Wizard World Sacramento 2017
Kaylees and a Deadpool!
It's been over a week now since Wizard World Comic Con in Sacramento and despite being over 100 degrees Fahrenheit every since day, it was a successful weekend of cosplay and panel going!
Friday was mostly a bust - traffic on the the way up from the Bay Area was a massive headache and, even though we expected it to be a mess, it still took us over three hours to reach our hotel and all the panels for the day had finished. I'd brought my Merida dress for Friday, but it was late enough and so unbearably hot, I decided against it and instead we just popped over to the venue in street clothes to pick up wrist bands and then headed off into the heat for drinks.
Saturday panels of interest didn't start until noon-ish and we'd planned to get in some photos of both my Merida and Shindig dresses at the park in the morning, but the heat was so ungodly, even at 8 AM, we decided against it and just lounged in the air-conditioned hotel room. Around 10 AM, I went ahead and steamed and pressed my Shindig Dress for the day and we wandered over to the show floor around 11.
Of course I had to say hello to the puppy!
I was so pleased with how the Shindig dress wore. It was a little stuffy on top, even in the AC, and I was unable to sit easily in chairs (it can be done, but not particularly gracefully), but otherwise I was really, really happy. I was asked if I was Princess Peach perhaps a dozen times, but everyone who identified the Shindig dress was super excited to see it.
We wandered in between the floor and panels for most of the afternoon before I went back to change for dinner - the cage crinoline wasn't really appropriate for the restaurant and I was able to steam my top again before we jetted off for food.
After dinner, it was costume contest time. I re-curled my hair and headed over to line up. I'm not much of a judge of contest size, but it was a fairly efficient sort of thing and I was asked about the ruffles on my dress and didn't fall, despite not having my glasses on (can't do contacts and my vision is just this side of blind), so that was successful. The Shindig Dress didn't place, but I wasn't terribly surprised - there were some seriously impressive makers there that night.
Sunday was mostly a day of panels. We packed the car and I changed into my Jakku Rey cosplay before we headed to the venue. It a nice and relaxed day of sitting in the lovely air conditioned rooms in my most comfy of cosplays and listening to excellent folk be excellent. We did end up ducking out before the last panel of the day to beat some traffic. (Spoiler: We didn't beat traffic and sat for ages off the bridge waiting for an accident to clear).
It was a great weekend over all and now it's time to repair and recover for SF Comic Con in September!