Bryan R
07-16-2007, 05:58 PM
Well we are recently back today from our weekend at VULKON - Columbus Ohio and all I can say is "THIS IS HOW A SCI-FI CONVENTION SHOULD BE!!"
I give this show a 9.75/10 - only 1 minor hiccup and this would have been perfect!!
We arrived at the hotel Friday night around 7pm and immediately lined up to get our weekend passes, this took about 1 hour as it was very crowded and it only started at 7pm for registration.
We checked in after getting our pass - they also gave us free lanyards with our passes - Scores!, went for dinner and called it an early night to prepare for the weekend (we skipped the Tim Russ Unplugged concert Friday night - it would have also been an extra $25 per ticket for the show).
Saturday am, after breakfast we went down to the con and I got in the autograph line at 9:35am - I was actually FIRST in line! The doors opened at 10:00am and in I went and got autographs from: BILL MUMY (B5), ANDREA THOMPSON (B5), STEPHEN FURST (B5), JOHN BILLINGSLEY (Enterprise), CIRROC LOFTON (DS9) - Tim Russ (Voyager) was also there but we did not get autos from Tim. This whole process took exactly 35 minutes - AND we got pictures with ALL the guests in the room!
From there it was off to the dealers room - I only bought a BSG T-Shirt, a Hallmark ornament and a British Serenity poster! I think my total spend was $70 USD.
After that we bought a Kate Mulgrew (Voyager) photo-op so Jackie and I got our pic with Kate - she is a little "stand offish" so you cannot touch her, you can only stand beside her and they shoot the pic! Nobody was allowed to touch.
After that we went to John Billingsley and then Tim Russ's talks - both entertaining and then off to Kate Mulgrew's talk and then to her Autographs (they are called by rows so you can stay seated and wait comfortably with no lining up!).
The costume contest was a "bust" as it got shuffled and who knows if it ever went off - Jackie skipped it (only hiccup of the weekend).
After our dinner Bill Mumy performed a 40 minute acoustic concert - simply great music (all original tunes!).
They had a 70's dance - lame but the best part was Andrea Thompson sat and chatted to us for about 10 minutes and loved the fact we were from Toronto and as she was leaving I got a kiss from her - ah beautiful!
Sunday we saw Cirroc Lofton's talk and also got a photo op with Avery Brooks - Avery is such a class guy - he gave us a big squeeze and we have an awesome pic with him! He always asks everyone their name and shakes your hand!
There was a photo op with the 3 Babylon 5 stars together but it was a bit "pricey" and we decided not spend on that. Instead Jackie bought a beautiful replica light sabre!! It looks awesome!!
We got autographs from Avery (same wonderful way as Kate) and had an awesome time!
Here are some personal thoughts:
Vulkon has the autograph system to a perfect art!!
Andrea Thompson and Bill Mumy were awesome guests - so fan-friendly and really help "make" this weekend!
Vulkon had an amazing photographer and the quality of the photos is top grade (and we got them 2 hours after taking them).
Vulkon does not take the costume contest seriously
This is the best show I have been to in 2007!
I give this show a 9.75/10 - only 1 minor hiccup and this would have been perfect!!
We arrived at the hotel Friday night around 7pm and immediately lined up to get our weekend passes, this took about 1 hour as it was very crowded and it only started at 7pm for registration.
We checked in after getting our pass - they also gave us free lanyards with our passes - Scores!, went for dinner and called it an early night to prepare for the weekend (we skipped the Tim Russ Unplugged concert Friday night - it would have also been an extra $25 per ticket for the show).
Saturday am, after breakfast we went down to the con and I got in the autograph line at 9:35am - I was actually FIRST in line! The doors opened at 10:00am and in I went and got autographs from: BILL MUMY (B5), ANDREA THOMPSON (B5), STEPHEN FURST (B5), JOHN BILLINGSLEY (Enterprise), CIRROC LOFTON (DS9) - Tim Russ (Voyager) was also there but we did not get autos from Tim. This whole process took exactly 35 minutes - AND we got pictures with ALL the guests in the room!
From there it was off to the dealers room - I only bought a BSG T-Shirt, a Hallmark ornament and a British Serenity poster! I think my total spend was $70 USD.
After that we bought a Kate Mulgrew (Voyager) photo-op so Jackie and I got our pic with Kate - she is a little "stand offish" so you cannot touch her, you can only stand beside her and they shoot the pic! Nobody was allowed to touch.
After that we went to John Billingsley and then Tim Russ's talks - both entertaining and then off to Kate Mulgrew's talk and then to her Autographs (they are called by rows so you can stay seated and wait comfortably with no lining up!).
The costume contest was a "bust" as it got shuffled and who knows if it ever went off - Jackie skipped it (only hiccup of the weekend).
After our dinner Bill Mumy performed a 40 minute acoustic concert - simply great music (all original tunes!).
They had a 70's dance - lame but the best part was Andrea Thompson sat and chatted to us for about 10 minutes and loved the fact we were from Toronto and as she was leaving I got a kiss from her - ah beautiful!
Sunday we saw Cirroc Lofton's talk and also got a photo op with Avery Brooks - Avery is such a class guy - he gave us a big squeeze and we have an awesome pic with him! He always asks everyone their name and shakes your hand!
There was a photo op with the 3 Babylon 5 stars together but it was a bit "pricey" and we decided not spend on that. Instead Jackie bought a beautiful replica light sabre!! It looks awesome!!
We got autographs from Avery (same wonderful way as Kate) and had an awesome time!
Here are some personal thoughts:
Vulkon has the autograph system to a perfect art!!
Andrea Thompson and Bill Mumy were awesome guests - so fan-friendly and really help "make" this weekend!
Vulkon had an amazing photographer and the quality of the photos is top grade (and we got them 2 hours after taking them).
Vulkon does not take the costume contest seriously
This is the best show I have been to in 2007!