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Offline Croft

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Flight booked
« on: September 30, 2014, 05:10:55 PM »
Coming to Longbeach in Jan. screw the Polar Vortex :) . Have contemplated for a couple of years. Tickets were cheap so pulled the trigger.

Anyone have info on good local hotels ?


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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 06:27:52 PM »
I usually stay at the hotel that the convention center is connected to, The Hyatt, it is usually maybe $10 or so more expensive but the convenience of it is well worth it!
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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 06:33:24 PM »
if you're not booked in a hotel 5 hours after the notification email.. good luck!

I stay at the Pike, great place if you can get a room.

The hyatt is nice as it's next to the convention center and has a really nice bar area.
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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2014, 07:42:46 PM »
if you're not booked in a hotel 5 hours after the notification email.. good luck!

I stay at the Pike, great place if you can get a room.

The hyatt is nice as it's next to the convention center and has a really nice bar area.

Holy crap $270 a night you must be printing lots of gold foil :)

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2014, 08:57:39 PM »
You can priceline a room less than10 miles away for $85 or so...

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2014, 10:53:42 PM »
Um, ya, 10 miles away you can be in Compton. Found that out the hard way the first year:o

The Howard Johnson is also a popular place within walking distance. Forgot what the other two are. The Queen Mary is usually cheaper, but after the first 2 hrs. It looses its appeal and the paper thin walls are also a negative. Especially when you are watching Dirty Jobs and all of a sudden you have what seems like a front row seat of couple in the room next door getting to know each other in the biblical sense.... :-[

Splurge and stay at the Hyatt, great Sunday morning breakfast!

I'm bringing some of the crew this year so I need to find somewhere a little friendlier on the pocket book.

Also I'm pretty sure they run a free bus to all the hotels on a regular schedule.
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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2014, 10:59:45 PM »
You can literally go 2 miles away and be in the hood! That's what happened to us a few years ago. So yeah splurge and stay close.

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2014, 11:58:54 PM »

Holy crap $270 a night you must be printing lots of gold foil :)

my rate is about half that  8)

helps to know people

FYI.. long beach is not a nice town and 3 blocks away from the convention center is deep in the hood. Stay at a hotel miles away at your own risk.

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2014, 12:12:04 AM »


Sunday morning breakfast at Rosco's for Chicken an Waffles.

Mmmmm. But be ready to wait for getting in the door...... Worth the wait.....sit in the bar & drink mimosas.

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2014, 12:39:22 AM »


Mmmmm. But be ready to wait for getting in the door...... Worth the wait.....sit in the bar & drink mimosas.

Murphy37

nope.. last few times there no line at 8am
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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2014, 12:46:31 AM »




nope.. last few times there no line at 8am

Nice, last time I was there it was out the door.

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2014, 12:58:04 AM »
Being cheap and living within a budget, we can really only afford the motels about six blocks south near what I guess you guys call the hood. During the day, a very nice walk past coffee joints and sidewalk-tabled bistros.
Last year we even walked another six or so blocks further south Saturday night to meet up with friends and didn't feel threatened.
In fact, I find every year a little nicer.
Nothing like I was lead to believe ten years ago.

I can't ever find mid priced stuff.
I see a jump from about $70 to $170 (or more) with nothing in-between, Still looking though.
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2014, 09:39:01 AM »
Being cheap and living within a budget, we can really only afford the motels about six blocks south near what I guess you guys call the hood. During the

going south/east along ocean blvd is pretty nice, it's when you go north of broadway that things start to get a little shady.

Went to my first LB show back in 2001.. back when the pike was nothing but a huge dirt parking lot and you didn't dare walk more than two blocks up pine ave.

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2014, 10:30:42 AM »
Looks like the bestwetern for us , good info so far, Will be asking about restaurants local attractions a little closer to the date.

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Re: Flight booked
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2014, 10:38:43 AM »
Keep early Friday evening open for our usual TSB dinner
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