scotty16

gutted it's not saturday

you were awesome dude, creeped my fiancee out

Yay I'm in one of your photo's :) lol which one?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204384399557861&l=9d5ef44535

Thank you, (assuming it is us, you are on about) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204384399557861&set=a.4252075667919.2179910.1466599050&type=1&theater Also not too sure but think i read that the guy dressed as 'Castiel' with the huge wings proposed too, and i know that someone proposed in front of Summer Glau at her autograph stand Probably - unfortunately your link isn't working. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204384399557861&l=9d5ef44535 Should be working now

Thank you, (assuming it is us, you are on about) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204384399557861&l=9d5ef44535 Also not too sure but think i read that the guy dressed as 'Castiel' with the huge wings proposed too, and i know that someone proposed in front of Summer Glau at her autograph stand

Here are all of my photos from the con, feel free to tag yourself or share them, will upload the celeb pics later :) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10204383738221328.1073741847.1466599050&type=1&l=ba293f9aba

Got to touch him on Friday with an arm draped over his shoulder and exchange a quick hi etc.. no doubt he seemed far happier, active and enthusiastic (obviously the weekend tired him out, it tired me out on Saturday and i'm 25!!) than by saturday where he was struggling to stay awake. Living legend and thank you showmasters for giving me the opportunity to meet a person who has had such a huge impact on my life.

Have a round of applause from me, that was fantastic entertainment to watch. Full marks for staying in character and managing to manouvre so deftly on stilts in a crowded area. By far one the best cosplays i have ever seen

