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[SugarSpunSister]

Guests

Jamie and Chris were the highlights for me.  Both were very funny and had interesting things to say during the talks.  I did feel that Charlie was slightly overbearing during this con, but then it is his nature to be that way and he was mean to Tinsel moving her in her chair Poor love.  Charlie was excellent at the photoshoots though, was pulling so many faces and stuff Malcolm had to keep retaking the shots (he he).  He maybe just (Bewliers don't kill me) needs to use his ears and mouth in right ratio at least some of the time

Jamie, haha, lack of pants, stilton love and his +400 at the BAFTAs were all lolarious.  He was just oozing creativeness, I can't wait to see more of his work.  Tremendous boy :)

Venue

Toooo big, for me personally, this was my least favourite Con.  It felt like I was on the Titanic.... I kept getting lost and I didn't see some people until Sunday    Also the food and drink were over priced and the food was not a good standard for the price you were paying for it.  I did have a touch of cabin fever yesterday, as at least in Northampton you could get and shop around the town, or go off site for drinks and food etc.

Also the staff in the bar/coffee area in the lobby were extremely slow and disorganised

Take me back to the Park Inn anyday  


Parties

I peaked to early on Friday night   So did not enjoy Saturday as much, the lighting was bad, couldn't see anyone in the main room unless you were virtually on top of them.  We hung out in the lobby bar a lot on Saturday night :)  

It was a shame that we had to forego a lot of decoration this time, was this due to people stealing stuff last time?  

The bouncy castle was a great idea, I didn't go on it as my dress would have survived.

Atendees

Lots of newbies this time, which was good to see other people joining in the fun :)  A lot more children too, which was really nice to see, the two girls dressed as Bella and Jane yesterday were lovely.

Crowding of the guests.... If you were one of those people, shame on you!  Why haven't you learned anything from the last 2 cons? You may have got 2 minutes with the guest, but you ruined it for everyone else who didn't get a chance to speak to them before they ran for the hills.

I was speaking to a member of crew who said the Hub is an amazing event because everyone is curteous and respectful of the guests, I hope we can learn something from this event, but it seems destined never to happen.

ME Staff

Seemed much more relaxed, probably due to the bigger venue and not having to sneak through crowded hallways :)  

So all in all, I did have a good weekend, I thought the dealers had a lot more stuff this time and the VA book signing and stand was very cool.

Also, John Henson was really cool, I missed his talk but caught up with him yesterday and what a great and interesting chap he is.  I hope he can make a return for ET4.

I didn't see a fanfiction competition this time?  Have those now ended or did I miss it?

That is all.  See you at ET4! xxx

[queen-of-hearts]

This was my first ever convention but me and my friend thoroughly enjoyed it!!!! I went knowing who the guests were but not having a favourite or preference but upon leaving i have fallen in love with Jamie and think everyone else were absolutly fantastic......the talks were sooo funny...its just as shame that on sat and sun i was sat near 2 groups (different ones each day) that spoilt them a litlle bit for me....sat was a group sat behind me talking throughout and then unbelievably answering their phones during a talk :-O!!! And sun i had a group in front that were stood up taking photo's throughout and althouigh i could just about see the group behind us couldnt and when they asked them if they could sit down they were rudly told no and then they began voice recording it on their ipods...i had had enough on sun with the rudeness of some people so i did report them and they were told to stop. I took food with me so cant comment on the prices though i did see some prices and was shocked....the hotel was fantastic and i liked having the space to move without being crowded.
The parties were amazing and the themes fantastic and many people had tried hard and came in fantastic costumes. The smoke machine annoyed me my photos came out foggy at the cilvil war one which is a shame and i had to leave early sun night as the smoke was irritating my contacts in my eyes...but overall i thoroughly enjoyed the parties (and being the first adult on the bouncy castle on the sat!!!!)

