Parties on 12th and 13th Floors

Room 1241—WDF: MUSHroom
Join the World Defense Force in the MUSHroom and watch the Mobile Universal Space Hospital at work, join us for a game of cards or trivia, a chat over our medical techniques and have some of our napalm (it’s green), we may even have a show or two. Yes Jack “Hawkeye” will be there as well to greet all of you.

Room 1301—Party Like a Superhero! (Friday)
Minnesota League of Justice party room, showing Super Friends, Justice League and other Superhero movies/shows. Superman Punch! (with or without Kryptonite) Wonder Woman toast with Wonder Bread! Green Arrow shiskabobs! (cheese) Green Lantern Jello shots! Emergency Batsnack crackers! Black Canary Licorice! Supergirl Scout cookies! Flash Soda! Aquaman Swedish Fish! Hours 8:00 PM–12:00 PM, Friday night only! Masquerade performance on Sat!

Rooms 1301/1302—NoBrandCon (Saturday)
NoBrandCon is hosting a fun room party featuring spies and secret agents in honor of our own 007 Duct Tape Boy! Come see related anime and play secret agent videogames. Signature mixed drinks also available! Party with us all night long starting at 9pm on Saturday. 21+

Room 1303—Valley Con
ValleyCon is back with a MarsCon special! Stop by the ValleyCon room for special deals on this falls’ ValleyCon featuring GEORGE TAKEI! Party room incentives, V.I.P. discounts and much more!

Room 1308—OddCon Party
Spend some time with that crazy cow group from Madison, Wisconsin. This year's Odyssey Con VIII theme is: “A Tale of Fire & Ice Cream,” featuring Authors Kage Baker and George R. R. Martin, and Fan Richard S. Russell, on April 4–6, 2008.

Rooms 1309/1310—The DEMENTIA RADIO ROOM PARTY!
“Blasted Bill” Putt and the crew from the awesome 24-hour a day streaming audio internet station “Dementia Radio Dot Org” (http://www.dementiaradio.org/) are returning to MarsCon again to throw another rocking party on Friday and Saturday night on the infamous 13th floor! There will be music! Snacks! Alcohol! Mayhem! Cheese Whiz! Cleavage! Rob Balder committing mayhem with cheese whiz on cleavage! So be sure to stop by and spend some time there when perusing all the parties on the 13th floor!

Room1314—Minicon
Minicon 43 will take place on Easter weekend at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel with Guests of Honor Wayne Barlowe, Nate Bucklin, Shawna McCarthy and Alastair Reynolds.

Room 1318—Karaoke Joe’s Café
Join us again for our annual Karaoke Contest at Karaoke Joe’s Café Saturday night at 10:00. Sign up for the contest any time before the contest starts. And we’ll need judges, too, so please consider serving as an official, without which our contest cannot go on. Open karaoke will start by 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday nights, and the singing will continue until well into the morning! With our over 2000 songs, we’re sure to have something you’ll like.

This year we’re adding something new: The MarsCon DEMENTIA FAN SHOWCASE! The one and only DJ Particle will host this event that puts YOU in the spotlight! Sunday morning at 11:00 AM–1:00 PM in Karaoke Joe’s. It’ll be your chance to get up in front of the crowd and show your demented stuff! Are you an up and coming dementia artist with some songs to sing? Are you a karaoke fanatic who loves to sing your favorite funny tunes? Do you and your friends want to do a lip-sync to the latest demented hit? Then this is the show for you! DJ Particle will be performing some new songs herself as a part of the show! Want to be in the show? Just find the Great Luke Ski and tell him who you are and what you plan to do. So come on and join in the fun, because it’s your turn to be a dementia star!

Room 1325—Turn Back that Dial Party…
Ever wish you could time travel? MISFITS and CONvergence are offering you that opportunity—in a most unconventional way. Step through our portal into a simpler time. No, not an age of kings and unicorns, silly! Relive your childhood and join us for the best (and worst) of Saturday Morning Cartoons and Live Action Series from the 1970’s, 80’s, and early 90’s. We’re talking He-Man, Voltron, HR PufnStuf, Power Rangers, Isis, and many many more. Oh and there is cereal involved. Lots and lots of cereal.

Room 1329—Tardis Tea Party
The Tardis Tea Society is back and bringing you the best libations and tv series (yes, that’s right, Doctor Who) from our favorite aliens, the Brits. This year we will have an added viewing pleasure for the young ones and young at heart—The Sarah Jane Adventures. Keep an eye out for our viewing schedule. Step through your favorite blue doors and find yourself inside the cozy Tardis tea room. The party starts at 8:00 PM Friday through our posted times by the Tardis entryway.

Room 1331—Krushenko’s Annex (Sunday)
7:30 PM–1:30 AM, Sunday: A Party for Readers and Viewers, Co-hosted by Tales of the Unanticipated, an SF antholo-zine, and Second Foundation, a speculative fiction book-discussion group (since 1983), celebrating its 25th anniversary, whose members are also film buffs.

Rooms 1331 & 1332—Krushenko’s and Krushenko’s Annex
9:00 PM–2:00 AM, Friday: Arcana Party, Hosted by this “Convention of the Dark Fantastic,” the 38th edition of which will be held October 17–19 at the Best Western—Bandana Square, St Paul, with GOH F. Paul Wilson.

9:00 PM–2:00 AM, Saturday: Diversicon Party, Hosted by this multicultural, multimedia convention to be held August 1–3 in the Holiday Inn Metrodome, Minneapolis West Bank, with GOH Anne Frasier and Special Guest Nnedi Okorofar-Mbachu.

Room 1334—Serenity Galley
Turns out this is your kind of party! MN Firefly presents our beloved ship’s galley. Join us for a mighty fine shindig. Come play trivia with prizes, enjoy live music, food from the ‘verse, or relax with the episode marathon. “Good Dogs” will be available to answer your almost like protein needs. Hours 9pm–2am, Friday & Saturday. Brought to you by www.mnfirefly.com.

Room 1340—Filking
Re(a)d Mars will host open filking after 10:00 p.m. each evening. All are welcome to stop by and sing of strange planets and rockets in flight.

Room 1341—ARCANA 38 Preview Party Movie Room
Come join us for movies and conversations about the horror genre as we gear up for our fall 2008 horror convention featuring author F. Paul Wilson. Hours: Friday 9 PM–2 AM and Saturday 6 PM–2 AM

Room 1342—Cosmic Tulip Lounge
Tiny Tim, Sci Fi, Karaoke and Pizza.

Room 1343—IVK Rakehell
Welcome to the IKV RakeHell's party room, scum of the fleet since 1994.

Planning your party decor? Here are the approximate room dimensions:

Murphy suite -- Length - 25' 6" -- Width 16' -- Height 8'
Bed - Width 5' 4"
Width of room from window to door - 25' 9"
Length of each window - 25' 6"
Length of alcove area between bathroom and utility room - 9' 9" -- Height - 7'
Height of window ledge - 35"
Height of window top - 5' 8" from floor
Depth of window ledge - 10"

Regular room - Length - 17' 5" -- Width 11' 10" -- Height 8'
Door clearance - Width - 41" -- Height - 6'
Room hallway - Length 8' 3"
Window - Window ledge - 34 1/2" from floor -- Top of window - 44"
Bed - Length - 50" -- Width 56"
TV cabinet - Height - 5' 5 1/2" -- Length - 3' -- Width - 23"
Square table -- 34" x 34"

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MarsCon 2008 / Feb 29th—Mar 2nd / Holiday Inn Select / Bloomington,MN
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