How to Attend and Enjoy Dragon Con

Attention all geeks, freaks, otaku, fanboys, fangirls and filkers! Spend Labor Day weekend combing through four hotels with thirty thousand of your fellow enthusiasts at Dragon Con Atlanta. What is Dragon Con, you ask? Four days of costumes, seminars, gaming, noshing, listening to music and letting your inner geek hang out. Programming tracks for anime, writers, science-fiction fans, Stormtroopers, Vampires, LARPers and more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• A camera
• a means of getting to Atlanta for Labor Day Weekend
• Weekend membership to Dragon Con Atlanta
• hotel reservations
• the endurance of a saint
• the bladder of a camel
• money for the dealer's room

Innocent Bystander

1. Anime fans parade through downtown Atlanta, Labor Day weekend 2005. What is 30,000 strong and shuts down Peach Street for two to four hours every Labor Day weekend? The parade!
2. Find a good spot on Peach Street Saturday morning on Labor Day Weekend. You will see faeries, zombies, stormtroopers, Dr. Who fans, and much more. Take lots of pictures. Cost? Depends on your film.
3. Follow the crowd back to the Con and get a day pass. You won't regret it!

We've Got You Now!

4. First, get your membership to Dragon Con Atlanta. Go to the web page and decide whether you will attend for one day only or the entire weekend. Be prepared, though. If you have never attended a fandom convention before, you may find yourself standing in the middle of one of the hotels, staring in awe, fascination or horror at the swirl of fans in and out of costume, impromptu jam sessions of Celtic-inspired music, carefully choreographed musical shows, long lines for popular programs, and the challenge of figuring out if that guy in the wookie suit is serious when he introduces himself as Chewbacca.
5. Jordi and Joe at Dragon Con Atlanta 2006 Parade Be prepared. Your jaw will drop repeatedly lower as you realize that it is indeed possible to wear even less than the previous scantily clad girl who passed you was wearing.
6. Watch out! Cthulu can't be far behind... Keep your eyes peeled for the Duct Tape Girl. And wipe away that drool!
7. Offend the guy who runs the con suite at your own risk! You'll be Spammed! Obey the rules in the con suite or else! How much raw Spam can you stomach?