Free Card Kingdom shuttle to and from PAX!

dan_kingdom

Hey there! Dan from Card Kingdom and Cafe Mox in Ballard here. Just wanted to let you all know that we have secured a shuttle that will run from the Downtown Convention Center to Card Kingdom and Cafe Mox. It will run on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during our business hours and will be free to all PAX folks. We hope you decide to come out and see our new store and have a drink in the cafe during your stay in Seattle!
Shuttle hours:
Friday - 10 am to midnight
Saturday - 10 am to midnight
Sunday - 10 am to 10 pm

If you have any questions about the shuttle or Card Kingdom....i can answer them for ya. Or just drop by our booth (#571).

SmallLady

do you guys have a website?

dan_kingdom

Well, our website is sales only (we only sell MTG on cardkingdom.com). But, our Yelp page is a good place to check out what our store offers: http://www.yelp.com/biz/card-kingdom-seattle

tr0tsky

Interesting. How long a ride is it from the convention centre to your store?

Mattaui

Wow, that's very cool! I remembered hearing about your store but then realizing that it wasn't exactly walking distance, and thinking about a bus or a cab, but a shuttle is an excellent idea. Looking forward to it!

dan_kingdom

tr0tsky wrote:

Interesting. How long a ride is it from the convention centre to your store?

As far as how long the ride is....we're not sure yet. The shuttle company was supposed to make some test runs, but they haven't gotten back to me yet. I'm hoping/guessing it should be roughly 30 minutes or so. Traffic gets bad on the weekends and there is draw bridge between Ballard and downtown. So that could adjust the schedule quite a bit.

BigRed

Thats pretty sweet

vgc

That's pretty sweet! I've been to Card Kingdom a couple of times and I must say that I like the place. If I lived a little closer to Seattle, then I'd probably frequent it more often.

VThornheart

Yeah! I've ordered from you guys online before, I didn't realize you had a B&M location you could actually go to! Nice!

ElmoFuntz

Any idea how often it will run?

snuffles00

I would be really sweet if we could find out where the shuttle will be stopping outside the convention centres as well. I know the shuttle company has not gotten back to you, but when it does if you could post where outside the convention centre we could board that would be awesome. As well will it be clearly labelled?

mcdanger

This is great! I live in Ballard!

dan_kingdom

I would be really sweet if we could find out where the shuttle will be stopping outside the convention centres as well. I know the shuttle company has not gotten back to you, but when it does if you could post where outside the convention centre we could board that would be awesome. As well will it be clearly labelled?

The Convention Center has a spot that is designated as a "Shuttle Pickup" area. It's on the ground level, behind the escalators. But don't fret!! We'll be giving out a handout with a handy little map to the pickup/drop off area.

Oz K. Fodrotski

Derpy bump intended for another thread.

LexiconGrrl

Woot!! Shuttle!! For those of you not already in the know, Card Kingdom, aka Cafe Mox is the only dedicated gaming pub inside the city limits. AND it's attached to a game store.

You guys Rock!! I am so totally making good on my promise to buy you a store copy of Gamers: Dorkness Rising for the bar TV.

lunacite

+1 for Cafe Mox. Soooo gooood

dan_kingdom

Ok....just got off the phone with the shuttle company. Our shuttle will leave Card Kingdom at the top of the hour (10 am, 11 am, 12 noon, 1 pm, etc.) and will leave the Convention Center every hour at half past (10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm). It might run a bit late as the day goes on, but it will never leave earlier than the scheduled time. Hope that helps make things easier for everyone! Also....remember it's free!

Menolly07

All righty. I'm basically losing my shit over here. Like, we're talking happy puppy wiggling and squealing. And my husband is even worse. Can we just come live there? I know that you guys are our go-to for searching out M:TG cards online. We basically don't GO anyplace else for all our casting needs.

AGlassOfMilk

Just another reason to love you guys...

snuffles00

Thanks Dan for the update. You rock!

soonerjudd

How late is the shuttle going to run? Are you guys going to be open late for the PAX crowd? I'd hate to miss the expo hall.

HeyJoe

soonerjudd wrote:

How late is the shuttle going to run? Are you guys going to be open late for the PAX crowd? I'd hate to miss the expo hall.

This... and also, will I be able to leave my car in your lot until potentially after 2 AM on Saturday?

ElmoFuntz

HeyJoe wrote:

soonerjudd wrote:

How late is the shuttle going to run? Are you guys going to be open late for the PAX crowd? I'd hate to miss the expo hall.

This... and also, will I be able to leave my car in your lot until potentially after 2 AM on Saturday?

I HIGHLY doubt this will be ok to do. They are not running it as a free parking lot its so you can go checkout their games and be a customer of theirs. If you do this don't be surprised if your car is gone when you get back 10 hours later.

dan_kingdom

soonerjudd wrote:

How late is the shuttle going to run? Are you guys going to be open late for the PAX crowd? I'd hate to miss the expo hall.

The shuttle will be running during our business...so on Friday and Saturday..the last shuttle will be leaving our store at Midnight (or there abouts). On Sunday the last shuttle will be leaving our store at 10 pm.

dan_kingdom

HeyJoe wrote:

This... and also, will I be able to leave my car in your lot until potentially after 2 AM on Saturday?

I would prefer that the cars don't stay in our lot. We do plan on having customers all weekend long and would like to keep the lot open for them. But! Feel free to catch a Metro (#18) to our store, then hop on the shuttle.

dan_kingdom

Menolly07 wrote:

All righty. I'm basically losing my shit over here. Like, we're talking happy puppy wiggling and squealing. And my husband is even worse. Can we just come live there? I know that you guys are our go-to for searching out M:TG cards online. We basically don't GO anyplace else for all our casting needs.

This. Is. Why. We. Love. PAX!!! Please drop by the booth and say hi! (#571), we have a lot of stuff going on this year in the booth. Here's a link to some of the stuff we have planned: http://www.cardkingdom.com/static/pax2011
Also.....preview of the yet to be released Duel Deck: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas.

Risia

I checked you guys out for the first time last weekend- heard about your Warhammer tournament on facebook- and my husband & I both fell in love with the store! I wish we lived closer (Redmond is a long drive), so we could hang out more often! I hope to use your shuttle service during PAX to introduce some of my friends to the coolness that is Card Kingdom/Cafe Mox.

(Maybe we'll actually get a table at Mox this time, it was packed solid during the tournament!)