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Semi-

The best, closest, affordable place that's not yet booked solid is:
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=05481

I've been recommending it to everyone I've been PMing with; I'll bet a lot of us will wind up there.
FAQ: Yes is is across the bay from the Con, but the ferry runs 9-9ish, and the buses run 5am-1am-ish.

wouldn't it be a trip to find the same one from Boston?

YK-

You BETTER come! Maybe you, Stargazer, Beags and Rockhopper can car-pool!

Well, I am mostly going to hang out with & meet Legion Worlders. So spending all four days at the con is not a necessity for me. I am actualy planning to fly home on Sunday, so probably won't be at the con that day.

I have asked my niece is she wouldn't mind in my great nephew come with me. I had mentioned the Boston con to him before it got cancelled and he recently asked me about it again. He is about 12. He's not yet into comics too much. He did like the Teen Titans cartoon and I had gotten him a 1 year subscription to Teen Titans Go.

Semi-

I never spend the whole time at the con. I usually go to Tijuana for part of a day, and try to get out for another daytrip (or two, for times I've spent a whole week out there). There's lots to do and see, and Abin plans on renting a minivan, so we've got options.

Brent,

I'm going primarily to meet many of the people who I've been corresponding with here for the last few years, the Con is a nice excuse to do that but it's only an excuse for me (and I believe Rob expressed a very similar sentiment).

For me the best part of the Boston trip was meeting and getting to know Julio, Rob, Sean, Des, STU, Miner, Nancy, Brian, Bill, Darden, Mike, and others. And I'm positive I speak for all of them when I say that the most memorable moments of the trip were away from the Convention when we went out to dinner as a group or just found ourselves sitting around BSing over a few cold ones.

And Kent is right, I do plan on renting a minivan, but a full size van isn't out of the question and I'd love to have a large enough group of us get together so that I have to make that upgrade...

So in the immortal words of Wolfman Jack, "Be there or be square!"

OK, I'm going to come. It might be fun to stay on Coronado Island. If I drive down, then I could drive to the con. I could also fit 4 people in my car. Is there parking near the con or is that a really stupid idea.

Now I just have to convince the new clerk at work that her continued employment depends upon her agreeing to stay at my house and look after my dogs while I go. (Actually, she already said that she would. She's a single mom and she thought it would be great for her son to get to play with the dogs. Oh, and I also offered to pay her. )

Quiz and Kent - we are as of today booked in the Coronado.

Okay, I'm so clueless it hurts. But I have questions for... anybody who can help.

1) About how expensive is this going to be? Is it better to book through the Con (assuming they still have rooms) or should I go it alone? Will it hurt me to wait to book because I'm still not sure on logistics...?

2) If I come on Thursday and leave on Sunday (guestimation on travel days from my still not posted summer schedule), will I miss a lot? I'm guessing I wouldn't be able to attend either of those days, since I'd be traveling -- it's, like, 4 - 6 hours from here, I think.

3) Does anybody know what parking's like at the Con itself? Is it ridiculous to drive myself to and from?

4) Okay, uhm... this might sound weird but... you guys don't, like, mind tag-alongs like me, right? I mean, I've only met Des and he won't be there so... yeah. >.> I know I'm still young and stuff, and I wouldn't wanna impose. But I'll know no one but LWers, since... yeah. (Most of my friends just aren't cool like us.)

Er, yeah. Help would be appreciated. Thanks all! <3

1) How expensive it will be depends on where you stay while you are there, a conservative estimate is probably in the neighborhood of $600 for the four days you are proposing. I'd suggest contacting Mechana and see if she's open to sharing a room. (which would cut expenses for both of you.)

2) For most of us the actual Con is less of a concern than getting together and getting to know the people behind the avatars. In fact you may have already noticed that some of us have expressed concerns that the Con itself is not somewhere that we can spend more than 4-6 hours each day. And no missing a day or two of the Con won't diminish the experience in any way but missing a group dinner or night on the town will IMHO.

3) Parking will be limited and ridiculously expensive, which is one reason I intend to rent either a mini or full size van and use the method we did in Boston; ferrying as many people as possible in a single vehicle. It’s cheaper to drive around picking people up than it is to pay for an extra vehicle to park.

4) We (and I firmly believe that I’m speaking for everyone) are delighted at the prospect of you “Tagging Along.” There is no possible way (and again I firmly believe that I’m speaking for everyone) that you will do anything but enhance the experience for all of us. Remember for most of us (if not all of us) the Con is just an excuse for a Legion World Get Together. Meeting you, and Semi, and Scott & Caroline (in Vegas), and Gary, and Grey (in LA), and MEL (if possible) and whoever else we can persuade to join the group is the real reason for the trip.

