I will be at the La Quinta on 21st Avenue. I believe it is about 1 mile from the Convention Center. I will be heading down on Friday. Since I can't check in until 3:00pm, there is a place in Wilmington that I was thinking about stopping at and checking out on the way. It's called the Cape Fear Serpentarium. I can't believe that as long as I have been in this area, I had never heard of the place until a few weeks ago. It looks like a good way to start off a reptile expo weekend.
http://www.capefearserpentarium.com/