Hotels and lodging

[BigEvil]

Now that the dates are set let's get moving.

First order of business, where to stay. I will need input from the local guys and people who have attended before.

Recommendations?

[Flatliner333]

Same here , I would like to get some reservations going. I have been looking at some reviews :
Knights Inn - Hell NO
Best Western "Joliet" - Mixed reviewa 50/50
Wingate "joliet" - Mixed more positive than negative
Best Budget Inn ? didn't see any reviews

[BTAutoMag]

a few guys got there early last year and got a good campout spots, I say we all tent it out

[BTAutoMag]

edit that: I got a decent hotel room last year and would be willing to rent out some floor space if I do it again

[BigEvil]

I will be driving 12-15 hrs, I want a hotel room :)

[BTAutoMag]

there are some seedy hotels in the area, ill look up where we stayed

[OPBN]

There are two major highways running through the area. IIRC, it's the ones near 55 that are nicer. The ones near 80 tended to be sketchier. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[wimag]

anything on riverboat drive is good. the area with the Holiday Inn and Red Roof are not bad during the day, but if you like to see hookers and drug deals go down in the evening then that is the spot for you.
Heros restaruant is near the riverboat drive hotel. Fairfield / Hampton / anything over there is fine.

[Flatliner333]

Do you know anything about the Manor motel in Channahon ?

[bbotts77]

I have stayed at both the Hampton Inn I-55 and the Motel 6 I-55. They are right next to each other and right next to a mall with a Tilted Kilts. They're also both what you would expect from their brand. The Hampton Inn costs more, but includes a pool and hot tub and breakfast with waffles. The Motel 6 is a Motel 6, but it is priced like a Motel 6. I know there is also a Holiday Inn Express in that area and I think there are a couple others. I haven't stayed at any of them, though. This area is about a 30 minute drive to/from CPX. I will probably be staying at the HIExpress this year, as I have run out of points for the Hampton Inn and still have plenty of Priority Club points. :D

[Flatliner333]

Who all has made reservations already and where ?

[Dayspring]

I haven't, but I want to get this locked down quickly.

[Dayspring]

http://livinglegendsofpaintball.com/ll7/lodging-2/

If we're going to try and be together, we should agree on a hotel.

[BigEvil]

http://livinglegendsofpaintball.com/ll7/lodging-2/

If we're going to try and be together, we should agree on a hotel.

I already started some research. Looks like the Hampton Inn & Fairfield Inn South are closest.

[Dayspring]

I already started some research. Looks like the Hampton Inn & Fairfield Inn South are closest.

Which Hampton Inn? There are 2 listed.

[Robbie]

I stayed at the hamton inn on i 80last year and it was nice.

[Robbie]

Daywang
Are you really going or just posting?

[Robbie]

I will be driving 12-15 hrs, I want a hotel room :)
Driving???
Fly

[Dayspring]

Daywang
Are you really going or just posting?

Nope - putting time off, $ and everything towards it.

As for Big E, he's driving. Robbie, you're welcome to fly in/out here and I can be driver guy. Up to you.

[Robbie]

Nope - putting time off, $ and everything towards it.

As for Big E, he's driving. Robbie, you're welcome to fly in/out here and I can be driver guy. Up to you.
Yeahhhh... your playing.
We will probably fly in thursday so we can play Friday.
Nancy is thinking of playing ...so you know there will probably be some drunkin fights.
She gets crazy after paintball

[Dayspring]

Yeahhhh... your playing.
We will probably fly in thursday so we can play Friday.
Nancy is thinking of playing ...so you know there will probably be some drunkin fights.
She gets crazy after paintball

Michelle is contemplating playing. If I tell her that Nancy's playing, MAYBE I can get her play.

[debruynda]

I thought we were staying with Beemer?

[BigEvil]

I thought we were staying with Beemer?

I like this idea

[Robbie]

Michelle is contemplating playing. If I tell her that Nancy's playing, MAYBE I can get her play.

Nancy is concerned that this isn't going ro wind up like last tunaball. Where you you tell everyone to go and at the last minute you move back to Jersey.

You tell Quinn and Bill they are going.

[Fred]

We should go to the place we stayed at Shatnerball, where mango snake crawled everywhere...

[Flatliner333]

Bump...Anyone get a line on a Hotel yet ? Hampton Inn ?

[Dayspring]

Not yet, but I want to take care of it in the next couple weeks.

[Beemer]

Not yet, but I want to take care of it in the next couple weeks.

Ya lets get er done. We need to find one we can block out a floor so we can tell Tom, Bud and the rest of us where to book. Hint hint........:argh:

[BTAutoMag]

holy crap beener, what lit a fire under you?

[Robbie]

Booked....
Hampton inn on rte 80.
The rooms have neen redone.... the one i had last year was nice.
Vipers crew was there.
And ledgends bar is a short walk.

