339 Days

What is 339 days you may be asking?
It is how many days until 2014 DragonCon. For many years I have wanted to go back, and 2014 will be my year to get there.
I went in 2007 and for various reasons haven't been able to go again.

If you are a fan of sci-fi, movies, books, or have wanted to go to ComicCon in California but it is too far, too expensive or whatever, then think about DragonCon. It is the biggest convention of its kind on the East Coast.

Why am I going to spend the next 339 days preparing for it? Because I am going to do it right this time.  I am going to get a room at one of the convention hotels, one of the five hotels. When I was last there I was in a hotel nearby, which was not too bad, it was the same hotel Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker from Star Trek Next Generation) stayed at. But I want to be able to just go up to my room and not have to worry about wandering the streets of downtown Atlanta. It is going to be a bit pricy for the hotel too. And the rooms book amazingly fast, they will be accepting reservations starting October 9th.

Plus I will need to buy a car too, that will be the largest cost of this whole endeavor.

Here is a link for the photos I took in 2007 LINK

I was just looking through the photos and a thought struck me. What if you were a person staying at one of the hotels and didn't know about the convention? All of these people walking around in some pretty strange outfits, what would they think?

So here is the rough schedule as it stands now.

October 9 and 15th Hyatt and Marriot rooms become available
November 15th ticket prices go from $75 to $85, so I will order the ticket at $75.

As it stands now that is all of the deadlines. Expenses for the trip besides the hotel and car, will be gas for the trip. I did some rough calculating and from Bucks County, Pa to Atlanta will cost about $200 in gas round trip to be on the safe side. It is a 1600 mile round trip. I will take the same route I did the first time, 81 to 77 to 85 and that will drop me right at the hotels. It is about a 12 hour drive, but it is not on 95 and it is a nice drive, very scenic.

So I will update this as needed, 339 days to go!!

*** Quick Update***
I will booking a room at the Hyatt Regency October 16th