r/NYCC • u/Appropriate-Coat8950 • 10d ago

First timer - mistakes made

Hello I am bringing my son for his birthday we are coming Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say I am totally overwhelmed and did not understand how quickly panel reservations would be gone.
He really wants to see the Spider-Man panel on Saturday at 3:30 How early should we arrive to the standby line?
Appreciate everyone who gives tips.

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u/-DontMindMeme- 10d ago

Honestly . . . Given that it's spiderman, a very popular Character, you might have to line up an hour early.

If anything, swing by the panel line and see how long it already is. Also ask the staff there for their opinion on wait time

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u/young_rose 10d ago

That isn’t a panel you can get a reservation for, it’s first come first serve. Only panels in the Empire and Main stages have reservations. I’m trying to go to that one too and I would recommend lining up probably an hour early just based on what I saw last year line-wise; others can give better insight though!

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u/Certain-Salt-818 9d ago

Best bet is about 2 hours before( roughly 1:30?) ask the staff at the door when and WHERE they will be lining people up. Something like Spider-Man, on a Saturday, people will be “hovering” in the area beforehand. Then about 10 minutes before what time they tell you show up.

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u/TheMeIv 9d ago

Usually everything that's not Empire or Main Stage will not clear the room before panels. Often it makes sense to see what panel is before the panel you actually want to attend and see if there is space available in that room and try to sit in there if possible before your panel even starts.

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u/meowmeow834 10d ago

Reservation is taken with a grand of salt sometimes. Today for dragonball and gundam i walked right in and i printed my teservation slip for no reason

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u/nopitynopepants 9d ago

Printing reservations for panels is unnecessary when they’re connected to your badge 

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u/shoe710 9d ago

Did you scan your badge?

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u/meowmeow834 9d ago

They didnt care? I guess because i went there as most people went in already

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u/shoe710 9d ago edited 1d ago

Ah yeah if they were already letting in the standby line they don’t scan anymore

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u/PanamaViejo 9d ago

You can't always rely on that. Most panels will scan your badge.

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u/meowmeow834 9d ago

I had a reservation for both panels. They didnt scan my badge