by klen7 » Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:06 am
- Bring a poster roll or some cardboard to successfully bring home any prints you buy
- If you are from a warm area, Chicagians keep their AC at 68-70, so bring warmer clothes. (My first year i only brought July clothes and often found myself cold and at war with the hotel thermostat)
- Find out if the guests have multiple signing times, for some reason everyone waits in a huge line for the first signing time, then the rest of the time the lines are very short
- Bring snacks, there is a hotel restaurant and bar and they do have some pizza/sandwiches etc set up during the day, but that money is better spent in the dealers room
- the dealer's room is overload of awesomeness, but some of the prices are wacky, so if you are looking for something in particular have an idea of what you want to spend in advance
- If you are flying in and the shuttling to your hotel, you will need to figure out transportation to the Pickwick at night. Uber is a godsend, but you can also mingle in the Crowne Lobby and try to hitch a ride (i have done this rather successfully over recent years)
- Everybody there loves Godzilla and kaiju stuff, so its very easy to talk to just about anyone
- If you arent feeling a particular panel, bail and check out the gaming room, the sculpting contests, the artist alley, the movie room (lots of cool shorts and stuff play here)
- Buy Klen7 a drink
- The lobby is a nice place to hang out during downtimes, sometimes the guests just come through and mingle there while they are waiting to go elsewhere. (Last year I was talking with MayorofDinosaurs and Bin Furuya and Akira Takarada came up and started shaking hands with us out of the blue)
- don't spend all your time in one place, theres a bunch of stuff to do. Some younger attendees spend the whole weekend in the game room