yeah, I meant more awesome than that. Im 99% sure Im getting AA direct :-p

try www.airtran.com -- they fly into the shithole that's midway but they are dirt cheap..

airtran was $200 even vs the 175 I paid for AA. Id RATHER fly to MDW as the person picking me up is being all huffy puffy about it but she dont pay my bills. Our hotel is also supposedly closer to MDW.. but whatever... Ill get around.

Oh and Im coming... :-p

(burns)Excellent...(/burns)

/me rubs hands in glee

:D

Who else is coming and doesn't know where they're staying yet? PM me, por favor.

Well don't forget that a few more people can probably fit in the extra suite in JJ and shesus' building, and that would make it quite affordable for those staying there. :)

Well, that only works well if you're staying the same nights everyone else is...

I understand what you mean, but you can always stay there some of the nights :) It's up to you :)

Well, technically, with sleeping bags and all, we could probably get about 20 people in that suite. I somehow think the management office would frown on that, though. But, hey, it's worth a try, right?
:p

hehehehe yeah, but we only allow 4 per room

as long as your quiet though we dont care if there are 50 of you in there.

Okay, I think I can definitely come :) Unless someone doesn't want me to, which I would understand.

What day are most of yall planning on leaving? Sunday night?

I think most people are getting in friday and leaving sunday night... I however am getting in Thursday morning and leaving Sunday morning. Early. My friend is ready to choke me, but work calls.

of course everyone wants you to come Carn! :D

We're getting in friday at 1:30pm... leaving Sunday at 5:30pm.

Now i wish i had come for a little bit longer since everyone else seems to be doing that.. but oh well, i think it's going to be grand while we're there, everyone who is coming seems just really great! :)
Plus... who knows if J.J. and Shesus can put up with me longer than just those couple days ;) :lol: thanks again guys for your generosity! :icare:

sweetpea

This looks like the list of everyone, confirmed and doubtful, I think:

That looks like an orgy in the making. :D

Carn, I've already said I can't come...

No money :(

Oops, I must have missed that.. That's a bummer :(

Carn, I'm not sure about half those people. Thanks for the list, but these are the people I know for sure....

Spec
SecretMethod
Onodrim
JumpinJesus
Analog
Konichiwaneko
Sweetpea +1
Toaster with maybe a +1
Supplecow
Yellowchef
Oberon
Carno
and me of course

Possibles:
VitaminH (haven't heard from him in awhile)
UsTwo
NoSoup

If I left anyone off let me know. These are just the people that I have confirmed are coming. Although I do need a sorta exact number to make reservations at Rock Bottom for Saturday night. :)

Yeah that list looks more realistic. I just did a total list of everyone who said that they could come or wanted to come.

Hopefully people start confirming whether they are going or not so you can call the restaurant..

Two things:

1) Recently realized that St. Pat's is the 17th - the day I'll be driving up. Somebody better help me salvage the day once I get up there... with adult beverages.

2)There appears to be a front room with a folding bed. Thusly, Carno and SuppleCow are more than welcome to bunk with us as long as you guys contribute some money, scratch, paper, dolla' dolla' billz, or cash to the cause. Oh, and you two can't be murderous axe wielding zombies either.

Shit bitch, killing zombies is my life's calling! No danger there :p

But yeah, I'll definitely split the cost with you. And I'll for sure be putting some back when I get there on Friday :thumbsup:

Uh... you aren't 21...

*looks over shoulder*

He will be by then. Plus, I'll certainly be putting the booze away that day, so I don't think you'll be alone. :)

I can chip in my part for the lodgings, but do I really have to leave my axe at home?

I turn 21 on March 16.

Umm....bad news :( :(

Well, seems that out lovely management office (they've lost our rent check twice) double-booked the guest suite. Sooooo....I feel so bad, but we lost it since the other person booked before us. :|
I hope that you guys will still be able to make it. I'd offer some room at our place, but we're pretty full. Sorry again.

/me curses rental office and demands a full month's free rent for ruining the weekend. :lol:

Maybe the four of us can descend upon that extra room that yellowchef has reserved? Eh, yellowchef???

Your profile says Aug 19, 1985 was your b-day.

On topic: Oh fuck. :( Well, I'll do some scrounging around and we shall see if we are still able to come.

