Okay - I see that getting to Comic-Con is going to be hard work. I thought it would be a simple matter of buying the tickets when they went on sale, but no. Tickets went on sale a little less than 2 hours ago. I was sitting at my computer 15 minutes prior to the opening when the webpage started to freeze. It took me from 9AM (Pacific Time) to 9:25 just to get the comic-con page to come up. Then another 10 minutes to find where you click to register - then for the past hour and 1/2 I've been trying to click on the link to registration. Sometimes clicking the link would do nothing and other times it would seem like it was starting to load a page but get stuck about 1/2 way there.
I just got kicked off the registration link a few minutes ago and went back to Comic-Con's main site to try connecting again and even though there is a meter showing how close they are to selling out - the registration link is now gone and it says check back November 8th for the new registration date!? What the heck?! New registration date? What happened? Does anyone know????? Very frustrating!!!!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The Adventure Begins
Hello,
Let me introduce myself. I'm a grown woman - old enough to have seen Star Wars (IV now, but always #1 in my heart) when it first came out and as you can already tell - I'm a Geek. I have been going to fan conventions for over 20 years now and I loved to "dress up" for them. Yes, I do use the term cosplay now because it makes "dressing up" sound soooo much cooler. As with many of you geeks out there, I've been wanting to go to Comic-Con in San Diego - the holy grail of cons so to speak. Well, I finally decided to do it and I've also decided to blog about the experience (and geekdom in general). It is my goal to attend Comic-Con 2011 and I'm bringing my 16 year old niece with me (she's the one who taught me the term cosplay).
This is my story so far:
First of all I know enough about Comic-Con to know that you need to get tickets early. I've been stalking the official website for months now http://www.comic-con.org/. For the longest time it just simply said "registration coming soon". I marked the rss feed and waited for updates. I've found that they update on Facebook sometimes before the official website. I think I'll put all the little tips and hints I'm finding in green and call them jems - very 1980's of me don't you think. Become a fan of theirs on facebook for most up to the minute news (sorry, don't have the link to give you right now).
On Facebook I was disappointed to find that they announced registration was open for 4 day passes + preview night and then immediately announced they were sold out. It made it seem as if they had been sold online and sold out in a matter of seconds. Turns out they sold out of the 4day + preview night passes at Comic-Con 2010. So - a jem of info - if you go to the 2011 con and know that you're going to go again in 2012 - buy your tickets while at the 2011 con.
Since then they have announced that official online registration for Comic-Con International 2011 will be on November 1st at 9AM (Pacific Time). I've marked my calendar and blocked off an hour of time at my workplace so I can register as soon as it goes up.
I've begun looking at flights and hotel info but won't go into that yet. I figured it best to have the tickets first before going crazy with plans.
That's it for the moment. I'll share as I go and maybe I'll help some other newbies out with what I learn and my hope is that some of you that have gone to the con before will share tips and stories to help me because...I AM A COMIC-CON NEWBIE!
Let me introduce myself. I'm a grown woman - old enough to have seen Star Wars (IV now, but always #1 in my heart) when it first came out and as you can already tell - I'm a Geek. I have been going to fan conventions for over 20 years now and I loved to "dress up" for them. Yes, I do use the term cosplay now because it makes "dressing up" sound soooo much cooler. As with many of you geeks out there, I've been wanting to go to Comic-Con in San Diego - the holy grail of cons so to speak. Well, I finally decided to do it and I've also decided to blog about the experience (and geekdom in general). It is my goal to attend Comic-Con 2011 and I'm bringing my 16 year old niece with me (she's the one who taught me the term cosplay).
This is my story so far:
First of all I know enough about Comic-Con to know that you need to get tickets early. I've been stalking the official website for months now http://www.comic-con.org/. For the longest time it just simply said "registration coming soon". I marked the rss feed and waited for updates. I've found that they update on Facebook sometimes before the official website. I think I'll put all the little tips and hints I'm finding in green and call them jems - very 1980's of me don't you think. Become a fan of theirs on facebook for most up to the minute news (sorry, don't have the link to give you right now).
On Facebook I was disappointed to find that they announced registration was open for 4 day passes + preview night and then immediately announced they were sold out. It made it seem as if they had been sold online and sold out in a matter of seconds. Turns out they sold out of the 4day + preview night passes at Comic-Con 2010. So - a jem of info - if you go to the 2011 con and know that you're going to go again in 2012 - buy your tickets while at the 2011 con.
Since then they have announced that official online registration for Comic-Con International 2011 will be on November 1st at 9AM (Pacific Time). I've marked my calendar and blocked off an hour of time at my workplace so I can register as soon as it goes up.
I've begun looking at flights and hotel info but won't go into that yet. I figured it best to have the tickets first before going crazy with plans.
That's it for the moment. I'll share as I go and maybe I'll help some other newbies out with what I learn and my hope is that some of you that have gone to the con before will share tips and stories to help me because...I AM A COMIC-CON NEWBIE!
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