E hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho i nā Floridians, a me ka poʻe i hele mai i ka ʻaha kūkā i manaʻo ʻole e hana i ka huakaʻi no ka manawa maikaʻi i ka mokuʻāina o ka lā; E hele mai ana ʻo MegaCon, a i kēia makahiki ʻo Tim Curry ke poʻo! Pololei, e Tim freaking Curry! ʻAʻole i kēlā me kēia lā e hele mai kēia mea keaka kaulana i kahi ʻaha kūkā, no laila e hoʻolohe mai.

No ʻoukou ka poʻe i kamaʻāina ʻole me MegaCon Orlando, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui nui loa i ka mokuʻāina o ka lā, e kaena ana ma luna o 100,000 mau mea pā. He nui kēlā o nā hoa geeks ma hoʻokahi wahi! ʻO kēia makahiki ka hanana ʻo Mei 25-28 ma Orange County Convention Center, a hiki iā ʻoe kūʻai i kāu mau tiketi ma ʻaneʻi.

E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻo ka malihini poʻo nui i kēia makahiki ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ʻo Tim Curry kaulana, kaulana loa no kāna hana ma Hōʻike Hōʻike Pōhaku Pōhaku a ʻo Stephen King kā IT. ʻO nā malihini ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia iā James Marsters, Alice Cooper, Stan Lee, a me Richard Dean Anderson. Me ka aneane ʻekolu kakini malihini e hoʻopaʻa nei i nā fandoms o ka weliweli, ka pāʻani, ka moʻolelo ʻepekema, nā comics a me ka anime, ʻike ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea hoihoi.

ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā makahiki he 42 mai ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ua hui pū ʻia ʻo MegaCon i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe nui o ka cult classic 1975, me Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, a me Nell Campbell. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hoʻopau ʻo Meatloaf i kona hele ʻana i ka minuke hope loa, akā he mea kōkua i ka mea peʻa nāna e lawe mai i kahi ʻōpala e hōʻike ai i kona hele ʻole ʻana i ke kiʻi op. ʻIke ʻoe i kaʻu e kamaʻilio nei Weliweli Pōhaku kânaka.

Ma waho aʻe o ka holo ʻana o nā panela wili, nā hui autograph, nā kiʻi kiʻi, a me nā hale kūʻai aku i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe congoers mai nā ʻaha kūkā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka MegaCon e hāʻawi ai! No ka laʻana, ʻo Doc's Interactive Delorean Time Travel Experience!

ʻO ʻoukou āpau Back i ka Future nā poʻe e heluhelu ana i kēia, no ʻoe kēia! ʻO kēia kou manawa e holo ai ma ka Delorean me Doc Brown. E ʻai i kou puʻuwai ʻo Marty McFly! ʻAe, ma ke ʻano ʻenehana he kope ia o ka mīkini manawa maʻamau mai ka makahiki 1985 maʻamau… a ʻaʻole maoli ʻo Christopher Lloyd e noho kokoke ana iā ʻoe ma ka noho kaʻa, he mea keaka. Akā eia, ʻo ia ka mea kokoke loa a mākou e hele ai!

Hiki iā ʻoe ke holo pū me Marty McFly a i ʻole Biff. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia kāu ʻike i ka nani panoramic 360 degere 4k no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolili i kou ʻohana a me kou mau hoaaloha i kou hoʻi ʻana i ka home, e ola hou i nā hoʻomanaʻo. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa, ʻo nā mea i loaʻa mai kēia ʻike e hele ai i ka Halemai ʻImi ʻImi keiki o St. Jude. Nui Scott!

Ma hope o ka pani ʻana o nā puka ʻaha kūkā i ka Pōʻalima a me ka pō Pōʻaono hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i nā pāʻina ma hope! No ka uku liʻiliʻi hou, ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka pō Pōʻalima ka MegaCon's Inaugural Geeky Tikki Luau. Inā ʻaʻahu ʻoe i kāu ʻaʻahu maikaʻi loa o ka Lāpule, ʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ka cosplay, e hele mai e pāʻani me kou mau hoa pā e leʻaleʻa ana i nā mea inu kūikawā ma ka loko wai a hiki i ka hola 1 i kēia hoʻonohonoho 21+! ʻO ka pō Pōʻaono ma Con e lawe mai i ka Paradox After Party! Hāʻawi kēia pāʻina i loko o 18+ i kahi DJ, aerialists, hula, a me nā mea hoʻokani e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe i kou hoʻomaha ʻana mai kāu puahiohio o nā hanana o ke ao.

ʻO nā hanana ʻē aʻe e hoʻoheheʻe i kou koko geeky e komo pū me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā shadowcasts e hōʻike ʻia i nā hopena pule āpau. Ma waho aʻe o ka shadow cast classics mākou i ʻike a aloha pū kekahi Hōʻike Hōʻike Pōhaku Pōhaku, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Once More with Feeling, a Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog, ke lawe mai nei ʻo Mega Con iā mākou i nā kiʻi o ke aka Hoʻoponopono a ahuoi!

ʻAʻole like me ka nui o nā hui geek centered, hoʻohanohano ʻia nā mea hoʻoweliweli ma MegaCon. E nānā pono i ka Fear Film Studio Fest i ka pō Pōʻalima! Mai ke awakea a hiki i ka hola 7 pm e nānā ʻia nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kūʻokoʻa a me nā pōkole mai Fear Films Studio! E loaʻa nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ka manawa e hālāwai ai me nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni o kēia mau papahana.

Inā ʻaʻole lawa ka weliweli iā ʻoe, e nānā i ka Saints and Sinners Horror Film Festival e holo ana i ka lā Pōʻaono a me ka Lāpule. E hōʻike ʻia nā panela me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e kēia mau mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni kūʻokoʻa. ʻOiai ʻo ka Saints and Sinners Film Festival he mea nui ma Tampa Bay mai 2002, ʻo ia ka manawa mua i mālama ʻia ma MegaCon!

He ʻono wale kēia o nā hanana e hele nei i ka hopena pule o MegaCon Orlando. E nānā pono i kā lākou ʻaoʻao piha o nā hanana ma aneʻi! Aia kekahi ma ke kumu kūʻai hou aku, akā ua hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā mea he nui me kāu tiketi komo i kēlā me kēia lā. E haʻi mai iā mākou i kāu mea e hauʻoli nei e ʻike ma hope o kēia mahina ma kā mākou ʻōlelo ma lalo, a inā ʻoe e haʻi mai iā mākou ʻo wai ʻoe e cosplaying! Inā hele kāu mau ala me kā mākou limahana iHorror hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i kāu kiʻi ma Twitter! E ʻike i ka pūnaewele piha no MegaCon Orlando 2017 kaomi maanei!