anyone going to Con in atlanta?
POSTED BY: haslinger
UPDATED: Friday, September 3, 2004 12:08
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Last year, I arrived at about 10:00-10:15am as I wanted to pick up my badge, grab lunch, and attend a 1:00 event. I was able to do so fine. I would check the web-site to determine what is the earliest time you can pick up the badge. The line can be kind of long, and it gets longer as the day progresses, so the earlier the better.
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Originally posted by dubbage42:
Hubby and I are going to be there...
I have never been to a con... hubby hasn't been to one in over 20 years.
How early should we get there to get our tickets? We are *driving* to a Marta station every day... so we will have to leave before Marta shuts down for the night each night. We live about an hour and a half outside of Atlanta (Cleveland, to be excact).
I'm still trying to figure out how to be identifiable as a Browncoat!
Deb
I'll be in my bunk.
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I have to get day passes. Any suggestions as to that?
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Haslinger,
We got day passes a year or two ago, and what we did was go to the Hyatt about 9-9:30 and get in line. Seems like we had tickets and were ready to go to events by 11:30. So it takes a while, but you can line up early. They might let you line up before 9. We will be doing that again this year, so when we pick the day we are going, we will be in line as well. Parking is a lot easier at 8:30 or 9, 'cause Atlanta likes to sleep late on Sat and Sun!
Good Luck!
Mistress of Useless Knowledge
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See the above reply. The mistress's knowledge isn't so useless. When I got a day pass, I did exactly what she said, and it worked fine. If you're interested in saving money for future DCs, though, I would have to suggest purchasing a badge for the 2005 con at this year's con. That's when they're cheapest.
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so it will cost me 25 more dollars to not have to stand in line meaning I buy a badge?
HMMM...i am an convience monkey...that might work best for me. Also I am not even going to get to Hotlanta {i hate that term but i had to use it] until noon on Friday. At that point I could be stuck for a while in lines....
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Oh, no Haslinger be prepared to wait on line! My friends and I pre-order tickets every year and you still have to stand in line to show them your little postcard and sign for the badge. Last year was the worst, we were on line Thurs about 9pm and it took like 90 minutes!! So, buying early does not stop the lines, nothing stops the lines and waiting! But it is WAY cheaper!
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crap
I'll be in my bunk
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Fireflygal is right! Nothing stops the lines. The only difference seems to be how much paperwork you do in each, and whether you need money at the table. When the kids get a little bigger, I hope to go back to pre-ordering tickets! It would be nice if they mailed your pre-ordered badges to you ahead of time, to prevent the line problem. Guess there is some reason they don't, cause otherwise, DragonCon is a fairly well-run convention, or so it has always seemed to me. I haven't been to a lot of others, but everything at DragonCon seems to work out ok! The guests seem to come back a lot from year to year. We hope to see you all there!
Mistress of Useless Knowledge
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The wife and I and a friend that we have turned on to Firefly will be there.
CaptMorgan
Capt. Morgan
MAL: "Kaylee, what the hell happened?... Where there monkies?"
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The wife and I and a friend that we have turned on to Firefly will be there.
CaptMorgan
Capt. Morgan
MAL: "Kaylee, what the hell happened?... Where there monkies?"
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