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And then you start to explain how to get tickets and increase their odds and most decide it's too much effort But they still totally wanna go!
Yeah, wheres the low cost/low effort/buy tickets and hotel the week before version that everyone dreams about
I don't think comic-con has pulled back or plateaued at all. I think it's expanding to meet more demand. Sunday used to be half day, now it's pretty much a full day. Also many offsites used to shutdown on Sunday and shutdown for the day around 5 or 6. Last year, some offsites were opened until 12am.
Yup. Either that or they suddenly decide that they don't want to go to Comic-Con anyway because it has gotten way too big and/or is no longer about the comics.
When was Sunday shorter than it is now? As far back as I can remember (~the past decade) Sunday has ended at 5 which is still a half day, except for the exhibit hall. I've also noticed that the mood in the Gaslamp changes very quickly Sunday night and has the last few years, although I'll defer to you about offsites since I generally don't go for those. Which offsites lasted until 12 on Sunday (or close to it) last year?
As far as offsites I highly disagree they are on the decline. As [member=380]perc2100[/member] mentioned I think last year had the greatest offsites ever. I didn't get to most of them (too popular) but we had Westworld, BladeRunner, GOT, Netflix, Walking Dead, Tech Expo, Rick & Morty and Impractical jokers at Petco, Adult Swim, FX area, plus tons and tons more.
I missed where people were saying that offsites are in decline. No way. Even if you spent every single day going to offsites, I don't think there's enough time to do them all. Not right anyways. For example, many people only did the first tiny bit of the Mr. Robot offsite. If you went all the way, it was a multi-hour investment.The thing that is in decline, more than a decline a full stop, were what I call the mini comic-cons. Conival and NerdHQ were the big ones. There were a couple more in addition in 2016. They had panels with the celebrities but without the crowds. Conival in particular was standout since it was free and the celebs came either before or after their panels at the convention center. Sometimes even Hall H panels. It was super easy to get a selfie or an autograph. That all came to an end in 2017.Thursday is a good offsite day. The locals are still working so that's not a factor. What is a 30 minute wait on Thursday can be a 4 hour wait on Saturday. I spent all Thursday last year doing offsites but only got to do 3. Blade runner, the Expanse and Mr. Robot. Blade runner was awesome. I spent a couple of hours in there. I was amongst the first to get in that morning. I had to wait an hour or two to get into the Expanse due to a critical error. I didn't realize I could have gotten out of Blade runner, walked about 20 feet and gone into the Expanse since they were both run by Alcon. The exit of Blade runner was an entrance into the Expanse. I went all the way to the front and stood in line. It was cool too. It was an escape room. I spent the rest of the day doing Mr. Robot. It took hours but it was worth it in the end. I don't think many people made it since it should have been a group of 4 per session but I was the only one in mine. Like the year before, they built a Mr. Robot set but this time you got to play out a scene from the show.