Just a note: as of this morning I'm also booked at the Coronado. (July 19th to July 24th)

I'll ditto Abin on all of the above... plus my own thoughts on parking: Most of us are booking at the Coronado Best Western (see my link for Semi at the top of the page), which is fairly close to the con; one can either walk to the ferry (I estimate no more thna 1/2 a mile on either side), or take a bus (which stops at the corner right by the hotel) downtown; from the downton transportation center, there's one's choice of either a short walk or trolley ride to the con center.

I myself have grave doubts about parking anywhere near the con, but if we try it, it may as well be as Abin suggests.

As others have said, the main reason, quite frankly, is to socialize with each other. The con's a blast anyway, but I'm most looking forward to the meet-up.

You're definitely welcome as a 'tag-along,' whether it's one day or four!

Just as long as you don't mind us being old and walking slow. At least 4 of us have had hip replacements and use walkers. And if we fall asleep at tables and whatnot, please don't tie our shoe laces together. I've spoken to Abin and Kent and we're really looking forward to those crazy late nights. Why, we've even promised each other to see the other side of 9:30 pm on Saturday -- but that may be wishful thinking.

We would insist on you tagging along. That is if you don't mind hanging around old farts.

This is excellant news

Aww, you guys are so sweet!! Thanks. And, don't worry. I old people. I get on great with my grandparents... Juuuust kidding. I know I'm just a fetus and you guys are already matured. But, either way, this baby's looking forward to meeting y'all!

The Best Western is a bit out of my price range (unless Mechana does want to share... which might be a little weird but... I dunno), so I went ahead and made a very cancelable reservation at a less expensive alternative (about 2/3 the cost) 8 blocks away. According to Yahoo!Maps, it's only a 2 minute drive.

Speaking of which, I have to drive to San Diego (unless Semi wants to/can give me a ride or someone has an insatiable desire to pick me up and drop me off at the train station), so I could give people rides to the con too. My car fits 3 others relatively comfortably, 4 snuggly. It's a compact. If it's not needed, then I'd happily hitch a ride in Abin's van.

Uhm, yeah. I think that's it.

I'll be really disappointed if Cali doesn't give you guys at least one during the trip!

How fun! Avoid the Kwaiverse if at all possible

Alright, sounds like a SD party to me! I'll bring the Ensure and rum...I book somewhere..I think Sheraton or something? I wasn't really paying attention. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be in summer school or an internship so I've just booked Friday and Saturday night for now. Ideally I'd like to be there the whole time but I don't know my summer plans this far in advance.

Speaking strictly in terms of the Con itself, Sunday is sort of a "cool-down" day. There's still plenty going on, but much of it is aimed at children. All the big movie hyping is generally over by then as well. If you have to miss one day, this is probably the day to miss.

Okay. We're booked in at the Stratosphere (World Tower) for three nights starting on July 16.

I looked that hotel/casino up today and it's a great deal, so will probably book there for the same three nights, I just need to find out who else is going to go for the entire trip, Vegas to LA to San Diego, besides Kent and Myself. As of now I'll be making the trip solo, but the Pagan Lass could realize that I'll be unsupervised for entirely to long and decide to come along. Or at least that's what I'm hoping.

Last I knew, it was us two, legion-JOHN and Mechana. I half-suspected STU might join us; but in Tuesday night's chat, it sounds like he won't be coming at all.

If you're planning three nights, then I gather we won't overnight in LA on the 18th? Fine by me, either way. It probably makes more sense; what can one really see in LA in a single day, after all.

I'm up for sharing a room in Vegas; not sure what John's plans are.

Mechana was tentatively planning on arriving on the 17th, if I recall right. So I guess leaving Vegas on the morning of the 19th makes sense based upon her plans, too.

It's about 6 to 6.5 hours driving, according to web directions, so we should be able to check-in and hit the preview show with the others by evening.

Hi all: I see my name in here a few times, so I figured I'd better update you on my plans.

I think I'm going to have to drop my plans for joining you in Vegas. As much as I'd like to meet Scott and Caroline, I'm on a budget, and my number one priority has to be getting my butt to San Diego and hustling for work! I'm looking forward to meeting and spending some time with LWer's, but this is essentially a working trip for me: shaking hands, kissing babies, waxing editor's cars...

At the moment I can't offer to share my room with anyone (sorry Cali) since I may be bringing Shawn, if he can get the time off work.

sorry to hear it... but glad you can still do SD!