TWILIGHT TRIPS TO FORKS
December 2nd, 2008
The Oregon Live has posted an interesting article about tourism in Forks after the Twilight books were released.
In Forks, “Twilight” is as pervasive as morning mist. During the movie’s opening weekend, the espresso stand featured a “Twilight Special: Chocolate Raspberry Latte.” Other businesses around town offer “Twilight Delights” (candy); the “Bella Burger” (named after the novel’s heroine); “Bellalasagna”; and “Bella Berry Pie.” At Forks Outfitters, you can buy “Forks Fang Club” and “Vampire Capital, Forks, Washington” shirts.
Thanks moar Edward!
The LA Times has posted all the trips you can make to Twilight related places, including a vampire-themed tour to Europe!
Among them are a five-night, vampire-themed European tour (starting at $2,299 per person, double occupancy) and a six-night Vampire Baseball Adventure in Oregon and Washington (starting at $1,599 per person, quad occupancy). Jeannie Barresi, co-owner of Beyond Boundaries, said there are spaces available in these just-launched 2009 trips.
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A European vampire-themed tour for $2,299 per person seems a bit outrageous! Have you been to Forks or are you planning a trip to a Twilight related place?
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I would be more inclined to go to Forks, if they had actually FILMED there!!!! Didn’t they film in Oregon?!
i am planning a trip with my friend this summer. we want to go with her father to Washington/oregon for a camping trip with AT LEAST one full day to devote to Forks! nothing is finalized yet, but keep ur fingers crossed!!
I’ve been to Forks! I was working in Seattle for 5 months and a friend and I took a day trip over to Port Angeles, Forks and LaPush. The town has really embraced their new found fame and are so nice. They even hand out maps on how to get to the Twilight hot spots.
The movie wasn’t filmed in Forks because they didn’t have enough acomidations for the cast and crew. They used the high school and scenes from the streete but the rest of it was filmed in my town portland. When Edward takeS Bella to the top of the tree and it pans over the water, that is the Gorge, I live on the Gorge in Washougal. And the waterfall in the movie when they are playing baseball is Multnomah Falls also in Portland. Very beautiful. If you want to make a trip go see the Gorge and the Falls. Well worth the trip.
we are planning a trip to Forks! i hope they will still be in on the Twilight craze in september. We are trying to go during bella’s bday week.
I went to Forks, La Push, and Port Angeles on Halloween this year. Flew up from Los Angeles. Forks was really cool. Super small as they say, but very pretty, lush, cold, foggy, dense, and picturesque. I loved it. Everyone I talked to got into the spirit. I was in line at Thriftway buying some Forks/Spartans merch and the bagger casually glances up to the checker and says “Hey Peggy, is Bella working today?”
The woman working at the Chamber of Commerce was amazing. I guess they’re probably pretty bored there without the Twilighters, but she gave me about 30 minutes of her time. She showed me everything they had collected since Forks started getting noticed. She has a binder of all the letters people have sent to different characters in Twilight, c/o the Chamber of Commerce. She has an ING Direct application sent for Bella Cullen. Vehicle Registration form for her. A letter to the parents of Rosalie Hale. Postcards from Jacob and Angela to Bella. And even a slightly creepy handwritten letter from a guy in Africa, expressing his love for Bella.
A lot of the stores have realized how insane we Twilight fans are, and have no problem charging an arm and a leg for Twilight-related items that aren’t even that great. The shop across the street from the High School has random stuffed teddy bears with Forks High School shirts on for like $25. Fan-created tshirts run about $20-$30. Hell, even a bundle of sticks tied up with paper saying “Jacob’s driftwood” go for about $15. And nothing is authentic. That was my only gripe. Everything was just made for Twilight.
The coolest thing I did actually was go to City Hall. You walk down the hall to the big wooden door that has “Police Station” written on it, ring the intercom, and tell them you’re a Twilighter here to see the Police Chief. They let you in and out comes Forks Chief of Police Mike Powell. He brought me into his office, showed me his signed Twilight book, and just sat and talked with me for about 15 minutes about my trip and where I’m from, his experiences, everything. Super nice. You can tell he had about as much to do up there as Charlie did in the book. At the end he gives you Forks Police Station keychains and pens. Those were my favorite items from the trip cause they’re real. They don’t have Twilight written on them anywhere. They’re just authentic Forks mementos. Those and the $1 “City of Forks Welcomes You” magnets sold on the back of the door at the Chamber of Commerce were my favorite items I took home.
Port Angeles was super cute. If I ever wanted to live in an 18,000 person town, I think Port Angeles would be it. We stopped in there right at twilight on Halloween, so there were hundreds of parents out with their costumed children, going from shop to shop to get candy. It’s a very family-oriented town, with a cool beach community feel. But with a New England vibe almost. A lot prettier and hill-ier than I imagined.
And the coolest place hands down was First Beach in La Push. When I went there it was freezing cold, windy, rainy and foggy. Absolutely perfect. I felt like I was in a dream. It was so loud I could barely hear my friend. I’ve never been to a beach like that before, that’s for sure.
If you have the resources, I really suggest taking the trip. Sure, none of it was used for the Twilight movie. Actually, most of my friends back home didn’t understand why I would want to go there instead of the filming locations. I didn’t make the trip for the movie. I made the trip for the book. That’s waaaaay more interesting to me. Yes, it’s a fictional book, but a lot of these places are very, very real. (The weirdest part for me was that Thriftway and Forks Outfitters are attached in the same building in the real Forks). I feel kind of dorky going up to take pictures of random houses just because they have signs that say “Swan Residence” out front, but then you just look around into the forests and meadows around town and you can’t help but picture Edward and Bella strolling through together. Or running right next to your car.
Oh and definitely visit Dazzled by Twilight, the new Twilight-only store. I actually went in there the day before they opened and the husband of the owner let me buy some stuff, so I was their first customer! I kept telling him how much money he was going to make and he still didn’t seem sure. By the time I left 30 mins later there were 10 more people inside, and the store didn’t open for another day.
That’s AWESOME, Tessa.
I just posted a post in the forums about my trip to Forks, it’s under personal stories and it is titled “My Forks Vacation” I went to every place I could think of in Forks that was mentioned in the Twilight Saga, I also was lucky enough to be able to STAY THE NIGHT IN THE CULLEN HOUSE.
omb that’s amazing you guys I wish I could go I was thinking on planning a trip to Washington and forks and all those places and I hope to go but I just don’t see it happening right now cuz I don’t have the money but hopefuly soon I can but your trips to forks sounds awsome!