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[PRIME] East Is Over, and so is this thread.
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PAX 2013 STATUS - Badges: PURCHASED Hotel: RESERVED Vacation: Awaiting approval Plane Tickets: Waiting on vacation approval.
The Green Tortoise is popular among PAX patrons and is only a 5 minute walk down the street from PAX. Like all hostels, you'll be in a shared room. There's lockers in the room for you to put all your stuff in (although you do need your own lock for it) and there's a few bathrooms in each hallway. Everyone there is super nice too. I flew into town Thursday this past year and was pleasantly surprised that the Tortoise even had free dinner that night!
Hostels are way cheap too. Last year I stayed in a room with 4 beds and it was only ~$35 per night. Mainly because of this, they also sell out pretty quickly.
The HI hostel in the International District is where I stayed for my first PAX. It's a bit further away, but it's within the free ride zone for busses and only took maybe 15 minutes from hostel to PAX.
Hotels are dandy but for the amount of time you'll actually be spending at whereever you're staying I think hostels are the best!
-Sean
Prices are on the cheap side for hotels ($95-110 per night) in Seattle and they are only 2 blocks at most from the Con. Stayed there 3 years and every time it has been clean and quaint. Their Queen Suite has a foldout couch and easily fits 4 people.
Though things to note:
1. It's attached to a hospital. They have a second elevator that opens right into it. The Emergency room is also on the doorstep of the hotel. However, I have never been bothered by sirens as they usually turn them off once they get there.
2. It's at the top of a VERY steep hill. The construction is finally done though.
3. There's no parking attached to the hotel. You'll need to park around the block.
4. The hotel is "quaint" and isn't totally up to date on TVs/wifi.
5. If you mention you are staying for PAX they normally offer a discount, as they weren't on the on-peak list if I remember.
6. Rooftop patio. Yeah. Frickin' awesome.
7. The staff has always been super nice and the restaurant in the hotel is excellent. If that's too much though you can get food from the hospital's cafeteria. That's actually where their "room service" comes from. Ordered from them once and thought it was alright. Just make sure you tell them you want butter/jam/ etc because that's the only way you will get it extra.
All in all, it's a nice place to stay to consider.
After PAX East.
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You can get a private room for 2, but it's more like $60/person. And it does sell out every PAX now, sometimes months in advance.
Others have had luck getting similar prices per person by packing a bunch of people into a nicer hotel, like the Sheraton. If you can get enough people together, that's generally a much more comfortable route, though you don't get breakfast in the morning.
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I'm trying to get my timing down on when I want to arrive. Just a couple quick questions, since I know there aren't any specifics out yet until PAX East is over.
1) When will the PAX Train, more than likely, be scheduled for arriving in Seattle? Thursday, Friday, earlier? Would be catching it from north of PDX.
2) Is the Keynote usually worth going to? I know the speaker hasn't been announced yet.
I'm going with some friends, but they won't be arriving until Friday around Noon. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to arrive on Thursday & have an extra nights stay at a hotel so I can be there when PAX opens on Friday, or if I should just catch the train with them & arrive on Friday.
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1) Thursday
2) It depends on who it is and how much you want to go to the 1st Penny Arcade Q&A since the MT isn't cleared in between.
IMO it's always better to arrive at least a day prior so you can decompress and unpack without feeling rushed. Also, there's other panels that happen at the same time as the keynote and 1st PA Q&A that may end up interesting you, plus things like tabletop/freeplay/expo hall.
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I'm working on the 2012 version of the PRIME FAQ
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/139422/pax-prime-2011-information-and-faq-read-this-first-then-ask-all-questions-here#Item_1408
what do you think needs to be added or taken out?? Pls post feedback in this thread or PM me.
Thanks!!!
Thanks for your response. I guess I'll be aiming for arriving on Thursday then.
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I don't know if it's essentially the same amount of time before PAX each year, but maybe putting something in the hotels section about when OnPeak transfers over reservations so people know to at least wait until around that timeframe (if they read the FAQ of course) before calling hotels wondering about their reservation (also maybe add a blurb about how patrons will need to call OnPeak if they need to talk to someone before reservations are transferred.)
Pass selling information can probably (I assume the no pass trading will be in effect from now until the end of time?) removed for a simple "Due to counterfeiting issues at Prime '11, there will be no trading of passes on the PAX forum anymore." or something more eloquent lol.
Yes, the no pass selling is already in my new FAQ doc.
as for your first suggestion, it's great! and I'm adding it now to my draft!
Great while it lasted.
You can actually change your mailing information right on the registration site after you have purchased your pass!
Even better! Thank you!
Great while it lasted.
Mass transit here is decent, for the most part. The Free Ride Area in Downtown is closing at the beginning of September. Still, it is cheaper (at about $2.25 per person) than a taxi or rental car. Don't forget parking costs for the event depending on location $10 to $25 a day).
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excellent suggestion! Thank you!
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There almost definitely will be. These things won't get started until far closer to Prime than we are now. I'd guess around Mayish for the PPD, Mid June for the MMT? just guesses.
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Payment doesn't happen until you check out, provided you give OnPeak a credit card when making the reservation.
There isn't a pax prime schedule for this year yet. If you downloaded a pax prime schedule, it was for last year.... they /just/ released the PAX /EAST/ guide.
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how big are the lockers they give you
Is this pretty standard for how OnPeak works? I went last year, but got a room about 30 mins away by bus because I had to put the money down for it since the others in my group wouldn't be able to pay until the event. So I had to go with a cheap place. I didn't know of OnPeak though. I just want to make sure that this is how it works, so I can tell the guys that we won't have to pay next month in order to get a good hotel close by. Might as well reserve asap.