"Now my advice. Prior to getting there set an itinerary and be strict with it. "

While good advice I never make plans during the Convention. I learned a long time ago they never work out. Go with the flow.

Here is a story. I was good friends with Bill Romano and we regularly got together in NJ. He would come by my shop for coffee/ lunch and chip talk. In talking about his first Convention he said we have to get together for dinner or whatever it was. I said Bill I never make plans during the Convention. I said here is what happens:

On the way to your planned event you will stop and talk to somebody at the bar, etc and end up doing something else. You will always run into a group of people about to do something and most times they ask you to join them.

Barry