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It is possible that they didn't really have all those rooms left. If every group of 4 people have 4 people requesting rooms...then inventory will be taken quickly. But then inventory will free up within a few days when people let go of their reservations.
True, but i would think that that would be the same case as previous years. I've never seen so many people on this forum or twitter waitlisted before or have that many rooms become available.
I think it's because it was random last year. People on here and twitter are probably more likely to be Internet savvy and knew how to quickly submit their form. I bet a lot of random folks don't even do it the first hour of the sale. They probably submit whenever they get around to it and suffer through whatever hotel is tossed their way. This past year, some of the close hotels undoubtedly went to that silent crowd who never share their picks on the net. They took the spots of those who used to get to the sake early. I don't really like that approach and I kinda wish they'd go back to early submitters get first choice. I doubt it will gappen, though, since everything seems to be going lottery.
I never understood why the dates are secret. The badges are going to sell out no matter what. So why the mystery? For press?
Maybe they genuinely don't know? Is it possible they're still doing tests on the scripts to make sure returning reg runs smoothly this year?Same with hotel sale. They have to deal with many hotels and negotiate with each one on the room price, etc. Maybe they're not done negotiating yet.
i think we should consider the possibility that CCI has asked OnPeak to make some changes to their system. I'm going out on a limb here but...given what happened last year *and* the current delay in putting WC hotels up for sale, there could be a tech redesign of the OnPeak system- Maybe a new threshold we need to cross or a verification, i don't know
And no harm done in saying so -- if in their opinion SDCC Blog got it wrong, then CCI can get ahead of the next wrong "leaked" story now by publicizing accurate information... about their own brand and a huge part of their attendees' experience.(Gaffes like this bring Leapfrog flashbacks.)
I really hope they're trying to implement some sort of badge verification process. It's always a tad upsetting to see people on twitter etc. who haven't gotten badges get hotel rooms :/
I really hope they're trying to implement some sort of badge verification process. It's always a tad upsetting to see people on twitter etc. who haven't gotten badges get hotel rooms :/Edit:I had a minor freak-out because I couldn't find my Hotel Z King Suite back-up confirmation e-mail. I e-mailed them and they quickly e-mailed me back a confirmation that they still had the reservation and a PDF confirmation.The reason I bring this up is during my panic I checked their direct site for any reservations in case, they still have King and Queen rooms available to be reserved directly at two price points for each, the lower price-point in nonrefundable and non-cancellable but the higher rate is both (up to 24 hours prior to your stay.) It's still fairly expensive and the rooms only have 1 queen or king bed as the suites are all gone, but as a back-up it might still be a decent option and if you're staying longer, the days outside of con days are much less expensive and could help even things out a bit.
Highly likely.And no harm done in saying so -- if in their opinion SDCC Blog got it wrong, then CCI can get ahead of the next wrong "leaked" story now by publicizing accurate information... about their own brand and a huge part of their attendees' experience.(Gaffes like this bring Leapfrog flashbacks.)
Just as a little backstory - that April 6th date was the date that was in onPeak's system, 100%. I confirmed with multiple people (and some of the same people who have gotten it right the last 3 years). So either it was in their system wrong (which, this is onPeak, let's face it, that's a very real possibility) - or CCI decided to change it.Also, it's worth noting that the vendor hotel sale did change this year. They had to select 3 hotels downtown, and 3 hotels in mid-town, and three in MV, and then rank their teir by most desired. Could we see changes like that for the general sale? Time will tell.