Blizzcon plans

It's always the pretty ones that get the most responses :D

I was thinking the thursday would be the best as well after everyone picked up heir goddy bags. For food I was thinking we could either hit up the anaheim walk, since it has a whole heap of restaurants there and we could pretty much guarantee finding somewhere we all agreed on, or downtown disney since it has food and places like House of Blues for us to kick on at if people wanted to party on.

Well be getting in on the saturday and staying at the Stovll's Inn on the corner of the convention center and disneyland....gf isn't a fan of seafood but anything else is an option for us.

T-shirt sizes would be largest available, though would kill for Larry Osterman or Tom Miller sig....yes, I am a fanboy :p

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Originally Posted by 'Knytestorme',index.php?page=Thread&postID=125510# post125510

I was thinking the thursday would be the best as well after everyone picked up heir goddy bags. For food I was thinking we could either hit up the anaheim walk, since it has a whole heap of restaurants there and we could pretty much guarantee finding somewhere we all agreed on, or downtown disney since it has food and places like House of Blues for us to kick on at if people wanted to party on.

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Woohoo, someone knows the area. ;)

Is there a good place nearby with decent enough parking areas (by decent enough -- keep in mind I've had to deal with Seattle's "lovely" parking availbility so I don't have high expectations heh) and somewhere noticable enough to us tourists to locate? We kinda need a meeting spot -- particularly since we don't exactly know what we all look like.

1. When?
   Not sure when the pick up lines close on Thursday. Debating if I should go there early on Thursday, or after I finish my work on Thursday which means I will arrive maybe 7-8pm on Thursday. Anyone know what time the ticket lines close? Also I am staying at the Hilton across the street so I will be near the convention center.
2. Where?
   I will have my own transportation.
3. Who?
   Blizzcon Tickets purchased and Hotel rooms booked. Will definetly be there :D

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Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=125525#post 125525

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Originally Posted by 'Knytestorme',index.php?page=Thread&postID=125510# post125510

I was thinking the thursday would be the best as well after everyone picked up heir goddy bags. For food I was thinking we could either hit up the anaheim walk, since it has a whole heap of restaurants there and we could pretty much guarantee finding somewhere we all agreed on, or downtown disney since it has food and places like House of Blues for us to kick on at if people wanted to party on.

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Woohoo, someone knows the area. ;)

Is there a good place nearby with decent enough parking areas (by decent enough -- keep in mind I've had to deal with Seattle's "lovely" parking availbility so I don't have high expectations heh) and somewhere noticable enough to us tourists to locate? We kinda need a meeting spot -- particularly since we don't exactly know what we all look like.

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Sadly I have no idea.....only going off what I've been able to find on the intraweb researching stuff for the trip for gf and I to do or go out to. I'm as blind about things as anyone else (rpobably more so given you guys at least live in the country :p) but I have been checking things out on maps.live.com (love the birds eye view, so much better than google maps) so you could likely find parking spots around the area there....or even just park in the disneyland parking lot. Other than that, if we're all around the convention center it would probably be easier to just leave cars at hotels and walk or catch buses.

http://www.anaheimgardenwalk.com/ is the one I was thinking of, it's on the same street as the convention centre

Parking in disney is something stupid like 30 dollars for a sedan and even more if youre bringing a trailer of some sort.

I am going to vote for the walk. Plenty of decent places there that are fairly priced depending on people's budgets.

Also anyone coming that is going to be underaged? There are a few decent bars in the area as well if memory serves me right. Been quite a while since I've been to the area even though I live 45 minutes from there >_>

Also http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc...lt=restaurants as a reference link if anyone cares enough to look around at whats available in the area.

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Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=125487#post 125487

Zseth and Glo, check! :)

Though I didn't get tshirt sizes from either of you... ;)

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Large please

could have sworn more people were going lol



We will take lots of pictures for you guys.

I live 7 miles from the center and basically drive through the area every day coming home from work. That being said, I just moved to the area and don't actually know what's good or bad there. However, I am willing to re-route my drive home from work to scout a spot for parking and accessibility if anyone has any specific places to check out.

I get mixed reports from others on the Downtown Disney thing and I have been there once. It's got a bunch off major chain restaurants in there (house of blues, espn zone, rainforest cafe). The first 3 hours of parking are free, and you can get validated for another 2 hours at any of the sit down restaurants. After that it's $6/hr. It is sometimes crammed full of tourists, but Thursday night may not be so bad. I met an out of town friend there once and it seemed a little busy, and I parked at his hotel and walked over.

One of the guys at work here also mentioned the Anaheim walk area, but wasn't pushing it and he had to go before i could get any details about parking. I haven't been there myself, but it looks to be even easier to locate, being straight up the road from the convention center. ( as opposed to the complexities of making a single left turn to get to downtown disney ;) )


I just wish the whole ticket debacle had gone better, then I'd actually be going _in_ to blizzcon myself.

When:
I will be in from mid afternoon thursday.

Where:
Anywhere within walking distance of the Best Western Stovall's Inn would be good, otherwise I'll need some form of transportation.

Who:
Just me, my travel partner is most likely going to still be getting over sea sickness.
T-Shirt's a 3XL/47 and Vyndree already has my number ;)