UScon Dragon Con Hotel Flash!!!
Midori, if nothing else try to get a room at the Hyatt at least for Saturday night. True, the highlight of the Con is Sunday night, being The Masquerade Ball, as they call it. It’s the official costume contest, with a couple thousand spectators seated in two rooms, and contestants appearing on a stage for viewing/judging by a celebrity panel. But shortly after that was over, the entire place seemed to empty out. On Saturday, though, everyone is in full costume
early for The Costume Parade, and they stay in full costume all day/night! It seemed to me that some of the rowdiest and most exciting forums and gatherings were on Saturday night(the Lexx forum included!)and everyone is looking forward to the big event the next night, but really, [i]really, [/i]enjoying themselves in the meantime.Saturday night was also when they hold the Dawn look-alike costume party, with a thousand dollar first prize! That is also an extremely popular event! Saturday was as packed at 3:00 a.m. as it was mid-afternoon. Of all the days it would be the one where you wouldn’t want to have far to go to catch some rest. I will say even if you don’t have a room, there were plenty of out of the way, comfy seating arrangements for low-key conversation, or just a little peace and quiet.But security wasn’t tolerating people falling asleep on them…did see a few people booted off for dozing off…. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] Once again I will say, you could easily never leave the hotel complex. They even provide limited food and drink(complimentary) at the Consuite (if you like coffee, cheesecake, and oh,yeah, Spam!!!! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]