Lanyard Status 5/17:
Ok, I talked to
DCL again yesterday. Discussed the email I got. As it was explained to me, although I got this generic email saying that they could not grant permission to use copyrighted materials, they said that this was a gray area. They couldn't come out and grant permission (which is what they said I was asking for. I thought I was asking which if anything on the lanyard was copyrighted). They said that I will see other people on the cruise ship with their own Tshirt creations and having done essentially what we want to do. Its unlikely that DCL will say anything to us if we choose to get the lanyards made up for personal use AND ARE NOT SELLING THEM. So if formerCPer is comfortable with that answer, can we move forward?
Got the badge holder sample. Its bigger than I thought compared to the Key to the World card but you can easily open and stick your fingers in to get to the card. So I wonder if we should stick with that size or go smaller?
Timeline: Would like to get the lanyard order in before June 15th latest. Which means I need everyone's payment prior. If we end up changing the lanyard design again, I will need re-confirmation from everyone that you still plan on buying the lanyard before I start collecting money. We need a minimum order of 100 lanyards.
Payment: Please don't send money now since I would like to get the lanyard design settled first. I prefer payment via paypal (can't accept funds from an upgraded paypal account cause I get charged fees) but will take a check. For info coming when we get the lanyard design settled.
Ok so far I have the following interest and vote on lanyard Design:
Kyla 9 (Any)
Jlawall 7 (E)
Eeyorelvr10 6 (A)
kidcoos3 5 (A)
Andrew UK 4 (Any)
Salliep 3 (E)
Pixie DustII 4 (Any)
AnnaS 5 (any)
disneymagic316 9
MrsG 2 (A)
MrsJobba1 2 (E)
Lovebeast 4 (A)
Iowazipcode 8 (E)
disneylover 5 5 (any)
formerCper 4
10yrann 8 (E)
MaryJo 3 (E)
LynnTarrant 2 (E)
Sandaneli 2 (E)
JustJus 4 (E)
Aurora1959 4
caven 553 7
danfromca (6)
Total: 113
# badge reels requested:
MrsJobba (2)
salliep (3)
MrsG (2)
AnnaS (5)
eeyorelvr10 (6)
lovebeast (3)
jlawall (2)
Kidcoos3 (5)
LynnTarrant (2)
justjus (1)
caven553 (4)
Aurora1959 (4)
PixieDustII (4)
Total: 45
Lanyard Design Options (by formerCPer)
Design E is the Winner!
Cost for lanyard design E will be about $3.00
It comes with a badge holder:
http://www.kennyproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KPI&Product_Code=372
To add a badge reel
http://www.kennyproducts.com/Mercha...en=PROD&Store_Code=KPI&Product_Code=425-blank, will be another $1 per badge reel.
I was thinking of ordering once I get everyone's payment and bringing them to Barcelona or the DIS meetup to pass out.
Please note: I called the lanyard maker and DCL regarding the design of these lanyards and if there were any copyright or trademarked problems. Both told me they were OK with it since we are using them for personal use and not selling them (thats why I need your payment first before I put the order in). Although DCL said that the design is OK, they said there is a small chance that guest services may request that we not wear the lanyard (I guess if the Disney police are onboard). ETA: I have since emailed DCL a picture of the lanyard design to get another confirmation that the design is OK. ETA: DCL responded with a generic "we can't grant permission to use copyrighted materials" esp with an independent vendor due to agreements with other vendors. If you chose to create items with Disney designs at home - no problems as LONG AS THEY ARE NOT BEING SOLD. ETA: sent email to DCL asking for specifics: which items (images, font or words) are copyrighted that are on the lanyard. No word yet. ETA: called DCL to follow up on generic email. They said this is a gray area. They can't grant me permission to use copyright materials. However, they highly doubt that DCL will say anything if we went ahead and made up the lanyard AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT BEING SOLD AND ARE FOR PERSONAL USE.
I posted this on the previous page, but in case you haven't seen. Some people were confused on how things attach together. Hopefully, this will clear it up:
Here is the lanyard with the badge holder (except ours will be vertical)
Here is the lanyard with badge reel (except ours will come as two pieces: a lanyard with J hook (as shown in the above pic). Each badge reels has a belt clip in back. The J hook hooks on the belt clip of the badge reel. See the little tab on the badge reel? That will snap onto the top of the badge holder. The badge holder will hold your Key to the World card.
The badge reel is not heavy duty. It is a light string and is made to hold the weight of your badge holder.
I'd put on 44lbs
21st Birthday aboard) and also on the Trans-Atlantic Westbound Repo Cruise sailing on the 18th August 2007 in a Cat 3 (celebrating our