My only real complaint (other than rude attendee's) was that i was in group 22 so last to see christopher and wasnt allowed to get a personalisation as they were short on time. i know there are time restraints and a schedule to keep i just felt as though i was being rushed through and wasnt able to receive the same level of personalisation as other guests in earlier groups. Although i did think it was very sweet of Christopher to recognise and apoligise for the fact we were rushed through. like i said i understand the need to stick to a schedule though. My last moan would be the registration process- i queued in a queue 9and not a short one) only to get to the front and be told that it was the gold queue! it would have been easier if the different queues could have been had signs above them!!!

overall i am extremly thrilled with my experience and am going to be badgering my parents to buy me ET 4 tickets for my birthday tonight!!!!

Thank you Massive Events for a great convention....

[kegan5]

SugarSpunSister, on Feb 22 2010, 01:58 PM, said:

ME Staff

Also, John Henson was really cool, I missed his talk but caught up with him yesterday and what a great and interesting chap he is.  I hope he can make a return for ET4.

I heared him talking about coming back in October so fingers crossed :) What a lovely guy he was

[prophecygirl]

Thanks for another great event SM! Can't wait for ET4. Now onto my own opinions of this one...


LOVED Jamie. He was by far my favourite guest - so down to earth and his talk was hilarious! "I'm not wearing any pants"... what an ice-breaker! Best talk of all the cons so far, I think. Shame he couldn't have taken us all to the BAFTAs.  

I really liked the new venue too, much better. There was room to move around and queue etc... and all seemed to run much more smoothly.  

Costume display - YES! Awesome. So so cool. Thanks John!

All the guests were good individually, but as a group I don't think they meshed too well, and some of the talks were hard to get going. The pauses were too long between questions, some of the questions were a bit strange and the guests wouldn't answer, and I just wasn't feeling the group chemistry. I'm sure it's probably just me, though. I'm so glad Jamie was there, otherwise the talks wouldn't have been that memorable for me.

Meeting Richelle Mead was amazing, and all the Puffin girls are fantastic.

I love the Silver pass, and have been that one for ET2 & 3, and will be again for 4. It's great. So glad we got a professional pic of all the guests too.. thanks for that!

Chris was such a lovely guy, very professional and just genuinely nice. Same for all, but especially him and Jamie.

I loved Charlie's photoshoots - he tried to make each one different, and did pretty much anything anyone asked. He looked like he was having a great time, and the pictures are amazing!

On the subject of Charlie, I must admit (sorry about this) that I wasn't too impressed with him at all. Individually he was really cool - at the signing/photo/parties, but during his talks I thought he was arrogant, and it was all "me me me". I know a lot of people agree with me, and that's just our personal impression. I was expecting good things from him after hearing about him at the Proms, but I was disappointed. Maybe he was tired during the Sunday talks, which would explain why he looked so bored during his two. Oh, and some of the things he came out with were a bit dodgy... he should have thought about what he was saying.

At the parties, loads of girls completely crowded Charlie, and it was really bad. I think next time maybe you should remind people about that at the opening ceremony. It was better at ET2 when all the guests came and made their way around each table, that worked really well.

I couldn't get my Chris auto personalised on the Sunday, which was disappointing. He did write a message on it which made up for it, but still, it's nice to have your name on the pic.

Food at the Hilton was far too expensive, and getting something affordable to eat at night was a nightmare.

The parties aren't a big thing for me, I never dress up or anything, but I do enjoy them. This time, I didn't like the smoke machine (my eyes were really sore the morning after!) and it was too dark.

Hmm... what else? Great guests for ET4 announced, and I really hope you guys keep running these for years. Seriously - please do!

Think that's all from me. Thanks again to everyone, please don't hammer me for my opinions, and see you all in October!  

Edited by prophecygirl, 22 February 2010 - 03:33 PM.

[cullencrazy]

Guests

Loved Jamie - what a guy. So funny and extremely charming. I had face ache after his solo talk coz he just made me chuckle so much. Loved Christopher and felt Tinsel and Kiowa warmed up more on the Sunday talks and especially Kiowa seemed to come out of his shell a bit. Charlie was soooo nice - he was outside the party room on the Sat night and me and 2 of my friends waited while he spoke to a group. His security guard then pointed him in our direction and said that we had been waiting to speak to him which I thought was really nice. He was really attentive and charming when he was talking to us and actually seemed interested in what we had to say. Lovely lovely man is all I can say about him!!!  

