Gates McFadden | A Geek's Musings

Star Trek Las Vegas 2014

8 08 2014

Had a mini vacation in Las Vegas and attended Creation Entertainment’s 2014 Star Trek convention, held at The Rio Suites Hotel this past July 31-August 3, 2014.

Thursday started early, getting up at 4 AM to do some last minute checks before heading out on the road. Arriving around 9 AM, the first order of business is to get to The Rio and register. I had originally planned to arrive Thursday night; however, the 2 Next Generation photo ops pre-purchased ended up being scheduled during the day on Thursday; lucky that I checked the schedule of events a couple of days before.

Did a quick walk around the dealer room and spotted Brent Spiner setting up at his autograph table. Speaking of Brent, my first photo op was with Brent Spiner, Levar Burton and Michael Dorn. If you can’t tell, I was totally geeking out.

With my next photo op scheduled around 3 PM, I took advantage of the down time and grabbed a bite at the Hash House A-Go-Go inside the Rio. Ended up sitting at the bar; and, unbeknownst to me at the time, right next to Catherine Hicks! Had a bit of a chat/laugh with this lovely lady about how excessive things were, starting with the amount of food we were given. It wasn’t until she was about to leave that it started to dawn on me who she was and stammered something like “You’re in the Star Trek movie with the whales!” (yeah smooth).

Next photo op was with Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden, where both ladies ended up playing with my hair. Standing in between them for the photo, I told the photographer to give me a second to remove my pony tail; to which Marina and Gates helped me get ready by fluffing my hair for the picture.