If you really, really need to bring your car, park out at Braintree station and take the red line to Park Street, then change to the Green Line and take that to Prudential or Hynes/ICA.
Yeh, I used to be into Neopets waaaay back in the day, and thinking back, I don't remember anything whatsoever that suggests anything Scientology.
Me too - It wasn't really pushing any Scientology stuff, it was more like watching a Tom Cruise movie - Everything is totally normal, but your money (or ad revenue) is going to go to the CoS eventually. Again, Viacom owns them now, so there's really nothing to worry about anymore.
Thanks for the advice guys! I'm very glad I asked. I'll be coming in from 90 so as cool sounding as Braintree is, it looks out of the way for me. I found some other ways in via the T website with even free parking, but will my car be safe there? I've never traveled the T before and have only been to Boston twice, maybe. This is very new to me =P
Try Alewife station, then. It's basically the other end of the red line, should be easy to get to from the Turnpike. Cambrigeside Galleria has overnight parking, but that's $20 a month, and a pain in the ass to get to from pretty much any reasonable place in the city. There's a Taco Bell in the mall, though, I guess.
You're pretty much not going to park in Boston proper. Everything's either too expensive, or non-existent. You're pretty much exclusively going to be parking in the burbs and taking the T in. It's not a case of "It's easier, but you can park if you try really hard", it's a case of "$200 to park in a shady-ass parking garage for the weekend, minimum". If it's not too late, I seriously suggest taking the bus. Or Amtrack. Or pretty much anything to avoid driving in Boston unless you happen to have a parking pass to a good garage.
Thanks for the advice guys! I'm very glad I asked. I'll be coming in from 90 so as cool sounding as Braintree is, it looks out of the way for me. I found some other ways in via the T website with even free parking, but will my car be safe there? I've never traveled the T before and have only been to Boston twice, maybe. This is very new to me =P
Try Alewife station, then. It's basically the other end of the red line, should be easy to get to from the Turnpike. Cambrigeside Galleria has overnight parking, but that's $20 a month, and a pain in the ass to get to from pretty much any reasonable place in the city. There's a Taco Bell in the mall, though, I guess.
You're pretty much not going to park in Boston proper. Everything's either too expensive, or non-existent. You're pretty much exclusively going to be parking in the burbs and taking the T in. It's not a case of "It's easier, but you can park if you try really hard", it's a case of "$200 to park in a shady-ass parking garage for the weekend, minimum". If it's not too late, I seriously suggest taking the bus. Or Amtrack. Or pretty much anything to avoid driving in Boston unless you happen to have a parking pass to a good garage.
Thanks! I actually found that there is free parking at Newtonville Station and I can take the commuter rail in. Looks to be an open parking lot instead of a garage, hence "free". Thoughts?
Is this the Newtonville Commuter Rail Station? If so, there isn't actually free parking that isn't tied to one store or another. Most of the parking there is metered. I used to get picked up there because it was the closest place to my house that that train stopped.
Looks to be an open parking lot instead of a garage, hence "free".
There's probably a thing near the platform where you have to put in money for your space. They do it out here in the burbs, I doubt they'd do it for free anywhere else.
Is this the Newtonville Commuter Rail Station? If so, there isn't actually free parking that isn't tied to one store or another. Most of the parking there is metered. I used to get picked up there because it was the closest place to my house that that train stopped.
Then MBTA.com lied to me! I'll probably go to Alewife and pay $8 per night instead of the ridiculous amount at the hotel. Hopefully I can drop off my friends first at the hotel and go back so that only 1 of us has to pay for the T. Thanks for all of your help, guys!
I really should figure out how to take the T from the airport to the Westin. Since I am arriving at 8 AM on Thursday, it would probably be cheaper to take the T vs paying for a shuttle and I probably can't check in that early for my hotel room.
I'm not getting more and more into PAX mode. I'm so ready for gaming that I've barely knitted anything this week.
Also, we bought a huge card box for Dominion and additional games that can fit into it. Just need to get card dividers.
I'm probably going to be parking somewhere near the center (some of the hotels have lots), but only because I'm commuting in and will probably end up staying later than the trains run. I figure I'll still come out a little ahead as it'll be cheaper than a hotel, though.
As far as taking the T to the Westin, perhaps the Silver Line would do the trick?
If I plan on arriving at Alewife Station on Friday morning, any suggestions of how early I should arrive to ensure that I get a parking spot? Also, anyone know if $7/day and $8/overnight means that I will have to pay a total of $15 per 24 hour period? Thanks!
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Neopets is run by evil Scientology IIRC.
You're pretty much not going to park in Boston proper. Everything's either too expensive, or non-existent. You're pretty much exclusively going to be parking in the burbs and taking the T in. It's not a case of "It's easier, but you can park if you try really hard", it's a case of "$200 to park in a shady-ass parking garage for the weekend, minimum". If it's not too late, I seriously suggest taking the bus. Or Amtrack. Or pretty much anything to avoid driving in Boston unless you happen to have a parking pass to a good garage.
I'm not getting more and more into PAX mode. I'm so ready for gaming that I've barely knitted anything this week.
Also, we bought a huge card box for Dominion and additional games that can fit into it. Just need to get card dividers.
As far as taking the T to the Westin, perhaps the Silver Line would do the trick?
Edit: Should I go see The Fighter to further my education?