Serenity Convention, Thistle Heathrow
POSTED BY: Phoebe
UPDATED: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:13
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Personally I'm comparing it, favorably, to Vulkon
where they have created 'platinum' tickets
($1,000 at Slayercon in Oakland...25 of them)
now $800 for three hundred of them at Houston.
so making the convention the same price for everyone
and giving a perk to those who jumped on the bandwagon
before we even knew for sure who could be there
sounds generous and reasonable to me.
At any rate they have a fabulous line up of the BDHs
and I am very happy and excited about this!
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Yup, that cocktail party is just a nice little thank you for those who ordered in early. I'm not going to be there but how could I begrudge those who can?
And yes IAMZOE, there was a spelling mistake but I didn't point it out, that's a self-inflicted wound. 
137 days to go.
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I don't know if anyone's noticed, but there are some excellent pics of Nathan, Morena, Summer and Jewel on the con site now
http://www.seanharry.com/serenity/index.htm
Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."
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Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
We got our tickies! Cool, they're like credit cards. Our number is real big, though, so no fancy greeting on first day and we'll be wayyyy back of the line for pics and autographs.
Congrats! After Sean left a message saying all tickets had been sent, I wrote him an email as I hadn' treceived mine.
I didn't exist in his list
, bwaaaaaaah... I know our conversation on the phone was difficult (I could only understand 1 word out of 5), but still.. I was so confident in my Serenity tickets. Info is sent again; hopefully I'll get my "new" tickets soon
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Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
I'm sure we'll still have fun...but I doubt we'll bother to stand in all those long lines.
The only time your ticket number matters is for the autographs. They have a board on which they write batch numbers, so the first batch would be numbers 1-100. This means you don't have to stand around for hours. At Fusion we sat at the bar, or chatted with friends, and checked the board every now and again. As it got nearer to our numbers we checked more frequently. When our batch was called we joined the queue. Even that was enjoyable because we met new people. Treat the queueing as part of the experience rather than a chore.
The cast were wonderful. They were only booked to sign for a couple of hours, but they stayed until every one had an autograph. By the time my number came up they had been signing for three hours and there were still loads to do, but they were still smiling!
I think this is a fair way to sell tickets as it doesn't discriminate againt people with less money.
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OK, now that's two of you have pointed out that early ticket buyers getting favors is better than "discrimination" against folks with less money. What I was saying was directed at the promoter and his strategy: Absolutely, I understand he needs the early capital to book the talent for his show. But I was wondering if it hurts later profit, because you'd think that some folks won't pay the same to be at the back of the line, or won't go at all because they had their heart set on meeting the actors in a social setting.
I get offers for Broadway shows all the time, and you can see promotions are geared both to drum up early ticket sales AND to fill up even the lesser seats in the house. Deals and best seats for early booking, okay. But if demand starts to taper off, then there's a discount to encourage continued ticket sales. Also, I would think the promoter could make a lot of money selling tickets to the Meet & Greet (say, an additional hundred people at the party would be latecomers who pay a premium of another $100 a ticket).
I think it's interesting that the promoter, in this case, even prevents such a thing as "scalping off" the low-numbered tickets by putting our names on them. That's just something I haven't seen done in the States. We love our eBay, you know!
It would be nice, since I'll be coming from far away, to have a shot at meeting the talent. So, yeah, it's disappointing to know it won't happen. I'm not an autograph collector, and that part of a convention never appealed to me. At the only other convention I ever attended, there were a dozen autographs included in my ticket price, and I didn't bother. Perhaps my daughter will want to go for them. We'll see.
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I meant to say thanks to those of you who reassured me that the lines won't be bad. But, actually, that's not what bothers me.
The truth is, I feel guilty for the actors having to sit there for hours, writing autographs. There were thousands of people at that convention I mentioned...and I couldn't bring myself to be yet another fan shoving a picture a them for a signature. Please don't take this to mean that I find fault with people who DO go for autographs!
Perhaps at a smaller event, I won't feel that it's asking too much of the talent. Or maybe my daughter, being a teenager, will not have the slightest inhibition about making people sign things, so I'll have her do the deed.
Sigh. Please don't all yell at me for this.
Maybe my mother raised me to feel guilty for inconveniencing people (but, gee, I doubt it!)
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Serenity will onlly have around 800 tickets tops in my opinion as the venue won't hold more than that. Its a very intimate way to see the guests. I have been to quite a few of Sean's events and have never failed to meet the guests though sometimes I get frustrated waiting for it!
Thing is, its just that Sean got into the business because he is a fan not because he saw it as an opportunity to make a quick buck. He is interested in repaying those who trust him and book early. People book months in advance for Sean's events without the announcement of a single guest. Without that money he would not be in such a safe postition to negotiate as Starfury is not run as a profit generating venture.
Personally, I have not always benefitted from high numbers for his events because I leave it late to book sometimes but it really doesn't affect my enjoyment of the event.
I don't like the idea of higher prices for some than others and have made a point of not booking for those events - even if I see guests there I would like to meet. I believe in a fair price and equal teatment as far as can be expected. I have ALWAYS managed to get autos and meet the talent and I have ALMOST always managed to get the photos with guests that I wanted.
Andy
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Thanks, Andy.
Again, coming from the States, I don't know this Sean or his philosophy, nor anything about how he does what he does. I appreciate very much that there are people on this board who can vouch for him and the quality of his events. It's quite a leap of faith (not to mention a leap of the Atlantic Ocean!) for me, so thanks for calming my nerves :-)
P.S. Does he *often* add late guests to the roster? How do you see the odds of a full Firefly cast showing up at the Heathrow Thistle? Will there be happy surprises? I LOVE happy surprises...sigh.
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At Sean's last event The White Room, we were graced with Nathan Fillion and Morena Baccarin as special surprise guests. Sean has a tendency to keep a few surprises to keep fans happy.
What are the chances of a full cast? Wow, I wouldn't like to speculate. I don't wanna disappoint anyone if they turn up expecting it and it doesn't happen. Officially there is one more Firefly actor expected to be in attendance.
I DO know that previous visits by cast members of Firefly have led to them telling the others that they all HAVE to come if they can, but it will depend on work commitments as much as anything.
Andy
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