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Animaritime 2014
Jun. 29th, 2014 10:59 pmSo. I'm back from the convention. Only went for the first two of three days since we didn't have a hotel room in the hotel that the convention took place in. Our hotel was over an hour's walk from it which led to some logistic issues. :p
Overall it was fun to go to, but I really didn't take advantage of the con like I could have/should have. I had gone with my sister and niece, both of which had decided to cosplay. My sister decided to cosplay like a couple days before leaving for the convention. ^_^;
There's a chance I'll probably decide to cosplay next year myself as we're planning on going again in 2015. For the next con though we have a few things we need to do differently.
1. Make sure we got enough money for both the dealers room and the garage sale. Enough to last the weekend kinda thing. I had a bit over 100 bucks and I was too worried about spending it all on the first day that by the time I went back to the dealers room to get things that had caught my eye originally... they were already sold.
2. The Garage sale has a long freaking lineup. Get in line early. :P
3. The plushie making class has limited space. And when I think about it, there's also a 10 dollar cost for materials. Again, line up early! We got there a few minutes late and they were already full.
4. Register as soon as possible, and book our rooms at the hotel. We had registered a couple months in advance, but the hotel was already booked solid long before that apparently. Having a hotel room at the convention will make things a lot more convenient. We can go back to it if we get tired, to eat, etc easily. One of the reasons I didn't buy anything on the first day was because I'd have to lug it around with me all day long. Not fun if it's a poster that can get damaged fairly easily.
5. Getting a new camera and taking it with me next year. :P Would have loved to take pics of cosplayers myself. I didn't bother taking my current camera since it's pretty old and has a fairly crappy resolution anyhow. It has serious lighting issues too for me. ^^
6. Planning on doing cosplay myself if I can get a good costume done up and decide on a character I want to dress up as. Sister will likely be helping me with the costume making as she's into that kinda thing.
7. I'm going to gather up anime/manga/etc stuff that I no longer want this year and take it with me next year to be in the Garage Sale myself. Might be able to avoid the line up that way. ;) Plus it'll let me liquidate old stuff. win win.
8. While tentative, I might attempt to volunteer as well, if just a little bit. That's far less likely however as I want to spend my time enjoying the con. I'll have a harder time doing that if I'm stuck helping out. There are some cases where it would be useful, for instance helping out at an event I wanted to be at anyway would at least ensure I get to attend if it's popular and capped attendance.
I'm sure there are a few other things we were going to do differently, but eh. I'll remember them later.
Overall it was fun to go to, but I really didn't take advantage of the con like I could have/should have. I had gone with my sister and niece, both of which had decided to cosplay. My sister decided to cosplay like a couple days before leaving for the convention. ^_^;
There's a chance I'll probably decide to cosplay next year myself as we're planning on going again in 2015. For the next con though we have a few things we need to do differently.
1. Make sure we got enough money for both the dealers room and the garage sale. Enough to last the weekend kinda thing. I had a bit over 100 bucks and I was too worried about spending it all on the first day that by the time I went back to the dealers room to get things that had caught my eye originally... they were already sold.
2. The Garage sale has a long freaking lineup. Get in line early. :P
3. The plushie making class has limited space. And when I think about it, there's also a 10 dollar cost for materials. Again, line up early! We got there a few minutes late and they were already full.
4. Register as soon as possible, and book our rooms at the hotel. We had registered a couple months in advance, but the hotel was already booked solid long before that apparently. Having a hotel room at the convention will make things a lot more convenient. We can go back to it if we get tired, to eat, etc easily. One of the reasons I didn't buy anything on the first day was because I'd have to lug it around with me all day long. Not fun if it's a poster that can get damaged fairly easily.
5. Getting a new camera and taking it with me next year. :P Would have loved to take pics of cosplayers myself. I didn't bother taking my current camera since it's pretty old and has a fairly crappy resolution anyhow. It has serious lighting issues too for me. ^^
6. Planning on doing cosplay myself if I can get a good costume done up and decide on a character I want to dress up as. Sister will likely be helping me with the costume making as she's into that kinda thing.
7. I'm going to gather up anime/manga/etc stuff that I no longer want this year and take it with me next year to be in the Garage Sale myself. Might be able to avoid the line up that way. ;) Plus it'll let me liquidate old stuff. win win.
8. While tentative, I might attempt to volunteer as well, if just a little bit. That's far less likely however as I want to spend my time enjoying the con. I'll have a harder time doing that if I'm stuck helping out. There are some cases where it would be useful, for instance helping out at an event I wanted to be at anyway would at least ensure I get to attend if it's popular and capped attendance.
I'm sure there are a few other things we were going to do differently, but eh. I'll remember them later.
