# PKE SURGE 2015 at DragonCon (ATLANTA) **URL:** \ **Category:** Southeast\ **Created:** [July 5, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131 "2015-07-05T04:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/1 "2015-07-05T04:43:45Z")
Ready to join 60,000 of your closest friends at DragonCon and take part in the largest annual gathering of Ghostbusters Fans in the world? Too bad because it’s coming up on Labor Day Weekend! The Fan Table is set, and Parade is arranged…we will be doing panels but the topic/time is TBD Dinner and awards Saturday night will once again be at the Mellow Mushroom…and the only GB Nerd Fraternity…Zappa Kappa Trappa will be holding our annual scavenger hunt/pledge competition with some pretty amazing prizes. What’s that you say? You like the logo (By the lovely and talented Jake Walsh) and want a T-Shirt? We can make that happen, just follow this link where you’ll find this year’s shirt as well as previous [PKE Surge](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/pke-surge) shirts going back to 2012! (CTSY our friends at the [Alabama Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/fans/websites/alabama-ghostbusters)) [http://alabamagb.spreadshirt.com/pke-surge-C150509](http://alabamagb.spreadshirt.com/pke-surge-C150509) And in case you don’t have any idea what I’m talking about with all this…check out this video from last year’s parade…we have fun. [https://vimeo.com/122876650](https://vimeo.com/122876650) ---
**Author:** ![pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/pyhasanon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/2 "2015-07-05T13:20:43Z")
Unfortunately, I’ll be missing it again this year… sigh… Got any special guests this year, Chace? ---
**Author:** ![Bloodvayne](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bloodvayne](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Bloodvayne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/3 "2015-07-05T15:23:07Z")
> [@pyhasanon](#): > > Unfortunately, I’ll be missing it again this year… sigh… > > Got any special guests this year, Chace? Same here Phil. Maybe next year? I haven’t really done anything buster fun out in Cali. Would like to hang with the whole crew again. :love: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/pyhasanon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/4 "2015-07-05T18:15:53Z")
Oh, definitely next year… just hoping the reboot won’t cause the enthusiasm of the Dragon\*Con GB presence to die down… ---
**Author:** ![Bloodvayne](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bloodvayne](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Bloodvayne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/5 "2015-07-05T19:02:53Z")
Meh…enthusiasm will still be there. We’ll still be reppin the old skool. I’ll see what my lady thinks about going too. She’ll probably wanna dress up in the new movie gear… She is a 90’s baby…never saw the originals till she met me. I know…it’s frightening… ---
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/6 "2015-07-05T19:20:07Z")
> [@pyhasanon](#): > > Got any special guests this year, Chace? Not unless they surprise us with someone ---
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/7 "2015-07-06T23:10:26Z")
Update…the table will again be on the 2nd floor of the Hilton and the panel which may include some fan films and/or a screening of rgb will be on Sunday at 2:30 ---
**Author:** ![YHSCraig](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/yhscraig/32/4016_2.png) [@YHSCraig](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/YHSCraig)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/8 "2015-07-07T04:49:53Z")
How is it this close already? My head is about to explode. ---
**Author:** ![Ecto-3A](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ecto-3A](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ecto-3A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/9 "2015-07-07T13:55:25Z")
Will have to stop by and check this out. Haven’t been to DC in 7 years or so, should be interesting to see more than 6 GBs in the whole joint. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrael](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tyrael](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Tyrael)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/10 "2015-07-09T07:42:23Z")
Wife and I will be there for our first DragonCon! Anything we need to know (additional costs, times, etc)? ---
**Author:** ![310jag](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/310jag/32/6100_2.png) [@310jag](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/310jag)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/11 "2015-07-09T18:57:02Z")
Well, it looks like we may be in for this. What’s the hotel situation like? Is there one main one that everyone stays at? Edit. Nevermind, looked the website. Pretty helpful. Not many rooms left. ---
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/12 "2015-07-09T21:37:27Z")
