emmajgwen

I read about the problems on Twitter on Saturday but on Sunday everything seemed to run smoothly. Just a couple of things that could be improved. The Michael J Fox shoot on Sunday in Photo Area A - this was obviously a popular shoot but the area was also near the back steps meaning a constant flow of traffic was trying to get through all the people waiting to have their MJF photo taken. This through traffic did include people in wheelchairs who were having difficulty getting passed all of us waiting. It was impossible for us to all stand next to the wall out of the way as there were so many people for the shoot - standing at the back you couldn't hear if your batch number was being called. For popular photoshoots more space away from the people traffic flow would be appreciated - particularly as it was so hot and crowded - not comfortable waiting conditions at all. Another thing was that because there were so many people - by the time the MJF shoot was starting one of the showmasters crew had lost his voice from shouting out numbers and trying to make himself heard to everyone. He had a board to write things on and hold up, but why can't they have headset mics - they wouldn't lose their voices - people would be able to hear the batches being called and then could stand back a bit and not crush forward trying to hear. Also all the batches were in one big crowe - could there not be signs at the front for people to queue behind - perhaps - Diamond & Gold up front then Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4. Downstairs there wasn't really anywhere for people to relax - when they bought food they had to sit on the floor in a very small area - comicon is exhausting so it would be nice to have a bit more space for time out to eat and drink - the cafeteria area on floor 1 was constantly full so no seats there. All in all though this was one of my favourite cons as with so many stalls it was much easier to stay all day as you never ran out of things to do. This kind of event would take so much organisation so well done on sorting out some of the problems over the weekend.