Vulkon Cleveland - April 7-9, 2006 [Archive]

shopping queen

06-24-2005, 02:52 PM

Vulkon has listed the date of their Cleveland Convention for April 7-9th, 2006. So far there is nothing listed in terms of guests but I'm sure that something will be announced soon. It's great to see that they do intend to go ahead with another convention in Cleveland.

For those of you who have not attended this convention before, we were there this year and they had an AWESOME guest list including Jonathan Frakes (STNG/Roswell/Gargoyles), Claudia Christian (B5), George Takei (STOS), John Noble (Lord of the Rings), Mary Oyaya (Star Wars Ep 2 & 3),Carmen Argenziano (Stargate/B5), Richard Hatch (Battlestar), Herb Jefferson Jr. (Battlestar) & Gary Jones (StarGate). I felt it was the best "all around" convention that I have attended. The guests were superb both because of the variety of shows that they covered as well as being so friendly and appreciative of the fans. They had many events including a "Meet & Greet" where the guests were introduced and did an informal talk on Friday night, guest panels, autograph sessions, masquerade, dinner, dance, etc.

I can't wait to hear who will be coming for 2006 because this will DEFINITELY be a convention worth attending if they get some interesting guests like they did this year.

Bryan R

06-24-2005, 04:05 PM

For any of you wanting to see the link find below!!

http://www.vulkon.com/upcoming.htm

Kenny G

06-24-2005, 04:41 PM

Bryan R

07-19-2005, 12:04 PM

Vulkon Cleveland should be announcing guests soon for this convention!!

Fingers crossed that they get Kate Mulgrew as they are hoping to!!

shopping queen

07-19-2005, 01:56 PM

CAN YOU SAY - .... WAIT FOR IT .....ROAD TRIP

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Right on Ken!!!! Gee, how many people do you think we can convince to join the fun in Cleveland next year????? BTW, don't try to jip the Toll Booth operator of the correct change this time!

As for guests, it would be great if they could get Kate Mulgrew as we've heard rumours about....apparently, she "owes" them a convention because she had to cancel a previous one. I loved the mix of shows that they represented. If they can do that again, we're guaranteed to have a blast. Now I just have to get that costume done for the masquerade!!!

shopping queen

07-20-2005, 07:44 AM

Kenny G

07-20-2005, 08:53 AM

Cleveland has announced their first guest!!!

Connor Trinneer
Charles "Trip" Tucker
ST:Enterprise
Sunday Only

Even though I got a chance to see him at SFX a few years ago, I will GLADLY travel to Cleveland for a chance to see him again!!!! Can't wait to see who their top guest is going to be.

It looks like we'll be staying later on Sunday this year huh? Works for me.

Yea, we did see him at SFX but we all know that in Cleveland, it will be a much more intimate and interactive meeting with Mr. Trineer. You will get a lot more access and be able to speak to him more than we did at SFX, and probably will not have that two and a half hour lineup to get his autograph this time.

What a great announcement for the first guest, lets up this portends great things for the headliner, who ever it might be (Kate are you listening)

ROADTRIP YYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Ken

Bryan R

07-20-2005, 09:26 AM

Alright that is a very good start!!

Have to figure out what to get Connor to sign mind you...but we will find something!!

Nice to see that Vulkon is working on the Cleveland convention now!!

shopping queen

07-21-2005, 07:40 AM

Kenny G

07-21-2005, 10:04 AM

I have no doubt that I could find something to get autographed by Connor Trinneer....hmmm, I wonder how many extra autograph cards I can get a hold of????? LOL!

Fingers still crossed for Kate Mulgrew as I know that will get a few of our friends to join us south of the border for this convention.

Hey Ken....btw, are we the friends you plan to take to Cleveland with ya! LOL! We saw your post on the Vulkon site.

Yes, Jackie, you are the friends I was talking about, also including my lovely wife who is actually looking forward to coming with us this time, she thinks Trip Tucker is "cute").

It's is so nice to have friends and family that share the same interests and are just as con crazy as I am (except Maggie who comes along cus' she loves me).

So to thank my lovely wife for indulging me my particular kind of madness I am taking her to Niagara Falls this weekend for our first anniversay.

Later dudes

Ken

shopping queen

07-29-2005, 08:00 AM

Looks like Connor is now on Saturday instead of Sunday. Not sure if it was originally posted wrong or if they had to change the date because of other commitments. Either way....works for me!!!!

My wonderful husband got me a new Connor action figure to get autographed (this one he's in his uniform). When I saw him at SFX I got the one of him in the encounter suit autographed. Looks like we'll also try to get the DVD case for Season 1 autographed too.

Can't wait to hear the other guest announcements!

Bryan R

09-07-2005, 01:27 PM

New Guest added to the line-up, hopefully this will be the start of Vulkon adding guests to this con!!

