ConQuesT

[mckitterick]

Who all's going to ConQuesT this year? It takes place over Memorial Day Weekend in Kansas City, in the Airport Hilton. I have a room (you really need to overnight it to enjoy the full experience, including the up-all-night con-suite) that's mostly full, but perhaps we could make room for another.

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Chris

Comments

[chernobylred.livejournal.com]

I'm staying in a room that is not full of smelly boys, thanks.

thtpphthttt.

Y'all can let your imaginations run wild with images of solan_t and me having pillow fights in our lingerie. And lacing each other up in corsets.

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

Hee hee!

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

Well, I will be there (doing panels, even. :O) but I got my room covered. ;)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Cool, me too! I suspect your panels will be different from mine, though *g*

[skyflame.livejournal.com]

I will be there also. Saw a note on KDL today that the hotel is full, btw.

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

Say what? I just got a room yesterday and Carol was asking for more people to bespeak rooms on the 10th and 11th floors.


I wonder if this is the annual 'the system is messed up' 'rooms are all taken' SNAFU.

[astein142.livejournal.com]

The Conquest room block still has a few rooms left, but they will be released soon. Spread the word!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I need to call them to see if I reserved a room. I can't find my reservation confirmation!

[astein142.livejournal.com]

The hotel is full, except for the Conquest room block, which desperately needs your room night before they release it to the mundanes.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

The KDL entry said reserve your room now, because as soon as the room block is fred up, the airlines will snap up the released rooms.

Get a room! Now!

[everflame.livejournal.com]

You know, it looks like you have a giant red dildo on your icon.


Also, LJ spellcheck does not recognize dildo.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, only it's a space-age dildo! On a flying saucer!

[gmskarka.livejournal.com]

Love to, but that weekend is The Minion's graduation.

Curses! Foiled again!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Phooey. Next year, then!

[klingonguy.livejournal.com]

I used to attend ConQuesT, because it was cheaper than Balticon!

Balticon was held at an Omni hotel in the inner harbor. It was cheaper to fly to KC and stay in the ConQuesT hotel than to drive the two hours to Baltimore, park the car, and stay at the Omni.

But they moved Balticon to Townsend, a very nice hotel (that the media conventions of Shore Leave and Far Point have been using for years) that's about a hundred bucks cheaper (per night) than the omni, and has free parking.

So... sorry ConQuesT. Maybe when you bring me in as a guest... ;)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's kind of sad. But cool that it brought you here.

I don't think they allow "guest" passes any more, if they ever did. It's not a huge con! But, dude, I'm sure you could do panelling and get in that-a-way.

[klingonguy.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, I don't doubt that. I don't go to cons that won't let me do programming, and I don't go to cons where they expect me to pay (the worldcon and world fantasy are the exceptions, and so far the worldcon has always paid me back).

nyah, I'll wait until I sell some awesome novel and/or win some awesome award and ConQuesT takes notices and invites me as a GoH. :)

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

They do comp passes if you are a guest participating in the programming.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

For other people, or the participant? I understood that it's participant only....

[(Anonymous)]

Participant only. They'll do a discount for family of the guest. I guess I was confused about what you meant about "guest passes."

[queza7.livejournal.com]

*turns out pockets*

Would you like a piece of lint? Because I have lint. Maybe I can dye it green and artfully shape it into something that looks like money....

*sigh*

Maybe next year. :(

[silk-noir.livejournal.com]

Sorry, hon, I'll be at WisCon....

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Probably a much better con, more productive and all that, but it's farther than an hour's drive for me....

(And, y'know, competes with the local con and all.)

[affreca.livejournal.com]

See you there.