We had originally thought of heading to Universal for the day on Thursday, however, after getting up early for our flight on Wednesday, and a late night Wednesday night, we decided to just sleep in and take it easy. We did head out to do a bit of shopping, and once we arrived back at the hotel, things started to pick up as more and more people started arriving ... and we again enjoyed an awesome evening of good conversation with great friends at the pool bar.
Friday evening was the official start to the convention, and after spending a quiet afternoon at the hotel, we headed over to Uno's to grab a bite to eat with our friends before the Zombie Walk started.
We didn't actually participate in the Zombie Walk (mostly because it seemed to be taking forever to start), but after taking a few pics of the various zombies and protesters, we headed back over to the hotel to get ready for an evening of debauchery.
Lee had decided to try and get most of his items signed on Friday night when it was less busy, so after helping friends get their table set up for the evening, off we went to get his autographs. Once the convention wrapped up for the evening, we again all congregated by the pool bar for more fun and great tunes by an awesome Kiss tribute band from Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Also that evening, our friend Tony (who goes by the name Rev because he hates the name Tony) introduced me to a wonderful concoction by the name of Cherry Jack Rum. It's really a pity we can't get this rum in Canada as it has become my new favorite beverage!!
After getting to bed much too late the previous evening yet again, we finally emerged from our hotel room around noon on Saturday and headed back over to the convention. On our way over, we ran into Rev again, who this time had donned his awesome Zombie Wolverine costume.
Lee continued his quest for more autographs and once he was finished, we headed into the vendor room where Lee did some shopping. I do have to say that there seemed to be even more vendors than last year and the selection was most awesome.
As the VIP party was this evening, we decided we should probably eat something before heading to the party so rambled across the street to Checkers to grab a quick bite to eat before getting ready for the party. After filling our tummies, we moseyed back to our room, prettied ourselves for the party and were on our way. As we made our way to the VIP party, we ran into Rev once again, who just happened to bring me a travel jug full of Cherry Jack and Coke (yes he is awesome!!)
When we saw the line for the party, we were shocked to say the least. There had to be well over 200 people in line. WTF???
Once inside, we mingled about with the other VIPs waiting for the celebrities to show up. As in previous years there was a raffle for a bunch of prizes and each VIP got 5 raffle tickets so we entered our tickets into the various prizes we would like to win. Also as in previous years, we went home empty handed, although our friend Rev, was the happy recipient of a custom made Zombie Petey Doll which he planned to take with him all over the country and photograph him like the Roaming Gnome.
The VIP party was pretty much as expected. A few celebs mingling around, stopping occasionally to take pics with the VIPs. At this year's party, there was a custom made cake, made especially for the VIP party. The cake was awesome and the cake cutting was really cool. Robert Englund put on the Freddy glove, did a few one liners, and plunged it in, then proceeded to lick the frosting off the blades!!
Now came time for the entertainment portion of the party (other than the crappy karaoke) - G. Tom Mac and Brooke McCarter took the stage and rocked the house!!!
Shortly after everyone started leaving and making their way out to the pool bar again, where G. Tom Mac and Brooke McCarter continued their jam session.
After getting to bed much too late, once again, we headed to the hotel restaurant late Sunday morning (or maybe it was afternoon already, I can't really remember) to grab something to eat before making one last pass through the convention and to say our good-byes as we were off to Halloween Horror Nights that evening.
Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend (or Screamfest as most of us still call it) was most impressive as usual and we thoroughly enjoyed spending quality time with our Screamfest/Spooky peeps. Kudos to Petey and Gina for hosting another awesome event!! It was the perfect way to start our vacation and are very much looking forward to doing it all again in May at the May-Hem show!!
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