Alexis Cruz
Skaara
Stargate
SG-1
Bonus Guest

Bryan R

09-19-2005, 10:19 AM

Another new StarGate SG-1 guest added to the line-up.

Tony Amendola
Bra'Tac
Stargate
SG-1
Bonus Guest

That makes 1 Star Trek Guest (Connor Trineer) and 2 StarGate SG-1 guests announced for Cleveland.

Bryan R

10-31-2005, 12:23 PM

bumping this one up.

Also as Vulkon has had to go through a rough time with Patrick Stewart cancelling his Orlando appearance and the replacement Jolene Blalock not drawing the same, if the guests announced for Cleveland interest you, it would be great to support Joe Motes out and attend this wonderfully run convention.

Bryan R

11-20-2005, 08:22 PM

shopping queen

11-22-2005, 11:36 AM

Not officially on the Vulkon site but on his own personal site so I am sure it will be listed "officially" in the next day or two.

Robert Picardo
Doctor
Star Trek Voyager

http://www.robertpicardo.com/news/news.html

Someone must be slow to update the Vulkon website with this info....leave it to the fans to find out the REAL INFORMATION straight from the source!!!!

He was a great guest at Trek....many years back....but I'd love to see him again. Guess his ongoing appearances on StarGate help keep him as a current tv guest....but I'm still only interested in seeing him because of Voyager.

Now if we could only get Kate Mulgrew...that would be SO COOL!!!!

Bryan R

11-22-2005, 05:35 PM

Here is a quick quote from Bruce Howie - one of the promoters at Vulkon conventions.

"Also as a little hint of things to come, the guest roster for Cleveland is shaping up to be bigger than Orlando and there should be some interesting changes in the convention."

This sounds awful intriguing!!

Vulkon Orlando had: Levar Burton, Jolene Blalock, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Robert Beltran.

Bryan R

11-25-2005, 03:02 PM

Kenny G

11-25-2005, 03:57 PM

Here we go 5 - YES FIVE guests announced today for this show!!

Robert Beltran
Cmdr. Chakotay
ST:Voyager

Robert Picardo (official now)
The Doctor
ST:Voyager

Ethan Phillips
Neelix
ST:Voyager

Linda Park (My HONEY again!!)
Hoshi Sato
ST:Enterprise

Anthony Montgomery
Travis Mayweather
ST:Enterprise

3 guests from Star Trek Voyager and now 3 guests from Star Trek Enterprise!! & 2 from StarGate!!

This incredible news, I guess we can put Cleveland on our schedule for sure now, and if the rumoured news of Kate Mulgrew attending comes true, it would make this quite the CON to attend.

Jackie, Bryan, what do you think want to ride down with us in the van, it'll be a hoot.

Man , now I cannot wait for this CON. Joe Motes may be retiring but it doesn't look like that will stop Vulkon from having kick-ass conventions.

Ken

Silent Bob

11-25-2005, 04:45 PM

Looks like we'll have to try and hit cleveland this time around. :)
Hey, I can get White Castle again! :D

Bryan R

11-25-2005, 05:03 PM

Looks like we'll have to try and hit cleveland this time around. :)
Hey, I can get White Castle again! :D

You guys gotta try and make it!!

They have a pretty good dance and a growing and fun costume masquerade, not to mention pretty good guest list!!

And of course the best part is Jackie and I and looks like Ken and Maggie will be there!! We will have a TT alumni party!! LOL!!

And I almost forgot...LINDA PARK WILL BE THERE!!!

Bryan R

11-26-2005, 11:24 PM

Another update to this convention.

1 Cancellation and 2 additions

Cancellation:
Robert Beltran
Chakotay
Star Trek Voyager

Additions:

Gil Gerard
Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers

Erin Gray
Wilma Deering
Buck Rogers

Bryan R

12-02-2005, 09:27 AM

Kenny G

12-02-2005, 11:06 AM

HOLY COW!!

They added 2 more BONUS guests to this awesome line-up!!

Robert Duncan McNeill
Tom Paris
ST:Voyager

LeVar Burton
Georgi LeForge
ST:TNG

Vulkon still has to announce their big-name guest but the bonus guests are awesome on their own!!

Ken + Maggie, S.B. + Lara (hopefully)...bring on the Cleveland road-trip in April!!

This CON is getting to be one of the musts for 2006 already. What a line up!!!, and the headliner not even announced yet. Better start selling stuff on eBay now to get money for autographs,

WOW

April is less than 5 months away now.

Ken

Bryan R

12-07-2005, 09:54 AM

Looks like this convention's line-up is set as it is posted (barring any cancellations due to work commitments).

Vulkon is changing their style a bit and going the Toronto Trek/Motor City way and having a more reasnableweekend pass price and pay for autographs wanted as opposed to their usual SFX style where you can buy a more expensive ticket and see a Big Name Guest.

