Just have to say, I waited THREE & HALF hours in line today, and that was NOT cool.
Fanime '07 (on Saturday, at least) was UNDER-STAFFED, and those staff members were wildly under-trained; it took me 5+ minutes from getting to the reg booth, to getting my pass. 5 min x 8 (# of reg booths?) means that the line only processed about 96 people in an hour...
I think this is kinda crazy for a con the size of Fanime. And these types of main-stream anime cons will only get bigger!
This really isn't fair to your paying attendees, nor is it fair to the vendors trying to sell us stuff.
Fanime '07 (on Saturday, at least) was UNDER-STAFFED, and those staff members were wildly under-trained; it took me 5+ minutes from getting to the reg booth, to getting my pass. 5 min x 8 (# of reg booths?) means that the line only processed about 96 people in an hour...
I think this is kinda crazy for a con the size of Fanime. And these types of main-stream anime cons will only get bigger!
This really isn't fair to your paying attendees, nor is it fair to the vendors trying to sell us stuff.