> [@Tyrael](#): > > Wife and I will be there for our first DragonCon! Anything we need to know (additional costs, times, etc)? There are no additional fees for anything regarding [PKE Surge](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/pke-surge)…The parade is Saturday Morning, lineup i at 9:00 we typically do the dinner at the Mellow Mushroom on Saturday night at 6 or 7 (you are responsible for paying for your own meal of course) Full list of Surge stuff will be posted in this thread once everything is totally nailed down (probably a month out or so) You can also join the PKE Surge group on Facebook for updates [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385840801635127/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1385840801635127/) as far as general tips and tricks, this article is pretty good. [http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/comic-books/dragoncon-survival1.htm](http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/comic-books/dragoncon-survival1.htm) > [@310jag](#): > > Well, it looks like we may be in for this. What’s the hotel situation like? Is there one main one that everyone stays at? > > Edit. Nevermind, looked the website. Pretty helpful. Not many rooms left. Occasionally some of the host hotels hold blocks of rooms till closer to the con and then release them, so keep checking…and remember the con takes up 4 hotels and the America’s Mart so there will be a TON of people there…also that weekend usually has a nascar race, a college football game, a baseball game, and a blag gay pride parade (and sometimes a major concert) all that same weekend, so hotel space is at a premium and the city is pretty crowded. ---
**Author:** ![310jag](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/310jag/32/6100_2.png) [@310jag](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/310jag)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/13 "2015-07-09T21:52:46Z")
Wow. Yeah, this is all new to me and the rest of the Louisville gang.. but we’re definitely interested. So is there really a convention, like, at each of the host hotels? Or one main hotel? ---
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/14 "2015-07-09T22:14:50Z")
> [@310jag](#): > > Wow. Yeah, this is all new to me and the rest of the Louisville gang.. but we’re definitely interested. So is there really a convention, like, at each of the host hotels? Or one main hotel? Yes its really that large…the convention takes up all 4 hotels panels, fan tables, etc are in 3, registration is in 1, and merch takes up two stories in the America’s mart. and there is programming 24 hours a day. (Though the stuff between 2 and 6 am is mostly movie screenings) the really long video for 2014 kinda shows the scope [![](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/4/3/43f75bb5ee84ba650c3981aabdf7c05d1a115371.jpeg "The Really Long Dragon Con 2014 Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSLAbXZEMsw) ---
**Author:** ![fifth\_beatle](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@fifth\_beatle](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/fifth_beatle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/15 "2015-07-09T22:29:20Z")
I’m down to go. Do I also pitch my name in for a parade ribbon, or is it just first come / first serve the day of? ---
**Author:** ![Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chace/32/156_2.png) [@Chace](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Chace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/16 "2015-07-09T23:19:44Z")
First come first serve day of but we have 100 ribbons (the most you can request) so we should be fine…we’ve had over 90 busters in the parade before but we’ve never run out of ribbons ---
**Author:** ![Tyrael](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tyrael](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Tyrael)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/17 "2015-07-09T23:35:15Z")
Awesome. Thanks for the info, Chase. I look forward to meeting you folks! ---
**Author:** ![Hoot](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Hoot](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Hoot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/18 "2015-07-10T02:13:08Z")
I’m out this year also. Hoping to join in next year lol ---
**Author:** ![Grimmy\_GB](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@Grimmy\_GB](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Grimmy_GB)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/19 "2015-07-14T16:14:02Z")
> [@310jag](#): > > Wow. Yeah, this is all new to me and the rest of the Louisville gang.. but we’re definitely interested. So is there really a convention, like, at each of the host hotels? Or one main hotel? To be honest, you have to see it to believe it. Expect long ticket lines, very hot weather, lots of walking, and (like Chace said) LOADS of people. The beggers are so much nicer than in Detroit _giggle_ We were there last time in 2013 and it really wasn’t all that bad (lines, weather, walking, people). I was only ALMOST thrown up on twice, nearly haymaker punched by one of the same drunks once, and asked to stand still in a pose for about 25 minutes (as Alucard from Hellsing). This is honestly the best convention I’ve been to. I feel like a clutz for not taking on [PKE Surge](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/pke-surge) sooner _sigh_. Next year, we’ll be down there! ---
**Author:** ![pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/pyhasanon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131/20 "2015-07-14T16:26:43Z")
I heard last year was hot enough to melt the straps off the ALICE frame… [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/pke-surge-2015-at-dragoncon-atlanta/38131.md?page=2)