This convention has 11 guests announced so far (3 Star Trek Voyager Guests, 3 Star Trek Enterprise Guests, 1 Star Trek TNG guest, 2 Buck Rogers Guests and 2 StarGate SG-1 Guests).

They also have a play put on by Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo, a Masquerade, A Saturday Retro Dance, A Banquet, Panels, Guest Talks, Photo Sessions as well as a Friday Meet and Greet - a well rounded convention for anyone interested!

Bryan R

12-09-2005, 11:22 AM

Kenny G

12-09-2005, 12:02 PM

You will be able to buy tickets on-line for this show starting next week (week of Dec 12th/05), if yu want to buy the "Platinum" ticket for $250.00 USD you can call that in on the phone number listed.

For anyone interested myself and shoppingqueen (Jackie) will be attending this show, we are going to buy the $60 weekend passes (next week) and we are going to attend the play with Robert Picardo and Ethan Phillips for $15 each.

Hope to see you there in April!!

I will have to wait until the New Year to buy my tickets, but Maggie and I plan to be there with you guys. It's gonna be a blast and half. I hope more of forum friends can make it for the weekend. I smell a room party here, oh no wait that's my socks, sorry.

Ken Gaus

Bryan R

12-28-2005, 12:37 PM

Kenny G

12-28-2005, 03:17 PM

Jackie (shoppingqueen) and I booked our weekend passes for Cleveland and we booked a hotel room for the 2 nights (Friday and Saturday night). We booked the $60 tickets and we will be in rows 2-9.

We are looking forward to this convention - we even bought tickets to the play being put on by Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo!!

Jackie will be in the masquerade and we will definitely attend the Saturday Night Retro-Dance!! The cool part is if the dance isn't going so good, in that same hotel is one of the best bars where you can go and party and dance too!! ;)

I cannot wait for this, the first CON of the year. I just bought tickets (rows 2 - 9 ) for both Maggie and I, as well as the tickets for "House Call" with Picardo and Phillips and also booked our room. Seeing as this is probably the only vacation we will get this year we are staying until Monday and coming home then. I booked a room on the executive level so we can always have a room party, waht do you think?, any other takers?

I hope lots of us can make it so we have a whole group. SO far it's Bryan, Jackie, Maggie and me. We need more, lets go people.

I hope to see a lot of you there.

Take care and Happy New Year

Ken Gaus

Bryan R

12-28-2005, 03:31 PM

I cannot wait for this, the first CON of the year. I just bought tickets (rows 2 - 9 ) for both Maggie and I, as well as the tickets for "House Call" with Picardo and Phillips and also booked our room. Seeing as this is probably the only vacation we will get this year we are staying until Monday and coming home then. I booked a room on the executive level so we can always have a room party, waht do you think?, any other takers?

I hope lots of us can make it so we have a whole group. SO far it's Bryan, Jackie, Maggie and me. We need more, lets go people.

I hope to see a lot of you there.

Take care and Happy New Year

Ken Gaus

Oooohhh on the Executive level - PARTY AT KEN AND MAGGIE'S ROOM!!! ;)

Silent Bob

01-09-2006, 02:30 PM

Hmm...$89/night for hotel, $40 Weekend pass.
$258 US for 3 day con, not counting gas and food.
Not bad. :)

Bryan R

01-09-2006, 03:58 PM

Hmm...$89/night for hotel, $40 Weekend pass.
$258 US for 3 day con, not counting gas and food.
Not bad. :)

I can't speak to gas prices right now (too bloody expensive in my opinion!!) but the hotel in Cleveland - right across the road is a Bob Evans and a Denny's as well as an expensive steak house restaurant (we generally skip the expensive restaurants and stick to Bob Evans and Denny's) - Can't beat the $5.99 breakfasts!!

The Cleveland convention has some panels, a good dealer's room (not huge but really different stuff), a fun dance, a growing masquerade, guest talks, autographs, Art Room, a really good bar in the hotel if you choose (big dance floor) and the convention has a buffet banquet with the stars if you want (to me the price is too high $65 USD per person).

Trust me Vulkon, Cleveland rocks!! :)

Silent Bob

01-09-2006, 04:19 PM

I'd love intel on their art show, couldn't find it on the website.

Bryan R

01-09-2006, 07:46 PM

I'd love intel on their art show, couldn't find it on the website.

Bob, I would recommend emailing Joe Motes (the Promoter) directly at vulkon@aol.com <vulkon@aol.com> and ask all the questions you like.

Joe is very responsive to answering emails and gives pretty detailed answers.

I saw the Art Show last year, it was quite good and I would say about 1/2 the size of TT19's.

shopping queen

02-14-2006, 04:14 PM

It won't be long now and a bunch of us Canucks will be heading southside for this convention....whoohooo....ROAD TRIP!!!!!

