Well as some have stated it was a pretty slow day one. This is the first time that not only could I see down an aisle, I could probably “bowl”! Not only are there a lot of vendors missing, but those that have shown have scaled down tremendously. I’ll try and walk tomorrow and get more details, but as an example Cinema Secrets goes from an entire aisle, both sides to just THREE booths! One to two booths seems the norm where these same vendors had 10 or more booths in previous shows. Now I am sure that the economy has something to do with it, but many of these spaces were purchased months before the economic fall out.
The biggest complaint so far is the "Haunt Pavilion". If you look at the TW site it appears that there are Haunt Vendors, they are listed on the floor plan and listed as exhibitors. The problem being that if you attend and expect to actually meet these vendors all you will see are a bunch of unmanned tables with either a catalog or a business card on them! It’s like they were added to make it appear there is more here than there is.
I attended the Fashion Show. The space is a fraction of previous years and barely filled half the seats. There are usually people at the door giving you ONE or two drink coupons. This time, no tickets, just open bars!!! Half the bars didn’t even have anyone at them!!! Also this is the first year that there was still food available!!
We’ll see what happens tomorrow. Maybe people are flying in Friday night to just spend the weekend. So again as a heads up, if you are thinking that you will see some Haunt Vendors in the “Haunt Pavilion” you will only see Haunted Enterprises and Shipwreck! No offense to either vendor, but its not exactly a Haunt section!! More tomorrow!
The biggest complaint so far is the "Haunt Pavilion". If you look at the TW site it appears that there are Haunt Vendors, they are listed on the floor plan and listed as exhibitors. The problem being that if you attend and expect to actually meet these vendors all you will see are a bunch of unmanned tables with either a catalog or a business card on them! It’s like they were added to make it appear there is more here than there is.
I attended the Fashion Show. The space is a fraction of previous years and barely filled half the seats. There are usually people at the door giving you ONE or two drink coupons. This time, no tickets, just open bars!!! Half the bars didn’t even have anyone at them!!! Also this is the first year that there was still food available!!
We’ll see what happens tomorrow. Maybe people are flying in Friday night to just spend the weekend. So again as a heads up, if you are thinking that you will see some Haunt Vendors in the “Haunt Pavilion” you will only see Haunted Enterprises and Shipwreck! No offense to either vendor, but its not exactly a Haunt section!! More tomorrow!
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