Friday morning I got up and got dressed and headed down to the convention center around 11am. The convention activities didn't start till 4pm so everyone was in the registration line which meant one thing...nap time! I would suggest the convention start a couple hours earlier as people were "looking for things to do" in the early afternoon. I was impressed with opening ceremonies. Things seemed to be very well organized at this convention. There were numerous staff members in easily seen badges and shirts as well as ASL interpreters. This convention also hosted some new ideas that I thought were fantastic. One of these is the "quiet room" which is a room to retreat to when you are feeling overwhelmed or stressed. It included toys to occupy yourself with or coloring books. The room was staffed with one staff member and no sleeping was allowed. There was also a cosplay lounge including items to repair cosplays with and it was a place away from cameras where you could rest or fix your cosplay. Also, WARNING signs on escalators that they like to eat cosplay! Who would of thought. Around 5pm I checked in for the cosplay contest. My judging time was at 9pm. This convention tends to run things super late. Judging was no more than 5 minutes tops.