ext_99818 ([identity profile] alladinsane.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] dragoncon_lj_archive2012-09-03 09:10 am
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[identity profile] ornerybitch.livejournal.com 2012-09-04 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
I only went to one panel with a huge line and that was the Venture Brothers panel. The volunteers kept angrily telling the people who asked that the line wouldn't start until 1:30 so come back at that time, which just resulted in a mob of people hovering around the room until the okay to lineup was given. Since the room was connected to the Atrium of the Marriott, the Venture mob merged with the usual Atrium mob and formed an ultra mob of confused people.

This was my first year back to con since 2009 and the Venture panel lineup that year was handled well from what I experienced. I don't know if the issue with it this year was that area already had huge crowds milling about or poor organization from the staff in charge of the area. Probably a mix of both. I understand why the con wants to limit how early you can line up, and I agree with the idea, however with the Venture panel it led to unsafe levels of crowding.

[identity profile] ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com 2012-09-04 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
The Venture panel also had a crazy huge line this year, along the lines of maybe Firefly. :/

[identity profile] ornerybitch.livejournal.com 2012-09-04 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah we got stuck in it, sort of in the middle area which was outside winding around the building. We also got stuck in the mob that congealed once they finally let people start to line up. It was crazy this year. Last time I went to a Venture panel it was in the Hyatt and people could line up against the walls and keep out of the way. This time it was in a really awkward area.

[identity profile] dice100.livejournal.com 2012-09-05 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the Hyatt didn't have enough space for the Venture Bros panel, so they moved it to the Atrium.

[identity profile] irishbuddha.livejournal.com 2012-09-04 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That would have been Sunday with X-Files before it, Lord of the Rings after it as well as the 'added' Venture Brothers limited signing after their panel 2:30-3:30 panel - all fighting for space outside the Atrium Ballroom.

There was no good way to handle all that at once... no way.

[identity profile] dice100.livejournal.com 2012-09-05 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
True, the venture Brothers line went all the way to the back of the building, but everybody got in.
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