While it isn't exactly new news to anyone that Comic Con International is a huge event, this will be the first year I get to attend! Earlier today tickets went on sale and thanks to the magical workings of a friend, I'm going to be able to attend. I still can't quite believe it - there was much jumping around and laughing aloud for sheer joy of it this afternoon - and I'm looking forward to the event with a great deal of excitement.I do feel terrible, though, for those people I know - and don't know, for that matter - who weren't able to get tickets to the event. The queue for tickets was really beyond outrageous, and as I said if it hadn't been for my friend, there's no way I would have been able to go myself. It was a very fortunate turn of events.
I'm hoping that the refunded passes will be made available to people who really want to go, and that a registration system will be a bit more reliable in the future. There seemed to be an awful lot of issues and while I don't doubt the SDCC staff was working towards what they believed to be the best possible solution, there was definitely still a lot of anger from fans to be felt.
Still - for those going, congratulations and I can't wait!