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That makes me curious about the Bristol. Why drop out? Unless it's being used for a big block. No offense to the Bristol, I LOVE it, but it doesn't feel like a VIP block kinda place. IDK man.
I've stayed at the Bristol once in my many years of attending. It's a VERY nice Boutique hotel. Their prices seem to suggest they're a cheap hotel, but really far from it. I even enjoyed the restaurant in which I ordered a steak (though I know they've since changed it.) I can totally see what [member=4102]rickythump[/member] said, and a studio rented the entire place out. Studios have money, but doesn't mean they will just toss it away. Though, this is all guesses. We may not know till next year and see if the Bristol is back on the list.
I've stayed there as well the first time I went to Comic Con. I think it's easy to think of a studio booking it an immediately think of like HBO or Disney who have stars that are accustomed to higher end hotels - but there is also places like CBS/The CW that bring a huge amount of stuff every year and probably don't need the same kind of experience a Disney headliner might.I just checked and realized I had a backup bookend date for the Bristol reserved for Monday and Wednesday of the con, maybe I'll stay there for the first two days and see if I can investigate, haha.
I've stayed at the Bristol too but I have a different impression. It's not high end. It's a small boutique hotel. Fairly average with average to small rooms at a good price. It's not like Hilton Bayfront, where everything is on the lower part of high end. So yeah I'm not just talking based on price or outside appearance. I have experience. I've stayed at Bristol, MMM, Hilton Gaslamp, and Hilton Bayfront (and a random Mission Valley hotel once). I've been around.
Please pass over whatever it is you're drinking. I want to be "oddly calm." Plus for me, it's also about making sure my lady friend is happy too. So I gotta get a place she's good with as well. When it was just me, I would have settled for like Best Western Bayside. Now? We're like the Jeffersons, movin' on up! (I wonder how many people here are old enough to get my reference?)
What's wrong with Best Western Bayside? I'm thinking about including it in one of my slots just cause of the price. But like you, I also need to think about my lady friend. It is far from the con which is a negative for me.
Ok why is the term "lady friend" becoming a thing here. Is "friend" or "girlfriend" depending on the relationship not good enough? lol forgive me it just feels weird reading "lady friend." Not sure why it's suddenly A Thing.
I’m not calm at all. Last time I was calm was Returning Registration, and I ended up getting almost completely shut out (was one of the last people to snag Sunday). So for Open Reg, I went full panic mode, made connections with several groups, sacrificed my future first born (who needs those anyway?), and had sleepless nights worrying, and it paid off with 4 day + previewSo the lesson, in the immortal words of Not Douglas Adams: PANIC!