It was an amazing weekend of geekness and waiting in lines! From our experience last year, we knew that the more popular guests (i.e. everyone *we* wanted to see) were going to have long lines, and as such, if we didn't line up early, we either wouldn't get to see them and/or it would throw off our schedule for the rest of the day and result in our missing even more people.
As a result, Dina put a schedule together of our entire weekend and we pretty much stuck to it - except where we were running ahead of schedule and then tried to pull in events/people from the next day to free up our schedule for the upcoming day. We were there for all three days from opening to closing (first Comicon where I did *that*) and by my reckoning, we spent probably 75% of that time in lines.
Every one of the celebrities we met were very friendly and gracious. They took time (when they could) to say a few words to you, and actually look you in the eye (as opposed to other celebrities whom I have heard will barely acknowledge your existence). Generally we would get our photos taken and then take those to the signings (which were scheduled later) to get them autographed. Both Gillian Anderson and Walter Koenig actually remembered us from the earlier photograph line which was ultra cool!
We also had a chance to meet up with an old junior high/high school friend of mine who came in from out of town for Comicon from Prince George, B.C. This gave Dina a chance to ask her if her husband really was as geeky as he said he was back then. (The answer was 'yes').
If you are wondering where our two boys are/were - mom and dad came down from Vancouver for the weekend to watch them while we went and got our geek on! Thank you mom and dad! :-)
With Gillian Anderson
With Patrick Stewart
With Billy Dee Williams
With Walter Koenig
With Dirk Benedict
Live long and prosper - and make it so! Frack!
- bob
