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Originally Posted by czure32
It will always seem crowded when you bring in 85,000 ppl over the 4 days. The queueing for panels seemed to be better organized this year.
They pre-sold autographs for some of the bigger name guests like Bruce Campbell, Bill Paxton and Sigourney Weaver to try to alleviate some of that congestion as well. Though I did hear complaints that they did end up overselling the first Bruce Campbell photo op on the Saturday at 11:30 and some people didn't get their pictures as his panel was starting at 1.
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"Overselling" is a tricky concept when it comes to photo ops. A certain amount are sold...and if the guest goes "slow" during the op, it stretches out. If the tech fails (I heard they had some epic server hiccups for Friday's ops) it stretches stuff out.
With a photo op, no one wants a "grin and grab". Everyone wants 30 seconds or more of the star's time...which adds up when multiplied by 100's of people.
There were bumps and bruises, to be sure. But they've learned a lot over the last 2 years. The lines to get inside (after you got your wristband, that was) moved really fast. Folks were lining up 2-2 1/2 hours early. The line I was in on Saturday had over 3000+ people in it (I asked). When the doors to the BMO opened...it took less than 20 minutes to get everyone inside. They are coming along really well, imo. Are they done? No, there are still lessons to learn and stuff to work on/fix...but they have done a great job recovering from 2012, as attendance numbers show.