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Originally Posted by Parallex
What happened last year? Had a new baby so I didn't get to go.
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Just generally really poorly organised and laid out. Lots of strange choices for booths in the vendor areas. None of the lineup organisation that has been in place for years was retained, access to the Corral for the big panel events essentially reverted back to being a free-for-all from the BMO Centre like it was five years ago with the same predictable circulation chaos. The tabletop/video game areas were taken out of the Big Four and crammed into side rooms that were clearly too small. No consistency in the locations for cosplay facilities, the prop-check areas seemed to move somewhere different every day of the expo. Can't speak directly to the vendor/artist/volunteer experiences but through hearsay it sounded like things weren't anywhere near as organised on that front either compared to past years, and there seemed to be concern especially among artists over booth prices becoming unprofitable.
I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that the transition of ownership caused some hiccups, but if it persists this year I might be rethinking how much time I dedicate to visiting in the future.