Cornell/BU Thanksgiving (11/24) Ticket Info

[RichH]

[quote DeltaOne81]
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Shortline is (was?) awful. I took it to/from home freshman year. And its the primary reason I had my car up there every year thereafter.[/quote]

If quality/skeeziness is your concern, and you can afford a little more, there's another option these days:

http://www.c2cbus.com/

"Luxury" bus and 4.5 hours to the Cornell Club of NYC.  Pricey?  Sure, but it's cheaper/faster than amtrak or flying.  

I know redheadfanatic said "cheapest way" so this is more in response to Fred.  Another option is to split a rental car.  I just did a quick search on Travelocity, and I see rentals from Avis starting at $39 a day.  A pick-up Saturday morning and drop off Sunday afternoon totals $97.  Split that 2-3 ways (also accounting for gas and tolls) and you're in the $50-80 range per person.

I would list them thusly in order of expense:

1. Carpool/rideshare
2. Split a car rental
3. Shortline
4. Campus2Campus bus
5. Train from Syracuse
6. Fly

Edit: fixed who was quoted and added rental info.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote RichH][quote DeltaOne81]
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Shortline is (was?) awful. I took it to/from home freshman year. And its the primary reason I had my car up there every year thereafter.[/quote]

If quality/skeeziness is your concern, and you can afford a little more, there's another option these days:

...

I know redheadfanatic said "cheapest way" so this is more in response to Josh.  I would list them thusly in order of expense:

1. Carpool/rideshare
2. Shortline
3. Campus2Campus bus
4. Train from Syracuse
5. Fly[/quote]

Actually, I think it was a response to me, but I screwed up the earlier quote formatting.

My issue with Shortline wasn't skeeziness, but it was:
1) drivers were assholes, um, "Harvard students". They'd make you wait 2 minutes to answer any questions you had, if they'd answer at all
and
2) I had a lot of questions because the routes listed online that looked like one continuous bus actually often required 2 or 3 changes (this wasn't true (at the time) for NYC lines, but was true for me trying to get towards Ct)

I hope its better.

[Josh '99]

[quote RichH][quote DeltaOne81]
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Shortline is (was?) awful. I took it to/from home freshman year. And its the primary reason I had my car up there every year thereafter.[/quote]

If quality/skeeziness is your concern, and you can afford a little more, there's another option these days:

http://www.c2cbus.com/

"Luxury" bus and 4.5 hours to the Cornell Club of NYC.  Pricey?  Sure, but it's cheaper/faster than amtrak or flying.  [/quote]Whoa, that's an expensive bus ride.  I guess they've gotta pay for that Keurig coffee brewer somehow, though.

[nr53]

[quote RichH]
I know redheadfanatic said "cheapest way" so this is more in response to Fred.  Another option is to split a rental car.  I just did a quick search on Travelocity, and I see rentals from Avis starting at $39 a day.  A pick-up Saturday morning and drop off Sunday afternoon totals $97.  Split that 2-3 ways (also accounting for gas and tolls) and you're in the $50-80 range per person.

I would list them thusly in order of expense:

1. Carpool/rideshare
2. Split a car rental
3. Shortline
4. Campus2Campus bus
5. Train from Syracuse
6. Fly
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I'm going to guess that the person looking for a ride is under the age of 25. In that case, they would probably also be charged an extra fee for being young (those crazy kids with their loud music and fast cars... oh wait that includes me...). If it's anything like the fee I had to pay this summer, it'll probably run ~$20 a day extra. Also, if they're going to be driving in NYC for the first time, insurance might not be a bad idea. So all in all I would say that car rentals are a bit more expensive per person and might drop down that list a bit.

[Jordan 04]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Josh '99]
I haven't lived in Ithaca for like 7 years now, but I can still hear in my head the radio commercial saying "The shortest distance between two points isn't a straight line, it's a Short Line!"[/quote]

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Shortline is (was?) awful. I took it to/from home freshman year. And its the primary reason I had my car up there every year thereafter.

That said, its your best way. And the NYC routes are typically direct, I think, which is a lot less hassle (but don't take my word for it).

Its still what I'd do, if I were you.

P.S. Ithaca really needs a train station.[/quote]

Don't know where home was for you, but for NYC-ITH, it was a breeze. During holiday time buses almost always ran direct, without stopping in Binghamton or Monticello for drop offs.  In 4 years and probably ~20-25 trips I never once had to switch buses for a trip to or from the Pot Authority.  Like all buses, you have the occasional sketchy clientele, but short of knowing somebody with a car, it is IMO by far the best combination of easy/convenient/cheap for getting to and from the city.

