by tagruato123 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:50 am
I was fortunate this year to have my dad tag along, so he was able to help me out alot on the limited signings. In terms of having to give everything else up, it depends on who is running the signing you want to attend. Warner Bros., Dark Horse, Fox and a bunch of others distribute ALL passes to their signings in the morning so yes you have to line up very early to even have a chance at getting a pass. Most big signings do a raffle or lottery system. So you can wait a very long time in the morning only to realize that you didn't pull a winning ticket. It's a tad annoying, but they claim this is the most fair way to run things. Also, once you get to the front of the line you can only pick 1 signing per studio/booth to try for. If there are multiple signings at one booth that you want to attend, you have to go back to the end of the line to pull for a 2nd one (this is where having a 2nd person really helped me). This year, I just got really lucky and my dad and I pulled winning tickets for mostly everything we wanted. Once you are done getting all the tickets you want in the morning, you are really free to do whatever throughout the rest of the day until the time of the signings you won. But, most signings follow immediately after the panel. For example, say the panel for Breaking Bad ends at 1:00PM but you have to be at the Sony booth 30 minutes early for the Breaking Bad signing which starts at 1:10PM. Obviously you have to choose which is more important to you, the panel or the signing. If you get tickets for next year, realize going in that you will get to do alot of cool stuff and meet alot of cool people, but you will also be disappointed several times throughout the week. It's important to prioritize what you want to do before going in because often times 2 or 3 things that you want to do will be at the exact same time. For example, this year I won passes to the final signing for Fringe, but that signing was at the same time as another one of my most wanted, the Breaking Bad signing. I chose Fringe, but was really disappointed I didn't get to do the Breaking Bad signing. Hope this helps! If you get tickets for next year, have fun!
I was fortunate this year to have my dad tag along, so he was able to help me out alot on the limited signings. In terms of having to give everything else up, it depends on who is running the signing you want to attend. Warner Bros., Dark Horse, Fox and a bunch of others distribute ALL passes to their signings in the morning so yes you have to line up very early to even have a chance at getting a pass. Most big signings do a raffle or lottery system. So you can wait a very long time in the morning only to realize that you didn't pull a winning ticket. It's a tad annoying, but they claim this is the most fair way to run things. Also, once you get to the front of the line you can only pick 1 signing per studio/booth to try for. If there are multiple signings at one booth that you want to attend, you have to go back to the end of the line to pull for a 2nd one (this is where having a 2nd person really helped me). This year, I just got really lucky and my dad and I pulled winning tickets for mostly everything we wanted. Once you are done getting all the tickets you want in the morning, you are really free to do whatever throughout the rest of the day until the time of the signings you won. But, most signings follow immediately after the panel. For example, say the panel for Breaking Bad ends at 1:00PM but you have to be at the Sony booth 30 minutes early for the Breaking Bad signing which starts at 1:10PM. Obviously you have to choose which is more important to you, the panel or the signing. If you get tickets for next year, realize going in that you will get to do alot of cool stuff and meet alot of cool people, but you will also be disappointed several times throughout the week. It's important to prioritize what you want to do before going in because often times 2 or 3 things that you want to do will be at the exact same time. For example, this year I won passes to the final signing for Fringe, but that signing was at the same time as another one of my most wanted, the Breaking Bad signing. I chose Fringe, but was really disappointed I didn't get to do the Breaking Bad signing. Hope this helps! If you get tickets for next year, have fun!