Monopoly Events - Comic Con Liverpool Anmeldelser 

This was my first time attending as a solo visitor to a convention. I prefer going on the Sunday as the crowds aren’t so intense.

The different zones were easy to follow, so not having a map to hand was okay! My review also ties in with my experience as an autistic gal - and found that staff in pink shirts were very helpful when reassuring me when I was in the right place for photos and panels.

This was my first time ever having accessibility, particularly the wrist band to be fast tracked in queues. This was an absolute life saver, and made my photo with Jared Padalecki just that more memorable. Mark Sheppard’s photo slot was delayed, which got me in a bit of a fluster so straight after I went to one of the sensory rooms.

If possible, for future events, it would be great to have some autism friendly lighting (coloured lights in a low lit room) to make it feel a little more of a sensory room instead of a grey box with chairs.

The panel I went to was great, but staff may need to open doors sooner as it meant that Mark S just wondered in getting people to their seats 😂 was sad that this delayed the panel and meant that it wasn’t as long as it could have been and also meant not many questions could be asked.

All being said, I had a great time and hope to return.

Use to do Comic cons a lot specially this one. This weekend was good but a bit chaotic. Almost every actors of lord of the rings were late and i'm not talking like 5-10 minutes late more like 30 to 50 minutes. I understand that a lot of people were coming to meet them but maybe next Time try to do more or bigger sessions and also give information to the visitors! Because most of the staff had no idea or information so us visitors were stressed and Lost. Also had quite an argument with the security who was managing Yesterday the Access to the upper floor to the red area. I had my Supernatural duo and they wouldn't let me in because i quote: there were no Time on my ticket. I try to explain to them that there was only one session for that pictures but they wouldn't listen. It was stressfull and frustrating. I almost missed it because of them and because they wouldn't let me in for 20min it delayed all my schedule so i actually miss the last session of one of my next picture... But In general it was a good Comic con.

Firstly me and my dad had a really good couple of days, the staff were very helpful when they knew what they were talking about! But there were still many issues, so many times we spoke to staff and were told one thing then suddenly another member was telling us something else. For example we were told we had to queue in the normal queue for the Star Wars talk even though I had fast track for my wheelchair, then about 20 minutes into waiting in queue, a worker came down to say we should be at the front!
I felt the accessibility needs a huge improvement, the website says it’s fully accessible but that’s because the monopoly events believe accessibility is just ramps and wheelchair access!
I was disappointed that the talks had no one doing sign for deaf people, they was no good signing for were to buy food, and the food places were very random and the staff just pointed at what was vegan with no more information! Some queues had the wheelchair access, then some suddenly didn’t. And when we were in the wheelchair queue, other disabled people were actually going past us because the staff didn’t communicate and realise that the whole queue was disabled people.
By 10:30 on Saturday a celebrity was already behind massively, which completely ruined our schedule, this is not due to the celebrity but the poor planning of schedule. I felt sorry for the celebrities who were dragged back to autographs even though they only had 15 minutes between photos and talks! We got to the autographs at 9:30, but the celebrities didn’t arrive till around 10, so was wasted that 30 minutes or more in queues, which seems small but actually toke a bit chunk out of time to do other things! On the first day only one lift was working so there was a huge queue, meaning we almost missed a talk, this should of been fixed before the event, definitely a let down considering how many people use a lift because they can’t get up the stairs! Everyone we spoke to during the day were exhausted by the amount of changes to schedules, having to queue for 2+ hours for an autograph even though these people should of had time slots but they quickly went out the window! And most disabled people we spoke to said they were disappointed, we felt like an after thought. All of the props were not accessible by wheelchair. I understand the cars but the cardboard boxes for Barbie could have been made bigger to have someone wheeled in! The staff were still as helpful as they could be, they may need more disability training because one member tried to move my electric wheelchair, which you should never do, even if I was in a manual! We had a good time despite this because the guest celebrities were amazing and so kind! And the staff tried there best even thought there wasn’t much communication to us! Overall it needs a big improvement with accessibility, needs better scheduling, but even with all this the amazing celebrities and people we spoke to during the day made the day enjoyable! I do really hope that monopoly events listen to all these reviews because they do have a really good event that could be that much better, with just some more thought into the enjoyment of disabled people and also people in general because taking the stress out of all the change in schedule would make the day so much better!
I would also like to add that the website needs a massive upgrade, especially more information for disabled people, the website made the run up to the event so stressful because I wasn’t able to plan and know what I’m doing!
We will probably return, but would be worried about it being the same again, I’m already worried about a monopoly event I’m going to in august because the website is worst then this one and I’ve got a lot more autographs to get!

I write as someone who has been to 10 comic cons and my experience on Saturday was the worst I’ve experienced at a convention ever.

