ericadawn16 | MegaCon: The Negatives

This is strictly the negatives. The good stuff will be in the next post.

MegaCon is only 70 miles always so in order to leave with "plenty of time" for the opening at 10 AM, we head out at...

8:30 AM

This is us at 10:59 AM, still stuck at the I-Drive Exit:

11:30 AM

We are just past the overpass you can see in the previous photo:

You can also see people who have given up and started walking. Shortly after this, Orlando decided to tell us that we were in the wrong lane all along for MegaCon and could drive to a much better, shorter exit.

12:17 PM

WE ARE HERE! FOUR HOURS after we started!

We even got half-decent parking as opposed to the people who parked miles away or at a 90 degree angle across the street.

We wondered around until we found where to get our wristbands. Then, we tried to figure out where the Torchwood panel was before asking. We were still able to get seats which was awesome especially when it was pointed out how many people were standing up in the back. To accommodate them, everyone was going to move forward.

Better seats, woohoo!

Except...

As we were orderly moving forward, the people in the back streamed forward so we stopped in place so we wouldn't be left without a seat. We basically ended up exactly where we were except a few seats more toward the center.
When the head guy thanked the back people for being so patient, I wanted to ask...Sarcasm, yes?

So, they weren't the best seats...

However, they had a large screen to see them better and I will tell all the awesome details in the next post.
Afterwards, the panel was going to be...
The Walking Dead
I'm going to let that sink in, the next panel was going to be The Walking Dead.
There was NO LINE CONTROL! The entire second floor was packed with zombies, people who wouldn't budge and us Torchwood people who just wanted to get off that floor.
There were NO CLEAR SIGNS about STAIRS or ELEVATORS or ways to get off that freaking floor so we could only see one clear way of leaving...exactly where we came.
Luckily, we got behind an awesome lady with a BIG VOICE who made people make a path for us to get by. Yes, we had to YELL and promise that we were NOT cutting, we just wanted to leave, dammit.

I saw none of my friends. I totally tried but my cellphone didn't work. Since then, I have found out only AT&T phones worked at MegaCon because the convention center has a contract with them.
I don't see how this is legal or safe but that's corporations for you. They suck and now, they want my DirectTv.

They also need more water fountains and restrooms.