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If you can’t tell, we had a blast at Pensacon 2019! There were Harry Potter, Gilmore Girls, and Walking Dead actors to hang out with all weekend. There may have even been a certain boy band member that our CEO is still freaking out about! Overall, this is the one to beat for us, so let’s just take a second and go down the list of what makes an awesome convention and where Pensacon exactly stacks up in each category.

Community is a big thing to us here at The Citrus Scale, so it makes sense that it would be first on our list when judging a convention. Pensacola, Florida knows how to have a good time and Pensacon weekend is no exception. It’s smack dab in the middle of downtown, and with its campus approach it puts you right in the action the whole time. As we’ve already said, all the nearby restaurants pick a fandom and show off their decorating skills. There wasn’t one restaurant or business we walked into that wasn’t ecstatic to see cosplayers and con-goers. Yes, it’s because of the money, but we’ve been to plenty of events where surrounding businesses want the fans to stay in their building and not venture out. Pensacon isn’t like that at all. Everyone is so welcoming and friendly!

The guests are next up on our list and we have to say for something that is dubbed a ‘small con’, it doesn’t feel like that when it comes to the lineup. No, Chris Evans isn’t likely to show up at Pensacon, but at the same time, the sheer amount of celebrities that do make up for things like that. Also, William Shatner was...