Do people from Northern US or even Canada ever take the initiative to go down to Daytona for the reptile Expo there???

I'm contemplating about saving some money for next year and going to Daytona. It does seem a long way just to go to a reptile expo but I've never been to Florida and I'm sure most Canadian can say they have been...

I just don't know if I'd be kind of weird to spend that kind of moolah on a reptile expo...
But it does look really fun and I'm sure I would learn tons and tons about my favorite hobby. And meet all your crazy people... and probably pick-up a cool new snakey too (if I can bring it back to Canada)!

That's another question... anyway think I could get my snake on the plane and back to Canada?? in one piece?