This was my first Confuzzled ( although I've been to many other cons in the past ) and to be honest, I have to seriously struggle to think of anything negative to say. All in all it was a fantastic experience and I pretty much loved every minute of it. One of my best con experiences ever, in fact. Job well done to all staff!
The hotel location was fantastic. Absolutely lovely setting that made for some superb photo opportunities. It was like a trip to the country... with furries. Brilliant!
At the same time, it was pretty easy to get to. I arrived Thursday, so was too early for the shuttle, but the taxi fare from Nuneaton was fairly reasonable.
Yes, the BBQ line was a bit too long but I guess given the huge uptake on it there was little that could be done about that. The food was great IMO, both from the bar and the various buffets, and while there was limited choice on the Chinese buffet, given the circumstances regarding the chef then that can be very quickly forgiven.
I found the sausage & mash with onion gravy from the bar to be particularly good and I had that a couple of times.
Someone on the hotel staff must have been psychic because on Friday I was lamenting that you couldn't get any ice cream in the hotel, only for ice cream to suddenly be on sale from the main desk the next day.
Someone mentioned fursuiters being seen in public without their heads. This pretty much happens at every con ( I saw it lots of times at Further Confusion ) and given the hot weather last weekend I can understand fully why some people might have needed to get some air pretty quickly. I'm guilty of popping my head twice - once when I was seriously hungry and decided to buy a bacon roll late at night ( which I brought to the Headless Lounge and ate there ) and again the following evening when I sat outside for a while drinking a bottle of Fanta. In both cases I didn't fully remove my head - just raised it so my mouth was exposed. But yeah, in contrast to the aforementioned Further Confusion, I actually saw very little 'magic killing' at CF.
Some people have had issues with the group photo at the end of the parade. I did get remarkably hot during this ( I was on the top floor very close to the skylight ) but ultimately I think it was handled quite well considering the fact that it seemed there was a lot more suits than the staff had expected.
Do we have a tally on fursuits,btw? Someone said about 300, which is a remarkably large amount if accurate.
Anyhow, CF was a blast for me. Big thumbs up to everyone involved in bringing it together.
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