Remember how I said I was the Facilities Liaison for Kumoricon (Anime Convention in Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA) in that last entry? Well, here is where that fancy knowledge comes into play;
This morning, about 1 Hour ago, Comic-Con and their partner Travel Planners opened up the request form and application program that will, in theory, streamline and assist in the execution of room reservations for the years biggest, sold-outest convention. (okay, sold-outest isn't a word, but its true none-the-less)
You were given a page which required some basic information on yourself, then asked to choose between 1 & 20 top selections for your hotel at Comic-Con. No one is guaranteed a specific hotel unless you are a Comic-Con guest VIP or staff I imagine. And those rooms have most likely been blocked off for ages.
NEW THIS YEAR: You are also given the option to select what they should do if your "Top XX" choices are not available.
And after that, you basically just have to start praying. They say the confirmations for receipt of your request will come within the next 48 hours. So that means that it's gonna be a long couple days for comic book fandom.
However, I have to say that the system was amazingly smooth and very well explained. Both CCI and TP did a fantastic job at making the system both easy to use and easy to understand. I was right there in the first minutes of availability and was not tripped up by any weird programming or information requests! So, while from what I heard of registration for the actual convention being less than pristine, the hotel reservations system seems to been hugely improved!
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