Anyone who has attended San Diego Comic-Con over the past 15 years can tell you that upon entering the large exhibit area, real The large panels in Hall H were a challenge. You line up the day before, shift after shift, put on a wristband, come back unnaturally early to line up again, and then sometimes, spend an entire day sitting on some really cool panels to see what the people you’re lining up for are actually for . The reasons why you have to wait a long time to enter Hall H are as follows:
- Hall H was not cleared between panels.
- Most panels have great appeal and appeal.
3. Hall H was not cleared because getting 6,500 people in and out would require a lot of time that could have been used by the expert team. It takes about two hours to clear, which we know because…
timeThey’re cleaning out Hall H on Thursday.
When the Deadpool vs. Wolverine panel was announced for July 15 at around 10 a.m. PST in Hall H, it had previously been planned for that day (Thursday, so Transformers One, SpongeBob SquarePants 25th Anniversary) , “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”) everyone at the Hall H panel, and what we were doing at the start of the Shadows farewell tour) started to panic. This change in how they operate means fans may need to camp out on Wednesday nights and skip much of what’s planned for Thursday depending on what they want to watch, rather than potentially walking in to watch something they like. Fans of WWDitS were particularly frustrated. Is it worth trying?
An hour later, something new emerged: the registration of the Hall H team.
Now, the two hour gap between WWDitS makes sense. For the first time, San Diego Comic-Con cleared Hall H so that those who wanted to see the panels before the day’s biggest comic show could still get in, while those who just wanted to see the Deadpool and Wolverine panels couldn’t. . Many hours.
This is a huge positive for all these fans, but it brings up the question: What could this possibly portend?
The crowding of Hall H is an advantage for the exhibition floor, other panels and events around the city. Last year’s Hall H didn’t have that many attractions and was almost always walk-in, with floors that were almost difficult to walk on, especially if you were disabled or using a stroller. No one was pulled away. No one is camping. You can actually feel the 130,000 attendees.
It would be great if this cleanup was a one-time thing. If they keep doing this, it will mean fewer large panels (after all, a 2 hour gap is probably one panel), which will mean everything else will be more crowded. Yes, it also means fans have a greater chance of seeing something they specifically want to see in Hall H, but is it worth it if everything else requires more effort?
I’m excited to see how it turns out. I expect to hear a lot of confused stories from fans who aren’t always online and didn’t know that Hall H was being cleared or that this separate panel required separate registration. I’m looking forward to hearing from many very happy fans during the panel discussion early on Thursday. I expect a lot of people will be looking at what this means for next year.
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