Newbie arrival - Airport Shuttle

[sparklyvirgin.livejournal.com]

So you know when you go to some convention or other event and the first people you meet are the other attendees standing around waiting for transport to the hotel or whatnot?

Would any of the other newbies be interested in having an airport shuttle post before the big picnic? My theory (and this has been okayed by the admins) is that there's a Portalocity portal at the local airport. So no matter where or when you're arriving from, you could go through the portal and end up in a waiting area with the rest of the students. (And hope your luggage doesn't end up in Narnia or something.)

Then a bus or a couple of vans from the school would arrive and the students could chat amongst themselves before being thrust into the great post o' interaction that is the newbie picnic.

If any of the teachers are interested in driving the shuttle or being there to shepherd the students, please let us know! It can always be a *handwavy* NPC driver if no one's available.

Comments

[noboynextdoor.livejournal.com]

As someone who's met up with people before cons by simply listening to my inner fangirl radar (we know our own kind, I swear) I think this is an awesome idea. Especially since this one just *loves* social interaction.

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

I'm absolutely up for this!

[wantstodirect]

Tony's up for this, as you know.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

I think this is a FABULOUS idea.

But since Joan lives in Maryland, I don't know if I can work out her actually taking part :(

[wantstodirect]

Maybe her parents could drop her off at the shuttle point?

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

That would make sense :D

[weetuskenraider]

This is an awesome idea and I'm so up for it. :D

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

That sounds like an amazing idea to me, and if you need a chaperone/adult, Sam can be there and drive.

[wantstodirect]

Sam Carter? Wouldn't she be arriving at the same time?

[sith_happened]

I volunteer Mr Chatty Pants to drive.

[momslilassassin]

Alllllll over this, yes

[noboynextdoor.livejournal.com]

*gets this strange, forboding sense of doom*

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Stupid comment not posting. Yeah, she would, if she needs to be there to drive the bus/van (if needed) and to meet newbies, but she could also arrive by other means if this is a students-only thing, too.

[sparklyvirgin.livejournal.com]

How about Anakin drives, so someone's coming from Fandom to meet everyone, but the new teachers can act as chaperones on the trip? (If they want to take the shuttle.)

[unddann]

I would absolutely be down with that. The newbs could bond in the face of "dunno wtf to expect". . . .

[notasuiciderisk.livejournal.com]

This sounds like a totally awesome idea. :D Eric will be so unused to that kind of travel...

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

That's fine with me. I was just offering her services as a possibility in case no one else wanted to or was available.

It's not mandatory for teachers to arrive this way, is it?

[sparklyvirgin.livejournal.com]

Nope, not mandatory for anyone, students or teachers.

[weetuskenraider]

Ahahahahaha ohhhhhhhhhh boy, this'll be fun.

[sparklyvirgin.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

[talks2objects.livejournal.com]

Heh. Totally in. Especially since canonically Dor won't understand a word anyone is saying and anything he'll say is gibberish. Or at least until he ends up at Fandom.

[unddann]

Ohhhhhhh, yeah! I forgot about that part of Xanthian canon.

Lola will be empathetic -- she speaks English, but she'll still be getting into the groove of speaking and thinking in it all the time. . . .

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper: *will be arriving after spending several months with the wolves, so her Pellish English will likely be more atrocious than usual for a while*

[unddann]

Characters with potentially limited language skills, unite!

[talks2objects.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I should actually go through the silly encryption process of doing Dor's language just for the hell of it or not.

Then again my availability will be spotty on that day as I'll be AFK for most of it. May just send Dor in the next day or something.

[unddann]

Slightly less fun. But you do what you gotta do.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Dude, this is an awesome idea.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

I am potentially very interested -- I'm just trying to decide between this and having her and Ruth drive corss-country in the hearse.

Decisions, decisions.