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You think you're sick of seeing Twilight-centric posts on blogs? Imagine living in Forks, the poor Washington town hugging Olympic National Park which is the setting for the Twilight books and films (though much of it is filmed in Vancouver). As popularity in the series increases, fans flock to the small town to get a peek at the real thing, which means sparkly vamps all the time, everywhere. One day, you're enjoying your forest-thick hometown, and the next you're the focus of fangirl fervor -- your poor Chamber of Commerce having to field questions about safe, vampire-free camping spots.

The Wrap has published a post looking into how the town is dealing with its newfound fame -- we're talking an increase from 8,000 yearly tourists to 67,000 -- and, subsequently, the copyright issues. We all know how far some studios can take copyright protection -- from bearing down on those who make any amount of money on a franchise's fame to fans who just like to make videos and computer wallpaper -- so of course, the big C would become an issue when a town cashes in on their new fame.

But so far? The studio ain't biting! Of course, this is a special case -- you can't exactly expect a town not to cash in or appease the masses descending on the area all of a sudden (not to mention the town has been hit real hard by the recession). If they have to deal with the fans, they should get something out of it, right? Empty storefronts have been replaced with Twilight-themed fare, and as we recently learned, a Volterra-themed restaurant is in the works.

One could hope this would change some of the other studios' iron-hand attitude towards copyright, but I doubt it. What do you think? How far should Forks be able to cash in on the situation before they've taken it too far?

If you thought the New Kids on the Block cruise was bad, and if you laughed at the Goth Cruise, then get ready for ... The Twilight Cruise! You'll have to wait until 2010 but that will give you plenty of time to work yourself into a lather at the thought of cruising on the seas near where Edward sparkled in the sunlight. Fans will start off in Seattle on August 8th, do some cruisin' and glacier-watchin', and make port stops at Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, and Victoria, B.C. before heading back to Seattle. Activities include trivia contests, giveaways, movie screenings, a costume ball, and a Q&A and autograph signings with actors Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) and Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) and others who will be trapped make appearances onboard.

There's also a 3 night pre-cruise package to Forks, WA., the location of the veggie vamps' adventures, where I can only empathize with the residents of Forks, who are surely not used to their idyllic, lush town being turned into Times Square for hordes of Twi-hards. (Hey! They call themselves that!) This part of the package costs $749 per person if you're going it alone; the best deal is to gather three of your besties for the four-person rate of $349. According to the site, this includes transport from the airport to the hotel and from the hotel to the ship, 3 nights in Seattle with hotel accomodations, a tour of Forks and some Seattle sightseeing.

You can also tour the set and stalk the cast.

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