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So I came in here to visit cause I heard someone cough [member=4434]Angel_[/member] had good drinks.....actually. I came here to also say that the lack of 24 hour shuttles may hurt us in the hotel lottery. I wonder by how much, but I remember back in the day where I'd settle for Shelter Island and so forth, knowing the shuttle was 24 hours. Prior to that, I always just drove in since parking was easy to buy......I guess things are getting harder and harder. Parking, shuttles, hotels, badges. Anything else?!
...and they raised the per night shuttle/convention fee to $10 per night (from $8 last year)
I agree with you [member=4284]Jonathan[/member]! I'm sure more people will be vying for a DT hotel now that the shuttle doesn't run 24. I wonder why they changed that?!
Forgive me, I should know this already considering how detailed I get about this stuff, but this is added afterwards like tax, so it's NOT reflected in the prices listed on the sheet, right? I'm pretty sure it is but ugh my brain is mush at the moment.
Can someone tell me which scooter companies are operating downtown? I think I may use them this year. Depending on which hotel I get, the shuttle might take forever so I'd like to have another option besides walking.
There have been scooter changes since last year. It's more orderly now. Last year scooters where randomly left everywhere. Around where I live they were scattered about including in the middle of the street. I haven't seen a scooter in the street in months and overall don't see as many scooters around period. The ones I see are neatly parked in specific areas. I don't think that's the law yet but it's on it's way. The helmet requirement was removed but that may be reinstated since there have been a lot of accidents including at least one fatality. Which has also led to a proposal to limit the speed of the scooters. People going 15MPH on the sidewalk is dangerous. People shouldn't be riding on the sidewalk at all but many people do. The police are cracking down. Scooter citations have gone from about 3 a year up to 2017 to 1500 in 2018. Downtown is one area where they focus on citing people.
Did a quick comparison of 2019 and 2018 shuttles (2018 here You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ) In addition to the removal of the nite owl service, (plus the late night Orange route,) they've also removed some stops for hotels that are still part of the sale but are close to the convention.The Pink route now starts at the Intercontinental, no more Embassy Suites stop. And the Blue route loses the Westin Gaslamp and MGH stops, with the route now starting at the Courtyard Marriott and the Sofia now sharing the Westgate stop.
I think some was discussed earlier here. I can't tell if the company providing the shuttles is new or not. But I did notice something about planting trees because of the gasses released into the air from the shuttles. It's probably not worth it to them to go through all that trouble and pay for employees when not everyone is riding the shuttles at 1-5am. But those are just conjectures. I know I personally have ridden it multiple times in those hours LOL
I always assumed it was coffee in your profile pic, but now .... (says the guy with a mint julep as his profile pic.)Did a quick comparison of 2019 and 2018 shuttles (2018 here You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ) In addition to the removal of the nite owl service, (plus the late night Orange route,) they've also removed some stops for hotels that are still part of the sale but are close to the convention.The Pink route now starts at the Intercontinental, no more Embassy Suites stop. And the Blue route loses the Westin Gaslamp and MGH stops, with the route now starting at the Courtyard Marriott and the Sofia now sharing the Westgate stop.