[bbotts77]

I just booked at the Holiday Inn Express (http://www.hiexpress.com/jolietillinois) by the mall. It's the only thing I could get for free, since I'm all out of Hilton Honors points. I have a few more years worth of Priority Club points. :D

This HIExpress is right near the Hampton Inn I-55.

[BTAutoMag]

still debating camping, camper or hotel

[bbotts77]

still debating camping, camper or hotel
I love camping and I love paintball. I just can't bring myself to put the two together. I need to shower after a day of paintball.

[Nobody]

camping on the hard ground after a certain age is a deal breaker. even hotel beds make getting up in the morning, or hitting the shower then bed make life so much better.

plus, if you sweettalk the hotel staff, you can get some free towels that can't be put in the rooms, to wipe down after a day's play and splatter.

[Bunny]

I'm getting a hotel room for my gf and I. Which one are you guys thinking of staying at?

[Nobody]

I'm getting a hotel room for my gf and I. Which one are you guys thinking of staying at?

whatever one BigEvil says we are staying at. i'm an easy roomie. i do what i'm told.

[Dayspring]

I'll probably be booking at the hotel Robbie's at.

[bbotts77]

I just booked at the Holiday Inn Express (http://www.hiexpress.com/jolietillinois) by the mall. It's the only thing I could get for free, since I'm all out of Hilton Honors points. I have a few more years worth of Priority Club points. :D

This HIExpress is right near the Hampton Inn I-55.
So...I just got a message from IHG, stating that this HIExpress is no-longer part of IHG and that my reservation has been cancelled. I guess I'll be looking for a new hotel. :tard:

[white&nerdy]

Hello everybody new to this site. This will be my second living legends event. Last year I camped out an this year I want to stay in a hotel. Does anybody have good recommendation for a hotel one that's close to bar an restaurants. Last hotel i stayed at was holiday inn? On i80 during shatter ball 3 it was ehhh. Thanks for your advice

[vintage]

has there been any consensus on a hotel? now that registration has started we need to decide if we all want to invade 1 hotel and if so get our reservatioins. maybe if we book enough rooms we can get a discount.

[Flatliner333]

I 2nd that^^^

[BTAutoMag]

Viper just lined up a sponsorship for hotels. There are promotional codes to get money off of staying at a few of them. Go on living legends website for details

[wimag]

Hampton on I-80 is a great hotel. Is part of the promotion CPX / Viper just announced. Close walk to Heros West sports bar. Based on attendance last year I suggest book soon before it fills up, and it will fill up.

[Flatliner333]

Now if we can just get all the BEO gang, TK, and Bud Orr to stay here then this will be an easy choice for me.

[Dayspring]

Question for those who have booked already - are you having to pre-pay for the stay? With Christmas and all, I can't spare the $ for the hotel if they charge me now.

[wimag]

Question for those who have booked already - are you having to pre-pay for the stay? With Christmas and all, I can't spare the $ for the hotel if they charge me now.

Hampton. No prepay. Cancel up to the day off with no cancellation fees.

[vintage]

based on wimags suggestion i just booked at the hampton i-80. you can get a link thru the LL website.

[Dayspring]

Hotel booked - Hampton Inn on I-80

[Robbie]

Hotel booked - Hapton Inn on I-80

So is the wife playing?

[Dayspring]

So is the wife playing?

I'm trying to get her to play. I keep telling her Nancy's going to play. Not sure if that's a help or a hindrance.

She doesn't really like that it still kinda stings when you play. And First-Strike rounds won't help that perception.

[Robbie]

I'm trying to get her to play. I keep telling her Nancy's going to play. Not sure if that's a help or a hindrance.

She doesn't really like that it still kinda stings when you play. And First-Strike rounds won't help that perception.
Nancy is stealing the dye dam so she can shoot first strike rounds. Then switching to the cyborg because its light.
Plus she is getting the new robtown tactical jersey ...its made by Anthrax paintball jerseys

[Bunny]

Just booked a hotel room for the Hampton Inn as well. :headbang:

[Dayspring]

Nancy is stealing the dye dam so she can shoot first strike rounds. Then switching to the cyborg because its light.
Plus she is getting the new robtown tactical jersey ...its made by Anthrax paintball jerseys

Need to see pictures of this tactical jersey.

[bbotts77]

I just made my new hotel reservation at the Hampton Inn I-55.

[BTAutoMag]

ben youre staying indoors?!

[bbotts77]

ben youre staying indoors?!
Definitely. I need a shower after paintball.

[BTAutoMag]

camp... I'll bring you a bucket

[bbotts77]

No thanks.

