SpiceWorld 2016 Austin
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Those dates are going to be difficult for me because of Halloween but if I do make it it wouldn't be early.
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@lhatsynot said:
Those dates are going to be difficult for me because of Halloween but if I do make it it wouldn't be early.
I've sadly heard a lot of that.
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Halloween is on a Monday, so most people will not be out super late anyway with the kids having to get to school the next day.
I foresee a lot of people arriving Tuesday afternoon and departing on Thursday night for 2016.
Assuming nothing major changes and I come as normal, I will have to catch a 9am flight out of O'Hare which puts me in Austin about 12pm on Tuesday the 1st. I will get a later flight out on Friday so the wife can pick up the kids after school before coming to pick me up. But that will still not leave tons of time for anything on Friday except the Grey Breakfast.
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I still don't see why this is an issue. The Tuesday will probably just be the useless app workshops anyways, so who cares if you miss those?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
I still don't see why this is an issue. The Tuesday will probably just be the useless app workshops anyways, so who cares if you miss those?
@thanksajdotcom said:
I still don't see why this is an issue. The Tuesday will probably just be the useless app workshops anyways, so who cares if you miss those?
The pre-day has gotten to be a big deal. Tuesday of this year was already quite busy with tons of people in town and Wednesday had the big brunch and has become the biggest party day. All of that would be missed by people trying to get to Halloween activities. It's a pretty huge deal if you look at how it would have impacted people this year.
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Well, that's just poor planning on their part
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@coliver said:
Looks like it is
SAVEMYSEATCode doesn't work. Is it one of those BS codes only for returning attendees?
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@RojoLoco said:
@coliver said:
Looks like it is
SAVEMYSEATCode doesn't work. Is it one of those BS codes only for returning attendees?
It was a one-day only code for 99$ tickets. It is one of the those early bird specials they do every year. You're stuck with paying 199$ now.
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Awww.... Yeah well right now they are $199 and will be going up as time progresses so get one now!
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@coliver said:
@RojoLoco said:
@coliver said:
Looks like it is
SAVEMYSEATCode doesn't work. Is it one of those BS codes only for returning attendees?
It was a one-day only code for 99$ tickets. It is one of the those early bird specials they do every year. You're stuck with paying 199$ now.
It sucks as it only counts DURING the event when no one has time to sign up.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@RojoLoco said:
@coliver said:
Looks like it is
SAVEMYSEATCode doesn't work. Is it one of those BS codes only for returning attendees?
It was a one-day only code for 99$ tickets. It is one of the those early bird specials they do every year. You're stuck with paying 199$ now.
It sucks as it only counts DURING the event when no one has time to sign up.
Except people who aren't there... which I think it one of the reasons they do it. People watching the stream are a great captive audience for this type of thing.
Agreed though they should at least have it available for 5-7 days after the event.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@RojoLoco said:
@coliver said:
Looks like it is
SAVEMYSEATCode doesn't work. Is it one of those BS codes only for returning attendees?
It was a one-day only code for 99$ tickets. It is one of the those early bird specials they do every year. You're stuck with paying 199$ now.
It sucks as it only counts DURING the event when no one has time to sign up.
I signed up while they were giving away the prizes so I wouldn't forget.
The promise to return all but $5 if I have to cancel my trip at least a week before the event was pretty nice too. -
@Minion-Queen said:
Awww.... Yeah well right now they are $199 and will be going up as time progresses so get one now!
That's a fair wack of cash just for entry (Exchange rates are killer).
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@nadnerB said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Awww.... Yeah well right now they are $199 and will be going up as time progresses so get one now!
That's a fair wack of cash just for entry (Exchange rates are killer).
That is still very inexpensive compared to a lot of other technical conferences.
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@nadnerB said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Awww.... Yeah well right now they are $199 and will be going up as time progresses so get one now!
That's a fair wack of cash just for entry (Exchange rates are killer).
The Australian dollar is stronger than the US dollar, though, right?
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@coliver said:
@nadnerB said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Awww.... Yeah well right now they are $199 and will be going up as time progresses so get one now!
That's a fair wack of cash just for entry (Exchange rates are killer).
That is still very inexpensive compared to a lot of other technical conferences.
To get there, I think FedEx or DHL is the cheapest
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@coliver said:
Agreed though they should at least have it available for 5-7 days after the event.
In years past the code had worked until the day after. One year (2013 I think) there was such talk about it that they extended it two days.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@nadnerB said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Awww.... Yeah well right now they are $199 and will be going up as time progresses so get one now!
That's a fair wack of cash just for entry (Exchange rates are killer).
The Australian dollar is stronger than the US dollar, though, right?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No.
Well, not anymore. We were at parity for a while but now we are at $1 AUD = 0.70 USD.
Good if you want to buy our cattle, sheep, iron ore or wheat but not if I want to go to an international Tech conference. -
@nadnerB said:
Well, not anymore. We were at parity for a while but now we are at $1 AUD = 0.70 USD.
Good if you want to buy our cattle, sheep, iron ore or wheat but not if I want to go to an international Tech conference.Related: This year was much better for the trip to Japan than the prior two for the same reason.