Venue

I was a bit overwhelmed by the Hilton at first but pretty soon found my way round. I think it was better that it was bigger - there was no waiting round for seats to be put out for guest talks like there were at the Park Inn since the same room there was used for autographs too. I understand people saying it was too big but personally for me I thought it worked better as there was room for things like John Hensons costume display in little side rooms. Thought there could have been more choice in the Twilight Food Court considering the amount of money the Hilton must make from other things over the course of the weekend. Not everyone wants to eat hot dogs and burgers all weekend! Also quite a few of my friends were ill and had all eaten in the Food Court....not sure if that was just coincidence or not? We did eat in the bar on the Sunday night and felt a bit badly treated by the staff....they werent interested in serving us and were quite rude. We may not be BA pilots or trolley dollies but our money is as good as anybody elses!! As many others have said I think the food and drinks were vastly overpriced in the main bar but that isnt anything ME can do I suppose.

Parties

Loved loved loved the parties!! Friday night we had a good laugh but it was a shame to see Charlie getting mobbed for photos so he ended up leaving. At the end of the day you can get an official photo taken with him over the weekend anyway so if you want one - PAY FOR IT!! There didnt seem to be enough bar staff on the bar in the room at the busiest periods and there was a long wait at times. Saturday night was my highlight, absolutely fantastic. Had such a laugh on the bouncy castle I really thought I would die! Thought the little stalls were a great idea too. The smoke machine was a little too much but it wasnt something I couldnt get over. Sunday night we didnt stay long coz we were so tired which was a shame coz lots of people had gone to so much effort with costumes and I loved my red contacts! Its a shame the bungee run wasnt there on Fri as I think that woulda been a hit with people. On the subject of the decorations I think it could be pared down because of people stealing things last time - me and my friend had brought a Confederate flag for our outfit and we got asked several times if we had taken it haha. Thankfully they believed us when we told them it was off ebay and we didnt have to provide a receipt or anything haha.

Atendees

There seemed to be a lot more males at this one which was interesting to see. Hardcore Twilight fans or dragged there by their girlfriends I dont know! I still dont know why people feel the need to crowd the guests yet again, when will people learn??? As I mentioned earlier when we waited patiently a little away from Charlie he came over and talked to us. He was going round the room and stopping talking to different people on the Saturday night but on the Friday it was just ridiculous to the point that you could see wherever he was in the room considering he was surrounded by a mob!

Guest Talks/Activities/Dealer Room

Really enjoyed the guest talks but my only quibble is regarding the seating. I understand that you have to get there early for a good seat but I paid an extra £50 for silver tickets therefore feel I should be guaranteed a seat nearer to the front like gold ticket holders otherwise what is the point?? You could buy your photos separately and go standard and it would be cheaper so surely the benefit of being silver is that you are closer to the front for the talks. The gold seats are roped off so the silver should be too. We were sat right at the back for the talks on Saturday and we had arrived 15 mins before the talks. We didnt make that mistake on the Sunday, believe me!! Another thing that was annoying me was people trying to take other peoples seats even though they had something on them reserving them. I sat in the hall all afternoon as I had done all of my photos and autographs and the amount of times someone tried to move other peoples things (namely French people pretending they didnt know what I was saying when I said they couldnt do that) was ridiculous. Everyone knows the rules so dont be rude and ignore them!!!

There definitely wasnt as many stalls for merchandise at this one as there was at ET2 although I know the room was bigger. There were no bookmarks and only one stall selling plastic mugs. I love things like this so was a bit disappointed. Obv all the merch was New Moon since Eclipse isnt out yet so cant wait for ET4 so I can stock up on more Twi-merch!!!

