Tom, I too had trouble getting to the show.
I went on Saturday, and as I was driving down, my father and I had some trouble with the detours in the city. We worked around it, but he got all frustrated when he didn't see the convention center right away, and I had to explain to him it was below Steinmart in the lower area.
Got some cool stuff at that show though. A nice ATSF timetable, ATSF pins, and some boxcars/tankers for the layout.
At least Orlando has a decent station. I've never seen Tampa's, but with the almost-next-to-none Amtrak service we get, I'm sure it's not noteworthy.