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[East] Hotel Discussion Thread *Westin Waterfront & Seaport are SOLD OUT*
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At the end of a full day of PAX, you will not want to do a half hour walk. If you only live half an hour away, the additional cost of cab fare will probably be less than the cost of the hotel, so I would say "not worth it."
When I lived near PAX in Seattle, I would often times take the bus to PAX in the morning and take a cab home late at night after the buses stopped running.
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I'm rooming with a bunch of people I've never met so I don't think I can just decide to turn the room into game-central at 2:00AM, but I'm happy to bring some stuff to lighten the load for anyone who wants to do this.
Down to bring a DC, 4 controllers & PowerStone 2 for sure!
And @Frugus, I think I read in a post somewhere that the Westin staff was not happy about people tabletop gaming at all hours of the night in the lobby, but I could be wrong...
You probably read that in the other thread, for the Thursday night Westin gaming thing. The real problem wasn't that people were tabletop gaming at all hours of the night- it's that they were hogging bar tables, and effectively killing their money-making since they weren't ordering anything. I believe the Westin's going to set up an area for people to game, though I haven't been paying too close of attention to that thread.
Yes, you are right. They are setting up the Mezzanine on Thrusday night starting at 6 for us.
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You mean after 2am when the gaming freeplay area closes? I dunno, I was always wiped after that and in bed soon after.
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Actually it's usually a good idea to tell them when you check in. Some of the PAX hotels have been known to run out of rollaway beds in the past, due to the huge demand for them.
This. I've seen it happen with other convention type events. Usually they are between 10$ to 15$ extra and are available on first come first serve basis, but usually being a key word here, I would suggest you call them up in advance and see if you can't reserve one now instead of later.
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At this point? Probably less than a thousandth of a percent.
I called earlier and they had one room for Friday only. I'm holding on to the hope that someone makes a cancellation...I know the chance is slim, but, as George Michael tells us, you gotta have faith, faith, faith. Something like that.
Just keep an eye on OnPeak, check it a few times a day. Ten rooms opened up a week ago (and swiftly sold out). I imagine there'll probably be at least one more wave of cancellations.
Best way is to stalk OnPeak's site a few times a day. I actually had a reminder on my work calendar every couple hours to go check. We were able to snag one during when the ten rooms were opened up.
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George Michael also has a rider that provides lodgings for him.
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If you are driving it's one thing, but taking the MBTA you'll have to clear out by 9:30pm at the very latest. Not to scare you either, but the hotel has some pretty horrid reviews on tripadvisor.
which westin? make sure it's the right one, there are two
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The Westin Boston Waterfront
425 Summer Street
Boston, MA, US 02210
I guess they reserve a block of rooms for each travel web site? I don't know. All I know is I got one, and I'm pretty happy about it. Although I think I got the last one at the rate I got.
Well, they are listed at 249 a night now for what it's worth.
or, it's overbooking. Please be careful and call in the days leading up to PAX confirming your reservation. It HAS happened in the past that people have booked at a PAX hotel via a secondary site only to get bumped out of the hotel upon arriving because the hotel overbooked.
We had booked with OnPeak and everything.
Yeah, that specifically shouldn't happen again (being bumped within onpeak). From what I remember, that was a massive miscommunication between the Westin Boston Waterfront and OnPeak that should be resolved this year.
As far as getting bumped when using something other than OnPeak, yeah that still happens for normal reasons.
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Thanks for the info. I checked on tripadvisor and it seems to have it's ups and downs..but I am sure I have experienced worse. Based on the MBTA I guess I will just drive into town and park the whole day. What's the average it cost for parking per day?
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Just managed to grab a room for the whole weekend at the Seaport
I plan to bring my ps3 and hopefully have some Fighting games going on during after hours.