I'll add it to my list of things to find.

So, continuing on from my last post, it was midday Thursday (here) when I left the room and caught the bus to the Magic Kingdom. After waiting 20 minutes for the bus, and taking about another 20 minutes to get there, I was inside by 20 to 1 (you have to have your finger scanned before they let you in).

I figured that I wouldn't have time to do anything, so decided to just do reconaissance instead, so that I'd know if I'd ever want to come back. 30 minutes later, I was about 3/4 through the park, when the camera battery died. This camera has a battery indicator on the display screen, but will show a full-battery icon right up until the last five photos. How are you supposed to know before a long day out, that it hasn't got much power left? Fortunately I was close enough to the end, so decided to go back to the hotel to recharge the battery, and decide where to go next. So after taking 40 minutes to get there, I was only in the Magic Kingdom for 40 minutes, and then spent another 40 minutes on a bus back (2pm at this time).

While the camera was recharging, I went off to 'The Boardwalk' to find an ATM people were saying had a greater limit and less fees.

I was back in the room an hour later, and prepared to leave, when our third room-mate arrived.
I ran off to get the boat to Epcot (the Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow) park, and realised it was just on the other side of the lake to the hotel, so could walk it if necessary.
I was in Epcot for an hour, starting with the World Showcase section (several cultural themed sections), then the Future World section (all the futuristic buildings you are more likely to see advertised, including the giant 'golf ball').

5pm I walked back to the hotel to get ready for the 6pm opening of the Club Store at 6pm. I was early enough to 'only' take 40 minutes this year.
When I was done, I proceded to take photos of the Convention toys display, but was told to leave by one of the volunteers, because they didn't want people loitering after they were done.

With our third arrival in the room now, we didn't end up going to sleep until 1.30am.
The alarm was set for 6am...

Friday, 25th June.
Had to be at the Club store early for extra sets of toys before the panels started, which meant waiting in line an hour before they opened.
When I had done that (and spoke briefly to llamatron and THC), the line for the Panel room was at least a couple hundred long.

Today's panel's:
- Collector Club Magazine (not much news worthy)
- TakaraTomy Designer (very insightful, with a JP perspective for a change)
- Bob Budiansky (very interesting, with heaps of early info about how he developed the characters and storyline for Transformers)
- Fan Film Fest (entertaining)

There was a 1 hour break before the dealer room opened up, so I went back to my room (most people just went straight to lining up outside the dealer room).

2pm - dealer room was opened, and I looked for the IDW exhibit. This year they seemed to be very hard to find, and they didn't have much on sale either.

There was the usual Hasbro exhibits, Activision exhibit, artist tables, and Stanbush at a table. Plus, a yellow/black Camaro car next to the statue of Bumblebee that was at last year's BotCon.

I got a signed CD off Stan Bush, who says that they are still intending to release copies of their concert last year but had some trouble with the audio.

I found out that BotCon is at Disney because of Hasbro (to cash in on the holidaying families at the resort).

Found Rokdog, who arrived the day before. And chatted to Eric Seibenaler (Hasbro Designer who worked in AUS for a year recently).

The dealer room closed at 5pm, but since I was the last in the Hasbro interactive Autobot Alliance game (You use a Nerf gun at moving targets - Details later), I didn't get out of there until 5.30pm.

I had a craving for a burger, so went to one of the hotel's restaurants and had a burger with Onion Rings (the best onion rings I have ever eaten).

Was back at my room around 6.30pm, and spent six hours checking over toys for defects, checking photos, doing computer stuff, and sorting stuff for tomorrow (will have to be up early again, as I have to meet up with someone to get their convention toys.

It's just past midnight here (now Saturday), and am about to go to sleep.

Tomorrow is 7 hours straight of panels, which will only give me about an 30 minutes in the Dealer room *all day*.

But we have the big panel tomorrow - Hasbro. Can't wait.