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No, it's rite of passage to figure out where it is.Honestly, I didn't find it until my 3rd year as a pro. I heard about it, but no security person I asked seemed to know where it was or even what it was. I'd ask other pros and they either didn't know or were evasive. No idea why. Anyway, go through the Sails Pavilion as if you're heading toward 6BCF or one of those conference rooms. Once you exit the Sails Pavilion, take a left and go one flight down the escalator. Once you reach the landing, you should see signs. The hallway they line us up in is right around the corner.
How strict are they on the pro pick up? I am a guest but my pro can't get in until Friday at the earliest. I think it is BS he has to pick up both badges since they're usually mailed, but whatever. If I have a signed document with his photo id explaining the situation do you think they would let me pick up? That's like 2 nights of hotel wasted
;D ;D ;D ;D (the rumors of special Pro entrance are greatly exaggerated, at least according to my CCI sources)
Have the pro email sdcc pro
I once wondered aloud how the floor could be packed by the time I got through the doors when I'm one of the first people in line to get in. I was told about another entrance that let's people in early.
I did and they answered quickly. They're being strict about it which is dumb, my pro is my spouse and they're usually mailed. It's a paid for badge too. Oh well. I have friends who helped me out with Thursday.
and that is why I was upset on the lateness of the registration.
Exactly, the policy is nonsensical. My badge is a paid for badge. I could understand if it was a free badge that they want to ensure the pro is there too but for a paid badge??? We get the badges mailed normally, so there is no directive that the badge won't work if the pro is present.
By this, I just wanted to clarify that my source who works for CCI explicitly said there is no special Pro entrance into the exhibit hall: not for Preview Night, not for any other morning. Just like press, for the most part (unless they have a studio or industry connection), Pros will often have to fend for ourselves like any other attendee does :PBut, it doesn't hurt to hope and pray that a storied, mythical Pro-Only entrance that gets into the Exhibit Hall a few mins early will exist this, or any successive, year :P :P
I would be curious to know the logistics of the "why" this is the current policy. Like, what if you went Wednesday and said the Pro had to cancel last minute because they had COVID (I'm not suggesting you lie to the volunteers doling out the badges, I'm just posing a hypothetical "what if" type of situation); if pressed, you could easily say it's not your responsibility to be spokesperson for the Pro, and that you're confident they'll make their own arrangements as they see fit. I can't fathom CCI would turn you away in that moment.I get that for the vast majority of the attendees this is not the situation, and that their policy is a "one-size-fits-all" that doesn't quite fit every situation. I suspect on-the-spot CCI would be accommodating to the Pro's guest. I do recall WonderCon 2019 had a similar policy, where the Pro who got me a Guest badge had to pick it up and then hand it to me outside of the event. The badge had my name and was all 100% legit, but the Pro had to get it. I wonder if that's a thing where in the past this policy makes the most sense, for Pros to get badges for spouse, kids, family, etc. and it's EZPZ in that situation and just became "the way." I'd love to hear the "why" of the policy