Regarding Labyrinth v. On Air Club – the significant other and I preferred the Labyrinth and not having line of sight was okay, slightly disappointing but you’re not there to actually watch after all. It forced me to be slightly more immersed in the audible performance. Added bonus, plenty of comfy seating! Even when we showed up late! Only downside – Labyrinth bars weren’t open at 11am. For shame. (I swear my every post won’t have something to do with alcohol… maybe) More than line of sight the Labyrinth design made it hard for me to find friends we didn’t arrive with. But overall I had no problem with the venue. Also – variety made things more interesting, plus the ambiance and “hardships” made it feel much more shadow cruisey! Look at us beatniks making use of any given corner!
I know in the Management Q&A we were requested to agree on everything 🙂 Sorry about that! I will help by also agreeing that the mythical room of Egypt would have obviously been ideal. I liked the half hour I spent in there immensely.
From my observation the Deck 14th card rooms were severely underutilized, by snorks and sea monkeys alike. Almost every time we were up there they were empty, I’m not even sure most Sea Monkeys even realized they were there until the Scrabble Event. We did see a pair of snorks in there are two separate occasions, oh and late Friday night a snork came to play the piano. so three times I suppose if I count. I found the rooms to be pleasant havens whether alone to read or in a group to play a game. Also – far better air circulation than the Conference Center. (Which I suspect is the fault of the air flow in the CC not being designed for four separate rooms, with the partitions up we lose most of the chance we had at breathing clean air) Cloud 9 did have “reserved for private event” signs at the door which I just ignored, but I did witness more than one sea monkey see that sign and ask what the event is for then walk away, on day three someone said “oh hey, I think we’re the special event!” Which made me think “oh yeah. I think we are.” I personally didn’t mind having a sanctuary and those scary signs that people that weren’t me paid attention to, but if they were for us then they should be better advertised.
