Monopoly Events - Comic Con Liverpool Reviews

Love comic con but the long queues for guest to then have them taken away to do photo ops wasn’t good management. The layout of props etc was better than Octobers con. Overall great con just need to manage some guests better if they are more popular and not just the headline guests.

Where to even start! I have so much respect for Monopoly, they have brought some absolutely fantastic guests from all over the world to Liverpool. Huge stars, new stars and everyone in between. Monopoly continue to push the limits to grow a better event time after time and are always upping the bar. Is everything perfect? No, but nothing ever is, Monopoly are human, as much planning they put into place things can always go wrong, but what makes Monopoly different is they take constructive feedback and they try to resolve everything they can. I will continue to support Monopoly as long as they continue to provide such amazing events, go out their way to get outstanding guests and take on feedback to help improve however they can. Roll on November 🙌 Ticket is already purchase, hotel arranged!

Comic con Liverpool is amazing! They are amazing at planning and making sure people get photos of the guests booked, they handle queues extremely well. The staff are always nice, polite and extremely helpful! Never had an issue at the two Liverpool cons I've been to. Definitely looking at going again soon!

The comicon was absolutely amazing. The guest were lovely. My only problem was queuing for a long time so I missed out on a few of the exhibits, but I will be back again thank you. It was my first time out of the country. I’m from New York.

A bad experience overall. Since Monopoly took over running the Comic Con in Liverpool, things have been getting progressively worse. This year seemed to be the worst managed the event has ever been, certainly the worst managed event I've ever had to deal with. Security was perfectly fine, no issues there, but once past security, there were all kinds of crowd flow issues caused by lack of signage and one-way systems that made absolutely no sense. One particularly bad example was the fact that there was a point in the day, around midday, when the red venue had no external entrances! We approached one door, only to be told we had to go through a door into the adjacent building, known as the green venue. Once in, there was no signage to tell people where to go. We all went towards the main arena stands, where there was an influx of people blocking the entrance, probably all lost like we were. Eventually, a staff member started telling people which way was the only way people could go to get down from the stands. This involved a very narrow route down some stairs with too many people on it, and people were still allowed to go up the stairs against the flow of the one-way system, causing blocks. Once down into the standing area of the arena, only then could you go into the red venue via the lowest floor. At least, we thought it was the red venue, but there was no signage to say this, or any maps around to show us. Once in the red venue, a dangous amount of people were all trying to get onto the escalator. Staff tried to form a queue for them, but failed to ever say that stairs were available, which we had to find for ourselves. Again, no signage present. Once up the stairs, we were confused about where to go. We started thinking this might not be the red venue, and therefore the panel we were trying to reach wasn't in this building, so we left through the other end. We then found a map on social media (not available on the website or obviously available in the venue itself!) and realised we were in the right place before we'd gone outside. This has taken about 15-20mins at this point. When we tried to come back in, a staff member grabbed me to say that this was not an entrance. This door was on the opposite side of the building to the door we were also told wasn't an entrance. Logically, we thought this must be usable as an entrance, but no. This is when we realised that the red venue had no external entrance, and they purposely create dangerous crowd buildups sending them through the adjacent building for no good reason whatsoever. Luckily, I argued and they let me through, but they were very rude about it. Our other option would have been to walk around the outside of the whole arena to get to the other side, and go back in via the green venue and do that route all over again, wasting more time and potentially missing the panel. Once we got to where the panel queues were, staff told us which queue was for the panel, only to realise from other attendees and from looking around ourselves that the queue we had been put in was for a quiz. There was also no queue management for any of these queues from staff. Staff had no initiative, almost like they were just told they had to uphold the one-way system regardless of how messy or dangerous it was becoming, and didn't know anything about the event. They then later opened one of the red venue doors as an entrance, but only after the crowds had died down, so it was no longer particularly useful. I've been to significantly busier events that have never had these sorts of issues. There is some good though. They had a good line up of guests. I'm glad that most of the panels are included as part of the ticket (I highlight this as a good thing, but the previous event organiser never charged additional costs for panels, and there was one year when Monopoly charged for every panel, making the ticket far worse value, so it's more nice that they corrected this mistake). I enjoy the various businesses that attend, especially the stalls run by more independent artists, which there were plenty of. The main point of improvement would be improving the organisation, training staff better, sorting out their queueing system, and sorting out the one-way system which just didn't work. Until they corrected these mistakes, or remove the people that made these stupid decisions, I don't think it's worth attending anymore. I wish MCM would take over again so Liverpool's Comic Con would be sensibly run.

We recently attended the May 2024 edition of Liverpool Comic Con and wow, what a day....!! Had an awesome time, so much to see and do - one day just wasn't enough! From props, to replica sets, to the acts on stage and the cosplayers, everything was outstanding. The guest list was nice and varied, something for everyone and full credit to all involved in putting on an incredible event!

Had a great time at Comic Con Liverpool. Lots of fun and plenty to do (maybe too much to do in 1 day!). However, there are a couple of issues that stop it being 5/5. The one-way systems around the venue (are these decided by monopoly or the venue?) were awful, and in some places completely ridiculous. I understand the need for crowd control, but they were not well executed and certainly not well signposted. If there had been a map with directions on, or even actual signs throughout the venue it would have saved a lot of confusion and frustration - for myself and for others. The other major issue was staff communication. Some of the staff members knew what was happening and could answer questions well, whereas some others did not. This caused a lot of confusion in the day, especially in the queues. I was fairly lucky with the guests/photos I had booked and everything went fairly smoothly - even if there was a bit of confusion regarding lines at the end of the day. But I am aware of people in line for some of the headliner guys and it did not go well at all, with conflicting advise and actions happening. Communication definitely needs to be worked on with the staff regarding organisation and communication needs to be worked on regarding informing customers of walkway/oneway systems, either prior to the event, or with clearly marked signposts.