The guidance coming into the event was that water was allowed however it turns out that bottle caps on them are not. The most bizarre and ridiculous rule I’ve ever come across! However it did rather set the tone for the day.

I had pre-booked 3 autographs on the day and I had selected a timeslot for each as requested by monopoly events in the run up. I and many others who I spoke to in queues foolishly thought that by having a timeslot it meant that only those with that slot would be allowed up and that it had been sold accordingly. We were wrong and told by crew on the day that the timeslot didn’t mean anything. This naturally resulted in ridiculously long queues and they had clearly been oversold as many people including myself did not get the autographs they wanted. I got 1 out of 3 and will be looking for refunds on the two I missed.

Photo sessions were not much better. I was in 1 queue and staff had mixed up 3 sessions into 1 line! I was asked to change lanes on 4 occasions with the last change being to go back to my original lane! It was just an absolute farce of a day!

Furthermore at lunchtime myself, fiancée and friend went to the upstairs eating area in the ‘blue zone’ however we told to leave by security as apparently it was not meant to be open but it was baffling as to why it would be open when not meant to be nor why it needed to be closed at all. About 30 mins later we spotted that people were back in the area so clearly it hadn’t been shut even when security moved us!

The positives of the day that despite the farce I did get all my photo sessions if not my autographs. The guest list was impressive and many props were available. But overall shocking experience and I am concerned to ever get an autograph at a monopoly ran event ever again!

The best Comic con in the UK.

Superbly organised, well attended and well, what an amazing guest list!

We’ve attended since the first Monopoly Liverpool! And we constantly get our minds blown show after show!!

Love Monopoly events so much. THANK YOU!!

A truly magnificent event for which one day did not seem like enough because of so much on offer not just with the guests and panels but with cosplay gaming and merch!

We had a blast meeting all the four hobbits and J and Silent Bob as well as talking to fellow geeks in the queues and sharing con experiences. Everyone under the roof for the same reason and making memories

I couldn't rate 5 stars because of the organisation with the time slots for autographs and photos. Clearly too overbooked and too little time for the guests to finish autographs so the time slots ended up meaning nothing after queueing for awhile to be turned away and come back another time having a knock on effect and upsetting alot of people

Big venue and layout, which was both a blessing and a curse in that it was nice and spacious, however negotiating it in a hurry could be tricky.

I would say the autograph queue system could do with a little review. Pre-booked slots were mixed with people who turned up on the day, which caused large queues and, consequently, carnage.

A suggestion from another long-standing comic con I have attended would be a ticket/number system for those who turn up on the day, and then only allow say tickets 1-50 for a period of time, then 1-100 and increase this as the day goes on. Those who have pre-booked time slots would only be allowed to enter the queue from their allotted time onwards. This might not be a perfect system and may require refinement, but could make things more manageable for staff in some way (as they came in for a lot of abuse from some, which was sad).

All in all though a very good event- lots to do, good guests and a decent venue and location.

Also a classy touch for the LOTR guests to do a little tribute for Bernard Hill during their panel.

Great photo ops and stage performers. Costumes around were amazing.

Queue management needs a lot of improvement. My wife only managed to get her 4 autographs because I queued for her in 1 line while she was in another. 6hrs of queueing over the day, being turned away from the front and unable to see the rest of the con. Then constantly being pushed back by diamond passes. 20min sessions only seemed to get 10 people through as they were letting people buy extras at the desks. Gotta be pre-paid 1st and have to re-queue if you want extras. (Autographs are charged for and number of tickets sold to ensure the event makes money.....any on the day purchases should be bonuses and not get in the way of prepaid customers...but......greed)
Plus the website said info about selfies would be at the end of the queues, but this was not the case for Red Dwarf.
Card machines and ticking people off paper sheets really slowed down lines.
Cash only might help speed this up.

I have been to a few comic cons but Liverpool 2024 was the first one I attended ran by Monopoly.

The decision to get a ticket came when Kevin Smith was announced, a cult hero and could not miss the opportunity to meet someone I regarded so highly.

When I arrived I was so impressive by the sheer size of the event and how much effort the staff and organisers had put into the event, there was truly something for everyone, there was a lot of photo opportunities for sets props and people in costumes that they didn’t charge people for meaning that even people attending on a budget could enjoy themselves with the price of their admission.

From my perspective the event was run well, obviously when an event happens their are dynamic changes that have to be addressed on the day that can effect peoples schedules - unavoidable and didn’t affect the experience.

There were some problems with egress with exiting the convention centre with only one escalator out. Eventually the staff responded by opening a fire door to ease the pressure. In terms of feedback this can be fixed next time by possibly opening up arena doors and more stairs to exit from. I imagine these kinks can be reviewed in any event debrief to improve on for next time.

