Sorry, I just needed to share. It's been several years since I was able to make it to Fanime, but I just finished sorting everything out and I'm really excited. :D
Congrats chummer!
Oh Moonblossom booked her ticket? Time to move FanimeCon to another date! :D
It's nice to know I have such a strong influence :P XD
While you're at it, could you move Fanime closer to Winter? I'm getting tired of sweating in my costumes in that Spring coming-close-to Summer heat. Thanks! :)
Shweet! Hope this Fanime is a great one for ya!
Quote from: Junon on April 19, 2011, 03:47:07 PM
While you're at it, could you move Fanime closer to Winter? I'm getting tired of sweating in my costumes in that Spring coming-close-to Summer heat. Thanks! :)
the end of november would be good for me. week after thanksgiving...
I'd love a Winter FanimeCon!
how about 2 fanimes a year.....of even, one for every season....EVERY DAY.....ugh EffEmmEll....
Quote from: ewu on April 19, 2011, 09:09:33 PM
how about 2 fanimes a year.....of even, one for every season....EVERY DAY.....ugh EffEmmEll....
FANIME FOREVER. 8)
I still need to get mine. X( Prices sure have gone up since last year to travel from Colorado to California by almost $100.00
Aww, good luck. I was pretty shocked, I also got the ticket for my friend who is coming in from Boulder, and it was about half the cost of mine. It's usually less than a quarter.
What we ended up doing is flying into San Fransisco, it's actually a fair bit cheaper. United flying from DIA to SFO worked out to just over 300 round trip, if that helps.
Quote from: Otakuya on April 19, 2011, 08:43:25 PM
I'd love a Winter FanimeCon!
Then have Fanime at the same time, in Northern Victoria. :P
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 21, 2011, 06:11:20 AM
Aww, good luck. I was pretty shocked, I also got the ticket for my friend who is coming in from Boulder, and it was about half the cost of mine. It's usually less than a quarter.
What we ended up doing is flying into San Fransisco, it's actually a fair bit cheaper. United flying from DIA to SFO worked out to just over 300 round trip, if that helps.
How do you get from San Francisco to 1 of the hotels in San Jose? Taxi? I might end up doing that.
Quote from: mariotheotaku on April 22, 2011, 12:52:46 AM
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 21, 2011, 06:11:20 AM
Aww, good luck. I was pretty shocked, I also got the ticket for my friend who is coming in from Boulder, and it was about half the cost of mine. It's usually less than a quarter.
What we ended up doing is flying into San Fransisco, it's actually a fair bit cheaper. United flying from DIA to SFO worked out to just over 300 round trip, if that helps.
How do you get from San Francisco to 1 of the hotels in San Jose? Taxi? I might end up doing that.
SFO to SJCC?
BART to Millbrae, Caltrain to Diridon, VTA to Convention Center.
We're hiring a private car. It was only 20 bucks more than the SuperShuttle for two people, and because I'm mildly disabled it's much more comfortable and much easier than dealing with things like the BART. Also, I'm actually staying in the area from the 25th of May to the 5th of June, so... lots of luggage to deal with.
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 21, 2011, 06:11:20 AM
Aww, good luck. I was pretty shocked, I also got the ticket for my friend who is coming in from Boulder, and it was about half the cost of mine. It's usually less than a quarter.
What we ended up doing is flying into San Fransisco, it's actually a fair bit cheaper. United flying from DIA to SFO worked out to just over 300 round trip, if that helps.
DIA? As in Denver International Airport? :o I wonder if we'll see each other!
Considering how many people fly through DIA on a daily basis... Also he's flying in on the Wednesday, so unless you're also planning to get there very early, I doubt it.
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 23, 2011, 09:02:23 AM
Considering how many people fly through DIA on a daily basis... Also he's flying in on the Wednesday, so unless you're also planning to get there very early, I doubt it.
:p I know. It was more of a silly excitement over seeing another Coloradoan
XD
Well, technically you're seeing a Canadian who will be dragging a Coloradoan with her. But he'll be there eventually!
Quote from: Konekogami on April 22, 2011, 09:50:01 PM
DIA? As in Denver International Airport? :o I wonder if we'll see each other!
DIA is Dixon, WY, US. You mean DEN. ;)
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 22, 2011, 06:53:50 AM
We're hiring a private car. It was only 20 bucks more than the SuperShuttle for two people, and because I'm mildly disabled it's much more comfortable and much easier than dealing with things like the BART. Also, I'm actually staying in the area from the 25th of May to the 5th of June, so... lots of luggage to deal with.
I had planned to fly CBR-SYD-SFO and deal with the trains to San Jose (or ask a local friend for a lift), but Qantas is ditching their SFO flight and starting service to DFW, 2 weeks before Fanime. So I have to route through LAX instead (because there is no way I am flying on one of United's old dying 747s for 14 hours). So I've got LAX-SJC flights on AA.
How much is "lots of luggage"? Each year, I travel around the world for holiday + cons for 5-6 weeks with 1 standard 'large' size suitcase (which is never quite full). This Fanime trip, I'm going to use my "medium" suitcase.
