I still have nightmares about Atlantic City
Tomorrow I'm going to Atlantic City to see Velvet Revolver and Alice in Chains.
I don't know how I'm going to get there. After the nightmare of last time, I'm nearly having a panic attack just thinking about it.
The train is a joke. I'd have to take NJ Transit to Trenton, transfer to Septa into Philadelphia, and then get back on NJ Transit to Atlantic City. It's something like a six hour trip. Plus the train station is way out of the way and I have no confidence that I'd be able to find a safe cab ride to take me to the Borgata. And I couldn't take it home afterward anyway, since the trains don't run late enough.
None of the buses go to the Borgata. There were no cabs at the bus station last time I went, but I guess I could take a bus to a different hotel and then get them to call me a cab to the Borgata. However, the Greyhound bus I took last time was unreliable and scary, so I'm really wary of taking the bus at all. It looks like my only option, though. I don't suppose anyone out there has taken a bus to Atlantic City from NYC that wasn't a nightmare? (I see both NJ Transit and Academy go there--are either of them better than Greyhound?)
Regardless, I'll have to leave in the early afternoon, for a show that doesn't start until 7pm. And I get motion sick on buses. And I have a horrible cold.
And I'm probably going to get there late and get a horrible spot and end up smushed in the mosh pit anyway. And they allow indoor smoking in Atlantic City, so I'll probably choke to death.
Oh, and I don't have my ticket. Etix says they mailed it, but it never arrived. When I called, they said I can pick it up at will call, but given the incompetence they've shown thus far, it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give it to me.
I'd feel so much safer if I wasn't going alone.
I'm seriously thinking about not going. Except, okay, it's Alice in Chains, and I paid $115 for the ticket, so I really have to go.
But, fuck, I hate Atlantic City.
[Cross-posted to my InsaneJournal]
I don't know how I'm going to get there. After the nightmare of last time, I'm nearly having a panic attack just thinking about it.
The train is a joke. I'd have to take NJ Transit to Trenton, transfer to Septa into Philadelphia, and then get back on NJ Transit to Atlantic City. It's something like a six hour trip. Plus the train station is way out of the way and I have no confidence that I'd be able to find a safe cab ride to take me to the Borgata. And I couldn't take it home afterward anyway, since the trains don't run late enough.
None of the buses go to the Borgata. There were no cabs at the bus station last time I went, but I guess I could take a bus to a different hotel and then get them to call me a cab to the Borgata. However, the Greyhound bus I took last time was unreliable and scary, so I'm really wary of taking the bus at all. It looks like my only option, though. I don't suppose anyone out there has taken a bus to Atlantic City from NYC that wasn't a nightmare? (I see both NJ Transit and Academy go there--are either of them better than Greyhound?)
Regardless, I'll have to leave in the early afternoon, for a show that doesn't start until 7pm. And I get motion sick on buses. And I have a horrible cold.
And I'm probably going to get there late and get a horrible spot and end up smushed in the mosh pit anyway. And they allow indoor smoking in Atlantic City, so I'll probably choke to death.
Oh, and I don't have my ticket. Etix says they mailed it, but it never arrived. When I called, they said I can pick it up at will call, but given the incompetence they've shown thus far, it wouldn't surprise me if they don't give it to me.
I'd feel so much safer if I wasn't going alone.
I'm seriously thinking about not going. Except, okay, it's Alice in Chains, and I paid $115 for the ticket, so I really have to go.
But, fuck, I hate Atlantic City.
[Cross-posted to my InsaneJournal]