Showmasters Admin Massive Events Posted February 16, 2012 Showmasters Admin Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hi everyone, We are sorry to say that Alex Meraz will not be able to join us at Eternal Twilight 7! :-( He actually was at the airport last night about to get on his flight to come over when he received a phone call informing him that he was needed for filming the next day, (today), for a pilot that he had tested for earlier in the week. Obviously we are all disappointed that Alex won't be able to make the show but we are pleased his acting career is still strong and that he is still getting new parts that we will be able to enjoy on screen in the future. Unfortunately with this news coming so late there is absolutely no time for us to be able to get a replacement guest in! We do want to do something for you all though that we hope will at least make up for things a bit and so we will be holding a group photo shoot on Saturday which will have Myanna, Bronson, BooBoo and Noel in it with you! This will be FREE to gold and silver ticket holders and Standard ticket holders will be able to purchase it if they would like to for the much reduced rate of £20. We know this doesn't replace Alex but we hope it will be a nice extra memento of the weekend for you! We still have 4 fantastic other guests who are all really looking forward to having a lot of fun with you all. We also have something quite special, and different, for the Friday and Saturday night parties! We think you will all like! Take care, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjCullen Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Aww thats a shame. But i wish him luck in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophagiyan Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 same MJ, wish him well in his career but a bit gutted. Can't someone call Bewley? :-) Still going to be an amazing weekend, can't wait to see everyone, looking forward to seeing what's going to happen at the parties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjCullen Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 lol i love CB... though Jamie Cambell Bower would be nice to see again too XD Wishful thinking lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropleygirl Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Robs in Berlin... I'm sure he'd like an excuse to come to the UK.....just sayin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my*wife*says Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hi, So sad to hear about Alex. Just wondered how the drinks recep will work with so few guests? I have only done 1 which was the last ET and it was quite busy at the tables with all those guests so what will happen with just 4? Will it be just 4 tables? Will it be very short? thanks and sorry for all the questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneDoe Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 It's great that you are making it up to Gold and Silver ticket holders, but haven't standard lost out too? I know not in photo shoot sense but just from being disappointed in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hi, So sad to hear about Alex. Just wondered how the drinks recep will work with so few guests? I have only done 1 which was the last ET and it was quite busy at the tables with all those guests so what will happen with just 4? Will it be just 4 tables? Will it be very short? thanks and sorry for all the questions It will be the same length as usual. Basically one guest less means you get more time with the others because there's less guests that have to rotate between all tables. Also the amount of tables is probably going to stay the same. If you reduce it you get more attendees per table, then they can't hear the guest etc. I'm not even sure the hotel has that large tables to go down to 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talena Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Gutted ! So sad ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talena Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 It would be great to have a guest encounter free ( at least for gold) :$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillianre Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm not saying anything - it will only get deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my*wife*says Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hi, So sad to hear about Alex. Just wondered how the drinks recep will work with so few guests? I have only done 1 which was the last ET and it was quite busy at the tables with all those guests so what will happen with just 4? Will it be just 4 tables? Will it be very short? thanks and sorry for all the questions It will be the same length as usual. Basically one guest less means you get more time with the others because there's less guests that have to rotate between all tables. Also the amount of tables is probably going to stay the same. If you reduce it you get more attendees per table, then they can't hear the guest etc. I'm not even sure the hotel has that large tables to go down to 4. Thanks for the reply was just thinking out loud LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_skies Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Jamie Campbell Bower's probably in the country, and Charlie might be too... Give 'em a phonecall, they might pop to Birmingham for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlorix Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Jamie Campbell Bower's probably in the country, and Charlie might be too... Give 'em a phonecall, they might pop to Birmingham for us! Charlie's filming X Whys my post been deleted? I wasn't even rude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylein2001 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Jamie Campbell Bower's probably in the country, and Charlie might be too... Give 'em a phonecall, they might pop to Birmingham for us! Charlie's filming X Whys my post been deleted? I wasn't even rude! mine were deleated too and i wasn't rued or disrespectful to the guests. So it was a fault coming back to the forum again sinsce ages - so i say good bye again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielcfans Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm not saying anything - it will only get deleted. exactly what i was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia_Louise Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 FUMING!!!! I have come to every ET so far and okay I have had a good time at them but tbh et6 was meant to be my last one! When they said they where becoming official and pretty much guaranteed big guests I thought I will give them another shot and paid another £225... How stupid am I??? I have lost all trust in ME and I didn't want to but the guests calibre is getting worse and worse. In really upset that there hasn't even been alot of communication between ME and us to let us know what they are trying to do. I don't think a group photo is the answer to there problems. I do wish Alex all the best with his filming... Just voicing my opinion!