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I was once employed as a tap dancing Santa Claus at that very building.
The other Santa's were Caucasian, and female.
I may have been the odd one out.
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Thats not an official PA/PAX event, its ran by community members.
Im sure there will be a thread about it whenever its announced.
Moe, I answered this question last year... Park it somewhere else.
Two PAXes per year. One east coast, one west.
Also, wasn't it WAY earlier than this last year (BYOC reg)?
there will be more than 300 this year and last year it took 2 weeks to sell out (will probably be about the same this year).
Reg will go live around june
If you follow PAX_BYOC ill notify there when it goes live. or you can always watch the forums here.
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Well, I do have a mental-penis.
Oh ho ho, I'm here all week people.
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I'm trying the fish. Or the veal. Whichever is funnier.
I've read here and there about the pool at the Sheraton. Is this a "real" pool, is it one of those dinky splashy-splashy pools that hotels normally have? By "real" I mean at least 25-yards from end to end, suitable for lap swimming. I suspect that a hotel isn't going to make that kind of investment in real estate and/or water for a feature that very very few of their guests would enjoy, but one never knows. I looked at the Sheraton web site and the pool looks like a typical hotel pool. Am I not seeing the whole thing?
I've pre-registered, but I'm going to be moving well before badges get mailed out. I do know what my new address will be though - who do I need to contact to get the address on my order changed?
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I'm pretty sure it's just a hotel sized pool. I never got to swim in it though because it closed at 10PM every night.
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If this is true, I may have to be a "guest" of someone staying at the Sheraton. :winky:
I booked my hotel room through the PAX Travel Desk and received the acknowledgement e-mail, however it dosen't appear to have taken the deposit from my Credit Card yet (I booked it on the April 5th).
Is my booking secure and they take the deposit when I arrive?, the last thing I want is to get out there and not an hotel room.
I'm looking into this year being my first PAX, and hoping to bring a friend, as well. I've got a few questions, if someone wouldn't mind giving their input.
1. I live on the east side. PAX is on the far west side. Does anyone have any estimates on what the overall expense/cost that PAX has been for them in the past? This includes round-trip, hotel fees, etc... I know I can try to add it all up, but I'm sure I'll miss something.
2. What's the typical process? I've honestly never travelled outside of my home-state, which is sad in itself, so this'll be quite a new experience for me in quite a few ways. I'm going to have to do a lot of studying on the whole process of flying and what to take and what I'm allowed to carry, etc... But do you pretty much fly in, shuttle to hotel, get in room, walk to PAX, back to hotel, lather rinse repeat until it's over? Am I missing anything important? How do PAX-goers keep in contact with each other, such as parties and pub crawls? Any help you can offer for a newbie traveller would be muchly appreciated.
3. I don't plan to rent a car, I'd like to avoid that expense... but is most anything I'd need be in walking distance provided I get a close hotel? If so, is this a safe part of town? Let's say I do end up going alone, would it be recommended for anyone to be walking around downtown Seattle on their own?
Thanks much!
2: You seem to have the process pretty much down, if you meet up with people from the forum you tend to run into them...over and over. Staying in a group hasn't been an issue from what I have seen.
3. The convention center is located in an excellent bit of downtown, most everything is within walking distance, and frankly renting a car would be more trouble then it is worth imo. Seattle is a pretty safe city compared to some east coast locales...
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Hotels are listed in the Hotel Thread and the hotels section of the PAX webpage.
Personally, I'm from Ohio, and I usually end up spending about $1000 when all is said and done. That's travel, lodging, food, booze, buying shirts and crap.
Costs vary greatly depending on how much comfort you require.
If you're willing to do the college dorm thing, you can share a hotel room with total stranger (which is not as bad as you might think - PAX people won't bite even if you ask them to) or bunk at the local Hostel (see the Green Tortoise thread). Carpooling out can be really cheap. And food will not cost any more than it would "back home". If you play it right, you could probably make the whole thing work for around $500.
On the other hand, if you're a snob like me and require gourmet food, first class flight, and a hotel room large enough to host a small party in, you can expect to pay about $1500 to $2000.
Here are some actual pieces of advice that apply to everyone:
A. Get a room downtown. You may think you're saving money getting lodging further away, but it will end up costing you more overall in terms of time, money and effort. (The only exception to this might be is you have a dozen people pitching in to rent a weekend rental condo with a full kitchen and laundry facilities. Maybe.)
B. Don't rent a car. You wont need it.
C. If you fly in, don't take a cab from the airport to your hotel. A cab from Sea-Tac to downtown takes about 25 minutes and will cost about $40 after tip. Instead, grab the 194 bus from the airport. It drops you dead center of downtown (about seven blocks from the Convention Center), runs every 15 minutes and costs $1.75!
Unless you are hopelessly paranoid, you wont have any problems in downtown Seattle.
You might want to avoid walking through the Pioneer Square area after dark. It's a popular tourist area during the day, but I'm told that there are some less-than-desirable folk there in the nighttime hours. Having said that, we made no fewer than six walking trips within one block of Pioneer Park in the dead of night, and right past the courthouse/jail right around 4:30 (when they release "guests") and never had any issues.
Thanks in advance for any help, dudes.