TDIFest 2009 coming to Washington, DC

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

va_reman said:
I missed the hotel recommendation.

http://dulles.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

It's amazing.

And we got a good deal.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

Heading to the hotel to sign my life away...

Bob_Fout · Dec 12, 2008

VeeDubTDI said:
Heading to the hotel to sign my life away...

Going to the hotel to join the military I see.

Bob S. · Dec 12, 2008

Bob_Fout said:
Going to the hotel to join the military I see.

Better that than some other "business" transactions which may occur at a Hotel.

WPB TDI FRED · Dec 12, 2008

FYI, and to all those who might be interested in an "event" to attend, the Marlins are in DC to play the Nat's on the TDIFEST weekend, to play a 3-game series begining Friday night at 7:35pm. Just another "event" option to consider. And with the oportunity to tour the brand new Nationals ballpark, I'm in !!!

A point of clarification: Originally, all I was interested in finding out was the precise location of the event so that I would have some idea of the distance between the hotel and other parts of DC. Saying that it was going to be held in the "Dulles area" didn't tell me "jack" about the location. The rest of it all was pure sarcasm, and there were those that took it seriously, to my surprice, so I "went with it"...lol..

Please don't take everything in life so seriously. You will live longer.

Regards.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

It's at the Dulles Airport Hyatt. How hard is that to figure out? Just to help you out, here's the address...

2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard
Herndon, VA 20171

Make sure to bring your riot gear with you to the game. Nat's Park isn't in the best part of town.

whitedog · Dec 12, 2008

WPB TDI FRED said:
A point of clarification: Originally, all I was interested in finding out was the precise location of the event so that I would have some idea of the distance between the hotel and other parts of DC. Saying that it was going to be held in the "Dulles area" didn't tell me "jack" about the location. The rest of it all was pure sarcasm, and there were those that took it seriously, to my surprice, so I "went with it"...lol..

Please don't take everything in life so seriously. You will live longer.

Regards.

Classic.

Route 66 · Dec 12, 2008

http://dulles.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp Can we all stay here?

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

tomo366 said:
Actually you are wrong about Nationals Park..........It is on Capital Hill and is the Center piece for Urban renewal of the Anacostia river waterfront and the whole neighbor hood is decent and being upgraded.......I inspected most of the Mail routes around Nats park and for the most part these are nice neighborhoods!! there is a Metro stop at the front gate of the stadium!

You must have missed the winky.

It IS a bad part of town... but not as bad as Rockville!!

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

Route 66 said:
http://dulles.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp Can we all stay here?

That's the idea.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

Bob, not exactly a military service commitment, but if Fest gets cancelled, I owe someone 28 large.

BKmetz · Dec 12, 2008

WPB TDI FRED said:
A point of clarification: Originally, all I was interested in finding out was the precise location of the event so that I would have some idea of the distance between the hotel and other parts of DC. Saying that it was going to be held in the "Dulles area" didn't tell me "jack" about the location.

2 seconds with Google...

http://dulles.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

Bob_Fout · Dec 12, 2008

VeeDubTDI said:
Bob, not exactly a military service commitment, but if Fest gets cancelled, I owe someone 28 large.

If that happens, you're right there to plead to Congress for a bailout though.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 12, 2008

Great idea!!

KEHI · Dec 12, 2008

Autocross at Dulles

Will the the autocross at the Dulles airport be anything like this?

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Ken

donDavide · Dec 12, 2008

tomo366 said:
Actually you are wrong about Nationals Park..........It is on Capital Hill and is the Center piece for Urban renewal of the Anacostia river waterfront and the whole neighbor hood is decent and being upgraded.......I inspected most of the Mail routes around Nats park and for the most part these are nice neighborhoods!! there is a Metro stop at the front gate of the stadium!

West side of South Capital Street across from Stadium in not that great.

whitedog · Dec 12, 2008

I'm glad to know that all will be safe and fine there, now lets get back to the events...

VeeDubTDI · Dec 13, 2008

KEHI said:
Will the the autocross at the Dulles airport be anything like this?

