I am Hell No on the Dells. Sorry. All of the downsides of overbuilt, overhyped family tourist traps, with none of that pesky convenience to anywhere you might actually be coming from.
Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.
Mal ,'Serenity'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
brenda m - Jun 08, 2007 7:20:36 am PDT #5952 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
tommyrot - Jun 08, 2007 7:23:25 am PDT #5953 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But... but... but... they have a UFO museum.
But actually, not a good idea for the reasons brenda said.
Madison would be awesome. It's a beautiful city.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 08, 2007 7:26:45 am PDT #5954 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want it on the record that The Dells was a completely facetious suggestion based on a recent MST viewing.
I was completely serious about Attica though.
t /kidding
Kathy A - Jun 08, 2007 7:37:27 am PDT #5955 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Isn't the Dells within a (relatively) short drive north of Madison? Maybe if anyone sticks around an extra day after the F2F, we can have a road trip up there, just to see the tackiness that is The Dells.
I'd love it if it was in Madison, as well!
Fred Pete - Jun 08, 2007 7:40:58 am PDT #5956 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I assumed the Dells wasn't meant seriously. The one advantage would be the opportunity to shock the mundanes, which I so rarely get to do these days.
(ETA: Kathy, it's about an hour or so north of Madison. My family spent a lot of time camping near Portage, which is even closer to the Dells, when I was a kid. We only went to the Dells once, though, because my parents had no tolerance for overpriced tourist traps.)
tommyrot - Jun 08, 2007 7:41:25 am PDT #5957 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Isn't the Dells within a (relatively) short drive north of Madison?
Yes.
The Dells are insanely busy in the summer - I've actually been stuck in a traffic jam on the highway North of Madison because of all the traffic heading towards the Dells. But I think it wouldn't be as bad in the spring when we usually F2F.
Kathy A - Jun 08, 2007 7:43:03 am PDT #5958 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Can you imagine Jilli in her full Jilliness, ND in his utilikilt, and the rest of the Buffistas in various garbs of corsets, silver pleather, and other Buffista-wear descending on Paul Bunyan's pancake house? What a blast that would be!
askye - Jun 08, 2007 7:55:27 am PDT #5959 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Kathy, I was imagining all of that at Dollywood. I'm sure Dolly would be impressed and enjoy the hell out of it but I'm sure we'd freak everyone else out.
Same goes for Buffistas in Branson.
P.M. Marc - Jun 08, 2007 8:25:51 am PDT #5960 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
We should do Lawrence, Kansas!
Sure, it's Buffista free, as far as I know, but aside from the vague fannish interest I have in the place, a friend of Jilli's who lives there made it sound actually kind of nifty.
Kathy A - Jun 08, 2007 8:26:45 am PDT #5961 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The only thing I know about Lawrence, KS, was that it was where all the big stuff happened in The Day After.