August 31st, 2006
Welcome to DragonCon! Hope I Survive the Experience
The Internet told me to do it.
Gone to let Dragon Con 06 eat me raw and spit me out. I’ll meet geek celebrities and be glad of it. I’ll meet the light and dark sides of geek culture and, hopefully, survive it.
Futurephone reports are a definite.
As I don’t know about my access to internetivity the next four days, I most likely won’t be back on until late Monday or Tuesday.
I was sent these clever instructions from DragonCon vets.
Take an open mind and a sense of awe and enthusiasm.
Keep your eyes open and looking around, you never know what you will see.
There are (at least) 2 classes of people at Con. The day people and the night people.
Make sure and spend some quality time in the Art Show, Dealer Room, and the Walk of Fame.
The Masquerade is not to be missed, it is the highlight of the weekend.
Bring a camera with plenty of film (or a big memory stick), and backup batteries, keep it handy.
Have snacks on hand, you never know when you will have accidentally missed the window on open restaurants or just not have time to stop for a real meal.
The longest lines are at Wendy’s, consider eating at odd times.
Don’t spend all of your money in the first 10 minutes in the dealers room. I say this because I have seen it happen more than once.
When you have some down time, coordinate your schedule with your friends and figure out which tracts you want to see and when you want to take out time for the sideshows.
Learn the back way around the main hotel and between the hotels.
There is a stairwell near Con Registration that is never busy.
There is a stairwell by ConSuite (2nd floor) behind the big plastic Italian guy by the pool.
There are indoor elevated walkways between the main 2 hotels and the mall food court.
Take some cough drops and tylenol. I have gotten some level of cold in ~3/8 years I’ve gone to Con.
The Anime room is a good place to burn some time.
(compliments of Nathan H. and Dunc!)
Great Maker, What have I gotten myself into?
