Surviving the Truckpocalypse

It’s been a little over two weeks since we survived the Truckpocalypse. The third installment of the Trucks & Tech series was a huge success. Over 1000 people/zombies from the Central Florida foodie and techie communities descended upon Lake Eola once again to partake in an evening of food truck treats and technology discussion, this time with a zombie theme. If you couldn’t tell, we’re a fan of themes over here (remember Trucktoberfest?).

It was a dreary day, which perfectly fit into our theme, and thankfully the skies stayed dry for all of our zombies and survivors. The day started out as they all do. Our vendors arrived, one by one, to set up for the night’s festivities.

Rentaland arrived first and began to setup our sponsor tables, folding chairs and string lighting. We’ve worked with Rentaland Tents and Events for each of our previous events and love them – they’re quick, professional and super nice. This time around, we were lucky enough to work with two new vendors: PartyRentalsTX and Frequency Sound & Events of Central Florida. PartyRentalsTX provided the beautiful wooden picnic tables and the Frequency team provided the awesome staging and corresponding audio equipment. Working with these vendors really took our event up a notch, and we are excited to work with them again next time.

Our eight food trucks showed up a little bit before the event and started serving right at 6 pm. Trucks & Tech alumni food trucks that attended the event included the likes of Dixieland Diner, The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck, The Crepe Company, Soup to Nuts, The Pastrami Project and swedeDISH. We loved how swedeDISH really got into our theme and decorated accordingly.  We were also excited to have The Other Truck and Tamale Co. join us for the first time.

At 6 pm people/zombies began to arrive in hordes. Our lovely table sponsors – Envy Labs, Spay n’ Save Animal Clinic, Yelp Orlando and HostDime – were there to talk with guests and share some awesome swag. Meanwhile, our friends at Ad 2 Orlando kept the Shipyard brews flowing all night.

Speaking sessions began at 7 pm and featured leading minds in the local tech community weighing in on topics from the age old iOS v. Android debate to growth hacking.

The night drew to a close with an epic zombie v. survivor costume contest, where two contestants won some great Lenovo goodies.

Third time’s the charm, and Trucks & Tech just keeps getting better! Follow us on Twitter to get all the news on our next event. For more pictures from the event, check out our official photographer Rich Johnson’s album.