NYE at Marriott Marquis!!
 

I would like to call the roll: Who got in on the $110 Marriott Marquis New Years' Eve deal?

I did! We will be there Dec 30 - Jan 2.

William

The Missus and myself will be there.

Let the magic begin http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Jerrie and I will be there December 30 - January 2

Could turn out to be a marquis DO

[This message has been edited by magic111 (edited Mar 10, 2004).]

Details, please?

Sounds like a blast. What a great deal! Wish I could be there!

That said, http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif please see my post dated today in the Marriott forum if you find yourself unable to use your Priceline reservation.

Thanks. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

The misses and 4 of our friends got in on the deal! :)

Bump.... coming up end of December....

WHAT? NO WAY!!! I thought NYE was in March..... darn, I had better make some flight arrangements.... :) :) :)

In case anyone NEEDS to be here, please PM as I have a reservation that I probably wont be using.

New Year's Eve in Times Square?
 

So, how many of the Marriott Marquis $110 Priceline bid winners are going to actually hang out in Times Square for the New Year's Eve festivities? (I assume lots, since the TS location of the hotel lends itself to that.)

This website has some info on the countdown to the drop of the famous lighted ball in Times Square. It seems that people start gathering 7 hours ahead of midnight -- i.e., around 5 PM. What isn't clear from the website, though, is how easy or difficult it will be for pedestrian traffic to move about during those hours leading up to midnight. (By about 6:00 PM the area will be closed to vehicular traffic.) I myself wouldn't want to have to stand in one place for 6-7 hours!

I've booked a flight and will be in NYC, but do not have a reservation at a hotel in the Times Square area (and am ambivalent about whether that would really be desirable or not). Instead, I just booked an award res at the Sheraton Russell (a real bargain at 10,000 Starpoints per night, considering that the room rates, when tax is added in, are approaching $400 per night!).

Any inside info on the Times Square festivities would be appreciated. ^

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Only a little over a month to go....

$110 PL Room Winners Party NYE @ Marriott Marquis
 

jstockton previously announced (http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302129) that he would try to get all of us into the MR Concierge lounge... is that still on?

I have attended previous TSNYEs and it is indeed a mob scene... not to mention the added post-911 security, which I have NOT experienced. Presumably there will be some way for Marquis guests to get onto and off of Broadway without getting trampled to death.

I will call the roll again....... are we going to have a DO??

Usually I hang out in the C lounge at the MQ for the Ball Drop.

Dan