10-18-2007, 09:50 AM
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#1 | | Admin
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| Dallas NAC B - Travel and Area Information
Use this thread to discuss area hotels, restaraunts, etc. Some Fencing.Net Travel Resources/Links: Fencing.Net Travel Portal: http://www.fencing.net/travel/ Area Hotels: Search - Downtown Dallas (Adams Mark is on down the list at $134.97/night) Dallas NAC - Vendor List:
Absolute Fencing Gear
American Fencers Supply
Athos Equipment
Blue Gauntlet / SG Fencing
Fence PBT
Leon Paul USA
Marx Enterprises
Sword Masters
Team IP
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10-18-2007, 11:25 AM
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#2 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| Looking for dinner suggestions for the first 3 nights. I imagine my regular suggesters will be occupied with other business. | |
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10-18-2007, 11:43 AM
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#3 | | gother than thou
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| This service did me so much good in Tucson. I really appreciate it, and will commit to using it exclusively over THS should you continue to offer it.
Jump on the bandwagon! | |
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10-18-2007, 11:47 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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| Is there any point in asking if there are restaurants or stores to buy drinks and lunch within walking distance? | |
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10-18-2007, 12:26 PM
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#5 | | Admin
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| If you can get over to the Deep Ellum area there are a bunch of good eats and bars.
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10-18-2007, 12:28 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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| To paraphrase OSO (not cause I have any real knowledge) there is no walking in Downtown Dallas! Gotta love Texas  | |
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10-18-2007, 01:13 PM
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#7 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| I'll have a car. I can't seem to find the hotel's parking policies on the site. | |
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10-22-2007, 11:07 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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| What are the dates for this competition?
I know they don't post anything for the NACs on 'fred. (Do they?) So can someone link me to wherever the info is? (I know it's on USFA. Or it should be. I'm just too lazy to find it atm.)
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10-22-2007, 11:38 AM
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#9 | | Fencing Expert
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Originally Posted by Got_Fenced_In  What are the dates for this competition?
I know they don't post anything for the NACs on 'fred. (Do they?) So can someone link me to wherever the info is? (I know it's on USFA. Or it should be. I'm just too lazy to find it atm.) | Find the link "07-08 USFA Schedule" on the left hand side of the USFencing page. Follow it.
Incidently, while we give away many fish here, explicitly saying that you know how to do X but are too lazy to be bothered is a good way of ensuring that we're less likely to do so.
Of course, based on your profile information, it seems unlikely that you're eligible for NAC C in any case.
-B
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10-22-2007, 12:04 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| I know. But I still want to see when and where the nacs will be, whether I go or not. Thank you, though. I don't usually use the USFA site, as dumb as that is. I pretty much rely on ol' fred. As... dumb as that is.
__________________ ...and his favorite was 'Carpe Diem'.
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Last edited by Got_Fenced_In; 10-22-2007 at 12:06 PM.
Reason: typos. blah.
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10-22-2007, 12:48 PM
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#11 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| FRED is a very poor resource for National Tournament information. | |
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10-22-2007, 12:51 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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| That was my point. But fred is easy =D
Whenever I'm looking for anything on a national level, I look elsewhere. But i don't do that often, so.. I use fred.
__________________ ...and his favorite was 'Carpe Diem'.
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10-23-2007, 11:06 AM
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#13 | | Senior Member
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| Please don't ridicule me when I ask this but...
I understand that Dallas isn't a pedestrian friendly city but is it actually a "driver" friendly city?
In other words, if one does rent a car how easy is it to get around between the hotels and the venue? Is traffic bad? Is parking bad? One way streets? Are their street signs? (Don't laugh, there are lots cities with streets with no visible signs.) etc.?
Last edited by teacup; 10-23-2007 at 11:10 AM.
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10-23-2007, 12:20 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by teacup Please don't ridicule me when I ask this but...
I understand that Dallas isn't a pedestrian friendly city but is it actually a "driver" friendly city?
In other words, if one does rent a car how easy is it to get around between the hotels and the venue? Is traffic bad? Is parking bad? One way streets? Are their street signs? (Don't laugh, there are lots cities with streets with no visible signs.) etc.? | No, its a fair question. And the answer is - it depends on where you're going.
Traffic is no worse than any other large city, and better than some (subject to usual disclaimers for rush hour and so forth). At the moment, there are no large scale construction projects in the downtown area, which will help. Street signs are for the most part visible and easy to read. There are one-way streets, but they're pretty easy to navigate as downtown Dallas is a grid. Parking is available.
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10-23-2007, 12:29 PM
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#15 | | Fencing Expert
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Originally Posted by teacup Are their street signs? (Don't laugh, there are lots cities with streets with no visible signs.) etc.? | Or, the Boston special, when there ARE signs, put them on only the smaller street in an intersection, under the theory that you should KNOW what the larger street is.
And besides, not having street signs is only inconvenient to pesky out-of-towners, and why should that bother the natives?
-B
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10-31-2007, 02:14 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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| Place to Eat
If you want something different and likely not in your home town, unless you live in Texas, go to Freebirds. They have a few locations around dfw and their website is freebirds.com. Are really are great and you will not be disappointed. I will be there Saturday night at a minimum and more if I can. They don't have Freebirds in Charlotte yet so until then..... | |
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11-05-2007, 04:00 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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| Does anyone know what the West End Hotel is like? It seems there are mixed reviews from two stars to four stars. Is it really bad or okay? Noisy, dirty, nice?
Just realized that there is no restaurant at the West End.
Last edited by teacup; 11-06-2007 at 12:04 PM.
Reason: restaurant situation
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11-05-2007, 04:22 PM
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| Does anyone know if there are set finals times again? If so, is it posted anywhere on the USFA website what those times are/can you post them?
Thanks
PS estimated ending times would help too | |
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11-05-2007, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by usafencer Does anyone know if there are set finals times again? If so, is it posted anywhere on the USFA website what those times are/can you post them?
Thanks
PS estimated ending times would help too | The tournament committee calculates estimated ending times but they don't publicize the information. | |
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11-06-2007, 01:23 PM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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| Whaaaaat?
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Originally Posted by teacup Just realized that there is no restaurant at the West End. | Are you kidding? Why do I get the feeling that Dallas is turning out to be a nightmare? It's not pedestrian friendly, there's no hotel close to the venue and now no restaurant at West End and that means no hot breakfast? AND USFA now decides to provide shuttle service from Adam's Mark and not when I reserved West End because of its proximity. 
Why am I going to Dallas???? | |
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