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V What are you most excited about for Fanime 2014?

I don't care about all the drama that's been going on with information. I'm just excited thinking about getting on that plane and back to California.  ;D We're going to go to San Francisco, gotta make my yearly trip to Mitsuwa, going to see movies and eat so much Japanese food. There's not a lot of quality Japanese food here in Indiana.

There is sooo much to do though. I have to get all my funds rounded up, make my packing list, etc etc....
My partner is sewing our cosplay. I can't wait to cosplay Elsa.  :D

What is everyone the most excited about?

It's on the front page when you click "Reserve Hotel"

Yeah, it looks they never bothered to update the accommodations page... right now it just says "Want to know how you can book your hotel room and receive the FanimeCon rate? Keep an eye on this page for updates!" which is obviously the info that was supposed to be up when the website was planned to go up months and months ago.

Yea. I just now noticed it. I can't believe I missed that.  :-[ But if I can miss it then I'm sure someone else would too and then there'd be a freak out close to cancellation day. Thanks for pointing it out.  :)

What do you mean by "hotel page?" There's a link to housing on the front page: https://www.cmrhousing.com/FANI_6A/Welcome.aspx

Under "Accommodations" and then "Hotel", there is no link. I saved that but I want others to be able to access it easier. I don't want people freaking out later this month when hotel cancellations happen.

http://www.fanime.com/accommodations/

Ugh. I seriously can't believe I missed that. I just now saw it at the top of the page. Anyway the link needs to be on the "Accommodations" section as well I think.

I've noticed that there is no hotel link on the Fanime site. There's just a blurb about hotels. People are going to need to start cancelling reservations soon so this is really important.

Can someone on the website team please look into this? I want people to be able to do what they need to do soon and have things run smoothly.

When's the last day to cancel? Rooms should start opening up then.

I know that the Fairmont (hotel that I currently have but I want the Marriott) has a cancellation date of April 25th. I don't think many people are going to cancel their reservations though. The people that took multiple rooms might.

M'kay... this is going to be long.

I've been an attendee of Fanime (and Fanime exclusively until last year!) for 8 years. It's my home con. I love it. But I'll admit, the last 2 years with the registration problems, and then the slew of technical problems, staff problems, scheduling problems, etc that happened last year, I've come into this year wary about Fanime.

This website thing is pretty much cementing those wary feelings. Fanime staff, those responsible for the website, what is WRONG with you? The only response we've received thus far is a jesting "The fire under our butts just keeps us warm" complete with smiley winking face. Cute. I'm sorry, as people who are paying money to attend this con, we DESERVE a response and an explanation as to what the holdup is with the site. I know for a fact that the con won't be cancelled this year, but the fact that your lack of communication has driven people to feel concerned that that could happen is RIDICULOUS. I don't care if you're "By Fans For Fans", consist entirely of volunteers or whatever else. The fact of the matter is, you haven't sent out a single representative to explain what is going on with the website, when it'll be up, or even to reassure us that we're being listened to.

Do you realize that after last year's con, a nonexistent website 2 months prior to the con (and now more than 2 weeks after it was promised as coming "Very soon") is extremely unprofessional and is simply making all of us feel like the changes you promised after last year's giant mess aren't going to happen?  You're asking people to pay you unrefundable sums of money to attend a con you haven't told us ANYTHING about except the dates it'll occur on and where it'll be held. This is unacceptable.

And no, if you put up the site today or tomorrow, that isn't enough. We need a reason as to why we're being ignored. "By Fans, For Fans" doesn't mean anything if the voices of multitudes of fans saying the same thing is completely ignored and garners no response.

In this day and age, nothing excuses not having a website. Most cons have a website all year long, even if there's no current information referring to the upcoming con if it's too far in the future. Sakura-Con is 1 month away and already has 22 guests listed and an entire website that has been running for months and months in advance. AX's never went down. Sac-Anime's site is ready. There is no excuse for this, but we deserve a response.

I haven't bought my badge this year. I'm considering making someone's day and cancelling my hotel deposit and giving up on this con completely.

::standing ovation::
Wonderfully said. This is exactly how I feel but I've been too irritated to be able to phrase it this well.

Me and my friends are still waiting and are starting to freak out. We have a room for Saturday to Monday, but we really need Thursday and Friday as well.  :'(

I'm wanting a completely different hotel and I need Thursday through Wednesday.
I hope you get the dates you need soon.

Hello all, I am curious to know what everyone's favorite anime(s) are. I am a Polymer Clay artist, and I'd like to do more Anime related pieces. I'd appreciate any feedback. :)

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is always going to be popular and especially this year with the new anime coming out.

