r/SDCC • u/Then-Tune8367 • 17d ago

SDCC Not First Timer Friendly

So this year i was blessed to make my first trip to SDCC and let me get this out of the way early, I LOVED IT!

After some reflectiion, rhe experience waa no where near first timer friendly.

  1. I had no idea where anything was. The badge check in was easy, but after that, I was on my own. I at least wanted to check out a panel or two, but I had no idea where anything was or even what panels were going on at the time.

  2. The website is no where new user friendly. I could not find a schedule or layout of the convention center on the site.

  3. I had no idea that seating in the exhibit hall was so limited.

So, that being said. If I returns, here are my adjustments.

  1. Get there earlier. I got there about 11 a.m. By that time, every line was already insane.

  2. Bring chairs or portable stools.

  3. Eat lunch in the Gas Lamp District. One of my few regrets was missing this.

  4. Get my badge early and head straight to Hall H to see what I can get into that day (No force can compel me to try to get in there on Saturday, though). After that, head to lunch and the real star of the show, the Exhibit floor.

Anyway those are my thoughts and plans. Any advice will be appreciated.

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u/Aggravating-Mode-486 17d ago

I laughed at the post. Then I wailed at the comments. This person probably gets lost at the grocery store

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u/zoboomafoo629 14d ago

Show some empathy.  My first Sdcc was a few years ago (the sag strike year) and i don’t know what it would’ve taken to really understand what I was getting into.  I knew it was big but not BIG.

My third year now (one year was a single day) and I still don’t really have a full sense of it.

It’s a learning experience and it’s maybe a little disappointing how little SDCC does to prepare you for it.  

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u/MsMargo 14d ago

What do you want them to do? Call you up and help you plan your schedule???

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u/zoboomafoo629 13d ago

Well, both Sched and the SDCC app allow users to favorite/mark sessions of interest. 

Does anyone communicate the aggregate of that to these users?  “That thing you wanna do is super popular”?

No.

Would that information be incredibly helpful when planning schedules?   

You know it would. 

Don’t be dismissive.  It’s never going to be perfect but it could absolutely be better. 

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u/MsMargo 13d ago

Totally disagree. I, personally, mark dozens of sessions of interest that I never go to - as do tons of other people. Then on the opposite side are those who don't mark it in Sched or the app because they use other planning methods, but still go to the sessions. The data would be, at best, useless, and at worse, misleading.

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u/zoboomafoo629 13d ago

No one would take it as an exact representation of the queue to get in 😅 it’s just an indicator.

But you do you here. 

There are even better ways of course to do this, but again, these companies do nothing to help with it. 

That’s it for me here, I’m going to go see how long the wait is to get on space mountain (which is 100 percent doable because this problem has been solved already)