C5 in Orlando!!!! confirmed!

I shipped my costume the day before my arrival at Dragon Con in 2006. I sent it FED-Ex priority through my corporate account, it was about $400. I shipped back 5-Day Ground, at around $150. I personally prefer shipping than doing the TSA thing. I flew with my Bacara costume to Adcon for Jon and Rose's wedding in 2007 and I was charged a total of $350 and those TSA folks went through my entire bin, and dishelved the packing. I ended-up with a few busted parts.
 
Wao, that is a great news, from Puerto Rico to Orlando it is a 2 hours flight,(y) I want to go with all my family so i need to make some extra cash.
 
Was thinking the same thing. I'll be bringing my wife and my daughter and make it a Disney/StarWars Celebration.

Disney World August 7-11
C5 August 12-15

I will be there from Monday the 9th, leaving Monday the 16th. I like to get settled in, no rushing or stress, and check out Disney World also!
 
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About bloody time they made a decision! :facepalm

At this point I don't know if I'm going solo or with the family... finances are really tight right now - But I will be there! DC and SDCC were out of the picture anyway, I was hoping and praying they would make a decision on this, because CV was all I could afford this year.
 
Ack! Right in between SDCC and DragonCon!



My thoughts exactly! I’m already committed to DragonCon, there’s no way I could afford the time or money to do a major con with in a couple of weeks of that. Any other time and I would be there… I really think LFL has shot themselves in the foot on this deal. :(
 
Thanks for the heads up guys!!! Ive booked
into the Springhill Suites by Marriott. 8840
Universal Boulevard Aug 11-16 Now I just
have to make sure I get the 4 day passes!
See you there guys.....Its going to be a fun
drive from Ontario Canada to Orlando.
Mike
 
I think they made their decision 4-6 months too late. Less than a year's notice isn't that cool on their part; I doubt I'll be going. Plus all of this new Star Wars isn't that great, the Clone Wars are unwatchable and I doubt the convention will be worth flying cross country for. Celebration 4 wasn't that great, and I'll stick to the other conventions.
 
I've heard horror stories of shipping being as much as or more than airfare... I seem to recall hearing tales of shipping fees upwards towards $300 to $500 dollars on over-sized tubs! :confused

If I were to drive it, it would take me 2 to 3 days of all out driving to get to Orlando from Ottawa... airfare would be far cheaper considering todays gas prices. :facepalm

I'll just have to research the different airlines, and find out what the current limitations are for over-sized baggage. Hope they don't charge me into bankruptcy.
Find someone in the Florida Garrison to mail your costume to. I had several people mail me their costumes and I drove them down to LA with them. I'm sure other people will be willing to help out like I did in 2007
 
I'm wodering if enough people in one area are going and want to bring costumes could pitch in and rent a uhaul and pay for a friend to drive it to Florida and then do the same back. If you get enough people it'd def be worth it.
 
I will be there from the 9th to the 16th. Spending a couple of days at Disney and then the remainder at the con. If you haven't booked a hotel yet, there are still some $50 rooms left, although most of the smaller hotels doubled their prices this morning (wonder why?)
 
I got permisson from the wife to go!(y)

I'll actually be driving down the east coast with a friend and our kids. This way we'll share the driving and go down straight through. I've driven to FL before so it's not a big deal. By driving I hope to bring my ESB Boba too!:love

Hopefully I'll get to meet some the TDH'ers. :cheers
 
Find someone in the Florida Garrison to mail your costume to. I had several people mail me their costumes and I drove them down to LA with them. I'm sure other people will be willing to help out like I did in 2007

Sounds like a cool idea Andy, but I'm not sold on how practical it might be for me at this time. My squad mates and I will be discussing C5 soon enough, so I'm sure that plans will be formulated for those of us with large-ish tubs.
 
!!! Figures, I live less than 3 hrs from O-Town right now, but by Aug I'll be livin in Idaho (within driving distance of Vegas)! Mr Lucas hates me..... :(

Hopefully, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be open at Universal by then, so I can kill two birds with one stone. lol
 
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This is great news indeed. However, I do wish that they gave at least a year's notice like the other previous Celebrations.

I also did have a few concerns though after reading their website...

In regards to the "Weapons Policy"...It seems that they gotten a lot stricter than the previous Celebrations.


Here's a listing of Their "Weapon Policy":

The following items are forbidden at Star Wars Celebration:

Functional firearms (including air soft guns, BB guns, cap guns, paintball guns, and pellet guns).

Functional projectile weapons (including blow guns, crossbows, long bows, silly string, slingshots, water balloons, and water guns).

Metal-bladed weapons (including axes, daggers, hatchets, knives, kunai, shuriken, swords, sword canes, and switch blades).

Explosives (including firecrackers and fireworks).

Chemical weapons (including mace and pepper spray).

Blunt weapons (including brass knuckles, clubs, and nunchaku).

Hard replica weapons (including most made of metal, fiberglass, and glass).

Whips.

Replica weapons will be allowed, providing that they are made of cardboard, foam, wood, or other lightweight materials. Replica firearms are allowed only if they cannot be mistaken for real weapons. The barrel of all replica firearms must be covered with a brightly-colored cap. Replica bows will be allowed providing all arrows have soft tips.

While I can understand about the safety issue in regards about bringing real weapons, I do have some questions about the part about the "Hard replica weapons" and the airsoft guns.

Aren't many of the Clone Troper/Stormtrooper, Mandalorian weapons and Jedi weapon props made of metal & fiberglass? Some are modified airsoft replicas of real weapons. Also, why are whips banned all of a sudden? Does that mean we will have to use plastic, foam and cardboard for the weapon props?

Hard replica weapons were not a issue in the past Celebrations, so I was kind of surprised to read this new weapon policy. The new organizers are the Pop Culture Group at Reed Exhibitions. (They are the same organizers for New York Comic Con, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, and the New York Anime Festival.)

I hope this is not going to end up like some of the other cons where they have a Draconian policy when it comes to weapon props.
 
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