME. And the other stuff. And if we timed our trip right, we could go to whichever club Chris Kirkpatrick was doing something or other in, which would definitely add sparkle. (Although frankly, there is enough sparkle in WDW to satisfy any sparkle-hungry soul.)

The only thing I don't know is whether it would be possible to stay anywhere in WDW as a group of 20-ish people, who could all eat together. That's important—and I think part of the Camp Sparkle experience is cooking for each other and getting to share different kinds of food… not that it's difficult to have different kinds of things to eat at Disney, but going to restaurants isn't the same.

So, if not Disneyworld… well, if we hadn't already visited Portsmouth we could have gone here. Because O.M.G.

However, we've been to Portsmouth. Perhaps instead, we just go for sunshine. I actually started looking at places in Spain this summer. There would be a number of logistical challenges, but if we could have at our disposal an experienced and phlegmatic bus driver, then somewhere not too distant from, say, Barcelona, would be lovely. The programme would certainly include at least one day in Barcelona, and the option of going to the seaside, and whatever was more locally accessible. We could have horse riding and other healthy outdoor pursuits, and also lounging by our very own pool, and stuff. This one looks nice.

Or alternatively, a chateau in France. Like this one, or perhaps this one. Again, with hot and cold running chauffeur, of course. I feel sure we could find things to entertain us once we'd finished marvelling at the house!

We don't usually go to a specific place for a specific attraction, but I'm sure that if we went somewhere warm and gorgeous, we'd find plenty of things to do.

Who else has some cool ideas on the subject?

Comments

[nopseud]

If money really was no object there are SO many awesome places we could go to in the UK still. One of those multi-thousand pound houses plus a dedicated minibus driver, and we could be busy for years!

Heck, if we really had unlimited money, we could probably hire Backstreet for a private concert :-)

[pensnest]

It is true - some of those houses are fabulous. A Scottish castle would be fun, too, or a mansion handy for Bath, and so on. But it's still a nice thought to go somewhere with a completely different vibe. Mind you, being unfamiliar with the surroundings and unable to take shepherd's pies would make it a rather different Camp.

[turlough]

I would love to have Camp Sparkle at Disneyworld! I haven't been there in over thirty years.

I wouldn't say no to somewhere outside of Barcelona either. Or to one of those French chateaus! And as Anna said, there are still heaps of places in the UK to visit. Particularly if money was no objection :-)

[rikes]

I had no idea you could rent actual chateaus. But of course you can.

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

I APPROVE THIS PLAN! In answer to your question, yes, there are places we could all eat together, both in parks and at accommodations. There are fabulous special we could have spot all to ourselves way to view fireworks and transportation is all provided! Well, except to get to/from Universal. We could all get sparkly ears and be the group people wished they were as we made way through the parks!

Make it more than one day at Universal, because Harry Potter stuff would take a day all by itself.

Spain or France would be okay, too.

[pensnest]

I have visions of getting a Sparkle Boat to watch the fireworks at Epcot, f'rinstance.

All told, we might need longer than a week...

[turps33.livejournal.com]

The Disney one would be fabulous!

You need to combine your idea and KC's so we have both matching t-shirts and sparkly ears, because that would be AMAZEBALLS!

[pensnest]

I know there are some people who hate the whole WDW concept, but I have to admit, I think it's enormous fun. I can just imagine a couple of dozen of us marching around the parks with our Camp T-shirts and sparkly ears!

[pixiebeanz.livejournal.com]

beaming! :D disneyworld would be so much fun and i don't know why but i wasn't expecting that as your answer!

the french chateaus look stunning too and i've been to barcelona a couple of times so i think that would also be an amazing trip - i am all about having some sunshine in my life.

thanks for answering my question! :)

[pensnest]

With the added bonus that we'd probably be able to meet a bunch of the US-based fans who don't come to Camp normally but would manage to make it to Disney.

Excellent question! And will we be seeing you at Camp in 2014?

[kira-j.livejournal.com]

OMG YES TO ALL IDEAS

[pensnest]

All we have to do is win the lottery, and it can all come true!