[Ragu310]

Thanks wimag for the hotel recommendation. I booked Hampton Inn I-80. I saved 15% thru priceline but no cancellations. I'm looking forward to supporting the Automag Army and meeting a bunch of you. My girlfriend's coming but she's not sure she wants to play paintball with 1500-2000 people. See you guys in May!

[StygShore]

Getting together with paintball friends this weekend - can anyone suggest some camping destinations near CPX? we will have some camping and some hoteling it this trip and I would like to give them some options to choose from as we work out the logistics to get everyone out there.

Thanks

Styg

[StygShore]

Just booked the last 2 Queen room they had at the I-80 - had to get a handicapped room since everything else was sold out.


Styg

[Flatliner333]

Styg are you saying everything at the I-80 Hampton Inn is sold out for May ? Does anyone know if you have to prepay to reserve rooms or can you just give them a CC # to hold your room ?

[StygShore]

Styg are you saying everything at the I-80 Hampton Inn is sold out for May ? Does anyone know if you have to prepay to reserve rooms or can you just give them a CC # to hold your room ?

They still have King bed rooms at the I-80, but I got one of the last 2 Queen bed rooms. Depending how much you pay - you can get the rooms for about $10-20.00 cheaper a night if you pay now with no ability to cancel, or you can pay a little extra and cancel up to 6pm the day of your arrival. at which point they don't charge you until you arrive.


Styg

[bbotts77]

can anyone suggest some camping destinations near CPX?
Thanks

Styg
Check out the LL7 Lodging page (http://livinglegendsofpaintball.com/ll7/lodging-2/). There's an "Off Site Camping" tab. I've never been to any of them. So, I can't really give you any recommendations. But, at least you can see where they are in relation to CPX.

[Flatliner333]

Booked...I'm in...Hampton Inn I-80.

[StygShore]

I see CPX has first come first server camping - Anyone know if there is a charge to camp there? And will there be any spaces left Friday to camp, or will they most likely fill up Thursday before the pump/pistol events?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Styg

[StygShore]

Booked a few rooms at the Hampton I-80, and I started a thread for those camping so we can get a roped off a section of dirt for AO, BEO, and others associated to be able to camp near each other and hopefully have a good location to get into the filed of play.

Please add to that thread if you are planning on camping so we can hopefully cordon off enough space.

Styg

[bbotts77]

I see CPX has first come first server camping - Anyone know if there is a charge to camp there? And will there be any spaces left Friday to camp, or will they most likely fill up Thursday before the pump/pistol events?
Camping is free. There will probably be plenty of room in at least one of the camping areas. If you know how many tents you plan on bringing, Zac and I will save room for you in the AO Army area. I think we have that in a different post, though.

[Justus]

So is EVERYONE at the Hampton Inn on I-80 then? 'Cuz they're booked up.

There's some rooms at the Hampton Inn on I-55 still available, and also at the Wingate. I'm leaning toward the Wingate because it's closer to CPX, has good reviews, and I have a corporate discount code making it cheaper than the Hampton. (The promo codes on the LL7 website aren't working for booking at Hampton online).

[bbotts77]

So is EVERYONE at the Hampton Inn on I-80 then? 'Cuz they're booked up.

There's some rooms at the Hampton Inn on I-55 still available, and also at the Wingate. I'm leaning toward the Wingate because it's closer to CPX, has good reviews, and I have a corporate discount code making it cheaper than the Hampton.
I wouldn't worry too much about where you're staying. I use the hotel for sleeping, showering, and breakfast. I don't do much socializing there, except occasionally during breakfast.

(The promo codes on the LL7 website aren't working for booking at Hampton online).
It actually shows up in the corporate account code. I thought it wasn't working at first, too.

[Justus]

Okay, I got it to work on the corporate code field, not the promo code. Still, it's $114 for a double queen and the Hampton on I-55 is 30 minutes from the field. The Wingate is 20 minutes and is still only $111 (negligible price difference, but cutting that extra 10 minutes off the drive would be nice).

I'm with you - when I went to D-Day in 2012, we camped. Some in our group had hotel rooms, but they were only used for hot showers and sleeping on a bed. All other times everyone was at our camp anyway, shooting the breeze. I figure that's what LL7 will be like to a lesser extent.

[Justus]

Ochsy and I are now booked at the Wingate. Not registered yet, but I guess this means we're officially going now. Baby steps. lol

[Bunny]

Just a heads up. I had to add another night for the Hampton Inn (I-80) for Thursday. Online said it was sold out, but I called direct and they were able to find me a room. Not sure if it will help anyone...

[Justus]

If anyone needs a room for Saturday night, I just canceled mine at the Wingate yesterday afternoon. Double queen. FYI

[Flatliner333]

Well the wife talked me into switching hotels to save some money via Priceline (thanks W. Shatner) so we are now at the Holiday Inn on I-80. We were at the Hampton until last week.