Oops, I was messing around with my settings and I forgot to put that back.

Yeah, I wish to apologize for this situation, as well. We went to the management office today to take care of a few things and they informed us that they had accidentally double-booked the guest suite.

I will help with the search for a room that is nearby and not too expensive and still close enough to be doable.

My new roommate just told me that she used to work at a hotel in the Midwest and she is friendly with a manager somewhere who can get rooms for only $30 (+ taxes) at a few different hotels. This includes the Hiltons, which I think would be really luxurious and fun for a crazy weekend trip like this. I'm going to ask her about getting a room for myself for Thursday-Sunday nights. Is anybody interested in sharing this room with me or possibly using a second room (if she can get it)?

Of course, this will be subject to availability. I'll ask her about all of these possibilities and report back when we have some more information.

if anyone needs a room contact me, I have 2 rooms at the hyatt mccormick place, a bit out of the way but its reasonably priced and damn affordable when split. one room is sort of taken but Ill make Oberon suck it up and share our room if you guys should need it. If you want to e mail me or pm me or whatever, Ive got 2 rooms to share...checking in on the 16th and leaving the 19th.

Im going to hr tomorrow to confirm these rooms but the lady on the phone said they had room.. hr needs to hurry up.

supple, Id reply to your pms but I cant?

The "edit" link is your friend ;)

Chances are you can't respond to SuppleCow's PMs because her box is full. SuppleCow, take a look and see how many sent PMs are filling up space - those count too, so unless you've been deleting them occasionally you can easily end up with a full PM box.

If you truely can get this great discount, I'd love to partake. We only need a room for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights though.

Yeah if you can get the rooms, I'd like to do that as well. I am only going to be there Friday and Saturday nights.

My roommate told me her friend usually takes about a week to get back to her about this kind of thing, so she's going to go ahead and call to find out about it this Friday while he's at work. If they're available, I'll get the room for myself Thurs-Sun (which Carno can share on Fri-Sat) and another one for Fri-Sun for Toaster & Toastette. If the hotels are all booked, I guess we'll all have to figure out how to share yellowchef's two rooms? Chef, I will let you know the second I hear about the rooms so that you can cancel your reservation for the second room if necessary. I know you need to give them 1-week notice (right?).

Oh yeah, and my PM box is/was far from full. Not sure why there was trouble replying to my PMs...

What I'm noticing also is that the price for a room seems to drop the closer to the check-in date it gets. I'm guessing this is because they're in a hurry to book as many rooms as possible and will lower their prices in order to do this?

Last night I was looking for rooms. If you were checking in this weekend, the nightly rate for some hotels was $89/night. For the same room at the same hotel, booking for next weekend suddenly jumped to $149/night.

Of course, it could also be because it's St. Patrick's Day weekend. I hope all of you coming realize that Saturday morning is the morning they dye the river green. Well, it's always green, it's just a brighter green that particular morning.

I really do hope you're all able to find rooms.

i don't know how i've missed this for the last 6 months, but I live right in chicago so i'll be there assuming i don't have to kill someone for their car.

also we can sleep a couple people if need be. and people in chicago there will be a killer crazy party at my place on march 25th, keg o guinness keg o harp tons of booze and tons of wine so come one come all.

ok heres the skinny on my rooms... I have 2 rooms(one of which is taken by Oberon and I but if someone needs to share.. we will) they are both double, double. This means there is 2 beds per room at the McCormick Place Hyatt. They are 71.70/night plus taxes and fees.. probably rounding out to 80ish a night. Rollaways are available too so we can put more than 2 people in a room. I can get some other rooms at a discount but they will be more than 71.70 a night as I cant book anymore at the employee rate.

I will be in town Thurs, Fri and Sat. Im leaving EARLY(and by early my plane leaves at 6am) Sunday. I have to put all this against my credit card so all payments will be due up front. I cant do the employee thing any other way. Since Im paying with my card it wont matter when you guys leave(I dont think) Im not going to allow any room charges so if you choose to bother room service thats all on you. Im also going to ask that the mini bars be emptied because theyre outrageously expensive and temptation is evil($5 for a 12 oz can of soda is illegal I think).

and Im not trying to be mean, Im just not in the mood to screw the hotel over. I deal with this kind of shit on a regular basis and the stupidity of people amazes me.