Calleva

[Anonymous]

That was a sh!t show. I spent an hour on the computer trying and failing to register. Who knows whether I'll be able to be online at whatever random time they decide to reopen registration or if any spots will be open for what we want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In queue for 50 minutes before whole site went down. A friend managed to get through. This has happened before...I steal myself for the Calleva registration process. It is always stressful and it seems every 3 years this happens.

They obviously use a developer who does not know how to write code to run on multiple processors...or they are on a totally crappy web host. Granted...this is a tough one from a technical perspective so grant them some slack. But, really, this happens twice a year, every year. Figure it out.

To the new camper - the stuff that fills up tends to be the higher level things - Greskos, some of the High Adventure camps - the basic Explorers can usually be gotten into. And then you'l be returning and can stress every year with all of us

May also use a backend credit card processing system that is separate from their main web pages, which they have no direct control over. If that processor isn't ready for the volume it will just send errors to the Calleva front end pages. Still entirely foreseeable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In queue for 50 minutes before whole site went down. A friend managed to get through. This has happened before...I steal myself for the Calleva registration process. It is always stressful and it seems every 3 years this happens.

They obviously use a developer who does not know how to write code to run on multiple processors...or they are on a totally crappy web host. Granted...this is a tough one from a technical perspective so grant them some slack. But, really, this happens twice a year, every year. Figure it out.

To the new camper - the stuff that fills up tends to be the higher level things - Greskos, some of the High Adventure camps - the basic Explorers can usually be gotten into. And then you'll be returning and can stress every year with all of us

May also use a backend credit card processing system that is separate from their main web pages, which they have no direct control over. If that processor isn't ready for the volume it will just send errors to the Calleva front end pages. Still entirely foreseeable.

That is a possibility too l but the fact that it wasn't linking to PayPal at all either makes me think it was web hosting/script bottleneck issue. I'd like to know!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was a sh!t show. I spent an hour on the computer trying and failing to register. Who knows whether I'll be able to be online at whatever random time they decide to reopen registration or if any spots will be open for what we want.

I think they had a similar problem 2 (or 3) years ago. What the did was they sent out an email to everyone and said what the new registration time was. In my experience, I was able to get on at the new time and get the programs we wanted.

Typically most weeks / programs have availability at the end of the 1st day.

[Anonymous]

I was lucky and registered today with no problem. But it is really annoying that you can't update your health and other information before selecting your camp/week. If you're a returning family you have an online account, but you can't access it until the magic hour and then you have to frantically type in all the information before getting to select. Why why why

[Anonymous]

I got a note that they captured my attempt to register (right at 11!) and are going to offer registration to people in the order they tried to register before. Fingers crossed it works this time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got a note that they captured my attempt to register (right at 11!) and are going to offer registration to people in the order they tried to register before. Fingers crossed it works this time!

Unless they can do that for everyone, that just makes it more unfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a note that they captured my attempt to register (right at 11!) and are going to offer registration to people in the order they tried to register before. Fingers crossed it works this time!

Unless they can do that for everyone, that just makes it more unfair.

It said they were doing it for everyone who registered but could not get the payment in (which was the issue until the whole site shut down).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a note that they captured my attempt to register (right at 11!) and are going to offer registration to people in the order they tried to register before. Fingers crossed it works this time!

Unless they can do that for everyone, that just makes it more unfair.

It said they were doing it for everyone who registered but could not get the payment in (which was the issue until the whole site shut down).

Funny how they just posted on Facebook that they haven't sent out any emails tonight because they are still working on a solution.

[Anonymous]

Makes me glad my kids didn’t want to go again. The registration process has never been great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this camp that good?

Mixed reviews as camps go.

They have weekly sessions which people like.

There are a few other threads on this subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this camp that good?

Mixed reviews as camps go.

They have weekly sessions which people like.

There are a few other threads on this subject.

I think it depends on the kid - I have three and the all have loved it for years. Still going even though middle/high school age. It's definitely not for everyone but I think it's awesome. Your kid better like to get dirty and be stuck in some crazy and physically challenging situations. It sounds like being Huck Finn on the river to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a note that they captured my attempt to register (right at 11!) and are going to offer registration to people in the order they tried to register before. Fingers crossed it works this time!

Unless they can do that for everyone, that just makes it more unfair.

It said they were doing it for everyone who registered but could not get the payment in (which was the issue until the whole site shut down).

Funny how they just posted on Facebook that they haven't sent out any emails tonight because they are still working on a solution.

Well, I have received a few emails from them today based on questions I sent them after having trouble getting the credit card to process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this camp that good?

Mixed reviews as camps go.

They have weekly sessions which people like.

There are a few other threads on this subject.

I think it depends on the kid - I have three and the all have loved it for years. Still going even though middle/high school age. It's definitely not for everyone but I think it's awesome. Your kid better like to get dirty and be stuck in some crazy and physically challenging situations. It sounds like being Huck Finn on the river to me

My kids love it too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a note that they captured my attempt to register (right at 11!) and are going to offer registration to people in the order they tried to register before. Fingers crossed it works this time!

Unless they can do that for everyone, that just makes it more unfair.

It said they were doing it for everyone who registered but could not get the payment in (which was the issue until the whole site shut down).

Funny how they just posted on Facebook that they haven't sent out any emails tonight because they are still working on a solution.

Well, I have received a few emails from them today based on questions I sent them after having trouble getting the credit card to process.

Thank you! When I hadn't gotten the email about recreating my shopping cart, I called them. They sent me the link and now I'm all registered. A relief -- it's the high point of my kid's year.