DreamCon 2004 Cosplay - Page 2

Because we arrived so early, we had scored a spot in the parking garage next to the hotel. This is the elevated passageway that crosses the street below and allows us direct access from the garage to the hotel.

By the time we had returned to Dreamcon, Heathre and Tony were already in line. Although we had actually arrived at 10 that morning, we didn't hang around and had gone outside to see the ships. Therefore, H&T received the honor and recognition of being the first folks in line at the first Dreamcon. Heathre is cosplaying as Shii Aasu from Puni Puni Poemi.

Above the first cosplayers start to arrive. Heathre and some friends play leg games. ^_^

Below we are hanging out in the lobby just past the registration desk (off camera to the right). We are waiting for the dealers room to open (off camera to the left). It was now 1 PM and the con organizers said that the dealer's room would be opening late as the vendors were still setting up.

If I had a complaint about Dreamcon, it was that the first day seemed poorly organized to me. Registration opened late because they were not set up to take payments; the dealer's room opened late because the vendors were not yet set up and the very worst thing was there was NO schedule of events and panels as they were still waiting for them to be printed. I came back in a couple of hours and they said they had handed them all out and was waiting on paper to print more. Further, they didn't even keep one copy for folks to at least review at the desk. And the folks at the counter had no idea themselves. So I had no clue what to expect that day or what would be scheduled for Saturday.

Anyway, as we had already been waiting for hours, we decided to leave for lunch and hoped the con would finally be open when we returned.