Friday, June 29, 2012

Bluefoot Pirate Adventure for our Special Needs Kids

Friday, June 29th Edit:
OK Guys, since the last event was rained out, we've officially changed the date to Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 2:30PM. Everyone who registered last time, I'm asking that you REPOST how many in your group are going and if you can't go on the new date, I'm asking that you please let us know. 
Sorry for the delay in getting the new date but we had to work some things out before rescheduling.
As usual, we have a FANTASTIC Group Rate of just $10.00 (66% Off!) per person for our "Cost of Autism Special Needs Cruise". Additionally, the "Pirate Pack" is only $5.00 (75% Off!)
Please PRE Register by clicking on the Event here, since Space IS Limited.
https://www.facebook.com/events/429671483723428/
If you're NOT on Facebook, simply add a comment at the bottom of this page with how many are going with you.  PLEASE make sure to use some sort of Authentication, such as Google, Twitter or Yahoo, so we have a way to follow up with you.


Friday, June 15th Edit:
Our Event on Sunday June 10th at 3PM was an ABSOLUTE HIT.  EVERYWHERE I looked, there was NOTHING but smiles.  EVERYONE, adults, our kids and their siblings had a FANTASTIC time. Check out our Facebook page for pictures and videos!
We've decided to make the NEXT event for our kids on Sunday June 24th at 1PM.  To minimize confusion, I'm asking that everyone who wants to go, please go directly to the Event Page we have on Facebook and click "We are going" then on the Comments Section, put how many will be in your group! 
PLEASE remember that while bringing Siblings and close friends to the Event is OK, we're primarily organizing this for Our Special Needs Kids.  So if this isn't you, we would appreciate it if you would go directly to Bluefoot Pirate Adventures website and buy the regular tickets for your family. THANKS!!!
Saturday June 2nd Edit:
With one week and one day left to the event, we've had a lot of people really excited about going, which is fantastic!  Unfortunately, there's been several people, (about 14 in Total including their groups) that WANT to go, but we no longer have space.  So I'm reviving the idea of putting together another cruise.  I'm thinking about making it for the following Sunday, at the same time 3PM, but I'd like YOUR feedback if there's another day or time that works better for you.  Please let us know.  If you think the following Sunday at 3PM is perfect, PLEASE LET US KNOW.... THANKS!, now hit the "Comments Section"!
Anyone who's seen the Video for Bluefoot Pirate Adventures has wanted to take their kids out to see it.  However the price might scare some landlubbers away!  At 25.00 per person, $100.00 for the average family of 4 might seem a bit steep.  Doubly so for our families with special needs kids, as our expenses are usually higher than most.  We took Jonathan on this "High Seas Adventure" and he had the time of his life!  In this regard, the cost of admission is well worth the price. 
Jonathan at Bluefoot Pirate Adventures
As with any place, we all know that if you get a group going it's easier to get a discount, so we called Captain Jack over at Bluefoot Pirate Adventures and made a proposal to have our families come as a group if we could get a group discounted rate.  The old buccaneer gave us a run for our money, but in the end settled on a HUGE discount, showing his heart for our kids was just as squishy as a jellyfish!  Instead of the $25.00 usual fee, our group would get a fantastic rate of just $10.00 (a 60% discount) and instead of having you fork over $15.00 for the optional Sword, Pirate Eye Patch and Head scarf (all take home items), our kids would get them all for only $5.00!
Please keep in mind that while we are getting this special price for our "Special Needs" kids, family members are welcome to tag along at this same price, however since we can only fit 49 people in total on the ship, we would like to limit this event and exclude those kids who are not part of a family with a special needs child.  An exception to this would be a teacher of a special needs child who would like her children to come and accompany a child that she teaches at a special needs school, such as PBSA.  Thanks for your understanding in this regard.
Now here's the problem, We're not exactly sure how many people are interested and if we will need to do more than 1 Adventure, since We can only fit 49 43 people on a this trip so what we would like for you guys to do is to reply to this post with a: 
"Yes, we can go on June 10th - there will be X of us" (Please include everyone, Mom, Dad, Siblings)...  or:
"No, could we have a second trip on the following weekend - There are X of us".  Once we have enough of an interest for the first trip, that will help us determine if we should have a second one
Edit... It looks like there's just not enough interest in the first trip to warrant a second one, which is too bad because the kids will definitely have a blast and there's quite a few parents that have told me that they would like to go, but simply can't make this date.  Perhaps in the future we will organize another event, but at the rate this is filling up it looks like we'll probably end up with around 40 people, not quite a full ship.
As of May 24th there are only 17 spots left, so please make sure you go ahead and fill into the Comments section if you're going, or go to our Event on FB and click that you're going and add in the Comments section how many of you are coming.

35 comments:

costofautism said...

We are going on Sunday June 10th with 3 People

Charito31 said...

 No, could we have a second trip on the following weekend - There are 2 of us

Charito31 said...

