johnfullegar

Marcus will be there :) Am I allowed to do Ezio??? :)

I must admit I really enjoyed ET5, I came with two lovely ladies and got to meet up with some great friends we have made at previous ETs. I did miss dressing up as Marcus for my photo shoots, and am thinking that may have to return for ET6... The parties were great fun, and I thought the bucking bed was inspired!! The dealers room back to ET3 location was much, much better, I did not visit it during ET4 as could never get in the door, so please keep it there!! I have an idea regarding the guests talk, I don't know if it will work (and I am not volunteering for the role), but have you considered having someone up on stage rather than in the audience, there was a lovely moment when Justin turned and fake interviewed Jodelle, and I just think if you had someone sat on stage with the guys they could probe a bit and let it flow more naturally, a Jeremy Clarkson or Graham Norton type character (but not famous as this would detract form the guests and money I am sure fans would prefer spent on the big named guests). You may have tried this in the past, I don't know but maybe it could work? I thought the guests this time were all very good fun and thoroughly enjoyed all of the talks. I found the attendees to be all very well behaved and certainly the whole event seemed to be much more relaxed! Special praise to the lady that was organising photo shoot A on Saturday, you had everything arranged with such military precision it made the whole day so much more relaxing for us attendees and you deserve a massive great big gold star!! And of course thanks as always to TooTall, the hall loading and the itinieries were seamless as ever! One other thing, Massive Events, please make some DVD's of these events, we would buy them and would love to have those extra special memories to keep!! Oh and I would rather the event was merged with something else than just stopped! Thanks John (or Shrek as some of you may have known me this weekend)

As far as I understand it (and I hope I am right) those of us who are genuinely purchasing the executive rooms and suites through the Hilton at the correct prices will not be penalised. I think one of two things is happening (Maybe both) but I don't know. 1) People are paying for lounge only access, if this is the case I am very, very unhappy with the Hilton! 2) People are buying cheap rooms on the convention rate and then upgrading to executive rooms when they arrive at a reduced rate, again unacceptable on the Hilton's part. On our first con, myself and Sarah stayed in one of the suites, and as such had exec room access, it was lovely to go and chill out in the day time, quite often just the 2 of us. We had a few problems with the Hilton (absolutely nothing to do with Showmasters) which I frankly did not expect to experience in a £350 a night room. Apologies were made and a complimentary upgrade offered for our next visit (ET4). When we came back for ET4, we were in the executive queen rooms and again used the executive lounge as a chill out area, myself more than Sarah and Emily, as I decided I was happy to chill out whilst they were down for the talks. The lounge was a fair bit busier than the time before but not packed, and personally, I come on these weekends because a) Sarah loves them and I love the parties, I would still come if there were no guests, so when I did encounter the guests in the lounge (Gill Birmingham, came and joined me whilst i was sat on my own) I just treated them like any other person (nod of the head, a hello, or an excuse me if they were stood in my way lol) and it was again very lovely. This time I was thoroughly disappointed, I paid full price for the exec room, and at times I went there for a chill out and could not get a seat, there was definatley something not right!! I will be booking exec room again for ET6 because I like these rooms and normally like the lounge, I will however be speaking to the Hilton, as I feel very robbed if people are going in there without paying! I hope the Hilton resolve this and things go back to how they were for ET3 and ET4!!

I think David summed this up perfectly before when he commented around 2 people can view the same activity from different perspectives or mindsets and can have a totally different view on it. This dies not make what either party says untrue, is merely a different inturpretation if the same event. I would love to see a petting zoo again in the future safe in the knowledge that showmasters really do have the best interests of the animals at heart, maybe if the zoo had some flyers/leaflets nearby promoting the good work they do it would serve 2 purposes, one people would have concerns addressed proactively and 2) maybe they would receive donations from what is after all a lovely bunch of people :)

C'mon guys please just give us at least one theme!! Many people put so much effort in to their costumes and look fantastic it really would be a shame if they had no time to get their costumes together!! Thank you!!

OMG :) i live near droxford (near Wickham) :) OMG I grew up in Swanmore!!! (parents still live there!)

I soooo want to be Ezio from assassins creed!!!!!

Michael Sheen, because Sarah is a massive fan of his and would make her year, and if she's happy I'm happy :) ps meant to post earlier to say massive thanks Too Tall for everything over the weekend and hope you can have a proper drink in Feb :) John aka Marcus :)

Woohoo!! Lots of people arriving now!! Off to chill in the pool before the mayhem commences!

Now checked in at the Hilton, woohoo!! Post here when you arrive!!!!

As I am going to cosplay Marcus, I think this costume will do nicely for Saturday night :) all ordered and on it's way :) http://cosplaysky.com/index.php/twilight-n...be-costume.html

Awesome!! Thankyou!! :)

Hehe nice to see people remembered the glitter :) I had a few photos Sunday night and I even remember getting dragged into the arts and crafts party next door for advice on how to use glitter gel properley!! Look forward to seeing you all again in October

Can we get TooTall to be Felix? That would be awesome!!!!!

Hi all, I'm John aka Marcus to be :) Don't get quite as much time to come on here as my wonderful better half Sarah, who will keep me up to date on what's going on i'm sure!! Off to go finish writing up my feedback for ET3 now - See you all in October!!!