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Day 2: Friday was day 2. I woke up early got prepared for the con. I put on my Makeup, got dressed and promptly left early. I drove out to the hotel. While driving to the hotel, a truck kicked up a rock and I know how a chip in my wind screen. That kind of annoyed me. I got to the hotel and called my car insurance company to see what I need to do. From there I went into the convention and started mingling with other people. As I already had my badge from the first day so I just hung round the line talking with random people. While waiting for the con to start I was very surprised to see many people knowing who I cosplayed as. This was a good win for me. As the starting time got closer, I made my way to the dealers room just to find out that they were running late and vip access was moved from 11 am to 1150 am. that was just a bit annoying as the opening ceremonies were at 12. I went into to dealers room and walked around. I bought a FLCL tumbler and a grab bag. After that I went to the opening ceremonies which was... you guessed it, delayed. Lol I guess I am seeing a theme here. After a short wait the panel opened and it was pretty cool. After the panel, I walked around and took photos, handed out my business cards for this site and just hung out with like minded individuals. I attended a couple of panels and I had no issues. around 5 pm, I was tired and decided to leave early as I am going to be cosplaying on day 3. I Believe that I will be staying there till closing as it is Saturday and it should be fun to go to the party. Pros: More People Cosplaying. Great way to speaking with like minded people. Cons: Scheduling conflicts A occurring theme Overall I enjoyed day 2 better than day 1. I have already posted the photos I have taken onto the gallery. I am looking forward to day 3 to see where it goes.

Day 1 Thursday was day 1. I finished up my cosplay prop in the morning and I am happy on how it turned out. I had some time to rest and relax before going to convention. To my knowledge the pre-registration time was noted at 6 pm. I gave myself plenty of time to drive out to the convention and I got there about an hour early. Upon arrival, I went into the hotel and scoped out where the convention was going to be held. I promptly went downstairs and noticed that the queue board said registration was at 7:30 pm. My ticket said 6:00 PM. QC Anime Con's website said 6:30 pm and the schedule said 7 pm. This was utterly confusing and odd. At this time, I was like screw it, I am here and lets see how things are. I went outside to get some air where I met some cosplayers dressed up in My Hero Academia Cosplay. We started talking and shared stories about past cons we went to and what not. Around 6 pm, we lined up inside where there was really no organization. we waited and the line got bigger and bigger. They started putting out the stanchions and said that Pre-Reg was delayed due to some "technical issues." That was fine it happens especially since this is the 2nd year for the con. Around 7:30 pm the line started going and about 8 pm is where I was able to get my badge. According to the schedule there was a meet and greet or PRE-CON mixer. I went to the panel room just to find out that it was cancelled. Many people were a bit angry. I can understand. We asked the con staff and they said that no one showed up at 7 pm and they decided to cancel. Yet we complained that it was on the schedule as 9 pm. At this time, we decided it was a bust and I went home around 10 pm after shooting the breeze with other Otakus from the area. Pros: For an opening day, It was free for everyone. For an opening day, there was many people cosplaying. Many cool people there having fun. Cons: Not as organized as an event should be. small hotel venue. lack of communication between staff. Overall the first day was alright. I expected some issues but the ones I saw I didn't like. But I am going to see how it goes for the rest of the weekend.