Toronto Zombie Walk

For the 2011 incarnation:
This year’s Zombie Walk was paaaacked — don’t yet know the numbers, but it sure felt like we exceeded last year’s 6000+. That might have something to do with what seemed liked poor route-​planning resulting in numerous bottle-​necks and standstills, with sardine-​like packs of undead as far as the eye could see.
Of course, grinding to a halt means there’s more time for zombie-​watching and photo-​ops, so it’s not necessarily a bad thing. An (over?) abundance of police and security tended to slow things down as well, as 1 car frequently took priority over 100 zombies.
Still, all-​in-​all we had a great time at the walk. Part of that might come from the fact our inner narcissists were well appeased by all the photogs impressed with our Kurt & Courtney getups. I even got to play mime-​mirrors with a fellow Cobain, which was a blast, and drew quite a few cameras and curious onlookers for the performance.
We also brought along a zombie-​virgin, and he agreed: getting all spazzed up as the walking dead is a scream!
Unfortunately, I get the feeling that Zombie Walk is becoming more and more an institution, and fear that it will soon — like everything — be poisoned by corporate meddling…
For now, though, it’s a bloody good time!
PROS:
* Awesome for people (and undead) watching
* Cos-​play encouraged and admired
* 5 km walk — exercise!
* Camaraderie! Seriously, zombies are FRIENDLY!
* Free photos of yourself all over the interwebs (assuming you’re a talented costumer!)
CONS:
* Getting kinda packed
* Getting kinda institutionalized (seriously, flyers? c’mon!)
* Always really messy. Damned if I didn’t need two showers!