Ascendio Registration Closes Tomorrow!!

[Heidi Tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 192151

About ten years ago, a group of HPfGU members decided to organize a
fancon in Orlando, Florida. Our plans became Nimbus - 2003, which was
the first of so many fantastic fan-created, fan-run, not-for-profit
events where Harry Potter fans could gather to discuss the books in
person, in formal programming sessions and in casual meetups in
restaurants, bars, Starbucks cafes and Common Rooms. We've played
Quidditch in ballrooms and in the water, we've dressed in costumes on
the streets of Hogsmeade, we hosted the first Wizard Rock concert and
saw Chris Rankin kidnapped by Death Eaters in 2005 and Dementors in
2008. We Wrocked Around the Rock, had Christian Coulson write in our
diaries, liveblogged analyses of geography, alchemy, nomenclature,
spells and whether Snape loved Lily (granted, that was in 2003 - we
did not know yet!. We mourned Sirius Black and Albus Dumbledore and
Dobby - and Snape - and watched deleted scenes from Chamber of Secrets
while sitting in inflatable armchairs. We sat on the floor to watch
Team StarKid acoustically perform Going Back to Hogwarts despite all
the ladies in the cast being absent, and we toasted with Butterbeer
made with liquor, or whipped cream, or soda in all the years before
the WWoHP opened.

Now we're having our final Harry Potter fancon, back in Orlando - but
at Universal this time, at the Loews Portofino Bay Resort and the
Wizarding World of Harry Potter - and registration closes tomorrow,
for the event begins two weeks from Thursday!

We hope you join us! The website is at http://hp2012.org - but you
have to register by tomorrow if you want to be able to attend all of
Ascendio, including the amazing Welcome and Leaving Feasts! The Full
Registration price is $250, but you can also get single-day passes,
which are $50 for Thursday, and $75 for Friday or Saturday. Night of a
Thousand Wizards tickets get you into Islands of Adventure from 2 PM
on Thursday, July 12, and include a $20 dinner voucher, and admission
to our private event in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter until 1 in
the morning!

Hotel rooms may still be available at the Portofino Bay Resort from
$210+tax per night, a considerable savings from the standard rates for
mid-July.

Every wrock concert, formal programming session, pick-up Quidditch
game, costuming event, craft faire shopping experience, HP film cast
member autograph session, Common Room meetup, Art Gallery viewing,
sponsor-hosted reception, fanfilm, fanvid, fanfic reading,
fan-performed show (except WXWXW) and dance is included with a Full
registration - and so are our two feasts! If you missed the menus when
we posted them earlier this week, you can heck them out here -
http://hp2012.org/?p=2820 - but we can't be responsible if you read
them while you're hungry!

We're looking forward to Ascendio with a sense of joy - and with some
sadness as it'll be our final HPEF fancon. Some of us started working
on our first HPEF event ten years ago this month, when we started
planning Nimbus - 2003, which took place in Orlando in mid-July of
that year. As we close the door on this aspect of our Harry Potter
fandom experience, we want to share it all with you.

So register today (or tomorrow) and we'll see you in July!

If you have any questions, feel free to email me directly!


Best,
Heidi from Team Ascendio
http://hp2012.org