Smidge Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 wow , what a great weekend , it was the first con we had been too and it was great , a little cramped but awesome , the dr who, red dwarf, Anthony head, and hobbit talks were fantastic , all the guest were friendly as you could hope for and the staff were outstanding. the only things i would suggest for the next con are more space - the floor was so cramped yet upstairs there were empty rooms ( not the photo/talk ones) maybe splitting some merchant/guests between floors would be better for example if the whole red dwarf crew were to turn up then maybe have them in a room upstairs , this would work if they were giving a talk / photo shoot . as for merchants stalls you couldn't move due to people stopping to have a look which is great for the sellers apart from everyone then bottle necked in a area. with more/better floor space you can have better queue management food /seating - im not sure if showmasters have any involvement with arena catering but as i said empty rooms upstairs , people were sat on the floor on the edge of the arena , even just a room with some chairs in would have gone along way , let alone with a table or two. and you dont really need a crew member in that room. talk/photo shoot lines - instead of having so many people snake around the corridors maybe talk/photo shoot waiting rooms this frees up the corridors when leaving said shoot/talk , this would work well if shoot waiting rooms were next to the shoot room itself these are small problems which if can be solved would make a flawless con and i hope to be at the next one in Cardiff . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppy dreamer Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Funnily enough I didn't find downstairs too bad, getting around upstairs with a buggy was a nightmare though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidge Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 maybe it was because it was our first con but we found it hard to get around as i said if you were trying to pass a merchant stall it was better to go another way , and yeah upstairs was a bit crazy , i cant help but think maybe waiting rooms would help mainly in the case of Brian Blessed photo shoot , would keep everyone out of the corridor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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