Ciderfest 2015! · 2:15am Nov 25th, 2015
It was LOADS of fun... and it was awesome to meet fellow milwaukee bronies, including a few of my followers! Not to mention... well... heh... i'll get to that later ;D
Lets start with some pictures from the con!
First, it took place in this awesome hotel:
Now for the fun!
LOOK AT HOW HAPPY THAT GUY IS.
Ok, really, can you blame me? She had a good costume... <-----(not fooling anyone)
The vendor hall!
Ok, seriously, this person had ANY PONY you could think of, even alternates like princess big mac, all hand crafted, it was nuts.
So what did i buy?
Unfortunately i was unable to track down any art prints of anything Wonderbolt related... however i did find some pretty cool stuff ;D
I bought these from Ruirik!
My particular selections were those that people outside of Pony would not recognize as pony because i intend to actually use these 
Ruirik is also a close friend of SolidFire! Who i happen to owe a bit of my success to for creating the contest that i wrote Flying Sky High for... PTH would have never existed had that contest never come around, so it was cool to meet someone who knew someone who had an impact on my work, i made sure to pass my thanks verbally to him through Ruirik.
NOW MOAR STUFF!
And yes... that is a tiny Misty Fly figure. I snatched it right out of the little basket it was in the moment i saw it and bought it. Anything related to the lesser known Wonderbolts is a rare find.
And of course... i had to get these:
They were just too CUTE!
For scale, here's me holding one in my hand:
DOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO
Then of course... i got to meet some awesome followers of mine (Including Ruirik):
*Rainbow Dash* and his two AWESOME plushies that i totally wanted to steal.
After so much fan art... i finally got to meet Night Scribbler! (Who some of you may know as mlplover789!)
Because she has consistently made me smile with all of her fan art over my time here, i bought her a Soarin plushie of her own as a gift of thanks 
And she took it home and made a horn for it to wear! 
And of course was very quick to draw a little thank you picture :3
Not only that... but she drew me a gift right there at the con! Onward!
she also gave me the Squall Loaf plushie she made that i featured in the fan art a while back...
BUT I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SO TINY... ITS SO ADORABLE...
And then... i met ChangelingNumber32 but i'll save his video for last since it will tie up the blog nicely ^_^
The absolute highlight of the experience though... was the unexpected number of the voice actors they managed to bring to the con!
unfortunately... we were forced to stop recording... which was too bad because they were HILARIOUS.
Tabitha St. Germain (Rarity, Granny Smith, Luna, Derpy), Ashleigh Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Peter New (Big Macintosh, Doctor Hooves), Rebecca Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight singing voice), and Maryke Hendrikse (Gilda, Sonata Dusk)
And yes... they did a reading, in character, of a fanfiction written by Tabitha St. Germain herself, about sunset shimmer finding her way back into Equestria... it was awesome... and hilarious. Tabitha did Rarity 'dramatic crying' during it, it had the whole audience rolling on the floor.
It was fun to listen to them talk about the show and things they liked to do. They were definitely having fun. Apparently their favorite moment among them when they work on the show is when Andrea Libman does Pinkie Pie's "Awwwwww..." because she does it so naturally.
They ended up prank calling her too with all of them calling at the same time with overlapping messages
BUT...
that wasnt the best part of it was on saturday night... i barely caught this in time and got myself a ticket.
There was a VIP social cocktail hour for ages 21+... where i got to share a drink, and talk directly to some of the voice actors! 
I was literally sitting RIGHT across from Ashleigh Ball... it was amazing. It was great to walk around, talk to them, and learn about them on a more personal/life level outside of the show. (Even though every few seconds i could here a EEYUP somewhere around the room from Peter New) I also got to spend a moment or two listening to Peter New and Rebecca Shoichet as well... it was just awesome and had *Rainbow Dash* not pointed it out to me i would have completely missed it, so thanks again dude!
And now... in closing...
Here is the vlog taken by ChangelingNumber32... complete with me being silly 
(Night Scribbler is in the video as well ) She was excited to be in it:
It was so much fun... and im already planning to attend the Whinney City Con in Chicago April 1-3... well... because i want to go... but also because JOHN DE LANCIE IS GOING TO BE THERE!
I loved the chibi plushy guy. He was at Midwest Brony Fest. I got a Cloudchaser plushie from him. Godtier.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this fucking face
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Congrats Calm!
