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What time are people getting here?

dkembledkemble Registered User regular
edited August 2007 in PAX Archive
Like the post says...when are you arriving (assuming you prereg)? When do they normally start handing out the early bird swag?

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  • jieunjieun Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    My group will leave at around 5:30... get there at around 6, hopefully. Beat the rush hour traffic! And then we get 8 hours to kill! Hooray! This might seem a bit early, but I imagine there will be plenty of people there already. The Pre-reg Line is quite a thing to behold, I'd rather cut sleep than have to be stuck in line for foreeeveeerrr.

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  • mavrick88mavrick88 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Im leaving around 7 or 8 in the morning.

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  • nintendoFREAKnintendoFREAK Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    So I'm already at the Sheraton... What time should I go stand in line?

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  • KaneKane Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I wont be there till about 3-3:30pm since I have to work till 2:30. The wife will probably be there before 2, though.

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  • john_zoidbergjohn_zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shit, 7 or 8?

    I guess I'll try for that too.

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  • KaneKane Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    He's coming from Everett, though. Take about an hour to get here since ya know...rush hour.

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  • charmander4evercharmander4ever Registered User new member
    edited August 2007
    I am thinking 6:30am ish? With not expecting these three days off of work. I didn't register since I work weekends. Last year I didn't have to worry as much aside from running in quick and picking it up since I already had pre reg last year.

    So this will be my first time waiting in line to buy a pass. Should be interesting from the stories I hear. Wait maybe long, but thats what part of Pax is about the wait. DS's, drinks, and people are what makes the waits bearable and fun.

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  • GhazgkullGhazgkull Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    jieun wrote: »
    My group will leave at around 5:30... get there at around 6, hopefully. Beat the rush hour traffic! And then we get 8 hours to kill! Hooray! This might seem a bit early, but I imagine there will be plenty of people there already. The Pre-reg Line is quite a thing to behold, I'd rather cut sleep than have to be stuck in line for foreeeveeerrr.

    You're going to get there at 6am and wait 8 hours instead of showing up around 2 and waiting for (probably less than) 1 hour...

    Are you sure you've thought this through?

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  • tr0tskytr0tsky Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    breakfast at 8am, then head over. Should be there around 10ish.

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  • jieunjieun Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Ghazgkull wrote: »
    You're going to get there at 6am and wait 8 hours instead of showing up around 2 and waiting for (probably less than) 1 hour...

    Are you sure you've thought this through?
    We just had a bad experience with waiting in lines last year.
    Or maybe it's not a bad experience?
    Waiting in the pre-reg line is a whole different experience itself hahaha
    In any case, we're excited. D:
    We want to be at the (near) front!

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  • GhazgkullGhazgkull Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    jieun wrote: »
    Ghazgkull wrote: »
    You're going to get there at 6am and wait 8 hours instead of showing up around 2 and waiting for (probably less than) 1 hour...

    Are you sure you've thought this through?
    We just had a bad experience with waiting in lines last year.
    Or maybe it's not a bad experience?
    Waiting in the pre-reg line is a whole different experience itself hahaha
    In any case, we're excited. D:
    We want to be at the (near) front!

    Well, if you've got time to kill tomorrow and you'll enjoy waiting for the doors to open, more power to you.

    But at least after you get in... My wife and I have been to every PAX so far and the number one thing we've learned is this: Don't wait in line.

    I always feel sorry for the people who spend so much time in lines at PAX when it's just not necessary. We generally get in line a few minutes before the doors to an event open (after others have been in line for hours) and we've never missed an event we want to see.

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  • DreamwriterDreamwriter Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    jieun wrote: »
    We just had a bad experience with waiting in lines last year.
    Or maybe it's not a bad experience?
    Waiting in the pre-reg line is a whole different experience itself hahaha
    In any case, we're excited. D:
    We want to be at the (near) front!

    I don't understand...you've had bad experience waiting in line...so you decided to wait in line for 8 hours this time to solve that problem? O_o

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  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The Clipper doesn't pull in until 2:30. Geoff, if you're reading this, save me a spot in line. :P

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  • DTJAAAAMDTJAAAAM Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Around 11 or 12.

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  • tsaiwes99tsaiwes99 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I don't really see the point of getting there so early so maybe at around 1:30 or 2:00

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