>> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:47:10 -0400, Chris Adams wrote
(in article ):

> Once upon a time, Amy Guskin   said:
>> Ha, that was great!  You know, I think you may see me there again next 
>> year.  
>> It's been way too long.
> 
> Hope so!  I missed the B5 panels this year (although I heard that Jason
> Carter said something that caused Claudia Christian to walk out of a
> panel; <<

Dude, you canNOT leave us hanging on that!  Is there anyone you can ask who 
saw the panel??

>> Jonathan Frakes also said something to Denise Crosby that caused
> her to leave a ST:TNG panel, so I guess it was the year for
"drama"). <<

Holy crow!  I'm going to try and find someone who blogged about both of 
these.  Someone's bound to have done it.

>> One word of warning: get a hotel reservation soon!  The Hilton and
> Sheraton are already taking reservations (IIRC the Hilton wants a
> non-refundable deposit), and the Hyatt and Marriott are opening up
> reservations at 8am EDT on Oct 1.  Last year the Marriott sold out in
> about 5-10 minutes (they don't require a deposit, or at least they
> haven't in the past). <<

Wow.  Thanks for the warning.

>> If you think there's a chance you'll want to go, I'd suggest getting a
> reservation as soon as they open.  You can always cancel or transfer it
> to someone else. <<

Yeah, technically you can cancel until 6 pm the day of the res, but I would 
do so sooner if I knew I wasn't going.

>> The Marriott is the main "party hotel" these days, but
the rooms are
> quiet.  We were on the fourth floor, right above the Atrium bar, and had
> no noise problem. <<

When I've gone, I've stayed on one of the concierge floors (I think it's 42 
and up).  That way you get free breakfast and snacks in the lounge, and most 
of the actors stay up there (and also partake in the free breakfast and 
snacks in the lounge).

>> One of the other Dragon*Con TV bumps this year was about the growth in
> attendance; the prediction was that by 2020 (or something like that),
> all of Atlanta will be attending.  We joked that con Security will just
> be posted at I-285 (the Atlanta perimeter Interstate).  I haven't heard
> an official number for this year, but I expect it to be 40,000 or so
> (and that's badges sold, not daily attendance). <<

That's amazing.  How goes the wrestling programming?  I really didn't care 
for how much it felt like it was taking over, the last time I was there.

Amy
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