[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/small_player/preloader.swf?vendor_id=204&media_id=9183&bgcolor=FFFFFF&autoplay=0[/font][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/font]

Ken

That's awesome! But I was thinking something more like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4P40_b93HE

BEN721364 · Dec 13, 2008

WPB TDI FRED said:
FYI, and to all those who might be interested in an "event" to attend, the Marlins are in DC to play the Nat's on the TDIFEST weekend, to play a 3-game series begining Friday night at 7:35pm. Just another "event" option to consider. And with the oportunity to tour the brand new Nationals ballpark, I'm in !!!

A point of clarification: Originally, all I was interested in finding out was the precise location of the event so that I would have some idea of the distance between the hotel and other parts of DC. Saying that it was going to be held in the "Dulles area" didn't tell me "jack" about the location. The rest of it all was pure sarcasm, and there were those that took it seriously, to my surprice, so I "went with it"...lol..

Please don't take everything in life so seriously. You will live longer.

Regards.

Interesting. You declared a couple days ago that the entire D C metropolitan area was a hotbed of crime and now admit that that you know nothing about the area. Classic!

If you really want to know, I recommend Map Quest or another internet map/guidance service. As an alternative, you might consider reading earlier posts in this thread...

TheGrove · Dec 13, 2008

VeeDubTDI said:
You must have missed the winky. It IS a bad part of town... but not as bad as Rockville!!

Hey! as a worker in Rockville I resent that!

Besides my office is only across the street from Lincoln Park!

Yes the windows in our upstairs conference room have been used by the police to stake out the drug dealers across the street.

FollowTheBlackRabbit · Dec 13, 2008

HEY! I used to live right near Lincoln park and i loved it... My pup and i used to go there every day. We would hear the occasional gun shot at night, but thats no big deal

I wish we couldve afforded Rockville rather than Waldorf.....

tomo366 · Dec 15, 2008

From Channel 4 news tonight.........
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Body-Found-Near-Dulles.html

va_reman · Dec 15, 2008

I dont know about crusing Great Falls/McLean for no reason as I can give you several million of reasons. (The Appraiser)

bulabula · Dec 19, 2008

donDavide said:
West side of South Capital Street across from Stadium in not that great.

I park my TDI in the lot next to the stadium every day - so there is some class nearby.

Shenandoah · Dec 19, 2008

Guys,

This is cool! I'm out in the Shenandoah Valley, near Strasburg. It's a beautiful drive out here from Washington, about 1 1/2 hours. I work down in Washington a couple days a week, so I'm pretty familiar with the commute.

I will definitely try to make it to the TDIFest 2009. If anyone needs info about the area out here, send me a PM and I'll try to help out.

Eric

notsofast · Dec 21, 2008

General Question and Possible Offer

1) I am on the southside of Richmond so i definately hope to make it up for a day- I guess i can wait till the program comes out but will the Fest be structured so that day commuters can fit in?
2) Given the amount of time between now and then, i might be able to come up with a nice banner- not just words but full color limited only by the pixels in the digital file. Interested?

Benjamin · Dec 22, 2008

So far away again

Oh well that happens to be a busy weekend for work for me so I doubt that unless it was in Alberta I could make it. Enjoy to all those that get to make the trek out there.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 23, 2008

Fest will not be planned around day commuters. The whole premise of this three-day event is to spread the activities out over the entire weekend.

If you're looking to come up for just a day, I'd recommend Saturday. We haven't done the schedule yet, but Saturday will likely be the busiest day in terms of activities.

notsofast -- a nice banner might be nice

Lug_Nut · Dec 24, 2008

Registration is for the entire three day weekend. There are no "Day Passes".
Or, if you're a glass-half-full type: Registration covers one day, and the other days are FREE!
Note that individual events may have entry fees associated with them, such as group meals, off-site attractions, and such that are not included in the base weekend registration.

It is recommended that attendees stay at the event hotel to minimize the reduction in camaraderie that occurs when staying off site, whether that's another hotel, campground, or your home. You'll need to decide if the advantages of daily 'commuting' are worth it.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 24, 2008

Well said, Jon.

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