(Splitting a rental may is a good option as well, but those under 25 often have to deal with ridiculous fees. You also then have to park in the city, which for some could be reason enough to take the bus.)

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Jordan 04]
Don't know where home was for you, but for NYC-ITH, it was a breeze...[/quote]

Home was Ct. I went to Newburgh, NY where my parents would meet me. I typically had to change in Monticello and Middletown (and sometimes Binghamton).

Which doesn't make much sense because the online schedules show Ithaca --> NYC (via Binghamton) and Binghamton --> Newburgh as two routes, but, in reality, Binghamton was the only place I didn't always have to change. It was weird

And for all that I got a 5-6 hour bus ride and then another 1.5 hours in my parent's car, for a trip that should only take a bit over 4 hours if driven myself.

[dto]

I live in Newburgh.  If you got that far, you should've just taken the train out of Salisbury Mills to the PATH right to downstairs at MSG.  No parking problems. **]

I'm still looking around for tickets.  I guess I might have to go up to Clarkson/SCSU or the RPI holiday tourney.

[Josh '99]

[quote dto]I live in Newburgh.  If you got that far, you should've just taken the train out of Salisbury Mills to the PATH right to downstairs at MSG.  No parking problems. **]

I'm still looking around for tickets.  I guess I might have to go up to Clarkson/SCSU or the RPI holiday tourney.[/quote]Nitpick:  The PATH doesn't go to MSG.

[ugarte]

[quote Josh '99][quote dto]I live in Newburgh.  If you got that far, you should've just taken the train out of Salisbury Mills to the PATH right to downstairs at MSG.  No parking problems. **]

I'm still looking around for tickets.  I guess I might have to go up to Clarkson/SCSU or the RPI holiday tourney.[/quote]Nitpick:  The PATH doesn't go to MSG.[/quote]
That is really nitpicking. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=33d+st.+and+6th+ave.+nyc&daddr=33d+street+and+7th+ave.+nyc&sll=40.748925,-73.98958&sspn=0.003503,0.007296&ie=UTF8&ll=40.749752,-73.989739&spn=0.001752,0.003648&z=18&om=1

[KeithK]

[quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][quote dto]I live in Newburgh.  If you got that far, you should've just taken the train out of Salisbury Mills to the PATH right to downstairs at MSG.  No parking problems. **]

I'm still looking around for tickets.  I guess I might have to go up to Clarkson/SCSU or the RPI holiday tourney.[/quote]Nitpick:  The PATH doesn't go to MSG.[/quote]
That is really nitpicking. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=33d+st.+and+6th+ave.+nyc&daddr=33d+street+and+7th+ave.+nyc&sll=40.748925,-73.98958&sspn=0.003503,0.007296&ie=UTF8&ll=40.749752,-73.989739&spn=0.001752,0.003648&z=18&om=1[/quote]
But it's a whole, long block in the big, scary city!  Or more since you enter the Garden at 32nd St.

[CKinsland]

Whoa, that's an expensive bus ride. I guess they've gotta pay for that Keurig coffee brewer somehow, though.

I actually just got off the darn thing a few hours ago.  Compared to other buses it is really nice.  Nice, comfortable seats (that recline way back and have pop-up footrests).  Very clean.  Free snacks, sodas, coffee.  Internet (direct hook up and WiFi) the whole way, with power outlets for each seat.  XM radio available for each seat.  A mini-conference table, etc. etc.  I have to say, for a bus ride, it was excellent.  No extra stops...just Cornell to Cornell (well, 3 Ithaca locations and 2 NYC possibilities).  

I've ridden Shortline, and it was okay, but this was much nicer.

CK

[Winnabago]

Something is very wrong with this event.  No tickets left through official channels, yet none available secondhand (except for a few choice Stubhub listings).  I'd imagine there is a massive block still left to be released on day of or sooner.  New York craigslist shows about 15 people looking, maybe one selling.  

What is a fan to do even the scalpers don't have any?

[grizzdan24]

What is a fan to do even the scalpers don't have any?

Sounds like the scalpers and fans had the exact same thought: "There is no way this game will come close to selling out."

[Cactus12]

yeah, I've spoken to some people familiar with ticket resale- they said scalpers wouldn't have bought up these tickets, seems like it will be a packed house after all

[Beeeej]

Cornell is now saying the game is actually, genuinely sold out, all 18,200 seats.

http://cornellbigred.com/News/mhockey/2007/11/20/mih_rhh_sellout.asp?path=mhockey

So it just remains to be seen whether the arena will be full, or the sidewalk in front of it full of annoyed scalpers.  I'm hoping for the former.