Petition for Ghosts & Gravestones

[Brinatello]

Hi, everyone,
The web site, PetitionOnline, told me I should spread the word, so that's what I'm doing.  In early November, I discovered my favorite San Diego tour, Ghosts & Gravestones, closed its door for good.  Instead of doing nothing, I've decided to create a petition to gather as many signatures as possible to bring it back.  The petition is in NO way an attack on the company, Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego.  It is only meant for a signature to say yes, you want the tour up and running.  I'm even accepting signatures from those who never got to take it, but were interested in it if they ever came to San Diego.  Anyway, here's the LINK to it.  Thank you in advance!

[Michaelangelo]

I went to sign it, though the link brought me to a page of html stuff, don't see where to sign.

[OnnaRaphael]

I signed it.  I'm all for keeping historic locations and tours remaining open to the public.  Without them some people will never know what amazing history some places have.

[Raphael]

Shoot, does that mean they're shutting down the Boston tour as well, or just the San Diego one?

[Brinatello]

As far as I know, the San Diego one is the only one that closed down.  One of the docents of the Whaley House heard a buzz going around about how badly the tour was doing in the other states it operated in.  They were told the San Diego tour was the most successful and was basically holding together the entire operation.  I'd love to one day take the G&G tour of St. Augustine, the oldest city in the country!  For now, I'm trying to focus on getting this one back.  I've got 13 signatures so far!  Thanks so much guys!

[Danceingfae]

I signed it Brin! I'm number 24!!! Interesting, same age as me... *G* When i do ever get down there to visit, you gotta take me on this tour!

[Brinatello]

Thanks so much, Fae!  I got up to 27 signatures, but for some reason, the link to "Sign the Petiton" keeps saying HTTP 404 Page Not Found.  One of girls who signed it sent me an email about this.  I wouldn't have known because I never click that link.  She said her friends have tried, but can't get it to work.  Can any of you try the link to see if it'll work?  You don't have to sign the petition, this is just a test:

http://www.petitiononline.com/gag05/petition-sign.html

I sent an email to PetitionOnline Support and am waiting to hear back.

[Danceingfae]

The link works for me. The first one did too, so i don't know why it's not working except that it might be a browser thing or something.

[Brinatello]

I have an update about the tour.  Today, I was down by Horton Plaza with my mom and two friends.  I walked by a booth for Old Town Trolley Tours and decided to talk to the guy there.  I brought up G&G (of course), and he said, yeah, they cancelled the tour because of low ticket sales.  I had to ask if it was gone for good, to which he quickly, said, "No, I don't think so!  It'll probably reopen during next summer up until October when it gets closer to Halloween again."  I had to tell him about the email I sent to my tour guide and how he's now looking for a new job.  He couldn't say anything to that and we had to leave.  Later on, Mom and I ended up in Seaport Village where I talked to a guy at a magic shop.  He, too, feels that the tour will be back next year.  I don't know, the way it sounded to me, it's permanently gone!

[Brinatello]

Hey, everyone,
I'm sorry if you're all sick of this subject by now, but I just wanted to mention that the news made it to my local paper, the San Diego Union Tribune!  I got in contact with Columnist, Diane Bell, and she did a small interview with me!  The article was in the December 3rd issue.  It was short, but to the point:

Goodbye to 'Ghosts'

Old Town Trolley Tours has laid its once-popular Ghosts & Gravestones tour to rest. After six years, operators dropped the tour, which highlighted area cemeteries and stopped at three reportedly "haunted" houses, where costumed characters of a bygone era greeted visitors. Lorin Stewart, the firm's general manager, says interest in the nightly sojourn had tapered off to the extent that, on some evenings, no tickets were sold.

Sabrina Marie Johnson is such a fan of the tour that she is circulating a petition to bring it back.  She has over 30 signatures.

The Old Town Trolley's recorded message still carries a promo for "Ghosts & Gravestones," but Stewart says it's only because they are awaiting a replacement tape. He has no plans to resurrect "Ghosts."

Jeez, I feel like whenever I read something from the paper, it's official and no longer a rumor.  And I wish she didn't use all three of my names!  Eesh.  Maybe I shouldn't have typed it that way in my email.  

Oh, and Ivey, tell Miki I said thank you for signing my petition!  It's over 40 now!

[Michaelangelo]

Any news on anything with this?   Did you get a lot of signatures on the petition?    I'm still sorry that this is gone, I would of liked to have gone on it, with how much you talked about it.   The Boston one was a BLAST!