SDCC Meet-Up Information

@TheMess1428:  Any chance you can give us a discount this year?  Paying $10 for a sandwich is a bit much :) j/k

Looking at that picture everyone is smiling and happy it looks like a great time had by all but........underneath you see something....evil.

@mavericksfan41: 
 
Drink lots of water, it's pretty hot here now. (I live in San Diego).
 
Bring very comfortable shoes, maybe 2 sets :)
 
And a backpack or something to carry stuff in. The bags you get at Comic Con are big enough to stuff 2 or 3 people in and they are very hard to wear/carry through large crowds, especially since everyone else has a huge bag, too.
 
Our ground-level light rail is called a "trolley". However, it looks nothing like a San Fransisco trolley. Calling it a "train" or "subway" will get you lost or sent to the actual Amtrak station.  If you're taking the trolley, there are colored lines (blue line, green line, etc.). All of the cars are red, so if someone says take the blue trolley, they mean blue line trolley not blue colored trolley. (all cars are red, or will have big adverts pasted on them). This is the thing that confuses most visitors when asking for directions.
 
If you're an old movie fan, the "Top-Gun bar" is directly across the street from SDCC (also stands for San Diego Convention Center and SD Comic Con). It's the bar where Goose played the piano and they sung the song. It's pretty cool place and has good BBQ.
 
Taxi's don't stop on the curb. It's not like NYC here. All taxis have waiting locations where they'll wait for you. I've seen east coasters try to hail a cab from curb and it doesn't really work that way here. There's just not enough cabs, compared to NYC. You might get lucky, but most of the time cabs on the street will already have a passenger. It's easier to find the taxi queue and just get in line there.
 
You can try your luck with a pedi-cab (guy/girl on bike pulling a cart/chair behind them). Be careful, 2 or 3 years ago, some guy killed a passenger on July 4th because he was going too fast and into traffic, old lady fell out and got ran over. The vast majority of the drivers aren't familiar with the city (they come here for summer from overseas on school visas) or traffic laws. I'd never recommend anyone hoping into one of those things, unless you're young and drunk and wouldn't really feel any pain if you got ran over by a truck/car.
 
My boss/office is mostly from Boston area, so I've been back there a few times. If you have any questions, just drop me a PM or ask here.