Oh, I talked to the group reservations manager at Comfort Suites today. She couldn't give me an absolute price, since it depends on knowing the date, but if we went with the weekend before Memorial Day again, it would be $105/night + tax. It sounds like they'd have everything we need. They'd offer us a meeting room suitable for hospitality suite and prom. For any night we had 20 or more rooms booked, it'd be comped; otherwise it's $150/day. And I really like this part--rather than asking us to guarantee a certain number of rooms, they just let you reserve at the group rate on a first come, first served basis.

I left a voicemail for the event coordinator at University Inn, but haven't heard back yet.

Fun isn't cheap anymore.

But if you're a resident, it's cheaper, isn't it? My mate used to live in Florida, and he had a year-long pass to Disneyworld for some not-insane amount of money. That was only 2 or 3 years ago.

eta So, let me torture myself again with the whole deluding-myself-I-could-go-to-the-F2F. Are we talking California again?

I don't know, Fay. Amusement parks aren't my thing. I can't remember the last time I patronised one, and on the rare occasions when I do, I inevitably end up being the Incredible! Human! Coatrack! while everyone else purposely makes themselves nauseous. It boggles the mind.

Most do have season passes, and some are better deals than others.

edit: Disneyland = CA. The ones I mentioned are in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland, respectively. Susan's working Seattle.

Gah, that's just nuts. I've only been to King's Dominion when it's free (company picnic there in July), and it sucks. Hard. I can't see paying for it, let alone paying $40.00.

Although usually someone dies there every year, so maybe it's a gene pool filter.

It's the West's turn again, Fay. So far it sounds like Seattle, San Francisco, and Vegas are the main possibilities.

Yep. And Fay, there will always be a bed for you, I'm guessing wherever there's a resident in said city.

I'm doing the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway tomorrow, and the Miyako on Thursday.

It will, in fact, be more of an exact science with narrowed down dates.

Susan, one thing I do remember about the Comfort Inn, and it may not be an issue: there were parking issues. The night we got home late, the garage was actually full, and we actually had to park out on the street. But they had some repair trucks taking up garage space while we were there, and that might not be the case now.

Disneyland does occasionally run special admission prices for folks with an ID with a southern california zip code. It's only in the off season, and it's not every year. The tend to do it when admission numbers are dipping.

There are I think three varieties of season passes for the Mouse House starting at around $100/yr. The cheap one has pretty much all the weekends blacked out, and then the prices usually run up to around $250 do get 356 day a year access. Last I checked Magic Mountain's parking was $10 and Disneyland is at least that.

Huh.

Fun isn't cheap anymore.

SURE it is. Just not Chez Walt. I can be lots of fun, and I'm cheap.

...that didn't come out quite the way I'd intended. Huh.

Damn. Damn. Damn. I really want to go to another F2F. Any idea what the dates are? I mean, I know I likely can't make it, but - yeah. Any idea? I could maybe claim it was a cousin's wedding. Or, or, something. Um.

Sigh.

'Cause it's not going to coincide with school holidays, is it?

pouts

Fay, we're about to vote on the dates. I think. So, when would you be able to come, potentially?

Disney World has special rates for Florida residents. They have a really good deal on a year long pass, you can't use it during peak summer weekends but it's good at all the parks.