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Originally Posted by FlamesAllTheWay
Some interesting tidbits i thought id share from a friend who was doing VIP security all weekend:
- Many guests said they'd be back. Stan Lee even said just tell him the dates and he'll be here. Most guests also noticed and appreciated how accommodating the expo was (kudos to the volunteers) and how nice the people in general were. Aaron Douglas also mentioned this last year during his panel.
- Carey Elwes really, really liked Calgary. Said it was a nice looking city and being so close to the mountains and having the mountain view made it even better. Seemed genuinely impressed.
- Peter Dinklage was legitimately having a great time here and this was also the first expo type thing he's ever done (mentioned during his panel as well).
- Norman Reedus stayed until 630pm on Sunday to make sure everyone in his line got an autograph. Well after closing time.
- Nathan Fillion went around and personally thanked a whole bunch of volunteers by name and shook their hands behind the scenes.
- A few guests were noticeably hungover on Saturday  . One must assume this was probably also the case for Sunday....
That's pretty much it! Glad to hear we're improving on our great reputation amongst the celebs. Goes a long way to getting people to come back and/or here for the first time. |
Anybody know what kind of accomodations they give to the guests? Are they staying at the downtown hotels like Palliser, Le Germain, Sheraton, Hotel Arts, etc.?
Not that I'm interested in stalking, I'm just curious as to what kind of treatment they get and what kind of accomodations they get here to contribute to their experience of Calgary.
I heard the same thing about Stan Lee last year, that he said that they should expect to see him next year. I even heard they turned away a lot of last year's guests including James Marsters who wanted to return because they didn't want to have the same guests every year. You don't say no to Stan Lee though.