*Shakes fist in jealous rage!
Man, now i really want to go to a convention again! Stupid lack of funds...
Oh well, looks like you guys had fun! And we got to see you and hear your voice
I NEED TO READ THIS FANFIC BY TABITHA!!!
I ALSO NEED TO GO TO WHINNEY CITY!!!
Edit:
Oh yeah... And super glad you had an awesome time!!!
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oh sweet lord, what have i supplied you with? xDDDDD
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couldn't believe the selection... damn epic.
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ikr? now you all know how silly i sound too
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Eh, I likely sound just as silly, Calm
WHY?!?!?!? WHY CAN'T I EVER GO TO A CONVENTION?!?!? *shudders* ALL THAT STUFF I'M MISSING OUT ON... *cries tears of jealousy*
But seriously, I'm glad you had a great time, and that you got to meet such famous and amazing people which I will never ever get to do...
Looks like you had a ton of fun.
Nice to meet you Nighty.
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C;
3566966 I do miss our chats. I've just been busy with school and life.
Looked like a blast and all dat wonderbolt swag i'm jelly now hopefully there will be some good stuff to buy at whinny city con
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Chicago, you say...? I must consider...
3566920 We'll just have to wait and see
I brought havoc with my number of autographs and industrial sharpies. :P
I'm actually really concideding going to a con.
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You were there?
Pity there wasn't a Fire Streak figure, could've maybe done some fun MistyStreak stuff with them!
Not that you would be able to properly make them sign to each other, but you'd find a way I'm sure. 
And honestly Fleetfoot, please leave Soarin' and Dashie alone.
Shoot, my video has been blocked in Germany! That's what I get for using a copyrighted song.
My apologies to any of you who live there.
Other than that, I had a blast at Ciderfest. We should do it again sometime!
3567082 Yup, sure was. :P I brought industrial sharpies and the havoc commenced.
Awwww your so lucky you got to go!!!!!!! Those plushies you bought look so adorable!!
That looks like so much fun!!! I recently discovered that there is a comic con in Dubai. It's like a 1 and an half hour drive. I soooo want to go there!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you had a blast.
Hopefully, I'll be able to go to a convention one of these days.
I'm happy to hear you had a pleasant time, did any of the voice actors recognize you as calm wind?
You look a bit crazy when you have the Rainbow Dash and Soarin plushie about to kiss.
I agree pth is one of the best fanfictions i have ever read, I wish i lived in america they have more cons than we have in britain
It looks like you had an amazing time. This is completely unrelated but a while back you opened a minecraft realm and cause i was on holiday I posted my user like 2 weeks afterward and of course I haven't be registered. Don't ask me why it has taken this long to ask you again
User:Empleon
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i know right? i frantically looked to see if there were any more small wonderbolts, but since no other male Wonderbolts beside Soarin have ever gotten much screen time at all... oh well, perhaps some day
Fleet will never leave them alone, they are just too cute!
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Scheiße!
yep it was awesome, and great to meet you and the rest
I'm planning on going to the con in chicago in april 
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They are super huggable
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number one rule with rumors that celebrities know who you are... is not to bring it up unless they do first
I didn't bring it up, while my badge was visible, there were a lot of people around them so it wasn't like they were focusing on one person at a time.
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i havent been on there for a while, but i think a few people are still making use of it, poke me again later and i'll add you to the server (can't right now, im at work)
That girl in the applejack costume, do I have to guess?
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okay, she was cute, i couldn't help it
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I'll um... stand over here. Away from you and this chair I'm holding is just for decoration.
3567791 Yeah maybe so
and no she really won't 
Glad you had fun at the con. Cons are always fun. I'm going to BUCK in April.
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don't blame ya
3567799 so no then? :B
anyhow how wasted did you get?
Lucky bastard. BUCK 2016 is being held when no one is allowed time off from work. I'll never get to a con.
hey you seamed to haved died after saturday night..... didnt see ya sunday... so i didnt get a chance to get your contact info.
great to hear you had a great time!
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not too wasted xD i still had to drive home
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i was there for all of 2 hours on sunday, didn't do much.
Shoot me a pm if you want to exchange contact info
3570677 alrighty :B
My future house will have a room dedicated to those plushness......... Soooooo GD Adorable...