Leonard Nimoy Photo Op? Or Dragon*Con parade

[rakshi.livejournal.com]

Apparently this is the choice I'm left with, or so I discover upon looking at the changes made to Mr. Nimoy's Photo op schedule.

I love Mr. Nimoy. I am a VERY long time Star Trek fan and was one of the first to sign up to get a photo op with him. For me... it was a momentous event that I felt I would remember for the rest of my life. He was supposed to be doing photo ops on Friday and Saturday... for $60. Ok. I paid it. I happily paid it. Then.. it's an additional $20. Ok. I paid it. I happily paid it... though to their credit Frogger refunded the extra charge. Then the Friday Photo op disappeared... then his Saturday panel disappeared in lue of an appearance at the Dragon*Con Awards Banquet, though he is still doing a Sunday panel I believe... unless that TOO has been canceled.

And yet... even though Mr. Nimoy is CLEARLY going to be at Dragon*Con all day Saturday (for the awards banquet) and on Sunday for his panel, the ONLY time when one can get their photo up with Mr. Nimoy has been scheduled by Frogger at 8:45 AM Saturday morning, 1 hour and 15 minutes before the start of the Dragon*Con parade. So we have one of the biggest stars at this year's Dragon*Con scheduled for his ONLY photo  opportunity for those of us who paid for it.. and have waited for this moment for months... at the EXACT SAME TIME that we need to be getting into our costumes and joining up with our groups for the parade.. one of the biggest EVENTS at this con.

There are also many, many people who are trying to position themselves to WATCH the parade who will also have to choose between that... and their photo opportunity.

I am very, very angry about this. All due respect to Frogger I think this scheduling is an outrage and needs to be reconsidered. I don't care if they have to hire another photographer... or what they have to do. Mr Nimoy is at the con on Friday, Saturday and on Sunday. Surely there is SOME other time.. an hour SOMEWHERE.. that can be spared so that those of us who have put so much time and effort into our costumes and who wait so joyfully for the Dragon*Con parade aren't forced to choose between participating in that event... and getting our photo with Leonard Nimoy, an opportunity we may never get again.

This needs to be addressed.

Thank you.

Comments

[aideon.livejournal.com]

I don't see where his only photo ops are on Saturday. On the website, I see:

Friday -11:15 AM: William Shatner/Leonard Nimoy
Saturday -8:45 AM: Leonard Nimoy

And I know that it sucks to be yanked around. I honestly hope that they don't get to come back next year to do photos with the way things have been going, but it does say all over their website that they reserve the right to change the schedule without notice. :/

[rakshi.livejournal.com]

Yep.. he's also doing the photo op with Mr. Shatner on Friday. I was referring to the one he's doing by himself. And, as you see.. it is scheduled and hour and 15 minutes before the D*C parade.

And I understand that they reserve the right to change the schedule without notice. And.. I reserve the right to let them know how I feel about this horrific scheduling conflict. All due respect... they need to work on changing this.

Thank you for your thoughts on it. I appreciate it.

[aideon.livejournal.com]

From the Froggy Faq:

We are doing all single and group shots together, so if you see your actors name in a line w other actors that IS your time to be at the photo room!! Do NOT come late, we will NOT hold up the guest if it is beyond 5 minutes after the shoot time and there are no other customers. We will NOT refund tickets because you were late. We can exchange them for another actor, if you cannot show up to next shoot.

You can still take a solo photo with Mr. Nimoy at this time.

[rakshi.livejournal.com]

I'm unsure of what you're saying. Are you saying that at the time I get a photo with Mr. Nimoy and Mr. Shatner I can get a solo photo with Mr. Nimoy? That was not my impression. Am I wrong?

Thank you...

[aideon.livejournal.com]

I don't work for Froggy, etc. I'd still send them an email to double check, but the impression I get from the FAQ is that you can do your solo photos any time they are doing group photos also.

For them, it's probably a matter of saying "Hey Mr. (Nimoy/Shatner), could you take a seat for a sec?"

[rakshi.livejournal.com]

I will write to them and ask them. If that were possible I would be one very happy person. But.. I would still hold the opinion that scheduling Mr. Nimoy's photo shoot at a time that conflicts with the D*C parade is a very, very bad idea. It's not just me I'm thinking of here. It's of EVERYONE who will be faced with this conflict.

Thank you for your thoughts.. I will try your idea and hope.