Thank you to Monopoly events for providing an amazing event in the city, I really appreciate what you have done and will certainly be attending your events in this city (and possibly others) in the future. You’ve certainly set the bar, just have to maintain it.

The atmosphere was good, but that's about where the positives end.

The lack of food options and refusal to allow people to take their own food was one of the biggest issues, as someone with health problems I had no choice but to starve for the entire day. The people I was with who will eat pretty much anything were also majorly disappointed with the minimal options. Either learn to cater for everyone or let people take their own food, no matter what that food may be.

Waiting in line for a guest (Craig Charles to be specific) was chaotic, priority and standard ticket holders merged into one queue and people waiting for 2 different guests (the other being Costas Mandylor) also ended up all in the same line. Staff didn't have a clue what was going on.

It was far too crowded, the event was advertised as being bigger but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll be better.

I'd like to go to the next one but these issues need to be fixed first, I would need assurance that myself and the people I'm with will enjoy the day without having to fight our way through huge crowds or spend half the day looking for food that doesn't exist or is barely edible.

The worst convention experience I have ever had had, booked time slots meant nothing, they just let anyone in, nobody checked anything. We were forced to keep trying different time slots with no success. Several of them also clashed and were in different buildings. They told us unbranded bottled water was okay, nope... they still took it off us with nowhere labelled to fill up a bottle. Only one member of staff wasn't rude, we had driven 6 hours to be in queues for the entire day, we didn't even get to explore due to the time slot issues. I'm sorry but this has put a VERY bad taste in my mouth about attending any Monopoly event in the future, truly awful.

Love Comic Con in general. Hate Monopoly and their lack of organisation. Never runs smoothly or as per the schedule, which ends up being stressful. Some of the staff on the day are really helpful, others couldn't care less. Someone needs to set up a rival convention company and show Monopoly how to do it right! It's not all about fleecing the 'fans' for as much money as possible! The people doing consignments for others are an absolute joke as well. That needs to be handled better as it massively impacts the rest of us trying to get a single autograph for ourselves!

Not great for disabled people! The guests were meant to come down at 9.30 for autographs. They didn't turn up until 10.10. The venue was very very crowded and very hot. There were no clear signs about how to exit the venue when we were finished and we ended up walking round and round trying the get out. By this time I was aching all over. No disability fast track tickets were available when I booked for the con in February so we had to queue which was near impossible. Absolutely appalling time was had at comic con Liverpool. Plus side the guests I managed to meet were absolutely fantastic and so nice. Thanks Shadowhunters!!

Also on a side note the King's Dock car park was absolutely awful. NO clear signs that's the ramp is for going up and down levels. Everyone coming up was driving up the middle of the ramp and I couldn't get down. I was being shouted at by several drivers saying I was going the wrong way when in fact I was not. I was going the correct way. Please improve the car park and venues for next time.

I’ve been to Liverpool comic con a handful of times and it is a great day however very badly organised. Some of the staff were really rude, lots of delays in meeting the guests I’d pay a lot of money to meet. Please can you review the ‘time slots’ you put up as most of these were not stuck to at all and it made the day disappointing due to lack of organisation. I waited in the queue to meet a guest, they came out 20 minutes late and had to leave shortly after to go to a photo session meaning I had to wait another hour for them to come back, poorly organised

Loved it .. carnt wait for next one , it would be nice that if we wanted a autograph pay on day the sign posts at the queing areas would say if the celb would sign after the pre booked,

Comic con Liverpool Is a amazing Convention, Coming to the venue was a very great experience and made new friends and catch up with new ones and the cosplays are amazing too and also the celebrities guest are absolutely fantastic and well organised. I would recommend Comic Con Liverpool as my go to spot for the convention, once you go there, there no turning back 😁🤩

What a great day out. Good props, great tv and movie stars. Great staff. Good family day out. Well done monopoly events it gets better every year. 😃👍

I loved the event and everything, but as a disabled patron i was shocked to find the staff turning certain disabled patrons, myself included, from the doors and making us walk around to the other exits when they could clearly see that I had a walking aid and that I was in agony.

Amazing guest line up but so disorganised. People lost auto/photo tickets despite already buying them prior to the event, no priority for those who pre-bought and queuing with those who are paying on the day. Spent 9 hours across three queues and by the time I got out of the queues it was too late to look around so I literally spent money to queue all day. Too many people allowed in at once, it was impossible to move anywhere on Saturday. Rude staff telling people to plan their day better even tho time slots weren’t adhered to and that’s what pushed everything back. Had poor guests taking ten minute breaks instead of an hour to make up for Monopoly’s overselling of tickets and lack of organisation. Very let down.

The best comic con in UK! As title says, it is the best comic con in UK. We have been in Saturday at 9am, absolutely no queues to get inside the venue, as there were 10+ checkpoints to get through. Amazing props, lots of good vendors. 5/5, will come back.