SDCC, day 1

[sakon76]

Loooong day. We were up lateish last night, packing and minimal cleaning of the3 house, then got up at 5:30 this morning, finishing up that which had not gotten done and heading out.

Only to hit some fairly nasty traffic. :(

Waited our way through that, got to our hotel, checked that we were allowed to check in at 3pm, and toddled off to the con and picked up our badges. Attended a couple panels, perused a small bit of the dealer's hall, failed on meeting up with people, went to check in to the hotel.

Were told they were overbooked.

So instead of being at the Holiday Inn a mile away from the convention, we're at the Paradise Point resort six miles away, which is not on the shuttle routes. And we're here for two nights, then switching back to the HI on Saturday night.

To be fair, they're covering our parking and the cost of one day of our room here, as well as comping us for parking at their hotel for the entire con. Still, not a fun thing to discover, and it means we can't easily go back to our hotel midday for snacks or a lie-down. And while the individual bungalows style of this place make me feel like it's out of our price bracket, so far as I can tell we're not actually underdressed compared to the other guests.

Looks like getting tickets to buy stuff at the Hasbro store may be difficult, but we'll see how my shopping for others goes. Anyhow, it is late and I am tired, so I should shower and sleep soon. Day 2, again in comfortable shoes, comes tomorrow....

Comments

[spiderlove.livejournal.com]

I totally know what you mean about being underdressed for a hotel during a convention. After seeing how they sometimes act toward cosplayers and guys wearing 30-year old Star Wars t-shirts, I try to dress as professionally as possible so the staff will treat me like a human being. D=

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the HI is helping with the costs of being so far away. This sounds like it's a completely crazy con!