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Magic of Star Wars returns to Spaceport – bigger and better!
THE magic of Star Wars is set to
come alive once more at Spaceport, as more stars of the legendary
films gear up to meet fans.
“Celebrating the Magic of Star Wars” is being held at
Spaceport on 20 October 2007 and 21 October 2007 and visitors
will get the chance to meet Stormtroopers and Clonetroopers, as well
as real life stars of the movies.
The event at Spaceport is being expanded this year, with a specially
built marquee for the many visitors, so this year will be the
biggest and best yet.
Stars confirmed at the event include Paul Blake, who played Greedo,
Rusty Goffe (a Jawa), Richard Le Parmentier (Admiral Motti) and
Gerald Home (Tessek, Squid Head and Mon Calamari in Return of the
Jedi).
The legendary Darth Vader will also be making a special entrance on
both days.
Spaceport, owned and operated by Merseytravel, is the UK’s most
modern space-themed visitor attraction and is housed in a listed
building alongside Seacombe Ferry Terminal in Wallasey, Wirral,
Merseyside.
Councillor Mark Dowd, Chair of Merseytravel, said:- “This
tribute weekend will be fantastic for Star Wars fans – and we are
really pleased to have the stars of the films with us. It was
incredibly popular last year so we’ve expanded Spaceport to make it
bigger and better for visitors.”
The event is the launch pad for Spaceport’s brand new exhibition,
called ‘Sci-Fi at the Movies’, which will run well
into 2008, European Capital of Culture year.
The five month exhibition has been organised by Merseytravel and the
Knights of the Empire in conjunction with Sci-Fi retailer Skywalkers.
Neil Scales, Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel
said:- “The Sci-Fi at the Movies exhibition is a big coup for
Spaceport and we know it will be a huge success.”
The exhibition will feature real artefacts and memorabilia from
Sci-Fi films throughout the years, including Star Wars, Lord of the
Rings, Spiderman, Harry Potter and ET among others.
Full details on the exhibition will be announced shortly.
Spaceport will be open from 10am to 6.30pm on both days of the
weekend (last entrance 90 minutes before closing) and pre-booking is
not available for this event.
Tickets will cost £8.50 per adult, £5.50 per child and £24 for a
family (two adults and up to three children). Concessions cost £6.
For more details, prices on all of the services provided Spaceport,
please visit
spaceport.org.uk or
contact 0151 330 1333.
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£19m Terminal To Be Dismantled.
ONLY two weeks
after the extremely successful visit by three cruise liners, the new
terminal is to be partly dismantled and towed back to the Wirral’s
Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead.
The successful opening was
covered by local and national press (click
here to see and here it), but due to weeks of bad visibility
making the underwater independent verification survey required by
insurance body the Lloyds Register. “This is a setback, but we
can reassure people that this is only a statutory test that must be
completed before the insurance of the landing stage can be fully
finalised. There are no problems with the new terminal and the
structure. Already 2 of the pontoons passed with flying colours, but
it is just bad luck that this year has had the most extreme weather
for a century and we stress that that is the only reason for the
move of 2 of the pontoons. The landing stage will be ready for the
spring, fully inspected and back in place and ready for the first of
many regular visits to our fantastic city."
FLYING FISH
BOMBARD THE BOATS
THE latest
report as we update from the clipper race comes thirteen days into
the race and it’s not proving unlucky for the two lead boats Durban
2010 and Beyond and Nova Scotia as they continue to battle it out at
the head of the fleet. The ever strengthening trade winds have meant
that they have been able to press home their advantage. For the rest
of the fleet the tameness of the wind as they passed through the
Canaries has made them suffer.
Joff Bailey, Race Director:- “We will need to keep a close eye
on the race viewer to see the different tactics being employed as
the fleet converge on the Cape Verde Islands. Glasgow: Scotland with
style are following directly behind the lead pair but it is probably
Hull & Humber who we have to watch over the next couple of days as
they have more wind on the east side of the race track.”
Just behind Hull & Humber there is a small battle going on between
Qingdao, Uniquely Singapore and Liverpool 08 who are only separated
by a few miles in terms of distance to finish. Currently north east
of the Cape Verde Islands the three boats will need to decide their
route past the group of islands off the coast of West Africa.
Following a few days of repairing sail and line damage on some of
the boats their focus has now changed to dealing with the swarms of
Kamikaze flying fish that are common in the tropical waters of the
Atlantic.
Hannah Jenner, skipper of Glasgow: Scotland with style, reported
this morning:- “We have been viciously attacked by flying fish
overnight. More than 20 of them hurled themselves into the cockpit
hitting us before falling to the floor and shedding scales
everywhere...the dustpan has become a most effective fish removal
device.”
This act is being repeated across the fleet but the skippers must
keep pushing the crew hard to keep their focus on racing their
boats. Danny Watson, skipper of Hull & Humber explained that
they too were getting regular visits from the winged sea creatures:-
“It’s been a livley night under kite with excellent team work and a
lot of laughs... five flying fish already in the bucket for lunch...
Matty is very happy!”
Having suffered from fickle wind conditions New York, Jamaica and
westernaustralia2011.com should start to perform more consistently
now that they have past the Canaries and joined the rest of the
fleet in steady trade winds. As the fleet approaches the Inter
Tropical Convergence Zone, the positions are likely to change many
more times before the finish in Salvador. |
