FAN EXPO 2010 - Day 2

Well that whole "I'm going to write a post per day" didn't work out. Ugh, I think I was actually writing more often when I DIDN'T have anything to do. Strange, ever since I've started being productive, this whole blog has been put on the back burner (I'm real sorry about that, but I'm still thinking of you... whoever's reading this.)


Ok, so without any more excuses I'll move on to day 2 of my Fan Expo weekend. Let me just start off by saying it was a mess. Rob and I began our morning at 10am. I had been thinking all of Friday night, "I don't want to go home tomorrow. I don't want to carry around our bags all day while we're at the convention." SO I started making phone calls and found us a room at the Royal York. It was super cheap! Rob and I got ready and headed down to our new hotel, got ourselves checked-in and went up to the room (which was super cute by the way, although not nearly as nice of a view as our other hotel, but I digress). We got into costume, and we were on our way to the convention at about 12 - 12:30. As we're walking up to the re-entry doors, Rob and I comment on how big the line-up is to purchase tickets. It was about as long as our line-up yesterday, when we were waiting to get our Deluxe Passes. That's when Rob notices these people aren't waiting to purchase tickets, they all have their Deluxe Passes and they're waiting to get back in! Let's just say it didn't take us long to agree that we were NOT waiting in that line. We decide to try and sneak through the Intercontinental's entrance, (yeah, we're sneaky like that,) and sure enough, it works! "We're in! We're home free! HAHA SO LONG B*&#^ES!! Have fun waiting OUTSI.... Holy Sh**!" And that's when we saw the madness at the escalator. It was a huge mass of people waiting to get upstairs... but no one was being let upstairs. No one was being let DOWNSTAIRS. Again, it didn't take long for us to decide we are NOT waiting in that mass of people. But how the "F" do we get inside? We looked for other escalators, other stairs, other doorways, and that's when we found "The Elevator". I swear, rays of sunlight beamed down and I could hear a chorus of angels singing from the heavens. This was it, we're getting in, we're GENIUSES!! (Genii?) Now, it's quite possible that before we got to the second floor, this guard was completely clueless to what was happening and was letting people through, but Rob and I have a knack for getting to places right at the exact moment of the "wrong time". This particular "wrong time" was right when the security manager showed up, as Rob and I were about to enter. He informed us and the security guard that NO ONE is getting in through this door, and that he's sending men down to guard the elevators.

"Ok. New plan: We go outside, get some lunch and... I dunno what the hell we're gonna do, but I'm starving." So we got some street meat, walked up and down the line a bit and decided this was a joke and not worth wasting our day on. We headed back to the hotel, watched some tv, put on some civilian clothing, went down to the internet room, wrote a hateful message to FanExpo and went to Busker Fest. Aside from the fact that this was not the kind of day Rob and I were planning, the mass of people in the city, and the scorching heat, Rob and I ended up having a pretty good day. At this point it's 5:30 and Rob and I thought we'd get into costume and try the convention again. The line was gone, the mass at the escalator had all cleared, and we were in by 6pm. We basically spent the next 2 hours walking around, getting a few photos ops, nothing special.



We did, however, go back to see Felicia Day and show off our costumes. She was impressed, but she confirmed my suspicions; Rob looks nothing like Nathan Fillion.


Overall, we had a good day, but were disappointed that it wasn't the day we had planned on. I think Rob was more upset than I was, most especially because they had oversold the convention, but were still selling day passes when the convention was already over maximum capacity. It was a complete cash grab. However, they did keep the convention open an extra hour that night. I know, "Whooptey f&*%ing Doo!" right? They've also booked the bigger convention hall for next year, but I have my doubts that it's going to be big enough.


On the plus side, I'd just like to say how impressed I was with how well Rob and I held it together. It was hot and crowded, and we were both upset with how our day was going, but we never turned against each other. Isn't it strange when a couple is actually caring and supportive of each other? Especially an immature (youthful) couple like us!