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You win. I apparently couldn't figure it out! Thanks!

The website is set up weird this year. You have to click the 'compare' box and then 'view amenities' at the top of the list.

Good to know... What about cost? I usually end up finding somewhere around $7/day around the com center.

According to the housing website, Double Tree parking should be $7 for self and $27 for valet.

Will badge check stations be located on the map as well? I'm mostly curious about the hotels connected to the con and the potential bottlenecking that will happen in an already congested area.

Otherwise this sounds like a decent way to streamline entry into other crowded areas like dealers hall and artist alley.

You can also put me in camp "Something Needs to Change", because as it is now, "Something" is clearly broken. Delays on announcing guests is minor, but may be the most obvious indicator that it's not all rainbows and kittens behind the curtain. I try to be very understanding to other priorites staff has because they are volunteers, but there is a limit. As understanding to delays as I am, I'm not going to pretend that everything is fine.

The idea of having a badge before being able to register for a hotel was something Fanime had wanted to impelment last year, and even announced, but was dropped. Setting it in place for this year was clearly on their mind and obviously should have been communicated with attendees before registration went up. Someone dropped the ball. The question is, what ball got dropped? Did no one even think that attendees would need this info? Or was it really implemented so last minute that we actually were notified as soon as it was possible?

The way artists are treated is not okay. To be nearly a week past the "pay or foreit" date with no word on when artists will actually be allowed to pay, is not okay. Artist's Alley takes up a large portion of avaliable floor space, so why do they not also get a large portion staff's time? To be left so completely in the dark, what else can they think besides "I must not be important to this con"?

What else can attendees think when left so completely in the dark besides "I must not be important to this con"?

"Something" needs to change.

I think a big thing many people forget about when addressing Fanime's lack of communication is that Fanime is still a fan run event. Every member of staff is volunteering their time around work, school, family, friends, and any other hobbies they have to bring us this event every year.

Do I wish information can be decided upon and released at a faster rate? Absolutely! But I'm also positive that staff feel the same way. They also get frustrated at having to withhold information or just not having any information to share when so many con goers are biting at the bit for any scrap of info we can receive. Imagine having to deal with that sort of external pressure, with your only compensation being a sense of pride in what you helped pull off at the end of the year? It's not a task I would want to take on, and I greatly admire staffers who continually sign themselves up for this sort of hell every year.

A question that's been brought up before is: "Is Fanimecon getting too big to continue being a fan run con?" I for one enjoy Fanime's small con feel on a large scale and wonder how much of that would change if an outside company were brought in. Would any of Fanime's existing issues (mainly communication with attendees and artists) be resolved? Or would it just bring in new problems and new issues?

You may or may not be charged the deposit (usually one nights stay but sometimes more) up to two weeks before your arrival. If they do charge you before hand, that should be your only deposit. If they do not charge you before hand, the hotel will do so when you check in.

I really wish Fanime was able to get Four Points Downtown and Hotel de Anza to sign on as partner hotels. Having 2 more hotels in walking distance would really help ease the stress of hotel booking.

The airport hotels were a great add, especially with the shuttle service. But nothing beats the convienience of a quick walk.

So Past odd dates there are still rooms available even at the Hilton and Marriott?

Yes. You should be able to check the website yourself following the link in your email, you just wont actually be able to book anything until your window.

I wonder if they'll be opening up new rooms with each priority booking block or if this means that Hilton doubles are unavailable from here on out.

It's just the dates he's after. Friday - Monday and even Friday - Tuesday are open at the Hilton.
When I've stayed at Hilton in the past I would need to book Friday - Monday and waitlist for Thursday.

Tried to book the Hilton Doubles from Thursday-Tuesday, immediate a lot of hotels became unavailable. As soon as I was booking the Hilton, it said it would be overselling for me to book and to call the number. They put me on a waitlist and I had to book the Ramada. We'll see if the waitlist works. They said I would know if the waitlist pops by the 17th of May, but to me that is really cutting it close to knowing what hotel you are staying at.

really? because i'm looking at it right now and it says available

Yeah, for 4 adults from the 26th to the 31st it says unavailable for both doubles from the Hilton and the Marriott.

This is likely due to your Thursday arrival date. In the past when I stayed at the Hilton I would always need to be waitlisted for Thursday.

I also was able to book smoothly, only a bit of lag while sending out confirmation emails.

Take a look at how many followers fanime has on facebook and twitter, then multiply that by 10 and you might have a more accurate idea on how many people are staying on top of hotel bookings.

I don't think fanime has my other group members emails. When I got original confirmation for the badge I was sent everyones info. That kind of sucks, would have been nice if we were told ahead of time.

I think everyone in the group should have received an email separately with their reservation info.  That was the case for us.

Same, I used my e-mail address for everyone that I registered in my group.  I emailed fanime housing about it and all they told me was that they were unable to send my group members' booking information since they all used my email.  But they didn't tell me how to get my group members' booking info :(

It looks like all that is needed to book the room is the attendee's last name and their registration number. You can access this info for your group by logging into the registration website. I imagine everyone in the group has the same booking window.

Suggestions for nostalgia room 2016

Charge!! Boy School
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Lupin 3rd
Violinist of Hamelin

live action films I'd like to see in 2016

Lupin 3rd
Princess Jellyfish
Nobunaga Concerto (series)

I would be very disappointed if the only musical guests were local garage bands. Fanime just isn't the proper audience for that. 

My group will hopefully have Hinata, Kageyama, Noya, Asahi, and Suga.

My friends and I will be doing an Animal Crossing cosplay.
Digby, Isabelle, Reese, and Kicks

You'll have to have paid for your registration in order to be put on the priority list.

There was an update yesterday on Facebook that emails will go out on the 17th to everyone that is currently registered. This email will have your priority time frame on it for booking hotels. General hotel reservations will open on the 29th.

I also hope Swap can stay in South Hall. It's by far the best location Swap has had in years.