My daughter and I came as ET8 was billed as the last ET convention. We came to ET4 but, due to financial reasons, haven't been able to make the ones since.
I have to be honest and say that the comparison between ET4 and ET8 was really noticable, particularly with regards to the evening parties. These were themed but, on arrival to the party room, the decoration, etc was really poor. Not sure what the two booths had to do with Prom night and the bar was packed away 15 minutes in to the Pyjama Party which meant a trek to the main bar each time you wanted a drink.
The guests were fab, Daniel was really funny and very entertaining during the talks. I felt that Peters' schedule was too tight and perhaps we could have foregone a guest encounter (am ducking here as sure this wouldn't have been popular) to give him more time to sign. I bought an additional autograph and was one of those who couldn't get this personalised. He clearly wasn't happy that he was more of a signing machine rather than someone who was there for his guests. He flew a long way to spend time with us and he wasn't given the option to speak to anyone. I am also aware that a number of guests missed their photo with them as the sheets weren't being marked off to say who had been called - my daughter and I were one of the last to have their photos' taken and this was probably more by luck than judgement as it still seemed that there were four groups left to be called if you took the sheets as gospel. Can see how these were missed off.
All in all, a mixed weekend but am glad I got to meet the guys and really I guess that's what this is all about.