Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Dragon Con 2009
Even though Dragon Con ended a mere 2 weeks ago, it is time to look ahead to Dragon Con 2009. The 2009 dates are Sept 4 - 7, 2009.
MEMBERSHIPS:
The next year memberships have gone up, up, up but it is still worth it to buy early. A Dragon*Con membership covers all four days, all panels, events, demonstrations, concerts, performances, contests, snacks and munchies in our Consuite (as available) and a host of other activities. For more details, see the Dragon Con website…
The current Membership price for Dragon*Con 2009 is $60 until 11/14/2008.
I estimate the door price for 2009 will be $100 / 4 Days. As always, I will be purchasing multiple memberships as a club during the first purchasing phase. Doing this gives us an additional $5 off the lowest membership price, which makes each club membership $55. The due date is November 14th. So if you’re interested, I need all payments and membership forms by Monday, November 13th. Club memberships must be submitted at the same time with a single payment source. The confirmation postcards are then sent separately to each member. We need at least 10 memberships to constitute a 'club' and get the discount. Just send me a message if you interested.
If you think you are going but are not sure or only plan on attending one day, I still encourage you to purchase your memberships now. Yes, the line for pre-reg will be long but for D*C 2008, just a Saturday badge was $50.
Just a note to the die-hards out there, Dragon Con has opened Eternal Memberships again.
HOTELS:
Codes for hotels have not been officially posted. Although, the Hyatt is taking reservations for D*C 2009 weekend; you just have to let them know you are with DragonCon. The number for Hyatt is 404-577-1234
I attempted making reservations at the Marriott but they have not released the rooms yet. I will be monitoring the Dragon Con website for Marriott codes and will post when they become available.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go ahead and reserve a room if you THINK you might want one. It takes a credit card to reserve the room but, unless the Hyatt policy has changed, nothing is charged to your card prior to your arrival and you have until 3pm on the day before your arrival to cancel!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Disney 2008 - MNSSHP
It's hard to believe that we leave for Disney in 5 days! This past Saturday, the FBO+1 got together at DTag's for a pre-trip costume check and to nail down last minute trip details. As usual a good time was had by all. Below are some photos from the costume check.
And poor Jesse, Pickwick will not be accompanying us this year. He will be very missed!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
D*C Video Links - Thanks to our Quartermaster!
I swiped these from Indigo LaRue's MySpace Post!
For you guys that missed the con I have some links for you and for those of you that were there...watch them again! funny moments and cool costumes!
Tank Boy Transforms
Battlefield 2142 does the Supa'man!
Yip! Yip! Sesame Street Alien
The D*C Parade Video. Check out 26 minutes in...BLACK BUNNY!
Iron Man!!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
New Slide Show
I have added a new slide show for 'Pirates at Play'. I tried to combine all the old pictures and new pictures into one but failed miserably. It's late and I'm too tired to fix it now. So I just put both up for your viewing pleasure!
Beads, Beads and a few more Beads!!
Things are sort of crazy around here. I got back from D*C a little over a week ago. I head to Disney in a little over a week. When I get back from Disney, I have 12 days before I head to the Pirate Festival at Tybee Island!!
Luckily, it has been minimal prep for Disney - it was all about D*C this year. However, this will the first time The Black Bunny has been to the Tybee Island Pirate Festival. While it will be a laid back event, we ARE walking the parade.... and you know what that means - BEADS!!!!
I just received my bead shipment from New Orleans (where else!!). This should get us through Tybee and still have some left over for D*C 2009.
There are approximately 2200 plain beads and 720 medallion beads (they will become Bunny Beads) here!!! With the leftovers from this years D*C, I have well over 3,000 strands of beads!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
D*C 2008 – Day 5
Thi checked out early. He was by my room by 9:30am. Jesse and I had arranged a late check-out of 2pm. Once Jesse had all his things together, he came by our room. Darrell and he decided to do one last loop around the Dealer’s Room while I finished packing. I was able to call for the Bell for both rooms and we actually got downstairs by 2pm. Darrell stayed with the luggage while Jesse and I went for vehicles.
A quick side note, ALL parking went up this year. Everyone I have talked to has remarked about the price of parking!
We loaded the cars and headed home without incident.
Lessons Learned
No matter how many conventions you attend, you always learn new lessons. This years lessons:
(1) If you are handling for beautiful girls, they cannot start drinking until
they have been out ½ the allotted time.
(2) Don’t try to handle too many people at once.
(3) Make sure you have time to costume yourself.
Now to start planning D*C 2009!!
D*C 2008 – Day 4
I slept late and felt like hell. Not that it matter, it was Dragon Con and the show must go on. Once we were awake, I headed to pick up some lunch – breakfast was a distant memory.
After lunch, it was off to a much less crowded Exhibition Hall and Dealer's Room. We wandered through and I have to admit I was a complete Corset Nazi. I checked them all out and was not happy with any of them. I'm such a snob!
At some point, Darrell got caught up with some 501st stuff, so Kindra and I headed for the Pulse Loft. I really do like that place. We chilled, had a little ice cream and relaxed. Kindra went to grab some pork product (those are her words, not mine) and came back with Jesse in his TK and Bob in the Royal Guard in tow. At least Jesse got to troop a little.
After a short break, they were off to troop some more and we were off to prep the room for the night’s festivities. It has become a tradition to pile into one room (mine usually), drink heavily, and watch the Costume Contest. I think there were 13-15 people in the room. It was crowded but fun. Kindra and K were in rare form and had us laughing so hard we cried!!
After the Costume Contest, most of the Crew decided to head down stairs to the Pirate Party. I helped them dress, took pictures and sent them on their way! They didn’t stay at the Pirate Party very long but I think they had a good time.
