BroadwayCon 2016 - Experience reports! — Page 4

Bettyboy72 said: "The city has a travel ban. If people get there, they won't get home. They are telling people to come down for $20 Blizzard Passes and that nothing is cancelled. It's irresponsible. "

The con itself isn't canceled, no, but really I think their offer is only for people who are within walking vicinity like tourists at nearby hotels who came for otherwise canceled shows. There's nothing irresponsible about that. It's up to those people to pay attention to all the other travel warnings in effect.

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NJ_BroadwayGirl said: Also kind of greedy. I think people with Saturday passes that will be honored on Sunday will still have a difficult time getting there especially from NJ or LI. But alas, that's the danger of holding and buying tickets for events in the winter. This is why Broadway struggles during snow season."

$20x100 isn't exactly a windfall. If they were charging the $75, then greed might be a more convincing argument. If the snow stops tonight, isn't that enough time for public transit to dig out by tomorrow?

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snow in nyc will stop between midnight and dawn. doubt that's enough time to restore everything beforte 1:00pm.

I am back at my hotel now. I fell twice in snow banks, so it is the real thing. Please be careful if you are going to go outside.

It was fun today. Crowds were definitely better controlled except by the panel rooms. I got accused of cutting in line once because it was a huge mob. I went to the Stage to Screen, Broadway Siblings, PA's Who Made It Big, and the funny ladies panels. All were really good. I had a pass for the Fiddler on the Roof autograph line, but they were running late and had a panel right after, so they were allowing us to go to the Anthony Rapp photo booth instead. I thought that was nice. I changed because there were panels I really wanted to get to. And then I also had a pass for his autograph session, so I went and left.

Now I am watching High School Musical because there is nothing better on TV. Not a lot of choices for channels. I also cannot stand the local stations with their repeating about the weather.

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"Not Since Carrie".....

have I attended an event so mismanaged...so misguided...so lacking in every aspect.

I won't rehash the problems. You can read the numerous threads before mine as they all state the same problems. The staff and management of BroadwayCon have been horrible. You can't get a correct answer from anyone. Considering that there have been employees of the con hyping this on the BWW BroadwayCon threads, posing as just regular posters, it's amazing we can't get answers (go on..check the threads and see who answers almost immediately with an official company response...yet you don't see them post on other threads).

The VIP experience is non-existent. Was talking to a few others with so-called VIP tickets and there will be some very angry folks getting in touch with BroadwayCon.

Would love to say this has helped Broadway but can't.

Updated On: 1/23/16 at 05:31 PM

RockyRoad said: ""Not Since Carrie".....

have I attended an event so mismanaged...so misguided...so lacking in every aspect.

I won't rehash the problems. You can read the numerous threads before mine as they all state the same problems. The staff and management of BroadwayCon have been horrible. You can't get a correct answer from anyone. Considering that there have been employees of the con hyping this on the BWW BroadwayCon threads, posing as just regular posters, it's amazing we can't get answers (go on..check the threads and see who answers almost immediately with an official company response...yet you don't see them post on other threads).

The VIP experience is non-existent. Was talking to a few others with so-called VIP tickets and there will be some very angry folks getting in touch with BroadwayCon.

Would love to say this has helped Broadway but can't. "

Well, you can't possibly be talking about me, of course. Apparently I'm one of the few who follow social media beyond BWW. The negativity "in every aspect" is quite hyperbolic, which suggests to me part of the problem is on your end, such as expectations. I realize you're blinded by directionless anger, but maybe you should put down some concrete things the BroadwayCon people can improve. Like roping off lines.

evic said: "This sounds like a non equity tour of flop shows. A rip off for all involved."

Completely dismissing all of the positive experiences shared so far doesn't strengthen your position.

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^ It's amazing to see all of them together again. Would you mind sharing more footage of the panel? Wish I could have made it to the Hilton yesterday.

Problems started with scheduling it now.

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The VIP experience is non-existent. Was talking to a few others with so-called VIP tickets and there will be some very angry folks getting in touch with BroadwayCon.

To be fair, they put "con" right in the name.

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I'm having a wonderful time, didn't have problems getting into a any panels and I'm loving all the improvised panels going on to night due to cancelations. The party line was GOLD!

Well, the room was very hot.

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I also am having a good time, though I am not a VIP pass holder. Then again, My expectations are probably lower so my opinion is invalid. At least I have been told that in the past about other things.

I am a little bummed about missing what happened after 4, but after falling twice in snow banks, it was a right call for me. I was going to leave at 5 originally anyway due to wanting to get ready to go to 54 Below. It's just the improvised panels seemed cool.

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ChildofEarth said: "Honestly I have VIP tickets and I'm having a great time as well. Though I'm not the type of person to get bent out of shape over not having the best seat in the room (or even a seat at all as someone vulgar yelled at a volunteer because a room didn't have enough chairs and she had to deign to sit on the floor).

My biggest problem has been the entitlement I've come across in the VIP crowd - so rude, so uppity, so holier than thou.

That party line was GOLD and they really are trying. It's a first year, cut them some slack.

" RockyRoad is the type to scream at strangers for no good reason and is as bright as Philly Pinto; it's really too bad some people feel the need to abuse others who have no control over things, but I'm glad to hear not all VIPs feel the same way. BroadwayConcierge, I hope they send a detailed online survey to all attendees. Concrete suggestions are always best rather than the screaming "worst show ever!" assessments.

It's not just the first year, though--not only did they get Hamilton involved, which isn't a surprise, but also a RENT anniversary panel, and then this winter storm on top of everything. That makes for quite a mix of insanity. I followed the hashtag last night, and the last-minute activities sounded hilarious. Was Anthony Rapp actually drunk?

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