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielcfans Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 charlie is not filming this week...i say...give him a call! FUMING!!!! I have come to every ET so far and okay I have had a good time at them but tbh et6 was meant to be my last one! When they said they where becoming official and pretty much guaranteed big guests I thought I will give them another shot and paid another £225... How stupid am I??? I have lost all trust in ME and I didn't want to but the guests calibre is getting worse and worse. In really upset that there hasn't even been alot of communication between ME and us to let us know what they are trying to do. I don't think a group photo is the answer to there problems. I do wish Alex all the best with his filming... Just voicing my opinion!! thank you! so true! and for me this means "goodbye ET!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself205 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Well said Georgia Louise!! Lack if communication with the whole con and ifficial status not good! Please try to get Jamie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakequeen Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Absolutely Gutted !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylein2001 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 charlie is not filming this week...i say...give him a call! FUMING!!!! I have come to every ET so far and okay I have had a good time at them but tbh et6 was meant to be my last one! When they said they where becoming official and pretty much guaranteed big guests I thought I will give them another shot and paid another £225... How stupid am I??? I have lost all trust in ME and I didn't want to but the guests calibre is getting worse and worse. In really upset that there hasn't even been alot of communication between ME and us to let us know what they are trying to do. I don't think a group photo is the answer to there problems. I do wish Alex all the best with his filming... Just voicing my opinion!! thank you! so true! and for me this means "goodbye ET!". yeah true i ask me the same how stupid can i be LOL and that is true i don't mind that they don't get the official status but the lack of info is worse i think. they don't tell us that the official thing didn't worked out - that my anna can only attend one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa090982 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) People need to stop being so disrespectful. Yes it is a disappointment (I am also very disappointed) but this is neither Alexs' fault or ME's. They can only do an event with what money/guests they can. Replacing someone at very short notice is difficult and I am sure they have worked tirelessly to try and secure another guest for us. The other thing you have to realise is looking at the groups and attendance numbers, this is a very small event compared to past events - there looks to be only around 85 gold, 170ish silver and around 80 standard. This event isn't even half sold - yes, I know people have been sceptical about buying tickets or won't buy a ticket for whatever reason but they also can't secure a big guest without the financial budget. Swings and roundabouts. I personally have done every event since proms and have always been Gold or Silver - I won't be parting with my cash so easily in future due to the expense I incur doing these conventions, but I certainly don't lay blame anywhere - the actors are always 'subject to work commitments' and we know work comes first - and some actors won't do conventions full stop. I have met a lot of the twi cast thanks to massive events and they have done us proud. If a guest gets my interest at future events, I will buy a ticket, if not, I won't - I guess it's hard not to get repeats when you have met as many as I have Oh and as for the 'going official' comments - we kinda guessed when the sale of Summit went through that official conventions for Twilight would be a thing of the past - this also isn't ME's fault and I am sure a lot of man hours went into trying to sort it. Edited February 16, 2012 by Lisa090982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauty&bear Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I think people need to remember that this is a business with customers. Customers should be allowed to have a bit of a moan on. Yes we know about contacts that guests can pull out if they are working but we should still be allowed to have a moan. I'm cutting my losses and i'm not going to this ET, i'd rather waste the 200 for gold than folk out the train and hotel costs to, I just can't afford that right now. Alex deffo sealed the deal for me. In future i'm going to book my tickets a month away from the con judging on the guest line up at that point, learned the hard way that you could have an amazing line up 6 months before a convention and the end result is disappointing. We all know what an amazing job ME/SM do at bringing us incredible guests (Holly Marie Combs anyone?) but we should all be allowed to have a moan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlorix Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Oh and as for the 'going official' comments - we kinda guessed when the sale of Summit went through that official conventions for Twilight would be a thing of the past - this also isn't ME's fault and I am sure a lot of man hours went into trying to sort it. But we were told at the event that the contracts were being signed the next day. The sale of Summit was not til some time after this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DavidB Posted February 16, 2012 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2012 A sale of any company takes a LONG time to work through. It's not like they came up a few weeks later and bought it overnight. Anyway all comments regarding this are only speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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