Star Wars Celebration VI

Yep, I got it. Here is what it says:



What Would Yoda Do?

"Luke...we have your hotel savings."
Star Wars Celebration VI has arranged special hotel savings with onPeak, our official housing partner. Through them (and only them), we offer the best hotels, lowest rates, and most amenities when you book using onPeak.

PLUS: enjoy FREE shuttle service between the Orange County Convention Center and a number of our official host hotels.

Room rates start as low as just $65/night.

Start your hotel search

You'd have to be from another galaxy... if you think you can find a better rate!
Rate/Hotel
$65/Econolodge Inn & Suites
$69/Wyndham Orlando Resort
$82/Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando
$90/Holiday Inn Castle Hotel Orlando
$99/Doubletree by Hilton Seaworld
$99/Embassy Suites - Jamaican Court

There are MORE HOTELS with awesome rates available in the official block.

Our official service.
The official housing partner of Star Wars Celebration VI is onPeak, the only housing company affiliated with the Celebration. We cannot guarantee room rates or availability by any other company or representative.If other companies contact you for hotel/travel bookings, they are not endorsed by Star Wars Celebration VI. Please add onPeak's email address to your address book: starwarscelebration@onpeakevents.com

The fine print.
The hotel rates and availability listed above are average nightly rates for single/double room types based on a check-in of 08/22/12 and a check-out of 08/26/12 as of 10:00 CDT on 07/05/11, subject to change. Additional fees, surcharges, taxes, and other restrictions may apply. View our reservation website to customize your search and view up-to-the-minute hotel room availability.

 

Um, ok. So, two questions:

1. Is there any actual new info in the email?
2. What is the point of sending an email advertising the service to the people who already have reservations with them? I'm really missing something here, aren't I?

 

The information would be new to those who haven't made any hotel plans. So, I think the impetus behind this email is to light a fire under those people who haven't made hotel reservations to do so and to imply that these are the hotels that still have availability since some are sold out.

I signed up on the site for their e-newsletter, which goes out to everybody, regardless of your hotel plans. It's not a hotel e-newsletter, but a CVI e-newsletter about hotels.

 

Only those who signed up for the newsletter would have gotten this email (unless they sent it to all 5 billion people on the planet). So, it was actually hotel marketing/update from LFL to those on the newsletter signup and nothing else. I wouldn't worry too much about it. There will still be plenty of rooms within a few months (I'm making my reservation Sept 1st). No hotel has been completely sold out in the past, too many have cancelled their reservations at the last minute. This is just a very common marketing tool to get more people into "their" hotels (all of them way too overpriced anyway). No need to panic yet.

 

Thanks for posting that, JT, I was on my BB and had to wait until I got home to read the whole thing. And then I forgot

 

Happy to help, Zoo.

 

Ah, got it. I didn't know about the newsletter so I couldn't think of where a list would come from. This makes much more sense than advertising to people who'd already signed up.

 

You can sign up here, if you're interested in all that great SW CVI advertising: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/LP/Newsletter/

 

the Wyndham is a bit down the road, on Sandlake Drive, but it is a great hotel!

 

....so there is a SLIGHT chance I can actually make this. Anyone willing to room with a potentially last minute nerdy addition!?

 

DIBS!!! P.S. Jonathan, you're the little spoon!

 

Just be sure to keep your little lego in your tidy whities!

 

I don't even what to know how you know he wears tidy whities?

 

We all now know where the party will be at C VI!

 

For the record, they are "TIGHTY WHITIES".....the only thing that is "tidy" in my underoos are the laser guided, strategically placed skidmarks.

Second, I will have you know that my "little Lego" puts you little womp rat to shame . <insert 'go ask your mom/wife/mistress/dog' joke here> (p.s. pay close attention to the emoticon here...that's not a hug, buddy.)

Lastly, and most importantly, I go comando. All the time. Like Arnold Schwartzeneger Commando. ALL the time.

See you soon ROOMIE!!!

 

LOL

I would love to be fly on the wall in this room.

 

Oh, right. I was supposed to make a reservation for my sister. Hm. Guess I'd better get going on that.

 

*blink* Am I missing something, or is the rate for Embassy through the con website exactly the same as the standard Embassy rate through their regular website? Color me skeptical, but aren't "savings" supposed to mean you spend less money?

 

Ok, seriously??

They won't let me make a reservation using my sister's credit card either. It expires the same month as CVI. I thought that would be sufficient - you can still use it during the month it expires, right? - but apparently not. How the heck are they expecting people to make reservations? Given how far out the date is, there have got to be a lot of people who have credit cards that expire before the con. Is there some trick I am missing here??

 

i think the trick is you can book early thru the con.

 

Perhaps you can call your credit card company and ask them to renew your card membership and, thus, get an expiration date farther out? Just a thought.