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Last year, I think it's possible that the casual fan (whom I would bet are the majority of attendees at WonderCon) might not have been "looking" for it to be in Anaheim, if that makes sense. For me personally, I live in San Diego and had never been to WonderCon before last year. I've been going to Comic-Con for well over a decade, and have known about WonderCon's existence, but always associated it with San Francisco. I knew there were construction issues, but a year/year-and-a-half ago I still assumed it was a No CA thing. Once I started paying attention more to CCI on social media (here, twitter, facebook pages) last year, I was a little surprised to see the "there's construction, it won't be done in time so WonderCon will be in Anaheim" announcement. I bought a pass (I think I bought it sometime in late February, maybe early March), went to WonderCon, and had a blast!This year, now that WonderCon has been in Anaheim, I think more people will be looking for it to be in Anaheim. Maybe Con-goers in So CA last year just thought of WonderCon as a No CA thing, and are now anxiously awaiting it to come back to Anaheim. I know that's the case with me.
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One time they were.
Even though you got the email late, it was still easy to get badges for WC?
Intentionally or not, you're getting close to bring up the whole NorCal SoCal Wondercon bad vibe and controversy. I'm over it ... I really am! I have my 3 day pass and hopefully will be able to attend, visit family and have fun.
it really sounds as tho cci wants to get a fall con going in nor cal....iirc, we were calling it wonderCon north
Yes and this event is labeled as WonderCon Anaheim so it looks like this one is here to stay so perhaps APE will be expanded to be a more traditional event.
My first instinct is to say 'the more Cons, the better', but I'm wondering if CCI could keep both cons (and SDCC) filled with high quality guests/panels.
Now I do see a scenario if they timed it out strategically, maybe there's hope. If they put it just before the Thanksgiving rush, I could see there being guests/panels that cover the movies that come out during that popular time like Hunger Games and Hobbit, even Wreck It Ralph and Twilight (sorry) got released during that stretch. I could also see maybe some vendors showing up to capitalize on the holiday spending. Hmmm...maybe it could work?! Late October or early November? I'd rather WonderCon just come back to Moscone though!