craighmandy

Perfect sense! Thank you.

One last question Queen Sindel, so my take away from the pinned post and your answers to my questions are this: If pre - paid are being loaded into West Hall and being pre screened that would mean that there will be NO pay on the day peope within the same queue at least for the first part of the day? Am I understanding that correctly?

Thanks Queen Sindel for the explanation, but if pre paid are being put in a special hall surely that should have been mentioned in the original post above and not in another topic. It would be better for us if the information is not spread across multiple topics and all in one place so we don't have to ask redundant questions like I have done. :)

Further to my post above I realise it says that pay on the day will only be let in from 10am, but it doesn't stop pay on the day people queueing with pre paid in this scenario unless there are separate queues. Will there be lots of people at the front doors who are trying to pay on the day being turned way because they got to the front of the queue BEFORE 10am?

The one thing that's annoys me every year at Comic Con is the shambles that is the queues outside. There never seems to be anyone either a) working for the building or working for Showmasters who knows what queue is what. Last year was better as it was all pre paid, now we are told there will also be on the day tickets. This in itself is fine, but I have a few questions that I would like clarity on: 1) Are we going to have another shambolic queue like we did in 2014? I was outside in the blazing hot sun for 5 hours that day. Now don't get me wrong I can queue with the best of people as long as there is organisation and a clear purpose. 2014 was diabolical, people jumping in, queues merging, and not one Showmasters member of staff outside further down the queue getting stuff sorted. It very nearly broke me and I was close to never coming back to my favorite place on earth. 2) More importantly the below statement, seen above, reads: "Entry tickets on the door: 10am entry - CASH ONLY Entry tickets on the online store (throughout the weekend): 9am entry - enter via pre-paid queue" This can be read one of two ways: BOTH tickets holders (pre pay and pay on day) go in the pre-paid line (here lies madness and 2014 style chaos, if that is the case) OR Entry tickets on door - have no designated queue! Showmasters will there be a separate queue for these attendees. Otherwise you are going to have one long (2014 esque) queue with no way to manage who is prepaid and pay on the door. Please make it clear above where pay on the day attendees must queue, otherwise chaos will unsue. Thanks and see you at the show.

He was a great guy. The man is 82 years old and he is getting up and down for photos like a spring chicken. He certainly ain't no slacker! He was lovely to me and my wife. High recommend.

I was there Friday. The channels are quite wide and people aren't using the whole width. So the guys at the front are probably getting asked to be moved up like we were. Hence the movement with no doors open.

Can't see it on the topics so thought I would start one here. How was your Friday? Here's mine - LOVED the barrier system outside. So much better than last year. I go to these conventions expecting NOTHING. If I miss a guest oh well, if I meet a guest, awesome. It makes for a less stressful convention. I was talking to my wife yesterday and we realised (as in life) you make these events as stressful as you want. You want 6 photo shoots, 3 talks and a Cosplay masquerade? Except high levels of stress and don't complain when you are running around losing your mind! Go in and just experience the con? You get a whole less stress. So going in and just expecting nothing helps me. What ever works for you, make it work, but quit griping if YOU (not Showmasters) make the day stressful. LOVED the layout, the middle staircase worked a treat. We were one of the first to try out the SyFy cam booth yesterday and to be honest that was my favourite part. All you guys going on Saturday and Sunday ENJOY YOURSELVES. Remember we are all one big geek family, embrace your fellow geek, don't get stressed, bring loads of £5 notes and use hand sanitizer. Con-Flu is worse than Man-Flu!

Prehistoric Cat - yes we did get an answer, and the answer is no it won't be there.

Prehistoric Cat - yes we did get an answer, and the answer is no it won't be there.

Rude Boy - yes you must pay the validation again as the validation fee is PER ORDER. As you have done two orders weeks apart, you have to pay it twice.

Aearin - I wouldn't say crap and tacky but I do feel they have a pointlessness to them. I used to collect models and loads of film memorabilia (posters, film cells etc). It got to a point where I had so much stuff I finally thought to myself "why am I collecting these?" And I couldn't give a convincing answer to myself so I got rid of it all. So the Funkos look cool I just can have shelves and shelves of them doing nothing but collecting dust, so I haven't bothered starting a collection.

I've had different experiences with different pens over the years. WORST? - Sarah Wayne Callies - in a gold colour but was the pen was running out so it looks awful. BEST? Helen Langenkamp - bright blue, sounds weird but it works for the picture.

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Shame about the dates changing. Means I meet another guest on Friday instead.