All in all though I have absolutely had a blast. I have been to all of the Twi cons so far and this has definitely been my fave with ET1 coming a close 2nd. Guests were amazing, talks amazing, John Hensons costume display AMAZING! Loved the signing with Richelle Mead too, she was so sweet. Liked the VA display in the Dealer Room too. Excellent overall though - ROLL ON ET4

And sorry for waffling on!!! xxxxxxx

[Team Paul]

amazing! every part of it. Luved the way the wine reception worked with the tables and the guests moving around. Meant everyone got seen. Jamie eating all our tables pom bears haha. All the guests were great. Kiowa was abit tooo quite for my liking, but that may have just been because he was against 3 very big personalities.

The one thing i wud ask, is that with the auction, its made more clear what is in it and what isnt. I know the items were put out about half hour before, but its not really long enough for everyone to see, and i saw things i wanted to bid on, that during the auction were being put to the back of the stage and not auctioned off. That would be my only bear bug of the whole weekend!!!

had an AMAZING time!!!!!

[ryano]

Guests - I thought all the guests were really good, Jamie especially who was the standout guest for me by far, his talk on sunday was my favourite of the weekend. I have to agree with prophecygirl on my opinion of Charlie but he did seem nice enough when you talked to him individually.

Venue - have to say I wasnt a fan of the Hilton at all to be honest. Far too big and too cold. It was like a maze trying to work out where things were so I think organisation wise more signs and things would have been good. Not a good venue for food and drink either, I wanted a malibu and lemonade on the friday night and it cost me £6! I stuck to just lemonade after that because anything else was too expensive.
Like others have said i think we need somewhere bigger than the Park Inn but smaller than the Hilton.

Parties - these were good i really enjoyed them, but I would say the smoke machine was quite over the top at times.

Attendees - as usual most people were lovely, especially for me as I pretty much went on my own i was overwelmed by how nice and welcoming everyone was so thankyou guys  
(Except the girl who pretty much told me I was a bad twilight fan because I hadnt seen Hillywood before, that annoyed me)

[EdwardsLamb]

Guests - Jamie and Chris were absolutely brilliant. Kiowa and Tinsel were sweet too although a lot more shy.  

Venue - I am definately team Park Inn. The Hilton was freezing - even the bedrooms and just didnt feel as intimate as a smaller venue. Plus there are no shops and restaurants around so one of the only options is to order takeaway which is frowned upon but people were hungry!

Parties - The scenery was awesome and people had some cool costumes. It was really dark though and I did struggle to find people - perhaps I will attach all my friends to glow sticks next time then they cant hide from me. The music was a good mix and personally im a fan of smoke machines

Attendees - The majority of the attendees are awesome.

A brilliant weekend - the only real downside for me was my friend being upset. Christopher was her favourite guest and because the gold groups were called for his autograph last he was not doing personalisations by then - just a bit disappointing when you have paid so much to attend.

Also, people who pay for gold tickets pay for gold privileges - I dont buy gold tickets so I dont get to go to the drinks reception or sit at the front, I dont really think its that complicated. Some people seem to get a little confused though.

[Talie]

Guests
Charlie lived up to his expectations from proms for me, Lovely guy who is VERY honest with his answers in questions and doesn't sugar coat things, he loves giving back to his fans so tries to explain things in the best way for people. Charlie is one of the least arrogant people I have ever came across, and I'll continue supporting him <3

Chris out preformed my expectations, VERY funny guest. JCB was lovely, tinsel and Kiowa were sweet but quiet, I was quite upset they never came to the parties, not cus I wanted to hassle them or anything just to show face really.

EDIT: A wee thing about chris i thought was sweet, he wasnt doing personalisations, but cus he saw the rest of my book was personalised he did it anyway!
Venue
Love brum cus i get to see my mum, just thought things were laid out a bit weird.

Parties

Gold reception was really badly organised I thought we ended up with like 20 at our table :|

The rest of the parties were great though.
Attendees
Some of the reason i goto the cons is cus of the attendees, there are SO many nice people and I haven't laffed so much in a long long time, some of them have actually changed my life.

I've gotta say a LOT of the french girls came across incredibly rude, I know it wasn't all but the one's who were rude really annoyed me

Edited by Crépuscule, 22 February 2010 - 04:01 PM.

