this is every drive to every con and ren faire i've ever been to.

I NEED TO PEE

Am I the only one who would love to party with the viking?

>>1487780
No, you sure aren't.

Geez. None of my car trips have ever been like this...We always get driven by some sort of nazi woman, or the like. I can't be the only one who really doesn't like being in the car for 5 hours without a stop.

>>1487782

I've road tripped a few times from LA area up to Yosemite. So a good six hour drive. Keeping snacks and drinks in the car. Hitting bathroom breaks when we need gas. Usually when we hit Bakersfield(I always put that about half way there) we stop and have a meal.

The one time I road tripped up to Sacramento for a bowling tournament(back when I was a kid)

I was in a car with no A/C, the temperature was 111 degrees. God damn that was an uncomfortable trip.

I've got the biggest car, so I'm always the one driving. But I don't mind stopping every now and then to stretch my legs. We take forever to get to con, because we never leave when we say we are. "We're leaving at ten AM!" -later- "Bro! It's 3:30 PM! WE NEED TO LEAVE NOOOOOW!

wut

Yup, been there done that. Drive to Katsu one year was exciting since we got lost.

>>1487817
From our house to Anime Next should have been an hour and a half, tops. Four hours later, we're still driving in circles in New Jersey. And my brother is never allowed to navigate again.

>>1487824
LOL! Where in NJ were you coming from?!

Though I can vouch for the roads in Seacaus being a mess to figure out...

>>1487780 Am I the only one who would love to party with the viking?

everyone wants to.

Once on the way to a con the tires exploded. Not even kidding. We were all fine though, so that was nice, but it did mean we ended up having to sit around for like an hour while some tire place put new ones on for us. Bah.

But then we went to eat at the Waffle House that was next door so all was well.

I love long drives. Fuck yes eating a ton of fast food and singing along eurodance crap from the 90's.

My con trips, excluding the con itself, usually lower my IQ about 10 points

>>1487920
in cosplay?

>>1487923
Aqua?

>>1487935
YES

>>1487923
I hate long drives, it makes my boney ass hurt. ;-;

And the further up north you go the less people know how to use signal lights.

>>1487824
>>1487829
I'm going to miss the Secaucus location.The new one is damn near Rutgers.
>>1487920
At least you got to walk around.I had to sit in my car for an hour and 15 while a Maryland State Trooper ran my name and my plates through his slower than dial up on-board Toughbook.

>>1487948
new location isn't mass-transit friendly.

>>1487981
exactly

>>1487948
Dodge charger fuck yes.

>>1487981
It's just as MT friendly as other location was.
Take the train to New Brunswick station, then take a bus up Easton Ave. Or have a friend pick you up.

>>1488007
Maybe from where you're coming from. From points north not so much. With the last location all you had to do was hop on the bus from port authority and you were dropped off right in the middle of everything. The new one is a train,then a bus that doesn't even run all the time,or on weekends. Manga Next proved that fault

I can hold my bladder forever. I usually try not to drink. I always happen to arrive later than planned to most of my cons.

>>1487948
Ah yes,conventions along I-95 can be a bitch to get to sometimes. However sometimes they can be a breeze.

>>1488016
Well, I was basically saying from Penn Station, but yeah.
I just drive.

/cgl/ - Driving Around New Jersey

>>1488016
exactly. come AN a few of us should coordinate transportations better.

Do any of you guys use trains...?

>>1488068
What is this,1896?

What's the furthest you've traveled for a con? Atlanta to
Miami here

>>1488074
Worse, 2008, hello ridiculously high gas prices.

>>1488082
SF --> LA (Road Trip, AX 2007/2008)

>>1488084
Gas is 1.89 down the block from me. What are you talking about?
>>1488082
NY to LA. AX2008,Would I do it again? FUCK YEAH!

>>1488068
They don't have trains in the US. They have giant transporters and that's enough.

>>1488084
...Wut? It's down to like 1.79 around here.

>>1488082
Traveled period? AX; Philly to LA, 5hr flight.
Driven? Tie between Ohayocon and Animazement; Philly to Columbus/Raleigh, 7-8hr drive.

>>1488098
Oh, nevermind. Eurofag here.

>>1488099
But that's surely not me.

>>1488068

I do, but then I'm a Britfag - there's considerably less of a need to own a car here than there is in the US.

Worst con drive I had was with a friend's parents who kept smoking without rolling the windows down. Shit sucked.

>>1488084
correction: Summer 2008.

>>1488068
Are they that much cheaper?

Furthest I drove to a con was NYC to Chicago for ACEN 07. Never. Again. I was one of two drivers and I wanted to kill myself by the end of it. 13 hours.

Furthest I've flown was to Japan....that was.... WAY TOO MANY HOURS. Especially since we had the tiniest seats. Ugh, worst part ever.

>>1488068
I plan on taking the train up to Fanime this year (as I have no one to drive with anyways) I could fly but I'm terrified of planes. Plus Amtrak is really nice, pisses me off it doesn't go from here to LA though.
Getting out to Katsu is going to be a feat though, boooo.


Train Train, Take Us Away, Take Us Away~

>>1488082
LA to Seattle; road trip to Sakura Con.

Totally worth it. I enjoy roadtrips.

I'm too lazy to drive anywhere too far, so the furthest I've driven to con was from mid NY to Baltimore for Otakon.

Bah, I have you all beat. Home to Animania (Sydney)- then to FACTS (Belgium)- then to Onicon (Houston)- then home (via Los Angeles)

>>1489061

You flew from belgium to houston for...onicon?

>>1489063 You flew from belgium to houston for...onicon?

Well, I started from Sydney first.

Last year I went to Tomodachi, Derry, Ireland from Sydney.

>>1488068
Trains are like flights, they're a pretty good value for one or two people, but once you have more than that, driving becomes superior. For instance, I'm driving to ALA from the Bay Area with 6 people. Now, my truck doesn't get awesome gas millage, but the trip down should come out to like $10/person. Train can't beat that. If I was driving myself and it would be $60/person, well maybe then it would be viable.

>>1489093
Group tickets, anyone?