Conventional Wisdom

See, what I’m trying to say is the Gaylord stairs are kind of confusing.

I mean, I know I’ve gone into this previously (and, actually, I’ve even used the M.C. Escher reference before), but MAN I get lost in those stairs easily. I mean, it’s already easy enough to get turned around in the hotel halls, but when you throw in all these winding, window-less stairwells that empty into confusing, employee-only areas, and I have NO idea where I’m going to end up.

…but it’s still better than standing around for ages waiting for an elevator that isn’t full of people riding all the way up just to go back down again. You know who you are.

(Oh, and look! I slipped a Far Out There cameo into this one!)

(Historical Notes: To clarify for anyone confused, the elevators in the Gaylord are consistently not up to the task of handling a crowd as big as MAGFest, so at peak hours hitching a ride on one is more trouble than it’s worth.  Unfortunately, the only alternative is the almost-but-not-quite emergency exit stairs, which inevitably yield these results.  I can’t remember what year it comes up, but a later comic  depicts the rather drastic measures MAGFest Staff eventually had to take to deal with these problems.  TEASER FOR THE FUTURE!)