tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post4575956711027451693..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: THEY ARE NOT WORTHYTony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-73070941605858047232016-04-23T04:41:49.790-04:002016-04-23T04:41:49.790-04:00Yeah, I went to NYCC in 2012 and 2013 and I don...Yeah, I went to NYCC in 2012 and 2013 and I don't plan on going back. That place was not designed to be a consumer event convention centre. First, it's a very confusing layout with multiple rooms on various levels unless you pay attention to the maps you can easily spend a whole weekend there and miss seeing a significant portion of the convention floor. As you said, there are very few bathrooms, very few stalls in those bathrooms and there was a constant line up at every single one of them. In the men's case 2 line ups, one for the toilet and one for the urinals. <br /><br />On top of that, the flooring was solid concrete or something just as hard (especially in artists alley). At the end of every day I had ginormous amounts of foot and back pain. SDCC an other large conventions (ECCC & Toronto Fan Expo) were no where near as bad. Normally for a convention that size I'd grab the shuttle bus if I didn't have a nearby hotel, but NYCC's had 2 shuttle buses and they took about a half hour to go to their hotels. With the size of the lineups it was clearly going to be an hour long or more wait before you got on the bus. Despite being in pain and really not wanting to walk back to my hotel, I would have to walk back to the hotel as that was less pain than standing on concrete for another hour or so. I was lucky enough to be staying in one that was about a 10 minute walk away.<br /><br />My NYCC convention experience was more about choosing what would be less painful vs. enjoying the show. That's why I don't go there anymore. The other issue doesn't have anything to do with the convention, but I normally took the train to the city and train drops me off at noon, which mean if I wanted the full day I'd have to show up a day prior. The last train to leave left at 2pm, which again means missing out the final few hours of the show or again staying an extra day. I wouldn't mind the extra days if the hotel prices were reasonable, but they weren't (especially if your going alone). One year I had to skip out on meeting Jules Feiffer because of this.Jamie Covillehttp://www.thecomicbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-10006672127289478232016-04-21T09:48:43.441-04:002016-04-21T09:48:43.441-04:00PRO TIP: When tipping housekeepers (usu. $2 or $3/...PRO TIP: When tipping housekeepers (usu. $2 or $3/day), do it each day. The folks cleaning up after you leave won't always be the same ones who cleaned up the other days you were staying there. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302080586832116976noreply@blogger.com