Staying Thursday-Monday or Friday-Monday??....

[BunofGovt]

I used to stay Thursday - Monday but two years ago I got stuck in my hotel room waiting for a bellhop for HOURS.  I did not leave the room until close to 4PM (after calling down to the front desk and letting them know I was trying to check out by noon).  Now I stay over the extra night and check out Tuesday morning for a more relaxed getaway.  If you have to check out Monday, try to do it early to avoid the crush of everyone else leaving the same morning.

[heeroyuy135]

I used to stay Thursday - Monday but two years ago I got stuck in my hotel room waiting for a bellhop for HOURS.  I did not leave the room until close to 4PM (after calling down to the front desk and letting them know I was trying to check out by noon).  Now I stay over the extra night and check out Tuesday morning for a more relaxed getaway.  If you have to check out Monday, try to do it early to avoid the crush of everyone else leaving the same morning.

Definitely, I have the room cleared out long before people are even awake, usually 9am, even if I don't check out to 12pm in which I usually use the TV checkout.

[Kyra_Maverick]

I have everything packed up on Sunday night, with most things down in the car already. When I check out on Monday I usually just have a small bag of clothes and my ice chest.

[leslie]

Thanks you guys for posting about check out on Monday. :D
I was so excited about being able to go on Thursday I totally forgot about check out!
So is checking in on Thursday going to be really packed??

[heeroyuy135]

It really shouldn't be as it's on a work week and many people are either still have school or work commitments. Both Thursday and even Friday are light compared to Saturday - I mean, look at the reg line on Saturday morning at around 8-9am!

[Ayanami Rei First Child]

Well I usually get friends to help me, since it's the only way. Also since I have to get someone else to pick me up there, I usually end up having other people help me watch my bags to. Fortunately people at Fanime seem to be really cool people overall.

[michiko nakano]

i'm definitely getting there on thursday because that way i can really really relax and have fun, get my badge, go to the swap meet... then friday morning i can take lots of time with getting ready to cosplay, since there were quite a few photographers around on friday around noon.  leaving on monday, since i have to travel back to central cali and go to school the next day.

[elfgirlkaname]

I'm staying thursday-tuesday this year because I want to go to the japanese gardens and shopping and stuff also thursday check in is nice you know you aren't missing anything ^^ the time they start doing pre-reg to get your badge is 5pm and since I take a while to settle in to the hotel and I never get up early enough to be there much before 2pm I usually don't have time to see san-jose but this year I will ^^ check in time for the hotel is offically 3pm but they usually let you check in if you're an hour or so early on thursday:)
have fun!! :)