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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #300 on: February 20, 2019, 01:21:25 PM »
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Has the hotel sale ever taken place before the Early Bird Sale closes?

As I stated, I'm not the best with dates, but I DO recall one year making an observation that they overlapped slightly.  Hopefuly a hero will come in and bust out those dates too.  But I don't think it's a common thing at all.  I would not count on it.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #301 on: February 20, 2019, 01:23:15 PM »
I don't have exact dates, but I do recall the hotel lottery taking place before Early Bird had closed... BUT the results of the lottery came out AFTER early bird closed.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #302 on: February 20, 2019, 01:32:00 PM »
When will they tell us the date of the sale? Is it a week before like the badges?

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #303 on: February 20, 2019, 01:37:04 PM »
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When will they tell us the date of the sale? Is it a week before like the badges?

It's fairly short notice, yes, though more notice than badges. A week or two.  Maybe 3?  It's fairly quick.  But by the time it's announced there's so many rumors buzzing around that you kinda expect it.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #304 on: February 20, 2019, 01:55:15 PM »
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It's fairly short notice, yes, though more notice than badges. A week or two.  Maybe 3?  It's fairly quick.  But by the time it's announced there's so many rumors buzzing around that you kinda expect it.

In both 2017 and 2018, the email announcing the general hotel sale went out 5 days before the sale itself.

Not sure if the Toucan Blog or social media confirmed it earlier though?

Edit: In 2018 the Toucan Blog announced the sale date 3/27. So... eight whole days notice, if you keep up with the Toucan Blog. Five if you waited for the email.

Edit 2: In 2017 the Toucan Blog announced the same day as the email went out, April 21. Five days notice.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #305 on: February 20, 2019, 02:45:38 PM »
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In both 2017 and 2018, the email announcing the general hotel sale went out 5 days before the sale itself.

Not sure if the Toucan Blog or social media confirmed it earlier though?

Edit: In 2018 the Toucan Blog announced the sale date 3/27. So... eight whole days notice, if you keep up with the Toucan Blog. Five if you waited for the email.

Edit 2: In 2017 the Toucan Blog announced the same day as the email went out, April 21. Five days notice.

Yikes!  Maybe I'm mistaking Internet unofficial announcements for the emails.  My bad.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #306 on: February 20, 2019, 02:50:52 PM »
[member=4434]Angel_[/member] Yeah, the SDCC UBlog is in the habit of announcing the hotel sale date several weeks to a month in advance, and as far as I can remember they were only wrong one year? But in terms of official notice, it's usually a VERY short timeframe.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #307 on: February 20, 2019, 03:36:53 PM »
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I don't have exact dates, but I do recall the hotel lottery taking place before Early Bird had closed... BUT the results of the lottery came out AFTER early bird closed.

It was 2-3 years ago. The early bird sale officially closed before the lottery, and the links were taken down from the SDCC page, but if you had the link saved you could still access the early bird site and book.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #308 on: February 20, 2019, 03:42:09 PM »
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It was 2-3 years ago. The early bird sale officially closed before the lottery, and the links were taken down from the SDCC page, but if you had the link saved you could still access the early bird site and book.

Yeah, I just remember one year where everyone who felt like they did badly in the lottery (i.e. had a late time or were shut out) ran to early bird and booked whatever was left.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #309 on: February 20, 2019, 04:08:28 PM »
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When will they tell us the date of the sale? Is it a week before like the badges?

and even though they don't give you much notice before the sale, you won't actually have to "book" the hotel for another week (or two if you get sorted into the second group) and then you have a good amount of time to actually book and pay after they place you.

That being said, that is how its worked in the past. I'd love to see live-booking this year but that probably won't happen.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #310 on: February 20, 2019, 04:11:52 PM »
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I'd love to see live-booking this year but that probably won't happen.

I'm not a pagan and in general don't believe in ritual sacrifice, but if there was something I could burn to make live-booking happen it would be on fire right now.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #311 on: February 20, 2019, 04:59:03 PM »
WonderCon dates            Hotelpocalypse
2012 March 16-18           March 29
2013 March 29-31           February 26
2014 April 18-20             April 8
2015 April 3-5                 March 24
2016 March 25-27           April 5
2017 March 31-April 2     April 26
2018 March 23-25           April 4         
2019 March 29-31            ???
Sdcc 2016,2017, 2019.

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #312 on: February 20, 2019, 05:25:16 PM »
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WonderCon dates            Hotelpocalypse
2012 March 16-18           March 29
2013 March 29-31           February 26
2014 April 18-20             April 8
2015 April 3-5                 March 24
2016 March 25-27           April 5
2017 March 31-April 2     April 26
2018 March 23-25           April 4         
2019 March 29-31            ???

So besides 2013 and 2015, it seems like it's consistently 1-3 weeks after WonderCon.  Usually 1-2.

Also for some reason the ??? cracked me up. What a Big Mood.
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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #313 on: February 20, 2019, 10:15:21 PM »
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So besides 2013 and 2015, it seems like it's consistently 1-3 weeks after WonderCon.  Usually 1-2.

Also for some reason the ??? cracked me up. What a Big Mood.

But exceptions do exist ... there goes my plan of checking out on stressing over the hotel date until end of March  :o

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Re: SDCC 2019 Hotel Discussion
« Reply #314 on: February 23, 2019, 12:18:11 AM »
That's interesting. If it will take place 1-3 weeks after Wondercon, so the likely dates will be April 10th or 17th Wed?