The 2012 Annual ECOF
March 2nd and 3rd, Tarzana,
California
Celebrating the Opening of the Disney
John
Carter Film
Downloadable
Registration Form
FOR ECOF 2012 ATTENDEES
Disney security tells us that getting onto the Disney lot for
the special advance screening for John Carter
will be similar to the security practices used when boarding an
airplane.
ID will be required for everyone, a driver's license, a passport,
a school ID, etc.
No one under age 12 will be admitted.
Only those who ride the ECOF/SubERB buses will be admitted.
No one will be allowed to drive to the studio separately.
In addition, Disney has imposed two new conditions on your preview
showing
which we did not know about but will have to follow.
Condition 1:
Disney security requests a final list of everyone attending
the John Carter showing
be submitted to them on February 15.
This means that anyone who registers for the ECOF
after February 15th will NOT be admitted to the Disney Studios showing.
If you register after the 15th, you will receive the registration
packet,
admission to the huckster room,
be allowed to participate in all the presentations,
but Disney will not admit you onto the Disney lot.
We've never had any condition like this before for any ERB event,
but this is a condition that we must follow.
Condition 2:
Disney security will not allow any recording device into the
theater.
No cell phones, no cameras, no recorders.
Everyone attending will have a wand passed over them,
and any phone or other recording device will be checked at the door,
to be picked up after the movie ends.
The Los Angeles SubERBs together with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., would
like to invite you to our annual informal “ERB Chain of Friendship” gathering
on Friday March 2nd and Saturday March 3rd which will include a special
advance showing of the Disney John Carter movie.
John Carter is set to open in theaters on March 9th, 2012,
but Burroughs fans who attend the ECOF will get a special advance screening.
Disney has announced that John Carter is rated PG-13,
so children under the age of 12 will not be admitted at this special showing.
The cutoff date to receive the special lower registration fee is Monday,
February 6th, 2012. Early ECOF registration will be $75, and will go to
$85 after Monday, February 6th. This fee will include bus transportation
to Disney studios, the film at the Disney studios theater, and a registration
packet with many wonderful and unique items.
Those who do not want a registration packet will pay $20 to cover the
cost of round-trip bus transportation to the Disney studio lot.
NOTE: Disney security requires a form of identification for all attendees.
You can register online for the event at http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com,
or you can mail your check and completed registration form to
ERB, Inc.
P.O. Box 570277
Tarzana, California 91357
A schedule, additional details, and convention updates can be found
here at www.erbzine.com/dumdum
Hotel Information
The locus of ECOF activities will be the same hotel used in the 1996 and
1999 Dum-Dum events, namely the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills,
close to Tarzana and the ERB, Inc. offices. The newly refurbished Warner
Center Marriott hotel is set in the San Fernando valley, adjacent to Highway
101 (Ventura Freeway), approximately 40 minutes north of LAX, and approximately
25 minutes west of the Burbank airport.
The Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills is located at
21850 Oxnard Street · Woodland Hills, California 91367 USA
.
An on-line link which will allow you to register at the Marriott
can be found at
http://edgarriceburroughs.com/
at the bottom of the ECOF registration page
or
www.erbzine.com/dumdum
The Registration Page may be downloaded for mailing at:
http://www.ERBzine.com/dumdum/2012form.pdf
(The direct link to the Marriott is HERE)
Their Website provides maps and transportation information, photographs,
local attractions, amenities, etc.
You can telephone the Marriott directly at (818) 887-4800.
To receive the group rate discount you must mention the ECOF or Edgar Rice
Burroughs, Inc. Special group rates are available for Friday March 2 and
Saturday and March 3rd, and for early arrivals on both Wednesday, February
29th and Thursday, March 1st. Our special group rate is $109 per night
plus the city tax of 15.6%. Overnight self-parking is at a discounted rate
of $9 per car. If you choose to stay elsewhere, the Marriott charges $6
to park for the day plus 10% tax. Limited free street parking is available
adjacent to the hotel.
ECOF Schedule
Thursday night early arrivals:
Tours will be offered of the ERB, Inc. offices in Tarzana.
Friday March 2nd:
Huckster room opens at 9 am. There will be two table sizes available. The
full size table will cost $20 for the entire event. The half-size table
will cost $10 for the entire event. There are a limited number available.
Guided tours of ERB, Inc. will be available.
Panels and opportunities to meet special guests
Informal dinner at a local restaurant of your choice
Special after-dinner events at the Marriott
Saturday March 3rd:
Huckster room, panels, auction; opportunities to meet special guests.
An early dinner at a local restaurant of your choice
The John Carter movie will be Saturday night.
Saturday night:
5:45 pm: all persons going to the movie will meet in the lobby of the Marriott;
Buses will drive pre-registered guests to the Disney movie lot for a showing
of John Carter to start at 7 pm. Buses will return guests to the Marriott
after the movie is over.
NOTE: Disney security requires us to supply the names of everyone attending
the event, and requires some form of identification to get onto the studio
lot.
