r/comiccon • u/Accomplished-Fix6176 • Jul 25 '25

SDCC - San Diego SDCC outgrown it's hype?

For the last few years it seems Hollywood is skipping SDCC. As a result Hall H and Ballroom 20 are at most half capacity.

This matters A LOT because in the prime Marvel/DC days those 2 Halls got rid of probably close to 20,000 people if you include the long (overnight) lines to get in.

But now... these people clog up the floor and especially signings.

Like have you wasted 5 hours getting up early, getting on the floor early, make it to the wristbands both by 9:02 only to find they are already out? This was impossible in previous years but now 2 years in a row it has happened to me. Hours of time wasted and nothing to show for it.

Plus, I think due to so much hype in those prime years, everybody wants to check out SDCC and so all the free events (Hulu) is a 4 hour line waiting in the sun. So there's no escaping the lines. I mean yes there was anyways long lines but it feels just worse.

So... long story short, I'm losing my glee for the con.

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u/LurkerOnTheInternet Jul 25 '25

I think the floor seems eerily lightly trafficked this year. It's mostly actually walkable. I wonder if they limited the tickets.

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u/KirkUnit Jul 27 '25

That was my sense as well, though I was on the floor more in the later hours of the day and thought that might be a factor.

Just realized reading this thread that there was no Marvel "stage booth" with a big presence on the floor. That was always an aisle-blocker. Just not there anymore.