I personally like Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Fushigi Yuugi. I'm also a big fan of the Disney movie "Frozen".

I'm gonna be blunt and agree with what others have said...

This.  Is.  Ridiculous.

Particularly in light of other conventions (AX, Summer SacAnime, etc.) already having their websites active and lists of guests who will be present.  Fanime?  Doesn't have jack.  All the news and attention appears to be here on the Forums.  The Facebook page hasn't had any activity since hotel reservations, Twitter is kinda quiet, the website is nigh-on nonexistent, and the staff is jerking us around again on when we can expect anything.

Seriously?  Step.  Up.  Your.  Game.  You are going to lose a lot of support if you keep this nonsense up.  And this comes from someone who normally doesn't get frustrated like this.

I'm starting to think that they don't care about the fans at all.  :'( This whole situation is just awful. I've spent hundreds on plane tickets alone to come to this con. Sending e-mails, tweets, facebook messages doesn't do anything. It is scary to even fathom but it feels like Fanime may not even happen now.

At this point it would just be a big relief for someone from the con to say "Deeply sorry for the issues. We still exist and it's still going to happen."

[major disappointment]

I've said this before and many others have as well but this is a major disappointment. It's disgraceful and VERY rude. I have never seen a convention of this size be run so poorly. This is the 20th anniversary, too. Other conventions that have heard of these issues must be shocked and possibly laughing.

If one reason stuff isn't getting done is because of staff shortage then COMMUNICATE that. There are lots of people here willing to work the con and they have expressed that.


It's been weeks since the website was supposed to be up "very soon." Here we are now with nothing...STILL!


Only reason I'm coming is to see my partner now. End of story.

I'll be Elsa (ice dress) and my partner is going to be Olaf. ^_^

When is the website going live? What does "really soon" mean? Will it be this week?

I have a couple of questions about the housing ._.
How do we get on the waitlist for the hotel rooms?
When we email housing at "[email protected]" what should go in the email? What should I say?
Is it better to call or to email?
This is my first time having to sign up for the waitlist, and I'm really confused.
Please help ;c

The best way is to call CMR Housing. The number is:
(800) 924-4232
(415) 979-2282

I've heard that you need to have a hotel already to get on the waitlist though. Example: I am at the Fairmont but I want the Marriott so I am waitlisted for that hotel.

Still waiting ;_; .. I currently have Friday-Tuesday at the Saint Claire, and I'm on the waitlist for the Fairmont. 

Come on guys! The Saint Claire is closer!  Trade with me! *slapped* uu.. *keeps her fingers crossed*

If my Marriott waitlist goes through I hope you get the Fairmont which is what I currently have.

Good luck to both of us then.   I come to Fanime from Colorado, and staying at the Fairmont is actually kind of part of my experience/Fanime tradition.

I totally understand I'm coming from Indiana and ever since 2004 it's been our hotel to be at. We've had times where it's just a couple days on the waitlist and we get it but this time it's the whole trip we're waiting for. I'll be there from Thursday to Wednesday. It would be fine no matter I guess but it's been a tradition for so long.  ::keeps being hopeful::

Still waiting ;_; .. I currently have Friday-Tuesday at the Saint Claire, and I'm on the waitlist for the Fairmont. 

Come on guys! The Saint Claire is closer!  Trade with me! *slapped* uu.. *keeps her fingers crossed*

If my Marriott waitlist goes through I hope you get the Fairmont which is what I currently have.

Can someone just please put the website up? It's frustrating.  :-\

It's also true that new attendees won't think to google "Fanime Forums" to find this information here.

Yep, I got into the Ramada room that I asked for :)

That's great. I'm trying to be optimistic for our waitlist. Hope you have a great Fanime Con 2014!

Fairmont is so nice and the room is big too.

Here's the photos of what the room look like.

That is a pretty nice room. We'll stay at the Fairmont if we can't get our waitlist approved. It's just easier and safer for me at the Marriott because if my partner goes to sleep I can just go down to the con myself. I don't particularly feel safe walking the distance from the Fairmont to the hotel at night by myself but that's just me.

Mine did  ;D! Well for Thursday because I got lucky and booked the Fairmont from Friday - Monday after the site calm down. Then right after I called housing to put me on waiting list for Thursday May 22 and a week later I got it  ;D.

Lucky! That's awesome. We have a few days at the Fairmont but I'm really wanting the Marriott since we've been there every year since 2004. Hope you have a great time at Fanime 2014.  :D