Monopoly Events continue to be the best organisers when it comes to comic cons. Comic Con Liverpool is the best I've ever been to. Everytime I go I'm filled with excitement because I get to meet actors and actresses I admire and it is so surreal to see them up close. To hear them talk at panels is just so amazing. Going to comic cons has always been my happy place when I need a break from reality and it is always nice to bond with people in queues who share the same interests and anticipation for guests as you. Getting to ask questions at panels has boosted my confidence a whole lot with public speaking as my dream is to become a writer and to hear how my favorite actors got their inspirations always inspires me too. The guest who made my experience worthwhile was Jared Padelecki as he just gives his all to his fans with his full heart and warm hugs. I got a photo with him and attended his meet and greet and he is just so gracious and open with his fans. The Lord of the Rings panel was truly magical and it made me feel nostalgic about a beautiful movie trilogy I grew up loving. Having the diamond pass is really efficient as you get to see guests faster without the hassle of waiting in long queues. Saturday was really overcrowded compared to last year's event but Sunday felt more relaxed and I found it more easier to get around the building. I think queue management needs to be sorted out as I heard some people missed out on photo and auto opportunities with the Red Dwarf cast as their queues were really long and going up to the wall. The queue for the Baby impala op were ridiculously long. I don't think allocated time slots worked with those guests and I think with better management, queues could go even faster if it weren't for pre booked time slots for them as people were ill informed with them compared to LOTR guests or Jared or Orlando, which I think was handled brilliantly. But regardless, the staff are really helpful at telling you where to go and getting tickets sorted out. Monopoly go above and beyond to get the biggest guests for their events and to give the fans what they want. 10/10 fantastic event. Really eased me back in to cons after the con burnout from October. The organisation for Liverpool is amazing at creating a immersive atmosphere at their cons which makes the excitement even more palpable in the air. It would really make me happy if you could get both Jared and Jensen for the next event as those duo ops would be legendary. Can't wait until November!

I love the venue but downside need more food and drink options for card and cash also not too expensive that be great and big queues are my other issues but other then them I would definitely come back again

This was my first time at any Comic Con and whilst it was very busy with queues, the people we were meeting I expected to have big queues. We had tickets for the panel so I’m unsure why we needed to queue for that as it was allocated seating but that wasn’t down to the organisers it was just one of those things. The guests were amazing, panel was amazing, souvenirs and stalls were all amazing. The amount of things to see and do were brilliant, I sent my day saying “oh my god look at that” and I took so many pictures and spent so much money but it was all worth every penny. I am planning on going to at least 2 more Monopoly Events this year. Thank you for arranging a brilliant event, I had the best day.

My first ever Comic Con was an absolute dream. We had 11am entry but the staff let us through early (bonus!) Plenty of stalls to see and things to do....thoroughly enjoyed myself and made me realise what a great bunch of people are involved. I know a lot of people have complained but there were no negative experiences for me. I will definitely be doing a couple more this year!

Such a great event! As a wheelchair user, this is the best event in the UK I’ve found for wheelchair accessibility and for ease of getting around with ramps, staff redirecting foot traffic to allow me to go past easier etc. Highly recommend!

Had a terrible time at Liverpool comic con. They completely oversold tickets. Guests were taking breaks every 20 minutes. Timeslots over ran by hours so I missed over guests. Badly organised and customer service don't respond to messages.

Had a great time at Liverpool comic con, it was absolutely packed and queues were a little long, they had a magician going round the queues though and his tricks were great and made the time waiting go a bit quicker. Would definitely recommend but be prepared to wait in the queues!!

Took my daughter for first time and was amazing experience my daughter loved it and can't wait to go back .

I absolutely love coming to comic con Liverpool twice a year I take my autistic nephew he loves it too and our group is growing friends and daughters now join us , thankyou so much for all your hard work it’s what we look forward too, we plan for the next when one finishes keep them coming please.

I had a really great day attended the Saturday met charisma carpenter the seating was fabulous and the other guests were aswell the only problem was the waiting time for the guests but apart from that I had a cracking day and would definitely recommend to those who have not attended one before

Overall we had a great experience, we got there early, got in queue to see Kevin Smith but after 2 hours of queuing for him, we were moved to another queue for photos. Only to have to go back to the original queue for autographs. Overall just for Kevin Smith we spent nearly 5 hours in queue. My partners back was so sore after this that we left and missed the majority of attractions. All we ask is for more organisation.

First time going to a Comic Con. Getting through security was quick and easy. Finding where guests, traders and pros were was easy but the queuing system for the guests who weren't in their own rooms and the pros need a bit of work done to them as no one knew who they were queuing for and in the afternoon (3pm onwards) everything was very disorganised. I do understand one way in one way out of the arenas but some of the staff on the doors were rude to guests who were trying to leave via the wrong door. Maybe sign post the ways to go as well. The booking system for time slots were good especially for the headlining guests but would of liked a little more time in the photo ops to have a bit more of a chat or at least an extra photo as if paying £150/£170 for a headline guest is a little expensive for 30 seconds. All in all it was a great experience for first ever con.

This was my first comic con and I loved every minute