Grand Slam Con & Cruise Report

While the official STAR TREK site has already reported about every single actor who appeared onstage at Creation's Grand Slam convention, I've decided to focus on highlights from some selected actors instead. I don't think they'll be reporting on the RanDoM Flight Cruise though, so consider this as a scoop. [grin]

I've been doing STAR TREK conventions for almost ten years now, and have attended all but two of Creation's Grand Slam conventions thus far. Creation is the biggest convention organizer out there, and while they seem to attract the top names in talent, they have unfortunately had a tendency to treat both the fans and talent as commodities. If you ever attend a Creation convention knowing that fact and the way they operate, you're that much better off. Because even though they claim to have organized conventions since the 1970s, they still can't find a way of running the autograph lines to everyone's satisfaction.

Which is why it's tremendously refreshing, as a convention veteran, for me to have attended the RanDoM Flight Cruise. But more about that later...

Friday, 3/31/00 - Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert O'Reilly (Gowron), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), and Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn)

Saturday, 4/1/00 - Nicole deBoer (Ezri Dax), Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Tim Russ (Tuvok), and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi)

Sunday, 4/2/00 - Robert Beltran, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang

Miscellany - Nicole deBoer, Jeri Ryan, Terry Farrell, and Garrett Wang Thank Their Internet Fans, and More!