Aug 18, 2018, 6:40 pm
Last edit by: beckoa
Confirmed:
- ANC RED-EYE
- GrjApp
- nomadic.relief
- krazykanuck
- MSPeconomist
- Seat 2A (lunch Saturday, tentative dinner Sunday)
- beckoa (so far no train)
Schedule:
Friday
- Early arrivals – do your own thing - see post #2 for suggestions.
- Happy Hour: LaVelle's Taproom, mobile pizza from Hungry Robot for a snack.
- GrjApp
- ANC RED-EYE
- Dinner - 7.30 PM - Jazz Bistro
- GrjApp
- ANC RED-EYE
- 11:30 - depart for early lunch in Fox (brief stop to view the Alaska pipeline en route)
- Noon - lunch Silver Gulch Brewery Reservation for 6 confirmed; please RSVP to @ANC RED-EYE if you need to be added or removed from the presumed attendee list posted here.
- 2:00 return to hotel
- 2:30 shuttle/uber/cab to train (we want to be there an hour prior to departure so we can get tables together)
- 4:00 train
- 8:00 return (MSPeconomist believes the return is 8:30 rather than 8:00)
- evening - tbd
Sunday
- Tbd – possibly a stop at Hoodoo Brewing.
- Departures home
Per MSPeconomist As of September 20th, tickets were still available. The train has a capacity of 240 people, probably in three cars, and all tables seat four.
The train people told me to plan to arrive about an hour early for the train, but they don't deny boarding if you get there at 3:01 pm. A photo ID is needed to get your ticket. I plan to also bring a hard copy of my email ticket confirmation.
The 2nd 2018 Alaska Mini-DO - HooDoo Choo Choo, Fairbanks, AK Sept 28-29, 2018
Sep 28, 2018, 11:52 am
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Happy travels to all en route today! It is a lovely day here and if one can believe in Wunderground, it should be more of the same all weekend.
See everybody tomorrow for lunch if not the train, and a few this evening for drinks/dinner.
See everybody tomorrow for lunch if not the train, and a few this evening for drinks/dinner.
Sep 28, 2018, 11:56 am
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You must be in Fairbanks already. It's raining in Anchorage but should clear up for a fabulous weekend here. Have Fun up there!!!!
Sep 28, 2018, 1:02 pm
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I'm here, in the Springhill Suites downtown. I'm planning to join the (small) group for happy hour and maybe for dinner.
What time do we meet and how do I find the group or recognize people? I understand that this is at Lavelle's Taphouse, 414 2nd Avenue, not the same as Lavelle's Bistro restaurant in the Springhill Suites, right?
ADDED: I found (by google) Jazz Bistro at 527 4th Avenue. Friday nights at this time of year seem to have Afro Cuban live music starting at 8:30.
ADDED AGAIN: Faribanks Distilling is apparently open today from 4-8pm (and also tomorrow = Saturday), located in a historic building at 410 Cushman in downtown Fairbanks. This looks much easier to find and get to/from than Hoar Frost Distilling.
What time do we meet and how do I find the group or recognize people? I understand that this is at Lavelle's Taphouse, 414 2nd Avenue, not the same as Lavelle's Bistro restaurant in the Springhill Suites, right?
ADDED: I found (by google) Jazz Bistro at 527 4th Avenue. Friday nights at this time of year seem to have Afro Cuban live music starting at 8:30.
ADDED AGAIN: Faribanks Distilling is apparently open today from 4-8pm (and also tomorrow = Saturday), located in a historic building at 410 Cushman in downtown Fairbanks. This looks much easier to find and get to/from than Hoar Frost Distilling.
Last edited by MSPeconomist; Sep 28, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Sep 28, 2018, 4:02 pm
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I'm here, in the Springhill Suites downtown. I'm planning to join the (small) group for happy hour and maybe for dinner.
What time do we meet and how do I find the group or recognize people? I understand that this is at Lavelle's Taphouse, 414 2nd Avenue, not the same as Lavelle's Bistro restaurant in the Springhill Suites, right?
ADDED: I found (by google) Jazz Bistro at 527 4th Avenue. Friday nights at this time of year seem to have Afro Cuban live music starting at 8:30.
ADDED AGAIN: Faribanks Distilling is apparently open today from 4-8pm (and also tomorrow = Saturday), located in a historic building at 410 Cushman in downtown Fairbanks. This looks much easier to find and get to/from than Hoar Frost Distilling.
What time do we meet and how do I find the group or recognize people? I understand that this is at Lavelle's Taphouse, 414 2nd Avenue, not the same as Lavelle's Bistro restaurant in the Springhill Suites, right?
ADDED: I found (by google) Jazz Bistro at 527 4th Avenue. Friday nights at this time of year seem to have Afro Cuban live music starting at 8:30.
ADDED AGAIN: Faribanks Distilling is apparently open today from 4-8pm (and also tomorrow = Saturday), located in a historic building at 410 Cushman in downtown Fairbanks. This looks much easier to find and get to/from than Hoar Frost Distilling.
Sep 28, 2018, 5:23 pm
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What time is happy hour today and how do I recognize the group?
Sep 28, 2018, 6:46 pm
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Sep 28, 2018, 6:49 pm
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Sep 28, 2018, 7:46 pm
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@BOB W they also have new wine glasses.
Ended up in 3C. GA had to FIM my ticket due to a mismatch during a SDC earlier today.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...152Z/PANC/PAFA
Sep 28, 2018, 11:44 pm
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Sep 29, 2018, 7:02 am
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight...ption_manifest
Ergo, @beckoa is using the term incorrectly. 
Unless AS put him on DL.
A FIM is only valid for a specific flight on a new airline that is not the airline the ticket was originally issued with.
Unless AS put him on DL.