[jess8619]

Kiowa came to Saturday nights party...trust me, I know...xD

[Talie]

jess8619, on Feb 22 2010, 04:05 PM, said:

Kiowa came to Saturday nights party...trust me, I know...xD

Oh did he? fair enough I didn't see him though lol, was he swarmed?

[xxobsessedxx]

He definately came, I didn't see him for very long though although he was around. The last time I saw him he was being followed by a load of people so I think he may have hid for a while I don't blame him. They all went to the parties apart from Jamie, although I heard from someone that he was ill.

Edited by xxobsessedxx, 22 February 2010 - 04:09 PM.

[jess8619]

Not really, he had his hood up and did mingle with a few people so probably just looked like more of an atendee than Kiowa.

[Beechy]

Awesome weekend!!
Awesome guests!!

The drinks reception on Friday was soo much fun! Great way of doing it with the smaller groups (for those people who think SM / ME dont listen, they do!)

I did get lost a few times over the weekend but I do think it was better than everybody crashing into each like at the Park Inn.

The queues werent an issue at all. On sunday the photoshoot queues were coming back on themselves but even so I didnt queue very long. I was very happy with my photos - the photographers should be thanked at this point (THANK YOU!!). I dont think they have the easiest of jobs.

The crew were great! Dont think anything went wrong at all (if it did, i didnt notice).

Finally: Mark, Jason, TT and everyone who organised the event, WELL DONE! Yet another amazing con
(And kudos on getting some amazing guests for ET4!)

Edited by Beechy, 22 February 2010 - 04:17 PM.

[jess8619]

I liked the photoshoots queue because while you were queuing you got to see everyone else infront of you have their's done, which was fun!

[Talie]

jess8619, on Feb 22 2010, 04:18 PM, said:

I liked the photoshoots queue because while you were queuing you got to see everyone else infront of you have their's done, which was fun!

See I didn't like that! I found it really really embarrsing lol

[DavidB]

I didn't particularly like the crowding outside of the talk room, nor outside the autograph room. Particularly the latter, as there was a very small space there.

It's just very tricky to have to see what's going on and then try and push your way through people because they're not listening to a word you say when you ask politely. As if you're not actually there.

No matter how many times people are told to come back and that they won't miss anything etc, they will still stand in one place obstructing everyone else because they just want what they want.

But then hey, the same happened when I tried to get the shuttle bus from the station to the event and people pushed in.

I guess some people are going to be inconsiderate and selfish no matter what.

[leanne_marie2007]

Finally caught up on some sleep, so heres my thoughts......

I really liked the little food room that was set up for attendees.  Made it possible for me to eat hot food over the weekend, as if it hadn't of been there I couldn't have afforded food.  Maybe more variety for people that are vegetarian would have been good though!  The Hilton in general is disgustingly over priced!!!

I thought the seating for the talks was done very fairly & got a good view most of the weekend, so that was great.

My signings and photoshoots went very smoothly and I got everything I wanted.  Did have a slight problem with a Jamie signing I was getting done for my friend.  One of the crew members ticked Jamie's box, when I was going to meet Charlie and didn't tell me of the error, so I had to chase around some crew members to get it sorted, but it did get sorted!!!  Thanks to Too Tall & Moira for the help!!

I'm slightly concerned that some people didn't get their Christopher autographs as his session was closed before some people got through.  for ET 4 my number is going to be much higher, so I do fear this could happen to me, as there is expected to be more attendees.

I desperatly miss the Park Inn.  The intimacy and the atmosphere was so much better there.  I knew whenever I walked down a corridor or went in the lift I would see someone I know, but this time I went the whole weekend without seeing some friends at all, I actually felt fairly isolated at times.  
I felt things were spread out much too much and there weren't enough signs to tell us where we needed to go.  It took us ages to find registration, we walked in circles for a while!!
We had to do so much walking in the hotel, it did get very old.  I hate to think how people with leg / walking problems may have coped!!

There was a certain element of attendees that weren't quite as pleasant as they could have been, mostly orginating from one not so distant country.  Several times on the dancefloor we pushed and punched as these certain girls wanted to get past and didn't have the decency to just ask politely.  This obviously isn't SMs fault at all, I just don't get why people can't be polite??!

