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Author Topic: SHOWEST Film-Tech drink info (2007 info starts on pg 4) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-10-2006 03:21 PM                     To all in Vegas for ShoWest 2006. The annual FT drink will be located in a suite at Bally's on Wednesday night from 7pm to midnight. Please check the usual booths on Wednesday afternoon for info on the suite number (QSC, Jack Roe, Kinoton, Neumade). On Tuesday night, feel free to swing by Quarks restaurant in the Star Trek Experience (Hilton hotel) at 8pm for dinner. Just tell the greeter you are here for Film-Tech and they will show you to our area. [ 02-25-2007, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Mike Olpin ]  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-10-2006 05:46 PM                        Planning to join you all at Quark's (supposed to be in class that night but I'm playin' hookie). Not going to bother anyone for a badge this year so won't be on the trade floor but I figure I'll hear where The Drink is nonetheless. Cheers.  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-10-2006 06:19 PM                     Hmmmm Quarks Restraunt in the Hilton Hotel. Is Paris H. going to be hosting a day-old-all-you-can-eat TUNA BUFFFET!?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-10-2006 09:46 PM                     Brad...what is the best way to the Hilton from Bally's? I can't picture where the Hilton is...walking distance? Monorail? Cab?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-10-2006 10:35 PM                     I don't know my way around Vegas all that much because I've never been behind the wheel. Aaron??? Paul???  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 03-11-2006 12:06 AM                     I want to say it is on the monorail - but its way to far from Bally's to walk...  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-11-2006 01:03 AM                     The monorail costs like 5 bucks now to ride. The cab would be around $10. It'll take forever to walk (unless you are a power-walker like Gordon) I will likely be driving to and from Quark's, if anyone needs a ride. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-11-2006 01:29 AM                        The Vegas.com website is supposed to be running a coupon deal for free monorail tickets but I haven't been able to find anything on the site about that. Locals can ride for a dollar each way if they buy 20 tickets. How 'bout I do a little scalping if enough people would like to partake of a $2 roundtrip ride from Bally's to Quark's. The monorail station a Bally's is at the rear of the building right by the pool. It's not that bad a walk - just seems like it if you've been on your feet all day on the trade floor. Fortunately the Hilton station is right in front of the Star Trek part of the casino. If you're lucky you'll catch the Borg Train on the way in. BTW we're expecting anywhere from 1 to 5 inches of snow tonight. Probably be all gone by the time you guys get here. Probably.  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 03-11-2006 02:44 AM                     Paul, Put me down for a pair if you end up getting those.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-11-2006 02:46 AM                     Let's see, Ballys is just about almost due south of the Hilton a few blocks and one block over.. yea, I'm watching this crazy weather pattern since I'm driving down next Monday from Boise. (really sucks...) Probably do the I-15 route then, if the weather isn't behaving going home, then might do the "loniest highway in the west US-93" route back home.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-11-2006 08:38 AM                     Monte, Just so you don't end up in Ocean City Maryland looking for the "real" Loneliest Road In America which is Hwy 50 here is a LINK to its web site with a map. Highway 93 comes up #2 in my book as the 2nd Loneliest Road In America... but my book is not official. Both are alot of fun to drive and there IS alot to see and do. I prefer the Nevada route myself. I-15 sucks big time... too many Semi's and jockying with them to be in the lead . Mark  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-11-2006 11:28 AM                        It's 2.5 miles if you want to hoof it - figure about a 45-minute leasurely walk, most of it under the monorail tracks. The area along Paradise Road is not the greatest or safest at night though. [Edit] Paul, Dan, Adam, Bob, and The Olpinator make 10. If it looks like we'll use more than 10 I'll get 'em on Tuesday (have to buy them in lots of 20 to get the $1 price). I do ride the thing myself once in a while, usually to cut down on the travel time when going to Fry's. Guess we'll need to figure out a time & place to meet up prior to a Bally's/Paris departure. [ 03-12-2006, 11:30 AM: Message edited by: Paul Mayer ]  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-11-2006 01:41 PM                     Sign me up for a couple. I will have a car but don't plan on being able to operate it that night. When planning your transportation, keep in mind that the map is deceiving. Bally's to MGM is almost a mile. Las Vegas Monorail (MGM Grand to Sahara) This new monorail runs from the MGM Grand to the Sahara hotel. The new route includes stops at: MGM Grand, Bally's / Paris, Flamingo, Harrah's / Imperial Palace, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton and the Sahara. The monorail is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Rates for the monorail are $5 for one ride, $9 for two rides (shareable), $35 for 10 rides (shareable) and $15 for an unlimited one-day pass.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-11-2006 03:13 PM                        Paul, Put me down for a monorail ticket. I will be staying at the Mardi Gras Hotel and Casino and I am not sure where it is in relationship to the Paris/Balley's or the Hilton.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-11-2006 03:38 PM                        Bob, I've got you on the list. On Adam's map you're about 250 yards south of the Las Vegas Convention Center station, across the street from the Wynn golf course. From that station the Hilton is the next stop going north, and Bally's is the third stop going south.  |  IP: Logged

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