Solutions
Well its been confirmed the solutions I've posted are correct (JP & US & UK) so far.
http://thehunt.volvocars.net/jp/2558N7713W
36508829
http://thehunt.volvocars.net/us/2558N7713W
43642476
http://thehunt.volvocars.net/uk/2558N7713W
38899036
http://thehunt.volvocars.net/at/2558N7713W
83608993
http://thehunt.volvocars.net/es/2558N7713W
83608993
16 comments:
Congrats DecipherGuy!
I was just thinking... Pirates is a Disney movie. Disney owns an island in the Bahamas... Could you be going to Castaway Cay? Sorry if I am late to the game with this idea. But even if you don't find the car, you could go scuba diving and find turtles or something :)
According the Hunt site, you can view the activities of the final leg through the site.
kaptnflint, I just moved that posting over from unfiction...I didn't write it, LOL...I'd have been here doing a Maori War Chant and dancing the Tarantello if I had been invited, not even close to that though. ;p
D-Guy, done...kick pirate booty.
Decipher Guy,
Absolutely fantastic!!
Definitely review all known material from the hunt,
all missing clues we didn't use from the hunt map,
and don't forget sunscreen and insect repellent :):)
We'll be right there with you rooting you on!!!
Good luck!!
D-G,
I am SO happy for you!! Get out there and make us proud!! You have a large collection of cool people rooting for you. Don't forget us little people who are still driving our old Volvos after you win....we want pics, details, etc!!
Congrats! You rock!
((sending winning vibes your way))
GP
way to go decipher guy......
;)
just have fun and don't stress
from unfiction blog Sunday morning 7/23
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is temporarily recommending that visitors to the Bahamas' Great Exuma Island (where Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest was filmed) take anti-malarial medication. Fifteen locals and Americans have been diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease since the first case was reported last month. This was in today's (Sunday) newspaper. I thought it was interesting and was wondering if perhaps, Exuma, is the final location. I'm not sure what the latitude/longitude coordinates are but it IS in the vicinity of Castaway Cay.
Am also missing doing this game with all you geniuses!!! NBC's Treasure Hunters is for amateurs!!
I'm still in withdrawl for a good quest and I just found that there is a new treasure hunt starting on amazon.com Not sure how difficult it is going to be, the quest is to solve 9 questions and then a visual puzzle. The first one from each of the 6 countries get to win a custom ring valued at $10,000. Here is a link to the amazon page http://www.amazon.com/treasurehunt and to the press release. http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/?epi_menuItemID=989a6827590d7dda9cdf6023a0908a0c&epi_menuID=c791260db682611740b28e347a808a0c&epi_baseMenuID=384979e8cc48c441ef0130f5c6908a0c&ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&div=2023982455&newsId=20060725006238
They have announced the winners. Good luck to all of them, hope you have fun. Here is the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VOLVO NAMES FINALISTS IN WORLD’S FIRST TREASURE HUNT FOR BURIED VEHICLE
Three U.S. Finalists and Four International Finalists Will Convene on August 6 at Secret Location for On-the-Ground Race to Uncover Buried Volvo SUV
Event part of Volvo’s promotional tie-in to Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest; visit www.volvocars.us/thehunt
(IRVINE, Calif.) July 26, 2006 — Look what the tide’s washed in, maties! Volvo Car Corporation today announced the seven international finalists in its global, multi-media treasure hunt for a pirate-themed Volvo XC90 V8 that has been buried somewhere in the world. The seven wanna-be pirates, including two women and five men, were the first among their respective nations to complete a fun, yet challenging online treasure hunt Volvo launched on June 12 and concluding four weeks later.
Hailing from such locales as Newnan, Georgia and Trieben, Austria, the finalists –– three Americans and one each from Japan, United Kingdom, Spain and Austria –– will be flown to an undisclosed location on August 6. Once there, they will compete in a historic race, frantically deciphering clues that will lead them closer exact location of the buried Volvo. The first to dig it up keeps it.
The wildly popular hunt, a multi-media campaign developed as a part of Volvo’s sponsorship of the Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, has elicited participation from more than 52,000 online contestants in the U.S. alone. The finalists are:
•Jenny Buckalew, 35, Newnan, Ga.
•David Hutz, 30, Herndon, Va.
•James Hutz, 57, Carefree, Ariz.
•Karl Lloyd, 33, Surrey, England
•Susanne Kalintsch, 44, Trieben, Austria
•Akihiro Horibe, 36, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
•Jose Luis Dmoniguez Monge, 31, Valladolid, Spain
The format for the final leg of the competition will be reminiscent of reality TV shows like Survivor and The Amazing Race, with contestants participating in a series of mental and physical challenges over two days that will either eliminate them from the competition or advance them closer to the buried vehicle. The victor and results of final hunt will be released to the public on August 11, followed by a series of Webisodes documenting the hunt premiering online at www.volvocars.us/thehunt on August 24.
“This already is one of the more unique film promotional tie-ins conducted by an auto manufacturer,” said Anne Bélec, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Cars of North America. “We had participants blogging, sharing clues, writing online poems and becoming deeply engaged in the process. We had more than 52,000 participants in the U.S. alone, each of which had to come into a Volvo retailer to pick up a treasure map to begin play, with 25 percent of them opting in for more information about Volvo cars while they played. It’s been a wildly entertaining campaign and we’re looking forward to seeing who actually finds the Volvo we buried.”
The buried one-of-a-kind, Volvo XC90 is valued at approximately $82,000 and features a variety of elements inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean, including menacing graphics from the film, black leather seats, custom painted 20 inch wheels and more.
Volvo’s promotion of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest grew out of the partnership with Disney for the worldwide Volvo Ocean Race. The Volvo ship bears the name of the same boat in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, “The Black Pearl.” The Ocean Race began in Vigo, Spain on Nov. 12, 2005 and ended in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 17, 2006.
http://www.volvocars-pr.com/index.asp?mediaid1=3901
If you want a registration serial number for your mirc just email me with the name you want to register with & i'll send you the serial number.
I can not get on the site at 1:30 Pacific time...too much traffic? mamatoto, did you get the words to the song I sent you?
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