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Megaplex 2017 Recap!
8 years ago
Sorry this is so late! I've been busy running around like a headless chicken, unpacking, repairing inflatables, and getting back to boring everyday life. Megaplex 16: The Wrath of Con was a total blast!
Thursday: I got to the hotel with my roommates
kaiser001, 
morokai, 
hunter_foxclaw, 
lylatsystem, and 
xenonnobel. We were all in and settled by evening, and explored for the rest of the night.
Friday: We all attended the Pool Party and Dessert Social at the hotel's main swimming pool. It was packed! Fenris was a huge hit in the pool as usual. He only had one minor seam split on his tail, but that was quickly repaired and he was back in the pool in no time. There was vanilla ice cream with gummi bears, brownies, lemonade and more...it was a great time!
Saturday: My Inflatable Animal Toys Meet-and-Greet panel started at 5:30 PM, and ran until about 8PM. We had a great turnout, and tons of toys!! This year's new arrivals included my massive inflatable winged wolf Zephyr (based on
kwisa, with permission), whom all the fursuiters had a blast trying to ride, as well as my Hongyi Arcanine toy, who got his photo taken with two fuzzy Arcanines! Everyone pitched in to help with inflation and deflation, and the panel went off without a hitch. Immediately following my panel, I got into fursuit for the fursuit photo, and hung out in the improvised fursuit mingle for a bit. (The proper fursuit parade had been canceled due to rain.) I was also one of four fursuiters chosen to interact with a surprise guest: 8-year-old Giovanni, a Make-A-Wish recipient who had originally wished to go to SeaWorld, but chose instead to attend Megaplex after seeing the fursuiters. After I got out of suit, I ate dinner at Laguna, the DoubleTree Hotel's on-site restaurant, with Hunter and 
xavieralexander. We had some delicious pizza, and I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup with fries. The food was all great, and our waitress was amazing!
Sunday: This was a mostly chill day. I took the Power Wagon for a spin around the conspace, and was even invited into the headless lounge in the Main Tower, so the suiters had something to do while cooling off and relaxing. We also swam in the pool some more, and Fenris got to laze around and float. ^^ Closing Ceremonies were at 6PM. Following the official end of the con, I suited back up and walked in the rescheduled late night fursuit parade, which had us walking outside between buildings. Boy, was that HOT! I was so glad to get out of Mac and take a nice cool shower afterward. Once I'd relaxed for a bit, I went with hunter_foxclaw, lylatsystem, xenonnobel, and xavieralexander to the nearby Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse for a late dinner. It was quite expensive, but very good, and I had a wonderful time just chatting with my friends over a nice dinner. ^^
We were checked out of the hotel by 1PM on Monday, and we went our separate ways. kaiser001 stayed at home with me until the following Friday; we explored the local railyard, sniffed out some old abandoned airplanes behind the airport, and played with our inflatable pooltoys together. ^^ On that Friday, we made a day out of exploring the Orlando International Airport (KMCO). I got a gate pass and walked around with him after going through TSA security. We rode the new APM (people mover), took lots of great airplane photos, and ate together, before he had to board his plane home at about 7PM. Im gonna miss him so much!
Anyway, that's about it, as far as my explanation of my time surrounding Megaplex 2017. I had a GREAT time. Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make my con experience the best it could be! (You know who you are; I can't possibly name all of you!) Check my FA for photos from the event and related excursions!
Thursday: I got to the hotel with my roommates
kaiser001, 
morokai, 
hunter_foxclaw, 
lylatsystem, and 
xenonnobel. We were all in and settled by evening, and explored for the rest of the night.Friday: We all attended the Pool Party and Dessert Social at the hotel's main swimming pool. It was packed! Fenris was a huge hit in the pool as usual. He only had one minor seam split on his tail, but that was quickly repaired and he was back in the pool in no time. There was vanilla ice cream with gummi bears, brownies, lemonade and more...it was a great time!
Saturday: My Inflatable Animal Toys Meet-and-Greet panel started at 5:30 PM, and ran until about 8PM. We had a great turnout, and tons of toys!! This year's new arrivals included my massive inflatable winged wolf Zephyr (based on
kwisa, with permission), whom all the fursuiters had a blast trying to ride, as well as my Hongyi Arcanine toy, who got his photo taken with two fuzzy Arcanines! Everyone pitched in to help with inflation and deflation, and the panel went off without a hitch. Immediately following my panel, I got into fursuit for the fursuit photo, and hung out in the improvised fursuit mingle for a bit. (The proper fursuit parade had been canceled due to rain.) I was also one of four fursuiters chosen to interact with a surprise guest: 8-year-old Giovanni, a Make-A-Wish recipient who had originally wished to go to SeaWorld, but chose instead to attend Megaplex after seeing the fursuiters. After I got out of suit, I ate dinner at Laguna, the DoubleTree Hotel's on-site restaurant, with Hunter and 
xavieralexander. We had some delicious pizza, and I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup with fries. The food was all great, and our waitress was amazing!Sunday: This was a mostly chill day. I took the Power Wagon for a spin around the conspace, and was even invited into the headless lounge in the Main Tower, so the suiters had something to do while cooling off and relaxing. We also swam in the pool some more, and Fenris got to laze around and float. ^^ Closing Ceremonies were at 6PM. Following the official end of the con, I suited back up and walked in the rescheduled late night fursuit parade, which had us walking outside between buildings. Boy, was that HOT! I was so glad to get out of Mac and take a nice cool shower afterward. Once I'd relaxed for a bit, I went with
hunter_foxclaw, lylatsystem, xenonnobel, and xavieralexander to the nearby Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse for a late dinner. It was quite expensive, but very good, and I had a wonderful time just chatting with my friends over a nice dinner. ^^We were checked out of the hotel by 1PM on Monday, and we went our separate ways.
kaiser001 stayed at home with me until the following Friday; we explored the local railyard, sniffed out some old abandoned airplanes behind the airport, and played with our inflatable pooltoys together. ^^ On that Friday, we made a day out of exploring the Orlando International Airport (KMCO). I got a gate pass and walked around with him after going through TSA security. We rode the new APM (people mover), took lots of great airplane photos, and ate together, before he had to board his plane home at about 7PM. Im gonna miss him so much!Anyway, that's about it, as far as my explanation of my time surrounding Megaplex 2017. I had a GREAT time. Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make my con experience the best it could be! (You know who you are; I can't possibly name all of you!) Check my FA for photos from the event and related excursions!
I'll try to answer any other questions you might have. ^^