Princeton Game - anyone going to New Jersey?

[judy]

When's everybody getting into town? Anyone interested in dinner before game?

[Jim Hyla]

Beeej wrote[Q]Hm... would it be presumptuous of me to bring some Snickers and Reeses Mini-Cups in your absence?[/Q]Go for it, although I don't know about those Reeses.
:-))

[bigggreddd77]

I was just wondering if anyone here has taken the trip like this?  I think my friend and I are planning on taking the 5:01 train out of Penn Station which gets us to the Princeton Junction station at around 5:54...then we were going to get a taxi to the arena.  Then doing the reverse to return to the city.  Is the cab ride long/expensive?  Anyone have any recommendations on this method of travel?

[CowbellGuy]

IIRC, the station is right near the rink, as in walking distance. Don't quote me on that though.

[curoadkill]

You can certainly walk from the train to the rink.

[ugarte]

The "Princeton Junction" station is not walking distance to the rink.  But there is a train (called "the Dinky") that goes from PJ to Princeton.  The Princeton stop is walking distance to the rink.  The Dinky to Princeton is a five minute train ride, so maybe it is walking distance from PJ, but I think everyone takes the train.  If the Dinky schedule doesn't work for the hockey game you may be better off getting a cab.

[Al DeFlorio]

Chris Parkin '03 wrote:

You can certainly walk from the train to the rink.

As bra said, you can walk from the Princeton station--where the Dinky takes you--to the rink (it's less than 100 yards), but I don't think you want to walk from Princeton Junction to the rink.

[bigggreddd77]

Just in case others are looking into the trip...

I just called a cab company and he said that the Princeton Junction station is about 4-5 miles away from the rink...but during rush hour, it could take 20-30 minutes to get to the rink at a cost of $12.00.

So it looks like the 6:14 Dinky will serve as my chariot for 4 minutes...

Mmmmmm...Chariot...Can someone bring us dinner? :-D (mmmmm....corn nuggets)

[Josh '99]

judy '01 wrote:

When's everybody getting into town? Anyone interested in dinner before game?

I might be up for that.  I'm taking a full day off on Friday (why, exactly?  maybe I should just take the afternoon, but that's besides the point), so I should be there with plenty of time to spare.

Edit to add:  Hahaha.  "The Dinky".  I laugh everytime I hear that.  It's like "Operation Shutdown".  :-D

[CrazyLarry]

I will be there, though I'll save the face paint for later.

Dinner sounds good.

[judy]

I'm leaving work at 1...hoping to by pass DC, Baltimore, and Philly traffic (though I may actually have to get off the highway to pick up someone in there)...and am hoping to make it there...oh...4pm...(I think I'm dreaming)

I would like to eat before the game since I don't know what will be open and I'm headed home pretty much immediately after the game and me hungry = :-(

[Beeeej]

At least if I'm the guy throwing the Snickers, I can be reasonably sure I won't get hit in the head with one of them.  :-D

Beeeej

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

I'd be up for dinner so long as we have time to get our SRO tickets.  I will probably be in the Princeton area by 4 p.m.  Just call me on my cell.

[judy]

Easiest would probably be we all just decide on a place before noon (or whenever people leave) Friday.

Lots of people (myself included) are going for SRO tickets so getting out of dinner to be at the rink by...6(?)...wouldn't be much of a problem.

I'd would say look for me, but that's a little difficult since I generally don't wear red or anything with "Cornell" on it on game day...my own personal superstition. So does anyone else want to volunteer for the "Look for me!" job? Else, I guess another option would be everybody swapping cell numbers.

[Will]

So it seems I'll be sitting in the student section with my friend the Princeton student, along with Big Ben '03 and someone else he knows.  I guess I'll get to piss off some Princeton students by being rowdy. :-D