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WilliamParrish

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So I am thinking of renting one of those $100 a night university apartments and was wondering a couple things. Are they pretty secure door/lock wise? Pretty roomy? How far away are they from the main convention action versus the Red Lion?

They sound pretty amazing, but then again I am sure the Ford Pinto sounded great its first year on the showroom floor as well!

Thanks!!

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Hi WP,
I'm pretty familiar with the Gonzaga Dorms and while I haven't spent a lot of time in the Dussualt one, I think I can give it a pretty good description.

Security: Very secure. Deadbolts on the outside door and regular locks on the room. As long as your roomie is honest, you don't need to worry about this.
Roomy: It's set up with a couple rooms attached to a kitchen/living room. The rooms are pretty small but there's plenty of room in the living room with a table and couch.
Distance: The Red Lion is pretty darn close. Dussault is really darn close.

The one big advantage the Red Lion has over Dussault is that the Dussault has really crappy dorm twin beds. They are not comfortable. If you're a 18-23 year old college student, no biggie. If you're getting up there in age, I'd think about making space for a foam pad. Personally, if I didn't live in town, I'd go for the dorms. The kitchen is great, there's space for after hours games, and it is a teeny bit closer.

Submitted by Sean on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:20pm.

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I can only give you my opinion from my experience with them last year. The on-campus apartment I was in had a bolted front door, latches on all the windows, and each of the bedrooms also locked independently with a separate key. I kept a lot of my extra cameras and equipment locked in the room last year without feeling like I needed to worry.

It had more than enough room for myself and the three friends who were in the apartment for the weekend. There was a full-sized fridge, and small kitchen area along one wall. The living room was more than adequate for just spreading out and relaxing with friends after a long day at the convention.

The beds were tall and twin-sized with thin mattresses. An air mattress or foam pad would be a really good idea. Still, wasn't bad just for a weekend.



Submitted by Stan on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:34pm.

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Thanks for the info guys, I think we will go with one of the university apartments, I just happen to have a twin sized air mattress that is usually used on the floor of an overcrowded convention hotel room LOL so this will be a good change of pace!

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Submitted by WilliamParrish on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 5:27pm.

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I lived in the apartments for a few years while I attended GU.

Very spacious, couch, chair, A/C in living room.
As above, fridge and full kitchen for whatever.
Dual sink bathroom, and shower. (Bring your own toiletries, I do believe last year there was no soap, shampoo, etc. Maybe even towels if you can)
Bedrooms: 2 Computer Desks, 2 Beds (bunkable), 2 large closets, and 2 dresser drawers.

Like I said, great rooms other than you have to bring almost everything you need (sheets they gave us kinda sucked, but I didn't mind.

Submitted by Nick on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 5:44pm.

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Gonzaga webpage (http://www.gonzaga.edu/Student-Life/Residence-Life-and-Dining-Services/O...) says that the facilities aren't air conditioned, but I'm not sure that's right. From what I remember, most of the apartment style dorms had A/C. Dussault is one of the facilities that is occupied in the summer so I'd be surprised if they weren't ACed.

Submitted by Sean on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 11:05pm.

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I would bring or purchase fans.
I am not the best source as I only was in the room 2-3 hours each morning, but my roommate (at another con) brought a fan with her.



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Submitted by Big C Chris Snell on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 1:44pm.

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Score....luckily I have all of the above advised pieces of equipment readily available to bring! Smiling These mini-apartments sound completely awesome!

Who exactly do I contact to reserve a room? Is there limitted availability so order NOW....operators are standing by? Or are there so many available cuz they are dorms that its no worry?

Thanks again!

WP



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Submitted by WilliamParrish on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 8:47pm.

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WilliamParrish wrote:

Score....luckily I have all of the above advised pieces of equipment readily available to bring! Smiling These mini-apartments sound completely awesome!

Who exactly do I contact to reserve a room? Is there limitted availability so order NOW....operators are standing by? Or are there so many available cuz they are dorms that its no worry?

Thanks again!

WP

You'll want to get one as soon as possible. All the contact information is on the Hotel page:

http://spocon2009.com/hotel

Let us know if have any questions.

Thanks!



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Submitted by Tim Martin on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 11:55am.

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So how/who do I get ahold of to get one of the 2 bed rooms?

I know it's kind of late, but If they're still available I'd like to see about getting one.

Thanks Guys!

Submitted by SteveBerenyi on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 7:06pm.

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Copied from http://spocon.org/hotel

If you would like to reserve a room on campus please contact me at spicer99205@comcast.net .Please include "SpoCon Lodging" in the E-mail title. Special requests for room assignments will be taken first come first served and there are no guarantees given as availability my change without notice.

Submitted by Nick on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:06am.