NC Mermania 2018 official thread

[MerGreg]

Not really, considering the hotel.

Yes, it's def. a quality conference hotel. BUT, you can stay nearby at a motel for maybe $50, $60 a night. You (officially) can't get into the hotel pool for our late-night swim, but they weren't checking room keys or anything.

[PrincessNymphiaoftheSea]

I'm definitely going to try and start saving up for next year's Mermania! I'm thinking about bringing both my mermaid persona Nymphia and an Ariel tail with me.

[AniaR]

the hotel rate was discounted ($120), and was the lowest rate we could get in the entire area while still having all the amenities that people wanted. It wasn't fancy, it was honestly, just basic. if we went fancy, it would have been 199$ a night.

we are switching to a different hotel for 2018 and aiming to keep the price the same or if we can, lower.

[Mermaid_Izzy]

the hotel rate was discounted ($120), and was the lowest rate we could get in the entire area while still having all the amenities that people wanted. It wasn't fancy, it was honestly, just basic. if we went fancy, it would have been 199$ a night.

we are switching to a different hotel for 2018 and aiming to keep the price the same or if we can, lower.

That's cool I can't wait to hear more...I know our room was about 142 or something at the end...


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[thatotakugalaxy]

so i should save about 400 dollars...? 300 for 2 nights, and 100 for food and other things..?

[thatotakugalaxy]

oh lord... thats alot!!

[Mermaid_Izzy]

oh lord... thats alot!!

I mean the hotel itself I found really cool, just because I have never been anywhere like it before. I feel like it's not so bad compared to other hotel rates now a days that aren't like a Motel 8


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[thatotakugalaxy]

XD true

[AniaR]

I can't really tell you what to save until we confirm the costs on our end which will be another few months. it'll all be posted here, and on FB, and on the website

[Misty Lau]

Do you usually try to choose hotels with saltwater pools? I can't go to this one, but I'd love to eventually go to a mermania. However, I would not be able to swim in chlorine pools, since I have moderate reactions to them. (Even the chlorine content in my tap water where I live makes me feel like I need to rip my own skin off if I'm in it for long.) I'm just wondering. Also, it's probably a good thing to make widely known, because I know there are other people with low tolerance for chlorine.

[thatotakugalaxy]

Alrighty!:3 i'll go ahead and have extra money for the trip!


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[AniaR]

the hotel pool is more an after hours thing, it's not party of the main convention, and most pools have chlorine. we have to choose a hotel that fits the most amount of needs.

[Misty Lau]

I understand. So great if it is saltwater, but that's not a priority. XD I'll still end up making it to mermania eventually though, because I'm going to have to meet other mer people. XD

[Mermaid_Izzy]

Isn't the dive well at the GAC a saltwater pool? Cause I can usually swim in chlorine just fine, but that made my eyes sting a lot.


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[AniaR]

yeah the GAC was salt.


Hey folks we've had some more media come out, this is from BBC!

Here is a clipped version of the interview that went to air: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04txlrq

And the video with Dan's audio on the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04txkn9

Here is the post on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BBCOutlook/...5014158952902/

[Merman Chatfish]

Isn't the dive well at the GAC a saltwater pool? Cause I can usually swim in chlorine just fine, but that made my eyes sting a lot.

yeah the GAC was salt.

I* believe GAC is Sodium Hypochlorite (aka bleach). When NaClO is used in the water, the sodium (a stabilizer) breaks off and hangs out. The oxygen atom evaporates away, and the chlorine atom bonds to nitrogen to kill stuff. (For you chemistry nerds it looks like this: NaClO + H2O → Na+ + Cl− + 2 HO•). Over time the sodium builds up and gives a pool a salty taste and leads to people thinking its an actual salt water pool (and because they are never told correctly, that is what the lifeguards think and tell everyone else).
The eyes burning is caused by the dreaded chloramines. Chloramines are the reaction of the chlorine and nitrogen (from urine, sweat, bacteria, viruses). Chloramines are what give pools the chlorine smell, burn ices, cause itching, and respiratory issues. Good pools, such as the GAC, use UV filters to destroy the chloramines, but it's a slow process and when you stick 300 mermaids and mermen into a pool, there is a lot on their skin to kill. If you got into the GAC before everyone else does there wouldn't be any chlorine smell, which indicates a healthy pool. During the summer you might notice outdoor pools are a bit better (until all the day camps come in and pee) because the chloramines can evaporate away and be blown off the pool surface, and the UV from the sun does the same thing a UV filter at an indoor pool does.

There was a good article recently that covers this, mainly it's response in air. https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.co...rrated-issues/

*I have been a CPO (Certified Pool and Spa Operator) for 5 years and have been working with NaClO the entire time.

[Mermaid_Izzy]

I* believe GAC is Sodium Hypochlorite (aka bleach). When NaClO is used in the water, the sodium (a stabilizer) breaks off and hangs out. The oxygen atom evaporates away, and the chlorine atom bonds to nitrogen to kill stuff. (For you chemistry nerds it looks like this: NaClO + H2O → Na+ + Cl− + 2 HO•). Over time the sodium builds up and gives a pool a salty taste and leads to people thinking its an actual salt water pool (and because they are never told correctly, that is what the lifeguards think and tell everyone else).
The eyes burning is caused by the dreaded chloramines. Chloramines are the reaction of the chlorine and nitrogen (from urine, sweat, bacteria, viruses). Chloramines are what give pools the chlorine smell, burn ices, cause itching, and respiratory issues. Good pools, such as the GAC, use UV filters to destroy the chloramines, but it's a slow process and when you stick 300 mermaids and mermen into a pool, there is a lot on their skin to kill. If you got into the GAC before everyone else does there wouldn't be any chlorine smell, which indicates a healthy pool. During the summer you might notice outdoor pools are a bit better (until all the day camps come in and pee) because the chloramines can evaporate away and be blown off the pool surface, and the UV from the sun does the same thing a UV filter at an indoor pool does.

There was a good article recently that covers this, mainly it's response in air. https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.co...rrated-issues/

*I have been a CPO (Certified Pool and Spa Operator) for 5 years and have been working with NaClO the entire time.

I was actually one of the first in about 20 mermaids in on the first day and it still ended up stinging my eyes, but of course it was after more mermaids got in.


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[Aurelian]

I'd love to go to MerMania this year. It would be my first time attending. There's just one problem though: Unless my family has a good reason to go to North Carolina at the time of the convention, I seriously doubt I'd be able to travel that far. It would take a few days to drive there and back, nevermind hotel costs.

[MerGreg]

I'd love to go to MerMania this year. It would be my first time attending. There's just one problem though: Unless my family has a good reason to go to North Carolina at the time of the convention, I seriously doubt I'd be able to travel that far. It would take a few days to drive there and back, nevermind hotel costs.

Oh, honey chile. Carolina BBQ and hush puppies ALONE are Good Reason To Go To North Carolina!!!

[PearlieMae]

Next one is January 2018...so you've got some time to come up with a reason to get there!