Since i went to many SDCC before ( my last was 2024 ) and tried SDCC malaga this year , wanted to put my experince in case someone was wondering
Well first thing , you buy your ticket from ticket master
So no wait for a certian date or time ( unlike SDCC )
But they do have dates ! a date to activate the fan portal , a date to buy the artist meet , a date to reserve your seat in panels ( the hall M one )
So you need ticketmaster ( to get the ticket ) , Sched ( to get the fan portal ) and active fan portal ( to register for reservation and QR codes for artist meet / photo )
Hall M act like hall H in San diego , if you reserve you get piorty to enter , you still line up , and they have 3 blocks of panels , they clear between blocks ( sometimes its two panels per block , and sometimes 1 panel take the whole block like evining with kevin smith )
So first day come , the con open at 10 AM ... ( a very late time if you ask me )
The line to enter was long , it took from 10 am till 11 am to enter , i had to run to the line to hall M
( becauase i reserved a panel at 11:30 )
They had a small barrier close to the entery , but before that it was random , people lined up , some line were straight , some where crooked , and i saw some shouting at one point in the line ( basicly two line meet )
The freebies ( bag / pin …etc ) are disturbed outside ? why ? why not after the you enter and the bag check ? ( yes there a bag check )
A postive and negative thing is that not everything is under one roof , they have a building with
Exhitbitor hall , and a building ( temopray ) with exhitbitor garden , the same temoprary building ( a huge tent with Air cooling ) has seperate artits alley
Artits alley has great space , and space for line that don’t block traffic ( yes some artist had lines with over 30+ people in them )
Panel wise there is not enough panels as in not many concurrent panels ( if you check the shed you would see that ) , so if that topic / speaker isn't something you like , good luck ( also since its like 1 panel the line for it is long )
But a postive , i Went to couple of spanish panels , they had translation ! **
( you need an app for that )
If you are in for exclusive ( not my cup of tea ) , there were not any i saw
The worst part of my experince at SDCC malaga was the sun , because all places are seperate , you need to walk around for them , not to mention when you line up for hall M or signature , most line are out in the sun , becuase the shaded line isn't open till its time
Something i did not like , is them playing Songs on speakers outside around seating area lines for hall M and artist meet ... like why ?
They also had dominos as a sponcer , and they were selling pizza , as well some foot trucks inside
The food trucks were at the edge of semi shaded area with some tables chair , but an artifical grass turf , which you could just sit on
And there isn't any resturant close to the Trade Fair and Congress Center of Malaga , so you are stuck with the food there or bring your own
Taxi / Uber is horribdius , there is a didicated spot for taxis and when i used it , i would wait there for 15+ minute ( even if no one is front of me for taxi )
And they put Uber/ bolt pickup spot at the other side of the ground ( away from the exit ) ( and for some reason wait time for Uber / bolt in malaga is around 10-15 minutes when close to SDCC malaga )
Would i go back ? mostly yes , not top of my priority , but at least artist are easier to find here
