Got to get my picture with Hayley Atwell! Such an amazing woman and I love Agent Carter. You can tell I was flattered to meet her as my face was much redder than normal...
Shortly after arriving at the con, I met up with Kristy and we queued for our photo op. I have to give the organizers and volunteers props here as they've done a fantastic job at organizing the lines, crowds and fans. The volunteers in our area were super friendly and fun (and will initiate spontaneous Spice Girls sing and dance numbers). We got our picture with Ms Atwell and wandered the Big 4 for awhile looking at the vendors.
We headed outside shortly after to get food from the food trucks. Out of all the amazing trucks and choices of food we opted for two large bags of mini doughnuts. Seriously these things were like 6 dollars and I still have half a bag (which would be a full $5 bag at Stampede). Meandering back into the BMO centre we hear an announcement after walking through the doors that Hayley Atwell's panel was about to start. We both turned around and ran back outside to the Corral to watch.
My pictures are terrible. This is the best one. But it did not matter, because Ms Atwell was extremely entertaining. The questions were quite intelligent (the most awkward one being "When did you know you were so perfect?"), which was nice as they can be pretty awful. Again, a Spiderman kid was there...but I wasn't sure if it was the same one since it was a different costume. Kid was still incredibly adorable.
Best stories included Ms Atwell telling us about what they'd do to keep awake while they set up the lighting and sound systems including chair jousting and throwing grapes and catching them in their mouths. She also told fantastic stories about her playing party games with Chris Evans and wearing Evan's fake legs for his running scene (and how no one noticed). I really loved hearing her talk about Peggy Carter though because it seems like while her personality leaks into her character, a lot of Peggy leaks back. Was really neat.
After the panel we met up with Oliver, Jay and Hayley and we wandered the Expo hall together while Kristy did some shopping. I was a little burnt out at this time, so I didn't go out of my way to ask cosplayers for their pictures (though there was still a lot of amazing costumes to be seen).
We did a tour of the adjacent hall and checked out the LEGO display again. We found out that Ninjas beat Pirates. Kristy didn't buy it. Also Jay told us about how they changed the display every day to reflect the battle that was being decided by people voting on the outcome. I did notice that the ships were facing the other direction and all the pirates had been chased off the island. Also hee hee the Groot in the background.
After we fed Kristy to the orcs and decided to call it a day. We left the con, said goodbye to Jay and Hayley and went to wait 30 mins in line at Peter's Drive Thru for a milkshake.
All in all, great day at the con. I am very tired and going to pass out as I need to somehow get out of bed tomorrow morning for work. Fantastic con this year Calgary Expo people. You did a great job (despite some grumpy weapon and prop check people) and I will look forward to coming back next year!
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