DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Plain Text Accessible Path Mapfor CONvergence 2017 Ground Floor: As you go through the main entrance of the hotel, directly ahead is the central lounge, to the right is the main lobby. As you enter the main lobby, to your right is the Hotel Help Desk and the Operations Bridge beyond. The Operations Bridge houses First Contact, Lost & Found, the First Advisors, The Nerfherders, and a Safe Space. As you continue in a counterclockwise direction through the lobby, you will find the Hotel Front Desk, Accessibility /ASL & Member Advocates Table, the bar and restaurant or Crescent Lounge, the access to the Cabana Area, and the South Tower Elevator bank. Across the Central Lounge from the Main Entrance is the East Entrance. Just beyond the East Entrance and outside is the East Entrance Courtyard and Smoker's Paradise. You should be able to smell cigarette smoke and may hear traffic. There is no smoking within 25 feet of the hotel doors. When facing the south tower elevator bank, the entrance to the Cabana Area will be to your right. In the Cabana Area, the preferred flow of traffic on the ground floor is clockwise. To access Party Rooms, make a left and continue to the back hallway past the Cabana walkway. Make a right turn and you will pass Party Rooms 102-110. There is a Safe Space in Cabana 110: GPS Clubhouse. Make another right at the end of the hallway. There is an All Gender restroom, the book exchange, COF2E2 (you may smell Coffee), and the Volunteer Den to your left. To your right are the swimming pool and hot tub. You will likely smell chlorine and may hear water splashing. Continue past the Cabana walkway to the back hallway and make a right. You will pass rooms numbered 123-132. There is a Safe Space in Cabana 129: Anime Fusion. There are exits at all four corners of the Cabana Level. Making a right turn will take you past a Men's restroom and a Women's restroom on the left, located in the bar area. As you continue past the bar and restaurant on your left, you will find ramped access to the Garden Court on the right. Straight ahead and to the right is the service elevator for the South Tower just off the cabana area. Heading from the lobby toward the North Tower, past the South Tower elevator bank and through Central Lounge on you left you will pass two All Gender restrooms and the North Tower Elevator. Make a right turn to enter the Plaza level. To your right are Plaza rooms 1-3 in ascending order. Plaza 2 is Connie's Quantum Sandbox. On the left you will find Plaza rooms 7-4 in descending order. Plaza 7 is Photography. Plaza rooms 6 and 5 house the art show. There is a bag check outside of the Art Show. Plaza 4 along the far wall is Cinema Rex (You may smell popcorn). There are exits between Plaza 7 and 6 and Plaza 5 and 4. You can also access the Atrium Level from the North Tower Elevator. 2nd Floor: On the second floor, as you exit the South Tower elevators,there is a men's restroom to the right and a women's restroom to the left. When facing the South Tower Elevator bank, CONvergence Central is to the left. As you enter CONvergence Central, There are fan tables to the right. The Grand Ballroom, which houses the MainStage Green Room and MainStage is to the left. Directly ahead, at the end of this area are the Merchandise Booth to the right and Programming Ops to the left in the Normandale room. Mainstage: As you enter the Grand Ballroom Mainstage area, the Stage is centered along the left wall, flanked with screens on either side. Immediately to the right is Standing Room Only and along the right wall is the Tech Booth and Tech Table. Seating is in the center of the room. Facing the stage, the seats are divided into three sections with two aisles dividing the sections, with the section to the left and the front half of the center section dedicated to single event seating and the section to the right and back half of the center section dedicated to multiple event seating. Opposite Convergence Central, is the second floor Veranda area. The preferred flow of traffic on the Veranda level is counterclockwise. As you enter the Veranda area, make a right and you will find Registration and Volunteers, followed by Connie's Space Lounge to the right. There are safe spaces in both rooms. Make a left to continue counterclockwise, you will pass Party Rooms numbered 232-223. There is a Safe Space in Cabana 224: Ochaya. At the end of the hallway, make a left and you will find the Parenting Lounge and ConSuite on your right. There are two All Gender bathrooms and a Safe Space in ConSuite. Make a left to continue counterclockwise past party rooms numbered 210-201. There is a Safe Space in Cabana 207: Wonderland Tea Party. From CONvergence Central, heading past the South Tower Elevators on you right, toward the North Tower, the Bloomington and Edina rooms are on the right. The Signing Tables, Freebie Tables, an All Gender Bathroom, the North Tower Elevators, and another All Gender Bathroom are on the left. Making a right, you will enter the Atrium Level of the North Tower. To your right are Atrium rooms 1-4 in ascending order. Atrium 1 is Theater Nippon, Atrium 3 is the Teen Room, and Atrium 4 is the Art Auction. To your left, you will find Atrium rooms 8-5 in descending order. Atrium 5 houses the Sensory Break Room. Atrium 8 houses the GPS Charity Auction and a Safe Space. You can access the Plaza Level from the North Tower Elevator. 4th through 21st Floor: 4th through 21st Floor in the South Tower are sleeping floors. They consist of a single hallway with rooms on both sides and ice and vending machines near the main elevators. 22nd Floor Gaming Spaces: The 22nd Floor Gaming Space is accessible from the South Tower Elevators. The main hallway is to the left of the elevator lobby and just beyond the front desk. Odd numbered rooms are on the left side of the hallway and even numbered rooms are on the right side. There are men's and women's restroom the far end of the hallway on the left side. The Service Elevator is at the far end of the hallway on the right side. There is a coat room directly to the right as you enter the hallway. The Vista Rooms are as follows: Vista 2201 - Shared with Programming for readings, Vista 2202 - Role Playing Games (RPGs), Vista 2203 - Role Playing Games 2, Vista 2204 - Artemis System (hosted by TRMN), Vista 2205 - Source Room, Vista 2206 Collectable Card Gaming (Magic), Vista 2207 - Open Gaming, Vista 2208 - LAN Gaming.