At 12:33 AM 7/2/00 -0700, Alan Zabaro wrote:
>And for today. Exhibit hall was supposed to open at 10 today, but was
>delayed until noon because of some large line for something else this
>morning.

Weren't many people lined up to buy the tickets for the Masquerade?  That's 
probably what the line was...


> > We were overwhelmed by the sea of people in the exhibit hall. It was
> > impossible to see any thing unless you stood back and waited your turn.

The Exhibit Hall area seems a lot smaller than last year's..  I'm fairly 
certain that, in terms of space, there was more available at the Anaheim 
Convention Center than at the Disneyland Convention Center..

A lot of exhibitors + a ton more attendees + less walking space = 
Over-crowded exhibit hall


> > Delays were the main problem of the day. And the fact that the rooms
> > were so spread out that there was much mingling with the 'general
> > public' who seemed very confused. The fact that it was spread through
> > three buildings made it impossible for one day patrons to see things
> > that they would otherwise have gone to visit.

Very true..  If one showing ended and the next one you wanted to go to was 
in another building, it's not really worth it...

They also moved certain things from what the printed map said things would 
be..  My friends and I were looking for the artist gallery, which the map 
said was in Bonita Tower.  Some other attendee there told us that it had 
been moved, but he didn't know where, so we had to go back to information 
to find out that it had been moved to Sierra...  They really should have 
put up some kind of sign to let us know (1) that the gallery was moved, and 
(2) where it was moved to.

At one point, I was trying to get into Video Room 1, and there was a line 
for the Film Room, the AX staffer there wouldn't let me in, even though 
Video Room 1 wasn't filled, and there was no line for it...  I wonder if 
any of the staffers had ever worked in a movie theatre before.

Well, I should be griping this to the newsgroups, so they can improve on 
these things next year.


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