Lanyard/WB Bag/Souvenir Program Pick-Up: Reminders, Thoughts, More

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With badges being mailed out this year for most attendees (more on that in a moment), we’ve gotten a lot of questions about on-site pick-up for lanyards, WB bags (and check out all 18 designs this year!), and souvenir programs.

So let’s start with what we do know, which is this: Badges were mailed out, provided the buyer of your badge entered a domestic US address. However, it was only badges that were mailed – so lanyards, WB bags, and souvenir programs will be picked up on-site in Sails Pavilion this year. For those whose badge buyer entered an international address, you’re going to be heading to the Marriott Marquis & Marina to pick-up your general attendee badge (and here are the hours for that). If you’re press/pro/exhibitor, you’ll be picking up at the Convention Center in your designated area. There will be no more badge pick-up in Sails Pavilion.

Now, Comic-Con International has been, well, very Comic-Con International-y, and haven’t announced anything beyond that. But we have some thoughts, based on things like logic and experience, so hear us out.

Since badge pick-up is no longer in Sails Pavilion, there is no way to get to Sails Pavilion without a badge anymore. There’s no entrance except through the front doors. Which means that if you don’t have a Preview Night badge – you’re not going to Sails, and you’re not collecting your lanyard/bag/program that night. On Preview Night, they may open this area earlier for those with Preview Night badges – or they may not run it at all on Preview Night. We’ll have to wait and see on that point.

For international attendees picking up at the Marriott, we suspect they may go ahead and hand you all of these items then and there, as this set-up sounds like it basically resembles what badge pick-up was in previous years. For that reason, it may be possible for a domestic attendee to head over there and pick up lanyards/bags/programs ahead of getting into the Sails Pavilion — but while that may be worth a shot, it’s not a guarantee.

So, there you have it. If CCI actually does announce more information, we’ll let you know.

from San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog http://sdccblog.com/2016/07/lanyardwb-bagsouvenir-program-pick-up-reminders-thoughts-more/
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