Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board 2008: the ultimate MEET-UP at San Diego: wrap-up, pics and sharing experiences

Updated list:

Abin
Seymour
Lightning Lad
Miner
FC
Deddy
Yellow Kid
Cobie
Faraway
Vee
Director
doublechinner
CJ
Nightcrawler
...and 2 who have contacted me privately.

with 16 people, we are now down to $43.75 apiece!

let's give it another day or two before finalizing the list and price.

I'll chip in something as well.

great! That's 17 of us... if we can reach 20, that'd make a nice, clean $35 per.

three more, three more!

Me!

You know...having a place we can sit, watch the convention shennanigens, pass the time and generally shoot the bull is well worth 35 bucks.

Could someone post a brief summary of what is involved in this ultimate MEET-UP? Sorry if that's high maintenance....

I'm interested, but need more facts, and have little time to read all 21 pages here.

slacker

At this point the meet up will be occurring in San Diego during Comic Con 2008 (July 24th - 27th) decided here more or less.

Kent also was nice to make a preliminary list here .

We decided to grab a fan table about here . Which will cost us $700 and be located near the middle of the Convention above the main floor and below or amongst the panels.

Kent's now taking names to divide up the cost of the table.

Each member will have to figure out their availableness to the event. I'll try to help get information as best I can. (I mostly use the Internet like everyone else. If you want to know how far away something is, let me know.)

Primarily it is just going to the 2008 San Diego Comic Con. Legion World will be getting a fan table so we have a place to meet. (if you've never been to San Diego Comic Con - it is huge) We will probably go out for dinner. Although depending how many are there, we might have to travel a bit to find a restaurant to take us all. (the people from the Boston Wizard World can remember the look on the hostess' face when I said "party of 11") Some people are planning to do more than just the convention, both during the convention and maybe some days before or after.

I think that sums it up. Others can correct me if I made any mistake.

Yeah. I figure I'll allocate a couple of days for the convention, a day for the beach and a day for Tijuana..NOT necessarily in that order.

This one should be easy. Unless it closes, there's a fast-food seafood place just outside the convention center that has tons of outdoor seating. I never saw it fill up. Maybe that's a comment on the food, but at least it should be easy to do. And it's right there by the train for anyone coming and going that way.

Thank you for the summaries. I have to see what arrangements I can make before I commit to this plan.

Who (if Anyone) is planning on meeting in Vegas and then driving to SD?

I can't make a firm commitment to that yet but I want to explore all the options...

I can only do the con. But Bloody Liberty! Abin in Vegas with other LWers? Isn't that kind of like Ocean's 11?

Chuck, we'll be driving through Vegas and will probably stay overnight at least one night. Not sure who yet is committed to driving in with us but at least Caroline and I will be there.

I was wondering when the right time was to spring this on y'all...

Lee got the two of us a great rate at the Waldorf-Astoria for us to go to NYC in June next summer after I graduate. It's also our 5-year anniversary that summer. We're going to go see Spring Awakening, Mary Poppins, Sunday in the Park with George, and (hopefully) Young Frankenstein. We're also planning to go nuts with the shopping and dining (Babbo, for starters.) I've never been to NYC. It's going to be the trip of a lifetime.

It's also going to be, frankly, obscenely expensive.

Unfortunately, this means that SDCC is out.

It's okay, Kippers... You bailed on us in Dallas, too, we're used to disappointment. )

Wow, that sounds like an amazing trip, KP. I wish I could talk my hubby into that much theater. We'd go to New York. He'd see "Spring Awakening," then I'd be on my own for the rest. But I notice "Little Mermaid" isn't on your list. (I'm listening to it now, which made me think of it.)

Anyway, we'll miss you, but have a great time. As much as I'm looking forward to SD, I can't say I'm not insanely jealous.

Pfffffffffft

I guess I'll have to drag my sorry ass back to the home state to see you Jeff. Maybe I'll take Caroline back to see the grandparent's homestead in Gardendale.

That would be cool, we're directly on the other side of town.

So like...without going all the way back through this thread as Im incredibly lazy, Whats actually going on with this? Turns out I can actually afford to go should I so desire it, And Im supposed to be meeting people in New York Next year. Might be cool to meet some Legionworld people

Joeboy, that would be awesome!

Kipper, sorry to hear about your change of plans, but it sounds like it's for a good (enough) reason. But we'll miss you!

Yo, Joeboy! The update so far...

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