Yes the bus is set up to accommodate luggage and it pretty reliable. I live in the Boston area and happy to help answer questions about the area.
A local with knowledge is always appreciated. ! It looks like buying a ticket in advance is the thing to do for the Logan express. You dont want to end up waiting one or two additional half hours.... I wonder if there is a way to see what the uber cost is from Braintree to Norwood or if any uber person would go that far? The Spokane Coure d'Alene area is the fasting growing area in the country. I have to have an app on my phone that shows the wrecks on the interstate, as well as the slow downs.....whats wrong with the founding fathers? Could they not see in 1776 the need for light rail in the Boston metro area????"?
When I was with the state patrol, the Chief made clearing wrecks a priority statewide but if someone is injured, or worse, they the detectives have to come out and clearing time takes for ever....I can well believe your statement about Boston traffic being unpredictable.
I feel the same way, and I am BAFFLED by the number of people complaining about SA and Nats having been held in Vegas the last 2 years. Like...the Vegas airport always has a huge organized cab line. The airport is 10-15 minutes away from the hotel. The arena where the skating was held is part of the hotel complex (you don't even have to go outside to get to it). There are several regular restaurants and a multi-restaurant food court on site, as well as entertainment other than gambling (a bowling alley and a movie theatre, which I availed myself of one night), as well as a large gift shop with snacks. If you wanted to go to the strip, it was a very short and easy cab or Uber away. And a cab line outside the hotel, waiting to take checked out guests back to the airport. I never had to leave the site, and in my opinion, this is the most ideal set up for an event like this!! I'd go back to Vegas in a heartbeat, but trying to figure out logistics with that setup in Boston? Forget it.
Yeah, except for the long flight for Easterners, I dont get the hate for Vegas. You forgot that there is no b($#@ing jumbotron, which is wonderful. And its usually sunny and warm. And there is a panda express and liquer store and pharmacy close by. And you take the same elavators as Kaori and other goddesses. Or you can just sit in the pathway and watch the stars go by....and there is a nice biggggg pool area with a bar where you can just sit underneath trees and enjoy life. And its warm and sunny. I have been to many nice venues....but none as nice and convienent and fairly prices as Vegas.
OMG, OMG, yes! And the transit in Vegas literally runs 24/7, you just need an easy obtainable pass on your phone. The bus ran right from the strip to Orleans. There were always people waiting for it after the competitions, so it wasn't scary. It was awesome. And, like, the variety of the hotels? Get outta here! Nothing compares. Oh, and airfare? The cheapest and there are planes from everywhere all the time. The airport is used to handling lots of travelers so it went so fast with check ins... AWESOME.
You shared an elevator with Kaori?? I would have died. The only skater I ran into by the elevators was Adam Siao Him Fa, which was nice, but I was a bit disappointed that I never saw anyone else.
The problem is you are not a sneaky old man! I did get Jimmy Ma by accident and he was real nice..and Vince.....What you do is hang out in the security area for the elevators , room key in hand. When a skater I love like Kaori walks by and heads to an elevator, I show my room key and follow them.... I had to say something....she was in front of me...back turned....so I said Hummmmmmmm MATRIX! She and her coach both turned and gave me a smile. I wished them luck when they left the elevator....luckily I didnt turn to goo.
Exactly....they are talking about building a dedicated highway from the airport to downtown. Maybe underground. In February, they had 2.6 million visitors and I think they have about 150,000 hotel rooms.....the Orleans alone handles multiple events at the same time. Like everywhere else around the country, they cant find enough people to run things as they want but they did a good job with what they had.....and if your flight is messed up...you KNOW there is gonna be more flights to Vegas....What scares me is the airlines need 13,000 pilots and the US only mints about 5,000 to 7,000 a year and they HAVE to retire at 65.....the ones who are still flying after the pandemic are burned out and striking....and like doctors, you cant make pilots overnight.....
I emailed the B.O. (a nice guy named Ben emailed back) and this is what he had to say about shuttles.
THATS a relief! NO ticketmaster/Tickets west. (FOFS early bird sales are May 3rd.)
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Looks like some of them did. Makes sense though. They don't put the whole hotel up at discounted rates (usually). I think it's just a block of rooms. Like at the Orleans last year, I booked immediately, and my friends who booked later paid double what I paid.Am I seeing things or did some of the USFS reccommended hotels add $50 to their prices?
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Yeah, I booked early at SA and got a good rate. If I was considering SA Norwood, I would have booked a room straight away. I would love to be at Norwood for my Japanese and Korean skaters for sure...but right now, it looks like a north of $2300 trip. I can afford that although I dont need the hassel of what the airlines do to you and the added transporation hassels....I am pretty sure Mirai isnt going to drive me to and from the airport. Hummm....for that money I could be on a cruise for a week and find lots of Asians who will actually TALK to me!
If you are a FOFS member ($125) you should have been sent the code at 7 am PDT
Thanks! I would have taken the PDF version and just had it on my two fones and printed out the tickets. Easy peasy. My proof of VAX/Boost with the state of WA is like that. I go to a website, ask for my proof of vax, and I get a big ole QR code and each vax and each boost with the date and lot number. I wonder how much Google pay and iWallet pay Tickets west to "force" people to use their product????? I am so old I remember when there were no commercials on the Jumbo tron...or at gas pumps....can bathrooms be far behind?
