Monopoly Events - Comic Con Liverpool
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Liverpool Comic Con: 09/11/2024 - 10/11/2024
I attended Liverpool Comic Con for the weekend and I had one of the most fun weekends I've had all year - meeting Sebastian Stan who was the first person I fell in love with when I was introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe instantly made this event one of the best events Monopoly hosted in terms of their guest lists. Every guest I met this weekend was so kind, respectful and made me feel welcomed, and that the queues - albeit flawed in their organisation and management - were worth waiting in. Since this event was the biggest event in terms of Monopoly's guest list, Liverpool's venue definitely was massive. Gladly they listened to my concerns from May's event in terms of Arena entrances, although there were still multiple complaints from other customers regarding accessibility for customers with visible and non-visible disabilities - some customers complained about staff behaviour towards those with disabilities which I found shocking. This event was personally my biggest in terms of networking - I was recognised in the crowd for my Spider-Man India cosplay on Saturday, with guests such as Rupert Grint and Elliot Page singing high praise - Elliot also took the time out of our photo opportunity to fix my wardrobe malfunction which he didn't have to do, but I am forever grateful to him for being so kind to pause the photoshoot to make me feel more comfortable. The Supernatural guests were impressed with my Ghostface cosplay - all of them interacted with my props like never before, and I was happy to see that there were stalls nearby which provided last-minute props and masks for costumes. I was in the ECL building on Sunday morning whilst the minute's silence was observed for Armistice Day, and although the entire hall was respectful and silent, I heard reports that the ACC building was loud and disrespectful. As previously mentioned, I found the queues were chaotic at this event in particular, especially for Rupert Grint, Nadji Jeter and Peggy AKA "Dogpool". I found the queues at this event were poorly mismanaged and quite frankly confusing to navigate, most commonly being told that a queue was for a pre-paid guest with a timeslot, which caused contention between customers and staff members, particularly in Rupert Grint and Peggy's queues. I understand that Peggy had her own routines as she was an animal, but this often lead her to be double-booked with an autograph which lead to even more confusion as this either stopped her queue altogether or caused customers to be turned away, meaning they would lose their opportunity for her altogether. Peggy's queue lasted me about an hour before I had to leave as her queue was about to clash with my photo opportunity for Felicia Day, and by the time I collected my photo from the staff, I had found out that Peggy's owners had cancelled the photoshoot because Peggy was too tired from the weekend, which was a massive letdown as my friend had purchased his photo opportunity prior to the event. Liverpool has proven to only grow bigger in scale with every event, and with an event on this scale, I expect future events to have more consistent queue management so that their events can flow more quickly and that customers can have a more positive experience when meeting their favourite celebrities. As a Marvel fan, I am looking forward to the May event for Karen Gillan alone - I have and will always ask the organisers for Scarlett Johansson in 2025, just like how I manifested Sebastian Stan's attendance at the November event a year before the event started.