No, could we have a second trip on the following weekend - There are 2 of us. Thanks!

Liette Rodriguez Jasso said...

We are going on Sunday June 10. ( 1 child and 2 adult ). What about the time ? Still 3 o'clock in the afternoon ? Thank you. Sincerely,  Liette Rodriguez Jasso

costofautism said...

Yes, still 3PM, though to get this price we need to get at least 40 people in total.  Honestly I thought there would be a much bigger response than what I've seen so far.

Darlene Roberts Giol said...

We would love to do it the following weekend for Father's Day weekend

Gaye Galluccio said...

would love to do this with my grandson...This is in Ft. lauderdale?

Gaye Galluccio said...

count us in..2 adults one child

NoSocialism.com said...

Yes it is, it's at:
BlueFoot Pirate Adventures801 Seabreeze Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL 33316

costofautism said...

Yes it is, it's at:
BlueFoot Pirate Adventures801 Seabreeze Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL 33316 

moonoceanmama said...

One child and one adult.  This is Sahaja.

Heather LeBlanc said...

yes, we are coming 1 child & 2 adults

costofautism said...

One more "LIKE" on my CostofAutism Page on facebook and I'll have 30 likes in less than a month!  Pretty good start I'd say.
https://www.facebook.com/CostOfAutism 

Gaye Galluccio said...

I may be adding another child

costofautism said...

The More the Merrier

costofautism said...

Well, so far from the looks of this Blog, we only have about 14 pledging to go and maybe another 4 or 5 are saying that they want to go in the FaceBook Autism Group, (but they haven't posted here though... so I'm not so sure of how solid they are).  We have room for 49, so feel free to bring the whole family... LOL

Giselle Carbo-Lezcano said...

I will be going 1 adult and 2 kids

Giselle Carbo-Lezcano said...

I will be going 1 adult and 2 kids

Maria Salinas said...

Yes, we can go on June 10th - there will be 3 of us 1 child and 2 adults. Thanks.

Gaye Galluccio said...

4 adults and 4 children..Do we pay when we get there?

costofautism said...

I'm going to have a link up shortly to pay for the tickets.  I wanted to make sure we had enough people going before having people pay, but now that we do, I'll have it up very shortly.

Gaye Galluccio said...

 Do we pay for the sword  now also?

Jobita Crespo said...

I am going with one other adult and a One child total 3
 

costofautism said...

That I'm not sure, I'm going to have to call him and ask.

costofautism said...

Make sure you put it on your Calendar...

https://www.facebook.com/events/242199892546668/ 

costofautism said...

Make sure you put it on your calendar

https://www.facebook.com/events/242199892546668/ 

CarmenLR said...

Yes. I will be attending. 3 adults and 3 kids.

costofautism said...

Here's what I have so far...
Myself, Jeanette Ladino-Fermin +1=3
Liette Rodriguez Jasso +2=3, get's us to 6
Gaye Galluccio +7=8 gets us to 14
moonoceanmama (Sahaja) +1=2 gets us to 16
Giselle Carbo-Lezcano +2=3 gets us to 19
Maria Salinas +2=3 gets us to 22
Jobita Crespo +2=3 gets us to 25
Jenni Rose +1=2 gets us to 27
Carmen Rivas +5=6 gets us to 33
Rossana Ligardo +4??=5? gets us to 38
Mimi Badia +1??=2? gets us to 40
Agatha Peralta +4= gets us to 44
If these numbers are correct, then that's it, this event is closed to anyone new.

costofautism said...

With this event officially closed, let us know if there's any interest in creating another one for our special needs family either on the following weekend or another day.

Juan Fermin said...

Reopened for a SECOND event the following week!
GO!!

costofautism said...

We're Tentatively setting up another Event for Sunday, June 17th at 3PM.  We'd like YOUR thoughts, YES?  NO, another day and time?  Let us know!!!

costofautism said...

Let me ask you guys a question, my wife brought up the fact that June 17th is Fathers day, is that a positive or a negative?  Should I reschedule it for another time?  Possibly the following Sunday?  Or would this be good on Father's Day?

Hope Journey said...

Yes! Im interested. Sam really enjoyed it. Please count us in for the 17th. 

Thanks for a great event.

costofautism said...

Oops, sorry .. Due to fathers day, we changed it to Sunday the 24th at 1PM. I updated on FB but forgot to update here.

costofautism said...

Here's what I have so far...
Rossana Ligardo, 6
Jenni Rose, 2 +6 = 8
Allison Phillips, 4+8=12
Mimi Badia, 3??+12=15
Arlene Rizo, 3??+12=15Sue Parks, 2+15=17Karen Dingevan Ferrendi, 3+17=20Hope Journey, 2+20=22Please let me know if my numbers are wrong for any of you and PLEASE, don't do like last time and wait until the last second. I had to tell A LOT of people NOOO!https://www.facebook.com/events/429671483723428/ 

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