Well, you won't have to pay shipping, you can see what the reptiles look like in the 3-d world before making a purchase, you can ask a lot of questions and not have to keep checking back to get answers (real time discussion), you'll probably see a lot of critters you'd never or not very often see online, and generally have a good time. Sometimes I setup at Repticons, other times I go for the sake of going to see if there's anything I can't live without. There are also the frozen food vendors and bug sellers and generally some spiders and occasionally some warm blooded unusual pets there as well. I guess the best way to answer is to say Yes! Go! If you don't like it you don't have to go back. There's usually a load of baby cornsnakes later in the year, this time of year there seems to be more in the way of juvenile and adult corns.