The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions EXPO begins tomorrow. The Imagination Corporation display is all set up and ready to go, complete with the Hazelnut Inn model. The attendance of the show is expected to be more than forty thousand people (not a typo) over the next four days.

We have been missing our scale model of the inn for the last few weeks. We packed it up and sent it down to Florida for the IAAPA Attractions Expo. It is the largest show of its kind (in fact, it’s the largest trade show of any kind I have ever seen) and people from all over the world will be attending.

The model will be on display in booth #856 with the Imagination Corporation. Hailey and I are heading down to man the booth during the show this week. Feel free to pop by and introduce yourself if you happen to be attending!

The Hazelnut Sign is almost finished now. One of the last things to do is to apply the 23 karot gold leaf to the lettering. Gold leaf dates back to at least ancient Egypt and there is a long tradition of gold leafing signs here in North America. The leafed letters really catch the light — as my father says, “nothing shines like gold.”