It only took 2 weeks =p

 sodders and I left out Thursday morning and stopped on the way at a Golden Corral in Oxford, Al and got to Atlanta after 3. I'm guessing we timed it just right as we were able to get into the parking deck with no issues, get checked in and bags up to the room fairly quickly. As the day went on we stopped by registration and bumped into several friends. That night we went out with friends to Ray’s in the City for sushi.

Friday we learned what the main issue would be throughout the weekend, the elevators. I really can't remember what all we do on Friday beyond getting to meetup with friends and just general hanging out.

Saturday,  sodders and I tried out the breakfast buffet in the hotel. It was great until we got the bill. Expecting 10-15 as usual for hotel breakfast buffets we were shocked to see $22 each! We made it back up to the room to digest before the fursuit parade. I knew the elevators were going to be crazy so we left 30 minutes early. We had to wait 30+ minutes just to get an elevator the wasn't packed beyond capacity and it was going up! So after stopping at every floor, we made it down late to the parade and thankfully they never start on time. First off was the group photo after standing around for 15 minutes, 350+ fursuiters deep under hot lights and loud music. The picture of course didn't look good as all the tall people were in front and blocked everyone behind them. I've given up on those group photos anyway =/ Next was the parade which was not well organized and we had no idea what the route was. It was pretty apparent that FWA was not a very suiter friendly con anymore with the new hotel layout and horrid elevator waits. FWA is a party con for sure which was apparent from all the drunk furs wondering around screaming and cussing (several times in elevators in from of families) at all hours. I have never been to a con that it was this bad. I'm not sure if it was the thickness of the walls or just the hotel layout.

Sunday was another day to hang out with friends, which was great and finally get into the Hard Rock for dinner.

Monday wasn't to bad checking out thankfully except for snippy hotel staff.

So all in all, I really had a so-so con. I really enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones for the first time which saved the trip from being a complete disaster. The hotel was just fucking horrible with the crappy layout and horrible prices on the room and parking. I expect MUCH more for what I payed. I really do hope the decision to change to another hotel is made in the near future. As well, the attendees are just getting worse with no respect for fursuiters (i.e. jumping in front of them in lines for elevators) and the general acting like retarded drunks. I just didn't want to have to go through all of it to go fursuiting again.

Fortunately I'll have a year to decide if I want to go back, but as it stands, I may just try for another con.