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The Boston Snow Situation - Transportation, The City, and You
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Actually looks like a bit of a warmup for the weekend. Highs in the upper 30's and low 40's. Not going to feel "warm" to some of the folks traveling in, but...to those of us that are "natives" to the NE....that's almost akin to a heatwave, at this point!
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It was 33 the other day. I was headed to the gym, so I was wearing shorts. It actually felt warm out!
Beastybunny, for seafood, let me recommend Row34 - it's short walk from the BCEC!
Have fun everyone!!
Unless you are flying out VERY early..you probably won't see anything. If super early, maybe a delay. But an inch of snow in Boston (or anywhere in the NE) doesn't usually shut down airports. Heck, it doesn't even delay schools, usually. I wouldn't sweat it.
The main parking lot is not underground or covered. I expect that there will be less spots due to the snow. There are additional overflow lots when the main one fills up.
On the best of pax days, the bcec lot fills up relatively quickly.
Honestly, I expect "parking" to be this years toughest que line. But we'll see....
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Same, seeing porter cancel flights tonight to Boston already. Hopefully the smaller amount of snow Tuesday afternoon will let me get out.
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Same here, taking the megabus from NY to Boston on Thursday afternoon and I don't know what we're going to do if that's cancelled.
Suddenly glad i'm driving instead of flying porter again this year.
Not to knock them in general, I loved flying them, but I believe they are more susceptible to the weather conditions than larger jets (though I'm not sure air canada would be running much larger for a short hop like this).
I hope we get some 40 degree weather during the Convention.
The work is happening typically between the hours of 10 PM and 5 AM. The work occurring in and around the interchange of the two highways is reportedly going to be complete Friday AM.
The take away - if you're out driving and can't go the way you want, take a deep breath, you will eventually get to where you want to go.
You *can* get theah from heah.
From what I understand, the dates for East tend to bounce around March/April every year. I'm guessing it's due to the availability of the Convention Center.
Next year's show is scheduled for late April.
So, I guess every now and then, we all have to grit our teeth and deal with the cold. For those of us from warmer climates, it's only for a couple days.
Stay safe and keep an eye on the weather.
They like to have it in April, but every few years, there's a conflict in the BCEC and pax has to move to March. Something else (no I don't what it is) takes precedence to pax, but luckily it is only every few years. It's similar to how every few years prime is the weekend before Labor Day because something else happens at the WSCC.
I am hoping my train won't be running late or cancelled.
I actually just made a reservation for next year's PAX East.
How is Mega bus? Decided to take bus instead of drive this year but went with Bolt Bus instead.
I'll be heading up from Philadelphia, so I'm hoping there's no issues.
Oh man, been trying to look but no room inventories yet where I did...... Throw me a bone with which hotel? Lol
I think just got the snow that's moving to Boston. Wasn't bad, quick 1" or so, little ice glazing at the end. Driving over tomorrow mid morning, I think it won't be that bad to get in.
Any update on status of sidewalks? We usually walk with a stroller with our two year old. Hope it's passable.
It's a convoluted calculation of "What dates don't interfere with the Marathon, Boston ComicCon, Anime Boston, or any other planned event that would take up all the hotel space; the BCEC isn't already booked; provides some reasonable seperation between PAX's"
This year it just happened to be early March.
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...and can be planned 10 years in advance if I understand the deal correctly, the dates were locked in place when the deal was made with BCEC.
One thing to also keep in mind: This is the northeast, there isn't always a promise that April is going to be any better than March for weather and there is only so much wiggle room for time between pax's, so its not like they can move it to the summer.