The stand out guests for me were Jamie Cambell Bower & Christopher Heyerdahl - IMO the weekend wouldn't have been half as fun without them!!  
Charlie was great in his photoshoots & I loved that he took the time to come to the parties (well tried too, before being mobbed) I don't know if other guests came to the parties or anything, but as the hotel was so vast I guess it may have been hard to see them anyway.

The smoke machine in the parties was pretty unbearable.  We could have patented the wafting dancemove we had to create to get the smoke out of our faces.  For people with asthma and chest problems it must have been horrendous!!
I also agree that it was terribly dark.  I had alot of trouble finding my friends.
I loved the Golden Nugget saloon and the bouncy castle and fun fair items at the parties.  They were a great idea!!

There were quite big lulls with nothing to do.  At Northampton it was really nice, as you could pop into the town, but at the Hilton it just isn't possible.
I know it would be really hard to arrange, but maybe try and get peole into their groups and do a pub quiz or have a room allocated for socialising - especially if The Hilton is kept as the venue.  I found it quite difficult to meet people this time around, again due to the vastness.

I've now attended every Twilight event you have run & sadly I have to say this has been my least favorite.  I really do hope that ET 4 gets back some of the wonderful atmosphere that we felt at the previous events!!

[pixie_tinks]

So this was my first convention and I'm so glad I went. Not only did I have a blast with my bestie (BeckyBooBearBum) I meet a bunch of people that made the whole weekend awesome.

GUESTS

Jamie was by far my favourite of the guest... I was so excited when they announced him and he didnt let us down. Him telling us about how he wasn't wearing pants and hinting about cheese. He was so random it made the weekend. He was really sweet during my photo too, they had to do it a couple of times and apparently 'I threw him out' because I swapped sides but he was 'lovely' none the less. Oh and I got told off for talking too much.... I'M REALLY SORRY... I don't know how to do quiet but I'll try harder next time.

Tinsel was sooo freaking sweet too... She apologised for not replying to a our tweets when something we said jogged her memory. She took the time out to talk to us even though the queue was really long.


PARTIES

Saturday night party

Admittedly we were reasonably intoxicated before we even made it down there. We were talking to Charlie outside the front for a while, he was really down to earth and gave me a hug which was sweet (plus he smelt heavenly.... just saying) but he made a run for it when a bunch of girls in the reception spotted him and looked like they were gonna pounce.

The music was awesome... come on who else finishes the evening with... 'two little ducks were swimming in the water'. We were asked to politely leave at about 3... after a quick change of clothes... we headed to the lounge where I had the pleasure of staying up til 4.30am with my girls, talking with Jason, Giles and Stef whilst eating cake. BEST. NIGHT. EVER!

Sunday night party

Bungie cords were a great idea and the tent in the corner was a great photo op. It was kinda quiet as a lot of people had gone home which made the room really spaced out. Still had a fab time though.

The smoke machine did me in... it went straight to my chest - maybe not so smoke happy at ET4?


BREAKS

Ok maybe there isn't much to do in between talks, photos and signings but I for one was happy that I could have a quick sleep on the Sunday afternoon.... considering the lack of sleep the night before it was just what I needed.


HOTEL

It was cold... and took us a couple of attempts to check in... though the did sort it out straight away. Food and drink was so expensive... I was glad I took a bunch of things with me. It kept me going and the cost down. Vegetarian choices strongly lacked too.

Oh and I was a little narked that I was asked to go and get changed this morning when I went for breakfast... I was wearing sweats and a tshirt... admittedly I had slippers on, but its cos my feet hurt. I'm not sure how I could of offended anyone over their sausage and bacon with my choice of pink fluffy footwear but it kinda put a dampener on my morning.

CHRISTOPHERS SIGNING

I was disappointed that we didnt have time to get it personalised, like a lot of the others have said, it wouldnt have taken a couple of seconds to write a name. He was so apologetic about it too. Made up for it this morning though with cuddles when he left the hotel.

