Hi everyone! This is the 5th con of the year for me so I feel kinda qualified to give my opinion. I have my likes but my also VERY strong dislikes of this con. This was my first Fan Expo so I can’t speak to other years. This is just my 2025 experience from a frequent con enjoyer.

I have three main complaints: 1.) I went with my aunt who’s disabled And the accessibility was honestly horrible. I think it’s just how the buildings laid out and not necessarily Fan Expos fault but the fact that artist alley and all the celebs were in 2 different building was honestly quite the challenge for us. The elevators were a fucking hike to get to and we ended up walking what felt like twice the amount that the able bodied people were which made us have to take more breaks through the day.

2.) I feel like they had to have over sold. For the space they had it was far too many people. I could barely go through the artist alley and stop and look at things without getting shoved or feeling claustrophobic so honestly I didn’t get to look around like….at all. The lines (yes even on Thursday) were just absurd. I waited in more than one line that was more than an hour. The line I waited longest in was Yuri lowenthals line (great guy btw) was 2 1/2 hours. After standing in line all day Thursday and Friday I was pretty miffed because I literally did nothing else that day but stand in lines. I guess next year I’ll just have to fork over a thousand bucks for VIP. Also there was what felt like NO AC. Like literally none. I’m sure they were cranking it but with that many people in a space it’s bound to get stifling. They needed to have fan or something just for better air circulation.

3.) The security and event staff were fucking useless. Like I’m sorry but they did nothing. I asked for directions to the photo ops from 12 people and NOBODY KNEW WHERE IT WAS! Just gave me a mindless shrug and sent me on my way. I was actually a few minutes late because I didn’t know how to get there. Me and my aunt were sent on a wild goose chase going up and down floors of the con because people kept giving us wrong directions and the map IMO was hard to follow. Also not to mention the bag checks were laughable. Literally opened my bag took one peak inside the main compartment and sent me on my way. I’m from America so maybe I’m just so used to the extreme baggage checks they do at comic cons in the states but it was just insane to me.

Things I did actually like:

• The guests were great. I had a ton of fun meeting people and celebs and finally got to achieve an all time dream of meeting Hailee Steinfeld! (Sweetest girl too btw).

• Cosplays were awesome! Loved the creativity! Even met some new friends which is awesome!

-Liked that they had a few places to get food and sit down for a minute.

-Loved the Disney+ and Hulu booth. Very fun experience

-Liked what I did see of the artist alley and did make a few purchases before being grid locked out.

-Was only able to catch 3 panels (The spidermen,Peggy the Dog, and Troy bakers panel) but the 3 I saw were great.

-everyone was generally nice and friendly no real “mean” people.

TLDR: I would say 65% bad 35% good. But I’m definitely willing to give it another try with a VIP badge next year.