[New Attendees advice thread]

6 minutes ago, Ravogd said:

He will have a VQ and 11.30 might not be too late. Sunday should be slightly busier than today and I arrived at 12.30 today and got every VQ guest I needed (David Bradley, Rose McIvor, James Caan and Lance Hendrickson). It’s all dependant on popularity on the day and good queue management by the blue shirts, how fast a signer he is and good time management by yourself. Since he’s all you want I think you’ll be ok. As for the photo shoot ask the staff, they’ll advise you on which one to do first and will help if they possibly can.

That's great, thank you very much indeed.

[New Attendees advice thread]

Hi all.

Attending for the very first time tomorrow, and I have just ordered a Peter Weller photoshoot (Batch 7) which is scheduled for 16:30-17:00.  I have a Peter Capaldi photoshoot (Batch 6) scheduled for 16:05-17:05.  Do you think I'll be done with Capaldi in time for me to make the one with Weller?  I'm assuming I will be, but I just wanted some advice/thoughts from experienced attendees.

Also, it's going to be around 11:30am at the earliest before I get there tomorrow - do you think that will be far too late to have any chance of getting a Peter Weller autograph?  I've no idea if he will have a VQ, and/or how quick those tickets go etc.

Many thanks.

[London Overground Heads-Up]

2 hours ago, one of vicky's bfs said:

I know it's done now, but next time, don't book via Trainline because they charge you a booking fee. Your local station will do it for free for you (if you can easily get to a working station at the moment!).

Brill, thank you for the heads up! :-)

[London Overground Heads-Up]

1 hour ago, one of vicky's bfs said:

Your ticket may not allow you into Euston, it depends on what it says on it. If it says Travelcard, then you'll be fine, but if it is literally says Birkenhead to Kensington Olympia, then no, it won't allow it. If it says the latter, my advice would be to go to a station before the travel day and get it changed so you can get a refund and then a swap.

Thank you for the advice.  I actually ended up calling Trainline this morning about it, who confirmed what you say - that I couldn't use it for Euston.  So I cancelled my tickets (no charge!) and rebooked the new journey.

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56 minutes ago, charliechuck71 said:

i'm coming from Glasgow on the saturday into Euston so head from euston to earls court and from earls court straight to olympia ( i think an all day ticket is around £8 - £10

Superb, thank you!

54 minutes ago, cptpugwash said:

im from mk i normally get off at barons court and walk, its about 10 minutes

Thank you for this  - I'll have a look where it is!

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1 hour ago, bigboots said:

Didn't think this was going to affect me, but just realised it will. :-(

I'm coming from the Wirral, and with Liverpool Lime Street also being closed (this journey is cursed, I tell you) the route i had booked was Birkenhead > Chester, Chester > Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes > Olympia.

As I've only been to London once before, and not on the train, can anyone offer me any advise, please, on how on earth I get there now?  Where would be best to head to from Milton Keynes?  I'm staring at Underground maps, and nothing is making sense!!

From what  I can see, I'll have to do Milton Keynes > Euston (I hope my ticket allows me to do that!), then on the Underground Euston > Victoria > Earl's Court > High Street Kensington.  I assume I'll have to pay for the Underground.

Does that all sound right to any Underground users?

[London Overground Heads-Up]

Didn't think this was going to affect me, but just realised it will. :-(

I'm coming from the Wirral, and with Liverpool Lime Street also being closed (this journey is cursed, I tell you) the route i had booked was Birkenhead > Chester, Chester > Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes > Olympia.

As I've only been to London once before, and not on the train, can anyone offer me any advise, please, on how on earth I get there now?  Where would be best to head to from Milton Keynes?  I'm staring at Underground maps, and nothing is making sense!!

[New Attendees advice thread]

19 hours ago, VikingGrrrl said:

Be aware about this if you're traveling by train:

 

Thank you for the heads up.  I've given a check, and it looks like it's not going to impact on my journey.  Thanks again, though. :-)

[New Attendees advice thread]

6 minutes ago, Queen_Sindel said:

Yes.

We have a handy FAQ for basic questions like this.  

Thank you.  I did see this, but then got paranoid/confused with the info on the ticket saying if you miss your slot it cannot be taken at a later time.  Thank you for putting my mind at ease!

 

5 minutes ago, etmuse said:

You can queue with a later batch as long as the photoshoot slot for that guest is still happening. If you show up and the guest has finished doing photoshoots for the day, there's nothing that can be done. 

Thanks for this!

[New Attendees advice thread]

8 minutes ago, wjbleming said:

1. If you're looking to get peters autograph I'd advise to get there early to get a low Virtual Queue ticket for him. If you're not going for his auto, you can look to get to the Olympia about 20 to 30 minutes before his shoot so you can familiarise yourself with the layout and find where the photo booth his is taking place is located so you can get there shortly after the start time of his pm shoot. (I'd dummies you'd be more likely to get batch 6s being called in a possible pm shoot, though this isn't confirmed until the schedule is released)

2. Yeah, as I said above, you can try for his am shoot, but it'll say on the schedule when it's released how many batches they're hoping to get through in the period. If they don't get to batch 6 in an AM shoot, you'll therefore be in the PM shoot.

 

So the best option is to wait for the schedule, which should be released over the next few days, and see what his photoshoot time(s) Peter is scheduled in for.

Thank you so much for this.  I've pre-ordered an autograph, so I don't need to get one on the day.

I was getting paranoid that if, say, I get there late for whatever reason and my batch has already been called, could I still queue with later batches.   Is that how it works?

I may be tempted for a Peter Weller autograph - Robocop was the film of my teenage years!!

 

[New Attendees advice thread]

Hi folks,

I'm hoping you can help me with a couple of quick questions.  This is my very first Comic Con.  I am attending on the Saturday, and have my photoshoot with Peter Capaldi booked (Batch 6).  I literally am attending just for that (couldn't afford anything else!).  My questions are:

1. What time do you think I would be best to arrive at?  As I'm not intending to see anyone else, is it really worth me getting there before it opens (am travelling from the Wirral, so it'll take around 4 hours...if the trains are all on time!)?

2. If, for whatever reason, I am late for my photo, can I queue after future batches are called?  The info on the ticket seems to say I cannot ("if you miss your slot your photo cannot be taken at a later time", but also that I can ("although you can still join a later queue if your batch has been called").

Many thanks.