/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Was going to attend a convention for the first time last year.
>Had paid for everything; travel costs, hotel, passes, etc.
>Had been setting money aside in small increments for six months and had 1k in spending money for it.
>Flash Gordon Klytus costume ready to go
>Calculated everything
>Monday before the convention, pic related happens.
>Convention site and twitter feed say it's still going ahead.
>Not that nervous; police and everyone else know what they're doing, security seems sound.
>Friday hits. Manhunt up in this shit, city locked down
>By 3:30, the Convention organizers announce that the whole thing's canceled.
>Spent two days on the phone with various establishments getting my money back.