WOW what an experience! Lots of good points and some bad. good first- Met Stan Lee 6 times over the weekend a true living legend and didn't disappoint. Proposed to my girlfriend in front of Stan Lee (She said yes... ) Edward James Olmos was unbelievable, did not expect him to be so friendly, warm, engaging and happy, actually made it feel like he was just glad to be there. The double photoshoot with Olmos and Bamber was perfect, Jamie Bamber was a true gentlemen even when my fiancee decided to give him a massive hug before the photo Casper Van Dien and Dina Meyer are without doubt some of the nicest guests ever to have attended a convention, they were so sweet. Michael Bien Saturday afternoon was a pleasure too. Even though i didn't meet him, it was clear Davd Hewlett was going above and beyond to make any of his fans feel special. Kristian Nain was fun to talk to and share a joke even after he had finished for the day on Sunday as we joked that Isaac was getting a bit big to carry around now. Isaac himself was a pleasure and so polite on the saturday. The quality of the stalls and events taking place helped create a fantastic experience. The vast majority of fans themselves were friendly, always willing to stop for photos and showed how to cope in some tough situations. The Dragon skull was brilliant. the person behind me in the Stan Lee queue for his auto actually had the original Amazing Fantasy 15!! The extra Stan Lee signing on Friday was a great way for people to get him early and not stress over the weekend. The 2 buildings when used correctly was a big help this year without a doubt. Now for the negatives... Saturday by 1pm and having to enforce a 1 in 1 out policy. Clearly it was overbooked, as we exited at this time to see early bird pass holders still unable to enter, returning at 3.30 to waltz straight in with our hands stamped only to see the queue still snaked all the way round. Sunday was an improvement for there was still a 30-60 minute window between 12-1 where it became very claustrophobic. It became impossible to move on saturday as the place just came to a standstill thus in turn making it difficult to browse the stalls or indeed exit the building. The decision to not have the side exits open unless Gold pass was poor, it was a 20 minute walk Saturday from the autograph area to the front door through a horde of people when there was a perfectly good and large exit by the autograph tables filled with about 10 fans sitting on the floor. Having stan lee do autographs in EC1 and Photoshoots in EC2 was a silly decision if he was 22 never mind 92. Felt sorry for all those people who queued for 4 hours Sunday morning to get his autograph with VQ numbers under 100 only for him not to sign. It was not Stan's fault he had to leave but some common sense should have prevailed that he was not going to be able to do all the activities that had been agreed upon, it seemed every other week, Stan was either having an additional photoshoot, talk, appeareance, signing being added, the guy is 92! the decision for 90 minute photoshoots baffled me as it was clear it had a draining effect on him. Also a limit on autographs at a time surely has to be implemented making a guy with arthritis sign 14+ items in one go seemed harsh in the extreme and downright annoying for fans waiting behind and would ensure more people with the opportunity to meet their idol with higher VQ numbers. As harsh as this might sound but surely Summer Glau should have replace 'shae' in the photo booth midway through Saturday when it became clear she massively popular, as the queues became a hindrance to the general public's ease of access. Plus 'shae' would have been able to have been with the rest of the 'GOT' cast. the mystery guest for the 'GOT' talk... The tue believer awards... The shambles of holding the programme giveaway on the sunday instead of limiting the number of programmes available each day and holding the raffle at the end of each separate day. So numbers 1-1000 in the draw Friday. 10001-2000 Saturday and so forth. The quality of the Volunteers was a marked downgrade on the previous year in which they were all faultless. It was clear the situation overwhelmed alot of them and that a large number were either undertrained, uninformed, misinformed, didn't care and were rude. Example being that we were told by 3/4 volunteers that the programme giveaway in EC1 on sunday had been cancelled...So standing in line for the Stan Lee talk at 3.15 i can hear the microphone going, so go off to investigate to find to my surprise the giveaway talk.. Naturally, programme in hand i take a seat leaving my fiancee in the queue. I come out after the shambles to discover my fiancee has been shouted out by one the volunteers, (who was organising the line for Stan lee), because she did not have tickets which i had and his response being to shout at her "Why did your boyfriend leave the queue" "Why did you let him". This is 3.25, 30 minutes before the Talk and if she had taken the guy's name you can guarantee i would have been having words with him. All anybody is there for was to have a good time and see Stan Lee, why this 'volunteer' felt the need to be aggressive and aggravate the the people who were patiently queuing to see their idol was beyond me. And i hope someone did get his name and complained because it would be a travesty if he was allowed to 'help' next year. In general i found a large number of the volunteers responses to be surprisingly aggressive and confrontational rather than professional, courtious and clear (The Stan Lee Photoshoot personel on Friday were spot on in this regard as were the showmasters people in his autograph booth). I do feel this is more down to them being flustered and unable to deal with the situation, it is not surprising that through these threads the volunteers who are being praised for their organistion skills more often than not are returning volunteers from previous years. The lack of signs detailing what queuee was for what leading (It's all well and good sticking signs on door in the entrances, but when there are thousands of people crowding round and more and more joining the queue every minute it becomes impossible to see). Perhaps having billboards/standng ones displaying a map layout specifically for the queuees and having them dotted along the walkways around the building would save confusion in future. Communication between Volunteer personal seemed non existant and the lack of information being relayed to the people outside waiting to get in was shocking, especially on the Saturday. Sorry for the long post but wanted to wait until i had got back from an event that will live long in the memory, i know the negative aspect of my post is far greater in length but it is only constructive criticism so that future events can be even greater successes. The good points far exceeded the negative for myself personally.

My fiancee managed to accost him as he was exiting the autograph stands on his way to the exit, she was polite and respectful and he more than welcomed her by shaking her hand, acknowledging and smiling. Very polite. Even posed for a photo with another fan and apologised to those he couldnt stop for. Will be a fantastic guest fpr future cons

Well he made it up to ticket 400 approximately. You only pay for the autographs once in line, so sold out is probably the wrong term. We met people today who had 900+, does this mean they didn't get his autograph

Got to him around 3.30 today, had a good chat, personalised autograph and posed photo. Either he perked up as the afternnoon wore on or i was just lucky. Very enjoyable experience as massive aliens fans, both agreeing that Alien 3 does not exist

so say we all