melliott1963

I’ve never had to show ID either. In fact, one year, because I had to dash off as soon as I arrived to an early photoshoot, my daughter collected my diamond passes for me. The only “ID” I have had to show, if you can call it that, is my Diamond Pass ticket with the QR code on it.

Entry and diamond pass collection are 2 different entities. You’re not asked your name when you enter, but you will be asked for a name when you collect your diamond pass. Just give the name the pass was purchased under and you’ll be fine. As an example, I purchased 2 diamond passes for Rupert Grint, but one had my name and the other had my daughter’s name. We received 2 diamond pass tickets and so collected our own DPs.

Amazing!! Diamond passes already purchased. Please don’t get Daniel and Emma as well or else my bank account will explode!

Attended the show yesterday (Saturday 2nd) and just wanted to give praise to Martin who was organising the queuing at the photoshoot A area. I was expecting the usual “mass bundle” when it came to the Billie Piper photoshoot, but Martin was excellent, managing the large crowd superbly. All was very calm and efficient. Lets hope the queues for the more popular guests are managed like this in the future.

Great guest, but there aren’t any pre-orders available for Anita yet?

One of my “most wanted”, but thought that, now she is so famous and heavily involved in the Marvel Universe, you’d never be able to get her.

I had a photoshoot ticket for her for the spring show. Do I assume this ticket will be re-issued for the Winter show?

*Please ignore this post as I was being an idiot! Have left the text here anyway** I’ve only got 2 photoshoots booked for Saturday, Temuera Morrison and Olivia Cooke. Of course it’s typical that their shoots clash! Temuera is 11:50am - 12:05pm and Olivia is 11:55am - 12:00pm I have batch 1 for each shoot, but obviously there could be diamond pass people going in first of all. Is my best bet to go to Temuera’s shoot and speak to the queue managers to try and get to the front, and then hope I can make it from Photo A to Photo B in time for Olivia’s and hope that there aren’t any delays? It wouldn’t be too bad if their shoots were longer, but 15 minutes and 5 minutes doesn’t allow much room for any delays. Thanks. **Just realised that Oliva’s photoshoot that clashes is a green screen one which I haven’t got. Her main photoshoot isn’t until later in the day, so I’ll be OK**

I’ll start by saying that I was dreading the Jodie Whittaker photoshoot today, having seen the schedule and knowing that there were going to be hundreds of people wanting their photos with her. But I have to say that, for the first time in a long while for a major guest, the organisation of the crowds around the photoshoot area was really good and there wasn’t the usual “rugby scrum” that sometimes occurs. Having batch 1, I knew I had time to get my Witcher photo sessions done before going to Jodie. I arrived at the stand to find the crowds calmly waiting around and, to my delight, batch 1 was already in the queue. So “thank you” to all those involved. Let’s hope it’s a good sign of things to come in the summer show.

I did go, and loved the fact the whole show was a lot smaller than the Summer show - far less crowds! Had a Diamond Pass for Brian so was able to get his autograph, and it was great for all who got his autograph that he enjoyed chatting to everyone, but, of course, not so great for all those who missed out as a result.

And Brian Blessed’s!

This is precisely why I pre-ordered the autograph. I knew she was going to be incredibly busy and am happy to just meet her, albeit briefly, at the photoshoot.

So glad I’ve pre-ordered an autograph of Jodie and am just having a photo with her. Looking at the amount of time she’s scheduled to have photos and then her talk, unless you’ve got a diamond pass, there’s no chance of anyone else getting her autograph. I’d even question whether there’s enough time for all the diamond pass holders to get her autograph!

It’s been a couple of weeks since the show finished. I’m now wondering how long it’s likely to be before I get my refund voucher for the Diamond pass I purchased for Robbie Coltrane? Any ideas? Thanks.

The schedule for this Sunday’s photoshoots has been released, and yet again I have one person fairly early in the day, and 2 who are right at the very end! This always seems to happen - I don’t know how I manage it! One day, I’ll be able to get my photos done early in the day and be able to leave early…… maybe