I've got some beef's.

Last year, we arrived 30 minutes after opening, and waited in line in the rain for another 30 minutes before we made it to the ticket booth.

This year, we got there 45 minutes after opening, expecting the line to be gone. Instead, it was all the way to the highway and didn't move for 15 minutes. Then it took a total of 45 minutes to get to the ticket booth. Then when I showed my AMA card as asked for two tickets, they charged me extra for the second ticket because my wife did not have an AMA card! [:@]

The spaces they have inside the Ontario Convention Center are too small. The major mfg's cannot hardly put much of their stuff on display. The Great Planes and Horizon booths are ridiculously small. They have a larger presence at the RCX show and that is a show for r/c cars! Mant mfg's were not even there, like SIG and KMP, for example. The biggest news to come out of OS Engines in 70 years was not on display. The aisles are very narrow and it's azzes to elbows the whole time.

The main focus of this show is not new products and what's happening in the world of model aviation. It's a swap meet atmosphere, and many booths are there just to hawk their Asian wares. There were a few new introductions, but the entire crop of new stuff could have been down one aisle or less.

Honestly, in my opinion, the best part of the AMA Convention 2007 were the models on display in the Maritime Modelers booths and the models on display in the contest area.