Denver's official call letters are DEN but locals all refer to it as DIA, Denver International Airport. No idea why, it confused me at first too.
QuoteDenver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often referred to as DIA, is an airport in Denver, Colorado. By land size, at 53 square miles (140 km2), it is the largest international airport in the United States
As for the "lots of luggage" I have a cane, a large suitcase, a duffel with medical supplies, and my carryon which is a large backpack. Because of a laundry list of annoying health problems, I do not have the luxury of packing light, unfortunately.
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 23, 2011, 06:46:10 PM
Denver's official call letters are DEN but locals all refer to it as DIA, Denver International Airport. No idea why, it confused me at first too.
Denver wanted, when IATA was first applying airport codes (in this case to Stapleton), DIA for Denver International Airport. When IATA started assigning codes, they were based on location, not the name of the airport. So Denver simply got DEN and assigned DIA to Dixon. But Denver locals call it DIA anyway, which leads to confusion because DIA is not DEN.
Same sort of deal with Kansas City (MCI) Kansas City wanted KCI. At the time, the codes weren't allowed to start with K due to FCC requirements. The FCC has since removed that requirement, so IATA can assign K** codes to US airports, but KCI has since been assigned to Kon Airport (Indonesia), so Kansas City can't have it. Doesn't stop them calling it KCI locally anyway.
Though the DIA-DEN example is worse, because DIA is only 170 miles away from DEN.
QuoteAs for the "lots of luggage" I have a cane, a large suitcase, a duffel with medical supplies, and my carryon which is a large backpack. Because of a laundry list of annoying health problems, I do not have the luxury of packing light, unfortunately.
ug. All the medicines I need fit in the pocket of my carryon. I have issues with my knees, but that's solved by paying for (or upgrading to) a premium cabin and limiting the use of stairs.
Canada's even more confusing - all our airport codes start with Y. I'm in Montreal, and ours is YUL. Go figure!
And yeah, it's a bit of a nuisance. I take about ten to twelve pills a day, and also need a blood pressure monitor, ankle braces, the aforementioned cane, an epinephrine auto-injector, and pre-measured blood thinner syringes in case of emergencies. I also have to carry a ridiculously large variety of clothing because my body temperature doesn't self-regulate very well, so I am always too hot or too cold. On top of everything else I'm also just a huge clumsy oaf so toss in gauzes, stretch bandages, and a bottle of peroxide just in case. XD
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 23, 2011, 07:20:19 PM
Canada's even more confusing - all our airport codes start with Y. I'm in Montreal, and ours is YUL. Go figure!
That's just Canada being Canada ;P There is a reason for it, but I don't really want to go look it up. ^^;;
Once you look into it, you'll find there are reasons for just about everything. There are international agreements in place for things like mail processing, radio call signs, aircraft registration, IP addressing, airports, navigation, telephone IDD/area codes, etc. Then you get one or two countries, normally America and Canada, who say "yeah, no. We'll make up our own system."
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 23, 2011, 07:20:19 PM
Canada's even more confusing - all our airport codes start with Y. I'm in Montreal, and ours is YUL. Go figure!
And yeah, it's a bit of a nuisance. I take about ten to twelve pills a day, and also need a blood pressure monitor, ankle braces, the aforementioned cane, an epinephrine auto-injector, and pre-measured blood thinner syringes in case of emergencies. I also have to carry a ridiculously large variety of clothing because my body temperature doesn't self-regulate very well, so I am always too hot or too cold. On top of everything else I'm also just a huge clumsy oaf so toss in gauzes, stretch bandages, and a bottle of peroxide just in case. XD
And you still travel to cons?! You are rock-solid awesome!
Quote from: BunofGovt on April 24, 2011, 02:28:16 PM
Quote from: Moonblossom on April 23, 2011, 07:20:19 PM
Canada's even more confusing - all our airport codes start with Y. I'm in Montreal, and ours is YUL. Go figure!
And yeah, it's a bit of a nuisance. I take about ten to twelve pills a day, and also need a blood pressure monitor, ankle braces, the aforementioned cane, an epinephrine auto-injector, and pre-measured blood thinner syringes in case of emergencies. I also have to carry a ridiculously large variety of clothing because my body temperature doesn't self-regulate very well, so I am always too hot or too cold. On top of everything else I'm also just a huge clumsy oaf so toss in gauzes, stretch bandages, and a bottle of peroxide just in case. XD
And you still travel to cons?! You are rock-solid awesome!
Thanks, but it's really not that bad. Mostly just chalked up to some minor autonomic dysfunction due to a malformation in the back of my brain. Eventually I'll have surgery to correct it and 90% of my problems will go away, but for now as long as I'm careful about my medications and stuff I'm fine. Some of the stuff I bring with me (the braces and the injections) I *probably* won't need, but they're the sort of thing that I'd be pretty badly fucked if I needed and didn't have with me. I can't just waltz into a Walgreen's and ask for a syringe and a dose of blood thinner.