Dragoncon 2009

I was debating on it. Depends on if I spring for the costume I've had my eye on.

I've got a thumbs-up from Bob Bergen (voice of Porky Pig) to join a meet-up dinner I'm organizing during the con weekend -- this is for an Atlanta-area voice-over group I host, so if any of you would like to join us as well, PM me and I might be able to get a few non-members in as well depending on how many confirmations I get.

Any locals have a few restaurants close to the con grounds they can recommend? Preferably ones that don't require reservations since Bob asked to keep the time flexible.

I would really like to go. Unfortunately, I am in a state of flux at the moment, so, I am unsure whether I will get to go or not.

However, I will post back if I find out I can make it work. A get-together would be great. Just what I was looking for, actually.

Hey guys!

Me and some friends are going to DragonCon in Atlanta this year and I was curious to see if anyone else on here is planning on attending.

If so it'd be great to meet you guys!

I will be going, however there is already a thread in the conventions forum.

Yeah just realized that. Anyways. If anyone wants to meet up let me know.

I wish I could go, I have too much other stuff going on to go.

A buddy called me yesterday. He told me William Shatner will be attending! I dunno about anyone else, but this little Trekkie is excited!

There is an entire guest list is on Welcome to Dragon*Con! - Welcome to Dragon*Con!

Off the top of my head, there is Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos, Charisma Carpenter, and a whole ton of others! I just checked the list again...George Romero was gonna be there, now he had to cancel . On a side note, celebs have been known to go there as fans. For instance, 2 years ago, the wrestler Lita was there with her boyfriend. I got to meet her in person which was great!

Shatner was just announced as a guest on August 18th. He has a reputation for being elitist and kind of an ass, but I still find him amusing. But I won't be waiting in line for hours to pay $25-50 to get his autograph and a photo. It will definitely be a Trek-packed weekend since the aforemetioned Nimoy and Stewart are scheduled, as well as Kate Mulgrew (Voyager), Dwight Schultz (STTNG), Garrett Wang (Voyager), and several other Trek-related guest stars and writers and such.

I finally got confirmation of my media pass for the whole weekend, and I will be there all 4 days reporting for ToonZone.net and my "Voice Actors in the News" blog.

And unfortuantely I have to withdraw my earlier open invitation for the dinner meet-up I'm hosting with guest of honor Bob Bergen -- too many people contacted me wanting to get in on it. So unfortunately I had to change it from being an open event to a private, invitation-only event. However, if I do happen to have any last-minute cancellations, I'll have openings on stand-by. And I do still have a few spaces open due to unreplied RSVPs. I may also have two other guests-of-honor in addition to Bob, but they haven't confirmed yet.

So you're welcome to send me a PM if you'd like to be on stand-by, and please be sure to include a cellphone number so I can reach you.

And as I mentioned previously, I would like those of us TFW2005 members to try and meet up again this year, especially if any of you are booked to stay at one of the hotels on con grounds. I would love to do a swap meet or parts party like they do at Botcon.