Anything available. Seriously. Purchase a Super Sponsor membership NOW, then be at your computer, with a reservation already filled out, ready to click on the button, at precisely 11:01AM, January 31, 2014.

Otherwise, you have to wait until Feb 4, and you'll run the risk of being shunted to a standby hotel.

After my experience trying to get a hotel when AC opened to general availability last year, yes. This is the route I'm planning. The block opened at 10, or some unsuitable hour for those of us with full time jobs who stay wrapped in meetings all day, and was full by noon. Crazy.

Are you going in 2014?

If you are not partying late at night and want somewhere comfortable, Courtyard is excellent choice, only less than a block away and no waiting on elevators. But if you like noise, like to attend parties and where most people are, stay at Western, may need to wait for elevator

I am that most peculiar and seemly rare type of fur who gets sleepy after midnight and is wide awake at 6:00am. I like fast elevators and super loud music on the dance floor yet I prefer a quiet place to curl up afterward. Courtyard may be my speed.

And room parties are fun, or at least the good ones can be, but I like the option to leave w/o leaving my own room.

I'm trying for the Courtyard. Bigger rooms and elevators that are easy to use (no wait).

So you are going this year? That's great! My next mission will be to find folks I know who are going. Cons are best when you mix and mingle out of your clique but aren't showing up completely out of the wide open blue alone and not knowing anybody. It's been so many years since I've been to a con and most of my fur friends aren't con-go'ers anymore. This is a concern for me.

I may be looking for room mates too, depending on how things evolve. I'm planning a combo trip to visit an old friend of mine in PA, who is a fur from way back and may join me for the trek into Pittsburgh and AC. That part is not certain, though I still owe him and his partner a much belated visit.