Bret Hildebran
Elder Member
Stopped by the hotel today in the early afternoon to see how things were going and check out the state of the hotel. Around 25'ish in by the time I left near 3PM including a few who didn't pre-reg which would bring our official count to 129 to date. Lots of games ongoing. World out to a 2-0 early lead, but it's still early at least. The World may be getting a little over confident as 2 perennial World MVP candidates were throwing down against each other as Hennie van der Salm & Philippe Briaux were poised to play. I told Wild Bill that was clearly a World Loss in the making 
Hotel is in the middle of a refurb and not as done as I'd hoped, but should likely provide the facilities we need for the week. The biggest impact/annoyance may be the lack of luggage carts. They are using dollies as a substitute and they work, but are a little small. They did say that they have workers standing by to help if needed. So if you're at 5PP and looking at a minimum move, add an SMC (or 2) to help with your portaging needs.
Breakfast is setup in the hallway outside the elevator with a temporary bar on the way in selling drinks/sandwiches. Right now we have 3 large rounds setup in front of the bar for breakfast gathering - as the week goes on we may evolve that if we need the space and depending on how folks are eating breakfast. Breakfast is either 7-9AM or 6-9AM depending on the day - when you check in the welcome letter has the schedule.
The hotel is running a makeshift front desk by the elevators which is the temporary main entrance for now. It sounds like we're nearly the only ones at the hotel so rooms should be available - if you have trouble booking at all, let me know and I can make sure, but I've been told we shouldn't have a problem with rooms at the moment.
The hotel was having some issues with lighting which they are trying to address. They indicated they will have lamps available to borrow and extension cords for folks that need them. If you have any lighting issues let us know and we can work on addressing them.
They are running bathrooms out of the 5th floor instead of on the 6th like normal. The Hospitality suite is on the 4th floor. There should be a microwave in there as well as the one on the main floor. Do note the hotel is NO SMOKING at all, so the burning wreck room is no more...
The hotel rooms looked nice & offer a pretty nice TV for a hotel and if the Guide is legit, lots of channels, although I didn't surf them all to verify they are real.
Overall, I'm not thrilled about the refurb not being done, but I think we'll make do, although I fear we won't have any amazing horror stories like the subterranean excavation from the last ASLOK Hotel refurb...
Hotel is in the middle of a refurb and not as done as I'd hoped, but should likely provide the facilities we need for the week. The biggest impact/annoyance may be the lack of luggage carts. They are using dollies as a substitute and they work, but are a little small. They did say that they have workers standing by to help if needed. So if you're at 5PP and looking at a minimum move, add an SMC (or 2) to help with your portaging needs.
Breakfast is setup in the hallway outside the elevator with a temporary bar on the way in selling drinks/sandwiches. Right now we have 3 large rounds setup in front of the bar for breakfast gathering - as the week goes on we may evolve that if we need the space and depending on how folks are eating breakfast. Breakfast is either 7-9AM or 6-9AM depending on the day - when you check in the welcome letter has the schedule.
The hotel is running a makeshift front desk by the elevators which is the temporary main entrance for now. It sounds like we're nearly the only ones at the hotel so rooms should be available - if you have trouble booking at all, let me know and I can make sure, but I've been told we shouldn't have a problem with rooms at the moment.
The hotel was having some issues with lighting which they are trying to address. They indicated they will have lamps available to borrow and extension cords for folks that need them. If you have any lighting issues let us know and we can work on addressing them.
They are running bathrooms out of the 5th floor instead of on the 6th like normal. The Hospitality suite is on the 4th floor. There should be a microwave in there as well as the one on the main floor. Do note the hotel is NO SMOKING at all, so the burning wreck room is no more...
The hotel rooms looked nice & offer a pretty nice TV for a hotel and if the Guide is legit, lots of channels, although I didn't surf them all to verify they are real.
Overall, I'm not thrilled about the refurb not being done, but I think we'll make do, although I fear we won't have any amazing horror stories like the subterranean excavation from the last ASLOK Hotel refurb...
