I am in the car leaving Anaheim. We left after the talkback panel. I didn't see any other FoCCI lanyards there, so I will report.
The guy hosting the panel was the President of CCI, sorry, I forgot his name. Roger something? There was plenty of opportunity to give feedback. Everyone was accommodated.
Everyone said they had a great time and many people, including myself, said that this was the best WonderCon ever. I said that although I was obviously attending WonderCon in Anaheim, I would prefer it to be in San Francisco. However I was the only one. Many other people were Anaheim locals and said they preferred it there. It was clear that after 2 years there are now some roots in Anaheim. One person suggested alternating cities every year,which I think would be a fair solution. CCI stated that as of now they have no venue, no date, no nothing for WonderCon next year, and everything is a toss up. So it looks like once again it is going to come down to who offers the best dates and space.
The biggest legitimate complaints were about parking and how the traffic cops directing traffic had no idea what was going on. I guess parking filled up early and was a mess. I don't know because we walked in every day. I suggested putting signs up outside the arena to direct people where to go to enter, because it was very confusing, especially for people approaching the convention center from the arena's direction. CCI told me they chose the one entrance inside the Exhibit Hall so they could have an inside lineup, in case it rained. Inconvenient in terms of entrance,but that made sense to me.
I had to roll my eyes at the number of people who came up and complained about Saturday selling out. The guy from CCI politely pointed out that this only happened about a week before the Con, but somehow the complainers felt that it was still CCI's fault that they couldn't get Saturday tickets. Sigh. A few people also complained about the difficulty of getting SDCC badges.
Interestingly, CCI said that the reason there were no resales of refunded badges for WonderCon was because that ticket vendor immediate put refund badges back into the saleable inventory.
So there's the scoop!