Kenny G

02-15-2006, 08:42 AM

It won't be long now and a bunch of us Canucks will be heading southside for this convention....whoohooo....ROAD TRIP!!!!!

We are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to this trip.

A weekend with freinds and a convention with 7 Star Trek guests, how much better than that can you get????

I'm ready baby, bring it on.

Shopping Queen and Bryan, I hope you're ready to have some fun, my friends, I hope Silent Bob and sweetie can make it as well.

See you all soon I hope.

Ken Gaus

Silent Bob

02-15-2006, 10:47 AM

Looking more and more like we'll be hitting this con instead of TT at the moment.

Bryan R

02-15-2006, 08:28 PM

Looking more and more like we'll be hitting this con instead of TT at the moment.

You wouldn't regret attending this con Bob!! Trust me!!

The dance is fun, the guests are very accessible, half the time you find them sitting in the lobby looking for conversations, sitting in the restaurant across the road or in the autograph room and they are so relaxed!

The dealer's room is pretty cool too!

Less than 2 months to this show!! I can't wait!! Vulkon Rocks!!

Jackie and I will be there Friday around dinner time and will be staying until just after lunch on Sunday then head back to Toronto after that.

Gee....if you guys come then I can have a dance with Lara too! ;)

shopping queen

02-16-2006, 06:54 PM

Shopping Queen and Bryan, I hope you're ready to have some fun, my friends.
Ken G

Kenny G....I am also very excited about this convention!!!! It should be a lot of fun and we look forward to spending a fun weekend with you and your lovely wife!

It would be awesome if Silent Bob and Miyu decide to try this convention too. I would describe it as a mini-TT. There may not be as much going on but in a way I prefer it....the atmosphere is a lot more laid back and there are more opportunities to mingle with the guests.

Counting the days.....

Silent Bob

02-16-2006, 08:17 PM

It's still a budget issue for us, but, we might try to hit at least 1 day. 6 hr round trip but, I've done it before. :)

Bryan R

03-08-2006, 09:48 AM

It is less than a month till Vulkon, Cleveland!!

If you are looking to meet some cool Star Trek guests, and generally have a great time, this Convention is for you!!

And to make things better, it is not an expensive con to attend!

Bryan R

03-23-2006, 09:25 AM

For anyone interested and for those attending Vulkon Cleveland, they have posted the Schedule of Events for the weekend!

Go to the website and you will be able to see the schedule (all you need is Adobe Acrobat).

I am now officially anxious for that weekend to get here!! :)

Bryan R

04-02-2006, 10:47 PM

Guest Change!!

Gil Gerard "Buck Rogers" has had to cancel due to a work commitment BUT Vulkon already has a replacement!!

Tim O'Connor
Dr. Huer
Buck Rogers
Bonus Guest

Looks good to me!!

Bryan R

04-06-2006, 01:39 PM

One Last Guest Change and Masquerade schedule change.

Cancellation:
Alexis Cruz
Stargate SG-1

Alexis has had to cancel due to him getting a movie part.

AND the masquerade has been moved to Sunday from Saturday (kinda crazy in my book!!). :(

On the bright side, 1 day till we head down to Cleveland for a fun weekend!

Silent Bob

04-06-2006, 01:53 PM

Looks like we're gonna miss this one again. Work and cash issues. >_< Y'all have a good time! :)

Bryan R

04-10-2006, 11:15 AM

Looks like we're gonna miss this one again. Work and cash issues. >_< Y'all have a good time! :)

We had a GREAT time Bob!! We did miss you and Miyu (I missed Miyu more than you though! - just being honest ;) )

The guests were great! Got all the autographs we wanted! The Art room may have been a bit small but actually had some really neat pieces in it!!

The dealer's room had some very different stuff (not the run of the mill stuff you get at most conventions).

The masquerade was smaller - only 10 entries in total. shoppingqueen (Jackie) won 1st runner-up in the masquerade for her Jedi Shaak-Ti costume. Actually Anthony Montgomery (Mayweather from Enterprise was one of the judges) and Vulkon gives out trophies to all their winners - great touch!

And as a bonus...KATE MULGREW (Janeway) made a surprise appearance and talked for a few minutes (no autographing) but we were able to take lots of pics of her!! Made it a real added bonus we did not have to pay for!

The play "House Call" with Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo was hilarious and well worth the add'l $15 per ticket to see this 1hr play!

All in all another stellar show by Vulkon!!

Bryan R

04-11-2006, 09:45 AM

Here is something else kinda cool.

Kate Mulgrew's official site has posted a couple of pictures that my wife Jackie (aka: shoppingqueen) took when we were at Vulkon Cleveland this past weekend!

http://www.totallykate.com/clevl0406/clev0406.html