First Time DC'er

[kbuff.livejournal.com]

Next weekend will be my first Dragon*Con ever and I could NOT be more excited! I have a few questions that I haven’t been able to easily locate in other posts:

 

1.       Do you have to have a badge for the parties? If you don’t have a badge will there be other parties you can get into?

2.       Should I buy a badge before or after the parade Saturday morning? I probably can’t get one before that…

3.       I’d like to do this as cheaply as possible (I know some things are unavoidable, though). Any tips on how to navigate this weekend on the cheap?

4.       I’m starting to get to understand the tracks, etc. I want all things Whedonverse this weekend. Any recommendations? Also, it will only be myself and another friend of mine going. Any Whedon peeps who want to meet up and bev up, holler!

Comments

[silverbrow.livejournal.com]

1. You will need a badge to get into any official Dragon Con parties (i.e. anything listed in the programming guide) This being Dragon Con...there will be 'unofficial' parties everywhere, you just have to look for em.

2. I'm not sure what time registration opens on saturday....looking at the e-mail I got about volunteering I'd guess it's 8am but don't quote me on that. (Can anybody confirm/correct?) Parade starts at 10, if you want a good view I'd get there early. So, if registration does indeed open at 8, then you'd be able to get it before with no worries.

3. Make use of the con suite, they have food. My friends and I also bring breakfast and snacky (anything that doesn't need to be refrigerated, or can be kept in a cooler for a few days, usually fruit, granola bars, pop tarts, etc) things with us and keep them in our room, so we only buy 1 meal a day - dinner. We also bring a case or two of soda and bottled water.

[muerandah.livejournal.com]

According to this, http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/2010/2010-registration-hours/
you are correct in the 8am Saturday badge/registration buy.