First time going to a Collectormania event although not new to showmasters events as I go to every LFCC and I just wanted to share my thoughts about the event.
Pros:
All the guests were amazing, had Michael Shanks, Ming Na, Robert Patrick and Carlos Valdes to see. Carlos + Ming probably my favorites out of them.
Spacious venue although would of liked a few more vendors but it wasn't an issue.
Overall it was a decent event and got everything done by the end of the day.
Cons:
There was no difference in early or general entry as if I had bought a general entry ticket and got to the venue before 9, I would of entered with the Early entry...Unless the scanners prevented this, everyone I saw that came into the venue joined the exact same queue. If this was the case, why did I and others pay the £5 extra?
The LONG line for Diamond Pass Collection, nearly 1h to collect mine with from what I saw only 1 person dealing with it. Didn't help that it was in-between sales and Gold Pass lines.
1st Michael Shanks photo op unable to get through Batch 2, unsure if this was due to him being late or what exactly happened. I had to come for the afternoon photo which was an absolute mess. From what I could see there were 3 people in photo area C during this time, all 3 shouted for last calls which is a bit strange but ok...the worst was when it was time for Shank's photo op, one of the crew had everyone line up in batch numbers outside the lines leading to the stalls opposite the photo area, which in my opinion was a bad idea as it stopped customer flow in the area. After Batch 1-2 went into the line, a new group of people joined were batch 2 were (they were batch 3) and this caused an argument between some of the people already in the queue with those that appeared, since they were told they should wait next to us without being told what is going on(different people, different information thus why having more than 1 person dealing with the queue is a bad idea). Eventually it gets sorted but shouldn't of happened.
On the day floor plan was a bit strange as I only found this out when I saw it on the showmasters twitter, would of been nice to know before the day of the event where everything would be to plan ahead.
Apart from the 3 negatives, I enjoyed myself on the day and had some good interactions with the guests and have memorable moments. Personally, a bit more investment in signage and a better queuing system would be better going forward.
