I think we are running into a semantics circle here.
Circle 1: Outdoor/Non-Con Space
99% of your options have some form of Mall, Park or a combo of both nearby. This is just the way
cities build their sites, they want you central to the action. And they want ease of access to be
a draw. None of the options in the Portland Metro area have a problem on this. Even Downtown
Hilton is close enough to a park and a mall that, if the weather permited, it would be a fun place to
hang... heck there is a movie theater and a Sanrio store RIGHT THERE! ^_^ But you are always going
to have the trouble of weather permissions. We can't fight this battle, we can only prepare for
worst case scenario. So while all of you pray to the deities regarding the perciptation, I'll be banking on
a flood with a tornado warning and a power outage. That way if the aliens crash land at the water
front, we have something to do besides listen to people whine about how a great Photo-op was ruined
because the cops wouldn't turn off their lights and sirens.
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Circle 2: THE DOWNTOWN HILTON
It gets caps because I say it gets caps. We know the space is limited. It's the fact of the matter. Also, running circles around the whos whats whens and whys of the hotel without reseraching first, gets you nowhere. I may have not typed the answers out 20 times, but there is a Hotel Youtube video run by the amazing Dawn Hewitt (our lady relations director of peace) and there are about 5 or 6, maybe more, threads with discussions on the escalator issue and why we HAVE to have them off.
Honestly... 45% the convention wants them on... 45% want them off and 10% couldn't care either way
or didn't know it was an issue. We are just going to have to deal with the fact that safety and the flow of traffic require a different plan then some people want. What can you do?
Enjoy the convention as it is I suppose.
~Allykat