ATTENDEES

Although most of the people there were amazing... (our neighbours in room 2061 were lovely!) the girls sat in front of us in the talks were really loud and screaming stuff out. That's fine, I'm not quiet as my friends will know, but seriously, for the love of sparkly things, think about the people around you... (many of us had hangovers   )

The girl dressed as Jane at the Saturday night party was awesome! And she even let me take her photo. Oh and there was a girl in a gold dress (a bit like Belle from Beauty and the Beast) If you're reading this or you know her.... You looked beautiful!

CREW

You guys worked so hard and it was great. Give yourselves a pat on the back for everything. By far it was nice having some down time with the guys on Saturday night. Hearing about other things they've done was so funny, but we promised we'd not mention stuff so yeah I'll leave it at that.

All in all a fantastic time. Cannot wait until ET4...

Sorry for rambling... just erm yeah... still on somewhat of a high... oh and outta interest.... did Kiowa actually make is flight on time?!?!

[beckyboobearbum]

ok, here's my two penny's worth  

I've not been to the previous ET's, nore any sort of twicon so I came to this with fresh eyes :)

It's true what they say, you can't really know how anyone is going to be... I LOVED   chris! he is one funny funny FUNNY man! and very engaging! I will admit he was the guest I was unsure about and he completely blew me out of the water! and the hug before he left this morning was lovely; he didn't have to, but he hugged a few of us in the lobby = truely nice bloke! JAMIE CAMBELL-BOWER is...in fact...a LEGEND! I laughed so hard in his talks! ...all the inuendo, all the raised eyebrows and giggling! and breaking the ice by making the announcement he was without underwear for his solo talk was inspired! I was looking forward to meeting Tinsel and she was as lovely as she comes across in interviews etc! love that girls giggle, and her voice is just amazing! Charlie was a little fed up by the last talk sunday i think ... and kiowa (?) he must have been knackered with all the yawning he was doing...no wonder he was so late for his ride to the airport this morning :S

The Hilton was not what I was expecting. I thought it would be a little more up-market :S the prices of the food and drink were so pretentious!!! seriously...the hotel isn't THAT great!!! i paid almost £5 for a mocha at the costa... I can buy two drinks and a muffin for a fiver at a normal Costa!!! The room where the guests were signing was so cold!!! i felt very sorry for the guys sat signing for hours! My friend Vikki gave Tinsel her mittens to stop her hands from being so cold! Also the 'talk' room was freezing too! I understand it would be just as uncomfortable if it was too warm...but sheesh!

Me and my bestie pixie_tinks showed up early on saturday morning so missed the friday night party, but saturdays party was brilliant! we may or may not have been a little drunk   and we may or may not have been up till 4:30 in the lobby bar with some of the staff members feeding them with our cakes we made and brought with us! The rave music at 3am was epic , and i still haven't got ""~~all the ducks are swimming in the water~~"" out of my head yet! Kudos to all you guys who were there till the end song with us!   The sunday night party wasn't as good but I think that maybe mainly due to the lack of people who stayed for it (and the fact that after our very bad hangovers we didn't drink..oh and the 2 hours sleep   ). We left at 12...we just couldn't keep our eyes open any longer.

I was VERY disappointed with the lack of guest 'down time' participation. I know charlie made the effort on the friday night and was mobbed (which to be honest, i think is the reason why they all stayed away), Chris showed up on the saturday for a short while and charlie braved it once more on the sunday... but i think all in all I may have spent about 2-3 minutes with each guest this whole weekend (that'd be photo op and autograph time) ...again, disappointing. I was expecting a bit more of a relaxed mingling atmosphere...

HUGE kudos to the staff!!! I know they have a lot to put up with but they kept us all in line and moving! Super doooooper friendly! YOU GUYS ROCK! especially you guys in the lobby at 4am filling up on our cookies and muffins (eat your heart out emily!) Infact me and pixie_tinks are considering volunteering for future cons!

So yeah, wow, that went on a little longer than I was aiming for    ...all in all i'm looking forward to ET4!!! I WILL be bringing my own food and erm... drink    again... (£15 for fish n chips?!?! )

THANKYOU everyone for making it so good!!! especially you pixie_tinks!