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<----------------shotgun rooming with CJ again for next meet-up! Cali is welcome too!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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I don't think I'd be up for anything until spring, either a long weekend, or during my spring break in mid-March.
next summer's up in the air for me.
I like the post-Thanksgiving idea for WDW, but I have no idea where I'll be by then.
I would suggest we spread these gatherings around so as to best allow those who usually cannot make them to attend.
Summer, outside of a specific con/event, might be best avoided given high-season travel costs.
Maybe we could get into a spring/fall trend?
Maybe... Spring 09 - Pacific NW? Fall 09 - WDW? Spring 10 - Vegas? Fall 10 -Mid-Ohio or Baltimore?
There's nothing to stop individual/spontaneous Con and non-con meet-ups as well, of course, but a tough schedule might help people who need more lead time to plan.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: <----------------shotgun rooming with CJ again for next meet-up! Cali is welcome too!
I'm there!
You did notice that you are an afterthought to rooming with CJ?
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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In theory I'll go just about anywhere for a meet up, considering my last one got cut super short and I had to miss all the good stuff. (btw thanks for the care package nightcrawler and kent Shakespeare)
But I'd love to a see a con or part of the country I've never been to yet. (basically most of the mid-west and east coast is open). With that in mind it's mostly a factor of when, where, and how much are plane tickets going to go up in the mean time?
WDW would be oh so awesome if we did a non-con thing. Mostly for afore mentioned reasons of: we would have other things to see and do but all in a centralized location where we can split up. Also you really can bring other people and they would have fun too (who doesn't like an oversized mouse).
I'd also like to throw the idea for a non-con thing of maybe doing a cruise somewhere. Yes this would in fact be a bigger undertaking, however a lot of the smaller issues would then be taken care of. Fun for the whole family (check) Rooms in a block area (check) centralized meeting area (check) Yummy food/drinks (check) entertainment/nightlife (check) stuff to see and do alone or with the group (check) things we can do in groups big and small (check) semi-cost effective (half check.. but if you plan in advance you can start saving now) seeing things we haven't seen before (check!) and fun filled memories to be had by all (big freakin' check) Oh and if we have actual group of more than 10 people going we can get the discount group rate (basically the more people going the better discount you get). So just throwing the idea out there.
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From: San Leandro, California | Registered: Jul 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Ravenette84: (who doesn't like an oversized mouse).
A restaurant owner when the health department is in the restaurant?
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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Tell you what, since it put me in the hospital when we got back to Salt Lake (from cellulitis in my legs from swelling) I will NEVER walk around Las Vegas in 108 degree heat again. I love Vegas, and I will not regret getting to see the musical BITE at the Stratosphere, but the heat and strain of walking the strip in that temperature was sheer hell. Lucky Darden and Jen didn't melt, being from the UK....
Scott, Stacey and I want to go to Disney World. We absolutely had a ball at Disney Land, although by that point I was starting to limp and to slow everyone down. Anywhere we go I can rock it if we do it in the colder months, I promise!
So Blue, what else does Chi-Town have to offer besides urban chupacabras???? Kidding, I've wanted to visit Chicago since 1990 when I wanted to meet my favorite vampire/singer and his band, Vlad and the Dark Theater, at the Vampire Circus and Horror Con. I wonder if they still even have that?
From: Utah (non-Mormon!!!) | Registered: Jul 2003
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Chicago has a lot of interesting architecture, if they haven't torn it down to build big ugly condos. I just got a glimpse of it when I was at the Wizard Con two years ago. It certainly appeared to be vampire-worthy!
quote:Originally posted by Director Lad: [QB]Here are some of my thoughts: I like the idea of gathering somewhere where there's lots of activity, so I favor any of a con, a big city, or Disney. I'm leaning more toward cons or Disney, rather than just getting together somewhere like Vegas or NYC. Seems to me that just meeting somewhere to meet, without a background activity, will require a lot more day-to-day scheduling, instead of the spontaneity we had in SD.
Small gatherings of six or less have worked well without cons - Vegas 06 (can't speak for 08) and Niagara 05 come to mind. But the higher we go into the double-digits the more your points will take on additional validity.
then again, a camping trip (or cabins) where there is deliberately little to do also solves that problem.
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