June 11, 2001

Here comes the bride....

This week's challenge required each tribe to create the perfect honeymoon cruise for two lucky, but fictitious couples.

The Kungaloosh's friends, Mr. and Mrs. Honeymooners, were all packed and ready to go. But where were the Kungas? The tribe got off to a slow start this week, despite the numerous posts calling for help. "We need to start making decisions as a team soon!!!" was overheard at the camp.

The Kungaloosh spent little time worrying about what was going on over at the Diva camp this week, as they had too much to worry about at their own. The "obligatory poll" was posted for each member to sign up to plan the Honeymooners days. The database King, uh, Kunga, quickly set up places in the camp files for each tribe member to post his or her information, but the info was slow in coming. When the page was finally ready, it read more like a story than an itinerary. (It would later be described by the divas as wordy, too long, and would almost make you lose your breakfast ).

Each tribe was limited to planning on the Disney Magic as the Wonder is currently in dry dock. The Kungaloosh decided to send their friends to Nassau. One member had been to Nassau several times and shared information about what their couple could do or see there. Another member offered great information about the DCL and provided many great links of sites that they should visit. Hairbraiding and the Straw Market were the topics of many posts. Other members felt that their couple shouldn't forget to do more romantic things. After all, they were on their honeymoon. "I think it might be a cute touch if they each order the other one something from the magical treasures brochure" one member suggested. Another member suggested that the couple participate in a Surial bath.

Some members of Kungaloosh were quickly learning how to create html pages in new programs this challenge. They shared what they knew between them in hopes that they could all work together to get their page created. "We may just have to upload this incomplete, I don't know if I will be able to finish it on time. I'm not that great in HTML and my editor screwed the whole thing up" one member cried.

As the hours passed, one Kunga felt the pressure of trying to complete their challenge in time. "20 hours left, I need to have your info by tomorrow morning to even try and attempt to have something to submit tomorrow at 6pm. At this point, we may as well take a loss this week." This prompted another member to quickly come to their rescue and complete the Honeymooners trip. This member reassured the group that there was nothing to worry about, there was help available and they would manage to get the job done in time. "My comment was aimed at 3 other members of the group who had absolutely no input into this week at all, and did not even bother to try" the first Kunga complained.

When it came time to post, there was much confusion relating to their page. Links were accidentally deleted and pictures would not load. "I'm getting sick of it now" was overheard from one member. "See if you can fix the horn....that was the best part" was asked. "I didn't do anything to the horn... it sounded like a dead duck here" came back the reply. In the end, they were saved when their webmistress came to their rescue and saved their Kungaloosh butts. Somehow, the Kungaloosh managed to get their pages uploaded in time.

"I have to go drink my equally divided lemonade, and rock in my rocker while listening to the humming of insects in the night air" -(excerpt from Challenge 6; Divas) was expressed by one somewhat bored Kungaloosh member who spent most of this challenge engaged in slumber parties, piano lessons, waterparks and babysitting.

The Divas had never been on a "Disney" cruise. But one of the Divas had been on "a" cruise, seven of them in fact. They hoped that this would help them. Their couple, the Pans, Peter and Wendy, had just gotten married and were on their honeymoon as well. "Well, shucks. As I read the challenge, I was thinking about flashy graphics, (the voters seem to like those), and each day on a separate page. But as I read farther, I see that this seems to have to be all on one page" one Diva complained. Another Diva replied "I don't really understand either. I think I need some clarification from Binnie. But I will tell you this, I don't have the time (or inclination) to spend the time on a web page like I did in the first week. If flashy graphics are going to win this challenge instead of content, then let them have it and vote me out. Although I know some basic html, I certainly can't design a flash intro like they had on their web page."

The Diva's carefully planned the honeymoon around hurricane season. The lucky fictitious couple paid for their trip with their tax return and wedding gift money. Nice to know the Pans actually "got" a tax return. They also decided that the Romantic Escape at Sea would be a gift from the best man. Best Man, indeed! The Pans would spend time in the Bahamas as well. As is their custom, one Diva quickly put together the honeymoon itinerary. "Waah, no fair! I haven't even begun to think about it, and you've already been there, done that! LOL!" one Diva cried. Not to worry, there was still plenty of work to be done.

The ladies wondered what they should have their couple do while on board. They definitely wanted them to have a romantic as well as luxurious honeymoon, they just wanted the couple to do it inexpensively. They thought it would be great to include some money saving tips into their page. However, another diva felt that "you can't have too much pampering on your honeymoon!"

As they researched their links and put the page together, they worked together to make sure that they edited the page correctly and that their images and music worked. "Damn music will be the death of me..." one diva complained as she assembled their page. "It looks great!" another reassured her. Once they felt their page was complete, there was one final call for changes. Finally, the ladies decided it was time to "stick a fork in it."

The ladies uploaded their page early, as real life tends to kick in. They wondered if the Kungaloosh would be up to their usual antics again. Checking chocolate inventory, Hershey's kisses count, right? The Divas were amazed upon reading what the Kungaloosh had written that they put so much emphasis on how the couple met and got married, while they forgot to include what they did onboard. They did notice the trouble Kungaloosh was having uploading files.

After both tribes posted, the Divas were quick to remark "They leave out important stuff like what they did after dinner (exactly what shows did they see? Did they ever go to the dance club or piano bars?). Stuff like that. I was almost expecting to find out both their weights at birth and their food allergies though with all the info. that didn't matter. LOL" The Kungaloosh had no comments except that the Divas had already posted hours before them.

Once the voting began, one Diva was found "crossing my fingers, toes, legs, and anything else I can possible cross" while another "voted for us! LOL!" She also commented "I think it's funny that one Kunga puts that extra "Kungaloosh Tribe #1" and that surviving and beyond stuff.....and if people think they're voting for Kungaloosh instead of us, it'd be pretty funny." Both tribes watched as the votes stayed close most of the time. "It appears for now that this is anyone's game! (Do I sound like a cheesy sportscaster? Where's my cheap toupée? LOL!)" was overheard at one camp.

In the end, the Divas were the victors. With challenge 7 in the bag, the Divas wondered which Kunga would bite the dust. "Wheeeee" they cried in victory. The Kungaloosh polled to vote out a member. John, with the highest losing vote of 3, walked the plank this week, leaving Kungaloosh and Divas tied with 6 remaining members each