Orphanisms

Children's Week

Blizzard added a new Children's Week page which describes the basic locations you have to take the Orphans to. This event is scheduled to last to the 16th. Here are the notes I've taken on it, mostly from the Blizzard page, Thottbot and my own experiences (today I ran through it to get each of the different pets).

	Alliance	Horde
Phase 1 Get Starter Quest	Go to the Human Orphanage - Located in one of the free standing buildings in Cathedral Square in Stormwind.	Go to the Orc Orphanage - Located in the Valley of Honor in a building to the left of the mining trainer.
	Starter Quest Link on Thottbot	Starter Quest Link on Thottbot
Phase 2 Sightseeing (Get 650 xp for each.)	Take your Orphan to see 3 Sites: The bank in Darnassus The lighthouse in Westfall (Off South Shores of Westfall) The StoneWrought Dam in Loch Modan (North Border of The Loch)	Take your Orphan to see 3 Sites: Mor'shan Rampart (Northern Barrens) Lordaeron Throne Room (In one of the front rooms to the Undercity) The Docks of Ratchet (Barrens)
Phase 3 Making Memories (Get 650 xp for each.)	Get him a Strawberry Ice Cream (Sold in stacks of five but you only need 1). Available in Stormwind in front of the bank (temporary vendor) Get Jaina Proudmoore's Authograph in Theramore (Top of central tower in town)	Get him a Strawberry Ice Cream (Sold in stacks of five but you only need 1). Available in Orgrimmar by the bank. Get Cairne Bloodhoof's Hoofprint in Thunder Bluff
Phase 4 Take your Orphan Home (1,650 xp plus Pet Reward)	Return the Orphan to the Orphanage

Pet Rewards (Select One):

• Rat Cage (aka "Whiskers")
• Piglet's Collar (aka "Mr. Wiggles")
• Turtle Box (aka "Speedy")
• 5 Gold

Now for the real test as I try to run my new Priest (still level 10) through it!

Children's Week Dates

Children's Week Dates:
The other night I emailed the error to the worldofwarcraft.com webmaster that the Children's Week dates looked wrong.

One location said the event would run next week and another said it was running now. Judging by the fact that I went and got the quest, I figured the one that was wrong was the one that said it wasn't until next week.

Wrong. Check out the updated Events Page:

May 1, 2005
(Said May 1-8)

May 2, 2005
(Now it says May 9-16)

And now you can no longer start the quest:

Surprisingly, though, I can still whistle up the orphan on the one character I had who took the quest.

So, bottom line? (1) I am apparently a date crasher. And (2) Children's Week isn't until Next Week. (But ask me again tomorrow, the answer might change.)

2006-May Events

From the Events Calendar for May:

Children's Week **See Note Below**

Darkmoon Faire (Mulgore) May 9 - May 16

Call to Arms: Alterac Valley! May 12 - May 15

Call to Arms: Warsong Gulch! May 19 - May 22

Call to Arms: Arathi Basin! May 26 - May 29

During a Call to Arms, emmissaries from that Battleground will be found in the major cities, and honor/faction rewards for performing objectives in that battleground are increased.

**Children's Week**

Well this is another booboo in dates in the Event Calendar. Children's week on the Events Calendar says it starts next week (May 9 - May 16).

However, the Children's Week section of the "In-game-events" page says it's running now (May 1 - May 8th).

Which is it? Apparently the latter because it's running NOW.

I used the link at the bottom of the Events/Calendar page to "Report Page Error." Hopefully that'll get this fixed up.

Of further interest is the fact that Noblegarden now says "April 16" as the calendar date(s). BIG change from what was previously posted as running for a month!
See the history of date problems here and here.