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[PRIME] PAX Prime 2012 Hotel Discussion
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Cool, I just signed up. Looks like as long as I stay in one within a 12 month period, I don't loose any points or anything. And since PAX is once a year anyway, this may be something that I can keep going with. Thanks for the info!
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@DarkAon - Stayed at a Sheraton recently in Hawaii, and it had a physical guard that covered all but one Composite (not Component) input. Which sucks if you want anything in HD. Another I stayed at in Bellevue was pretty much the same, except their box thingy had the input right on it...which I guess is easier to access, but still SD only.
If you can somehow bypass that silly physical guard (screwdriver?) I'm assuming you can get at the HDMI inputs or component inputs. However, I'm not sure the remote given allows you to change the source directly either. It's basically a big pain in the ass.
Long story short, if you want to play the Xbox at all make sure you bring a composite (yellow only for video, red and white for audio) cable. Bring an HDMI and component too if you have space, in case you have better luck.
I had this issue at a smaller hotel. My buddy and I got stuck in a room with a single bed. So he asked for a "roll away" and the front desk said they didn't have any. I got on the phone to ask how they don't have cots and the guy was like, "OHHH a cot, yes we have those." ... I dunno. Language barrier?
Well, theoretically a cot is different from a roll-away bed... Shame on them for using the terms interchangeably.
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Shame on them for knowing we needed something else to sleep on and not offering what they DID have when we ask for something they didn't. Lesson learned, always ask for both now.
No, I don't think there was a language barrier, I didn't exactly cut and paste my entire discussion but I'm reasonably certain we understood each other. I mean I guess it's entirely possible that they had cots or somesuch else, but this isn't small hotel chain, and the Customer Serivce for the rest of the weekend leads me to think if they had had them they would have suggested them (they were on top of everything else.)
I think the Hyatt has its rooms, and those are the rooms so to speak. We got a 2-person King room, for those rooms at least for that room they weren't going to put in another "sleeping device." (YMMV, if we had booked a 4-person 2 bed room who knows, I may have gotten a different answer but we got what we got.)
Edit: Google does claim Rollaways are available. So I'll adjust my original statement, I'm wondering if they were tying to tell me that our room wouldn't take a roll away (it was long and somewhat narrow). Of if they were just flat out of them from all the other PAXers (and I mistook "we're out" to mean "We don't have any, ever".) Both of these are still relevent however, as I'd not expect one.
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the only way you can find out really is if you call the hotel it self and explain your situation.
Brought my xbox to the Sheraton last year, and unless it has changed as stated above the TV in our room was completely unblocked. Was able to use the HDMI port and hook my xbox no problem
I stayed there for one year, I thought it was decent; nothing terribly special. Beds were fine define was find. The rooms definitely arent super spacious, but it's not like you'll be spending much time in it aside from thursday when you check in anyway
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<@heels>; oh god, what am i doing
I just got off the phone with a John at OnPeak. He informs me that:
- There isn't a wait list available for this event
- The only way to switch reservations to a different hotel, if you already have one, is to cancel the current one then make the new reservation (Obviously this is dangerous when done via the web site).
His suggestion was to call them directly when attempting to switch hotels as it's easier for them to do it (and probably faster/safer as well).
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IIRC (and my mind is shotty at best) someone who called the Sheraton last year was advised of a somewhat outlandish fee to "clean" said minfridge if stuff was stored in it. So I would call to double check this first. (I think I may have accidently set off a discussion of hotel fridges last year on account of my really really wanting a fridge in my room and trying to find the best hotel for that. I was too lazy to call around since I had a room at the Hyatt which I knew had a fridge option, anyway.)
