![]() ![]() The ATL airport is very clean and well-furnished with many restaurants and shops, and you can grab a smoothie while you wait for your baggage or sit down for a real meal before heading out to the hotel. ![]() As for the details, I’ve broken everything down so you know what to expect from each aspect of your Anime Weekend Atlanta experience.Īirfare to Georgia will vary based on your point of origin, but by shopping ahead and keeping an eye on airfare, you can snag roundtrip tickets for around $200 from most other places in the United States. Sunday afternoon felt somewhat slow, and I felt that I could have taken a flight out that evening instead of Monday morning and not missed a lot. Events start on Thursday evening, though the largest crowds of people don’t show up until about 2 pm on Friday (according to convention sources, who refer to this rush as the ‘college crowd’). A month and a half later, with a mostly-finished new costume, I found myself on a plane to Atlanta, on the way to one of the best convention experiences of my life.ĪWA is a four day convention, technically speaking. I had a room by myself, and jumping in headfirst with no security net was scary- But jumping in turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. I knew absolutely nobody in Atlanta I had no friends going. Instead, I applied for a badge, and decided that if the universe wanted it to work out, I would go to Anime Weekend Atlanta. I didn’t go to the con I’ve been attending for 10 years. I gave away my room at the major local con. I decided to do something crazy, something out of my comfort zone. I’m not sure what straw broke the camel’s back, but in August, I realized that I had been saying the same things for too long: Each year would be my last year, then the next year would be the last, hoping it would improve every time and being let down each time I gave my home state another chance. After three years of bad experiences at my local conventions, I had decided that this would be my last year going to local cons. It’s been a rough couple of years, after all: A year of mediocre convention experiences, cosplay friendships ending, and general disappointment. Artist Helpers are permitted to assist in sales, but must note beforehand they are not the Artist.When I decided to go to Georgia for the largest anime convention on the Gulf Coast, I was disillusioned with con life.Collaborative works (where multiple artists worked on a single project) are acceptable, but must be noted beforehand. Each artist must be selling their own work, not that of other people.No more than 2 Galleria-provided chairs should be behind a table at any given time (though artists may bring additional chairs from home if they wish). Please do not move provided chairs to other tables. If you would like to purchase a vacant table, (though we try very hard not to have any of those), please see the Artist Alley Director during the convention. If you did not pay for the table, it is not yours and you will be asked to move. (if you are unsure about a piece of equipment, contact us at No open flames permitted, including candles. This includes, but is not limited to, t-shirt presses, welding equipment, etc. No equipment that will produce noxious fumes is allowed.Dealers and food trucks with the appropriate license may sell food, but Artists may not. ![]()
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