DragonCon 2012!

[eloquentXI]

...because its never too early to start counting down til we all make the trek back to the ATL.

239 days!

Cap'nFaye and I already have a room booked. Any other RFers gonna make it out this year?

[Captain Teague]

All five host hotels are sold out. Been told to book it a year ahead which is hard for us. Looks like a maybe next year again scenario. 

It's on my bucket list. 

[Auryn]

Well I started calling hotels a week after we got home from D*con
was told not to bother them until October 1st
started calling in October and told the paperwork wasnt ready yet.
When I called in November, all the special rates rooms were already sold out- needless to say I was very ticketed off.

I called the same hotel that we stayed at last year- they increased the rates of the rooms over $60/night for that weekend.
At this rate we probably won't be going simply due to the cost of the hotel stay.

It sucks cause I really loved it and I was already working on my Mord Sith costume and reworking my cheetara costume.
I guess we will just have to keep saving and go next year.

[Auryn]

Forgot to add
really wanted to go this year since R.A. Salvatore is going to be there- one of our all time favorite authors.

[Aiacha]

I may be part of the MechCorps crew this year.  With MechaCon the next weekend, a plan of action needs to be formed.

[eloquentXI]

LD and Auryn, keep an eye out. People start dropping rooms and they open some right before Con. There is also the roomswap thingy on LJ that you can keep an eye out for rooms on. It's pretty backed up because of how many people couldn't get through the passkey this year, but given a couple more months...who knows.

Every year, they have a date whenever they open up rooms for reservations and it turns into a massive landgrab. There were unbelievable problems with the Passkey system this year, and even with that, the Hyatt was sold out within two-three hours of it being open.

[eloquentXI]

Oh and Aiacha, it would be amazing if you could make it but that's a toughy, doing back to back weekends of Cons like that.

235 days!

[Captain Teague]

Not enough coffee yet today....what is LJ?

[eloquentXI]

Not enough coffee yet today....what is LJ?

Livejournal. Hang on, I'll link you to the community. It is really backed up right now but this is another place to check to see if any rooms open up.

http://dragonconrooms.livejournal.com/

[Auryn]

Well as of today- meaning unless we win the lotto-
we won't be going to D*Con this year.

Just can't swing the $700 for hotel room alone.

[SirRichardBear]

Not sure about going but thinking that maybe camping would be a better way to go there are lots of camp grounds around Atlanda and I could work in some hiking in the mountains at the same week.

[Stalkwell]

Of course the good Lady Stalkwell and I will be there.  we got booked in at the Mariott.  Friends of ours got S@#$!^'d trying to get in at the Hyatt.  The situation is BAD for getting rooms, more than enough to walk away from D*C entirely just for that reason.  You have about 2 hours after the booking starts to get the reservations made.  The problem is the host hotels don't seem to care if 'you' get booked, since 'someone else' will fill the room anyway.  We have been lied to, mis-directed, and generally abused as patrons wanting rooms at the big 3 host hotels for 3 or 4 years now.  This year was no exception... but we got in.

D*C is too big to be fun any more... you have to put up too much of a fight for everything.  I long for the good old days...

Stalk well...

[eloquentXI]

Of course the good Lady Stalkwell and I will be there.  we got booked in at the Mariott.  Friends of ours got S@#$!^'d trying to get in at the Hyatt.  The situation is BAD for getting rooms, more than enough to walk away from D*C entirely just for that reason.  You have about 2 hours after the booking starts to get the reservations made.  The problem is the host hotels don't seem to care if 'you' get booked, since 'someone else' will fill the room anyway.  We have been lied to, mis-directed, and generally abused as patrons wanting rooms at the big 3 host hotels for 3 or 4 years now.  This year was no exception... but we got in.

D*C is too big to be fun any more... you have to put up too much of a fight for everything.  I long for the good old days...

Stalk well...

I have heard nothing but horror stories with all the Passkey nonsense. It's horrible and I don't understand why the hotels don't do something to change it.

I am glad that you will be coming back for another year though. <3

[Captain Teague]

Well as of today- meaning unless we win the lotto-
we won't be going to D*Con this year.

Just can't swing the $700 for hotel room alone.

Seriously, 700 for a room?

[Auryn]

yup-$700 for 4 nights at the holiday inn that is like 4 blocks away from anything- doesnt even inlcude breakfast-
oh plus $25/day for "parking"