I stayed at the warwick last year and it's decent. The rooms were average size (we had a room with two queen beds) and were just rennovated last year although I'm not sure the whole hotel has been rennovated yet (we were on floor 14). I will say the rooms aren't sound proofed so you will get traffic noise (there is also an ambulance dispatch a few blocks down so you will be hearing sirens every so often but it usually dies down around 11 pm). The hotel itself is a bit on the older side so it isn't as fancy as some newer places but that didn't really bother me that much. There is also a restaurant in the lobby but I never went there so I can't tell you much about that but it looked like it had a decent sized bar if you're willing to pay hotel prices on booze. Also, this hotel still allows smoking on some floors so if you don't like smoke make sure you have a non-smoking floor. Since I wasn't on the ball this year I'll be staying at the warwick again. So if you have any questions just pm me and I'll tell you what I know.
I used the fridge last year and didn't get charged a thing.
I put a hold on a room at Hotel Seattle for a week. Price wise it was decent at $105 for two beds and appears to be around 8 blocks away from the convention center. The reviews aren't that great but I don't need luxury since I haven't ever really stayed at anything beyond a Best Western and the like. Has anyone had any experience with this hotel and is the location decent to get to the convention center?
I have no experience with Seattle since I have only been there once 12 years ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Eh, I remember when it was posted I went "how are they going to enforce that." My guess is it's boiler plate what they tell people when they call because that way when someone shoves an unwrapped slice of Pizza in there at least you can say "we warned you."
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(A note on my methods, I chose Thurs-Monday since that's what I would think a person from out of town would need to attend PAX at the bare minimum (assuming a 3 day pass). I add up the Friday rooms because that's the "high limit," the day with the most rooms in the block, it also roughly equates to Saturday's availability w/in ~10 rooms difference. I do "2 guest" availabity for the Thurs-Monday check and then just add up all the rooms in the grid manually for the Friday check, so YMMV depending on the size room you want. These numbers are only to get a rough idea of what's going on.)
Huh, apparently I was cutting my PAX short last year due to exhaustion, must fix that this year. But yes, this is important to to point out. Especially since I think Concerts go past midnight. (I lost track of time last year, but my camera shows me still tacking PIXs at 10:30 and I'm fairly certain I reset it to Seattle Time).
It's worth pointing out that with the hotel room share thread (or some equivalent) you can get your cost down fairly low as well. $200/night assumes either a) You're subsidizing friends (like me!) or b) You're taking a room to yourself (that's cool if you want to do that, but it comes with extra costs.)
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I've stayed at the Quality Inn by the airport before but I can't really speak about that location so much, but in general their hotels seem to offer some good stuff in terms of free breakfast, but not much in terms of low noise / internet. I have stayed at the Marriott that's out that same way and the only downside I really found to it was the walk was a bit worse (factoring in hills and stuff), but they at least had shuttle service to the convention.
I'm also thinking of switching my current reservation to the Mayflower Park Hotel from the Westin, anyone have any experience with them though? Overall the price difference and not paying extra for internet is a compelling offer.
the breakfast at my hotel is delicious, as for noise and internet...
not sure what it's like for other hotels in this chain, or other hotels in the area, but we usually have large tour groups coming in from asia, and they do tend to be very loud sometimes...
i also recently found out that we only have a 3mb connection, which when paired with the above(the younger tour groups have tons of ipads, laptops etc etc), makes for an AMAZING experience trying to get online
but whatever, the reason i ask about that hotel is because:
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i'm really hoping they don't block out employee rates for labor day weekend. Won't know until June 1st when my checkin date will land within the 90 days i'm allowed to book in advance
Our group stayed at the Crowne Plaza last year. It was pretty decent. Rooms were sizable, comfortable and nice. Access to the convention center is good if you go through the park. Our two biggest complaints about the place were that the elevators were very slow and the TV's in the rooms couldn't be used with game consoles (they use a device to lock it down).
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Thanks! Would you know if there was any free breakfast and wi-fi? I'm obviously not gonna be in my hotel room for anything other than sleeping and showering, but it would be nice to know if the usual creature comforts are still there.
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
I was pretty sure the one bed rooms at homewood still had the kitchenette... Are you certain that it does not?
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