First Timer Thank You

[The Biscuit Boy]

So this was my first time at LFCC and I must say I really enjoyed it. I had a smallish auto hit list of 7 and managed to get them all. Both Simon Furman and Andrew Robinson were delightful to meet but Valene Kane was by far and away the most wonderful guest I met - so full of energy and great to chat with. Also the information provided on these forums before hand proved extremely helpful to plan my day.

The only negatives that I came across was that the guest floor, especially around the Natalie Dormer area, became a bit too crowded with people cutting through the guest queues rather than going around. The constant jostling became annoying however I appreciate that there is no second guessing which guests are going to be popular and have the corresponding queues to enable you to plan around potential bottle necks

The only other negative was the start of the BTTF diamond talk on Sat. I was there fifteen mins before the talk started but the slow loading of the auditorium meant that that the talk started while we were still outside the main stage. I consider that to be disrespectful to both the people who have paid to be there and were queuing ahead of time and to the guests on the stage who surely must have been distracted by the people still walking in and finding seats. A five min delay to proceedings would have meant everyone would have been in, seated and ready to give Tom and Chris the big cheer they deserved when they walked on stage.

But like I said, I thoroughly enjoyed the event and I look forward to who is announced for next year.

My thanks to all involved.

[Lokinestro]

Got to agree, this was my first LFCC too.

I was only there the one day (Saturday) but I had a fantastic time and regardless of some small niggles it was still the best organised event I've been to.

The crew had to deal with difficult situations on Saturday with the mad dash for VQ tickets and overcrowding in the shoot areas but I still feel like they did a fantastic job and kudos to them for that.

I had 3 near clashes in my last hour of the event, but the helpful crew helped me get through all my shoots without an issue and I was able to leave the venue in time for my transport home.

Thank you so much Showmasters and all the crew involved for the amazing event, I'll be back in 2018 for sure!

[Ribbleblue]

2 hours ago, The Biscuit Boy said:

So this was my first time at LFCC and I must say I really enjoyed it. I had a smallish auto hit list of 7 and managed to get them all. Both Simon Furman and Andrew Robinson were delightful to meet but Valene Kane was by far and away the most wonderful guest I met - so full of energy and great to chat with. Also the information provided on these forums before hand proved extremely helpful to plan my day.

The only negatives that I came across was that the guest floor, especially around the Natalie Dormer area, became a bit too crowded with people cutting through the guest queues rather than going around. The constant jostling became annoying however I appreciate that there is no second guessing which guests are going to be popular and have the corresponding queues to enable you to plan around potential bottle necks

The only other negative was the start of the BTTF diamond talk on Sat. I was there fifteen mins before the talk started but the slow loading of the auditorium meant that that the talk started while we were still outside the main stage. I consider that to be disrespectful to both the people who have paid to be there and were queuing ahead of time and to the guests on the stage who surely must have been distracted by the people still walking in and finding seats. A five min delay to proceedings would have meant everyone would have been in, seated and ready to give Tom and Chris the big cheer they deserved when they walked on stage.

But like I said, I thoroughly enjoyed the event and I look forward to who is announced for next year.

My thanks to all involved.

Yes I agree re  the BTTF talk..really annoying when you could hear Tom Wilson singing whilst still outside the stage area.Do not understand why they didn't load us in earlier.They put the Diamonds in about 15 mins before the rest of us.

[Sacred_heart]

I had a great time and really enjoyed myself and big thanks to everyone who worked it.

 

one bit of feedback as a first timer is that while staff were helpful a lot are very seasoned and maybe forget that some things that seem obvious and natural aren't so for a first timer. Examples such as red vs blue shirts and what their remit and knowledge is - we see staff, we ask for help so being annoyed that you aren't a red shirt so don't know isn't helpful as we don't know the difference.

it'd be great to just remind staff to think of their first time and assume we now nothing (as I probably don't).