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Review 1 for Kcon

3 / 5

Concert Saved the Day

KCON 2012 @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- 10/13/2012 @

Favorite moment: B.A.P opening with "No Mercy." I was happily screaming and singing off-key, and made myself hoarse for 6 days. Simon and Martina. @

Setlist: Of what I remember: BAP: No Mercy, *slow song*, Crash .... Nu'est: Face, *slow song*, Action..... ViXX: Rock your body ..... EXO-M: History, Angel, What is Love, MAMA ... 4Minute: Volume Up, Huh ..... @

Opening act(s): Only one I can remember clearly: Dumbfoundead (VERY AWESOME!), the guy that took off his shirt! @

Posted 11/04/2012

by CJihoo

I actually did go around to a lot of the booths but made the mistake of loading up on free samples early which I had to haul around for the whole ten hours of the day. Half of the booths weren't even set up to receive people when the gates opened which is not their fault, but I wondered why they weren't given enough time to do that beforehand.

The fan signing event was disorganized and disappointing. There no barricades to separate the line and very little security around to control the hoards of crazy fans. People started panicking that they wouldn't see their idols when word of that only 100 people would get signatures and therefore crowded the tent to snap photos. There should be no such thing as sold out pre-ordered merchandise, but they were polite and offered me a refund on my poster. The day was not entirely lost since I made lots of friends (aka line buddies) and enjoyed seeing so much diversity at the venue.

There was nowhere to sit and my feet were very sore after standing for ten hours. The only thing that made me forget the pain was the concert. The sun went down, the glowsticks were flickering, and the stage lit up the sky. It was beautiful. Dumbfoundead and the other openers made for a great appetizer and then B.A.P gave everyone an adrenaline rush with "No Mercy" as the first song of the night. I couldn't believe I was actually watching them perform live in front of me. In between my screaming I kept thinking: "Am I really here?"

All the bands were amazing on stage and made me forget all about my frustration of having to stand in lines all day and not getting an autograph or a decent photo. Three weeks later and I still get excited watching it on TV. It's their first year so hopefully next the 2013 convention will be better. I'm crossing my fingers that some of my favorites will come back.

Thank you MNET for giving me a chance to see my KPop idols up close.

KCON 2012 @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- 10/13/2012 @

Favorite moment: B.A.P opening with "No Mercy." I was happily screaming and singing off-key, and made myself hoarse for 6 days. Simon and Martina. @

Opening act(s): Only one I can remember clearly: Dumbfoundead (VERY AWESOME!), the guy that took off his shirt! @

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Review 2 for Kcon

4 / 5

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: BAP! @

Posted 10/27/2012

by Anonymous

The concert was well organized. I was able to see really well from where I was sitting and was really entertained by the whole event. I am not a fan of every group that performed but still enjoyed all the performances.

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- Irvine @

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- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: BAP! @

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Review 3 for Kcon

4 / 5

KPOP experience

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The concert was amazing! I accompanied my daughter & her cousin and it will always be a wonderful memory for them. @

Setlist: Great performances by all of the groups! We were not disappointed. @

Opening act(s): Great opening acts! @

Posted 10/23/2012

by LeiIsa1331

Location:San Diego, California

Great event! I took my daughter & her cousin who are big KPOP fans. The convention during the day was an added bonus to the concert in the evening. My suggestion is to include more detailed information on the website on how the meet & greet/signings will be organized. We had no idea tickets were going to be distributed to take part in this and there was no clear direction as to where to pick up these tickets. All we were told was to ask someone in a pink t-shirt. I would also suggest more merchandise booths be set up since this was popular for attendees. I did like the idea of the different panels. Since this event attracted a large number it would be good to eventually make this event a 2-day experience. Verizon Wireless venue was okay, but it would be more comfortable to be in an indoor venue for the convention. Overall it was a good experience, but there are areas where it can be improved. We do plan to attend next year!

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The concert was amazing! I accompanied my daughter & her cousin and it will always be a wonderful memory for them. @

Setlist: Great performances by all of the groups! We were not disappointed. @

Opening act(s): Great opening acts! @

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Review 4 for Kcon

5 / 5

Pretty much amazing

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: THE CONCERT ! ! ! @

Setlist: B.A.P, Nu'EST, VIXX, G.Na, EXO-M, 4MINUTE (probably out of order) @

Opening act(s): AJ Rafael, Dumfoundead, Daze47 w/ BWB. Kollaboration winners were sometime after G.Na I think. @

Posted 10/18/2012

by Anonymous

It was great, except it was SO disorganized.

Lines (if there were any) were waaay too long and things sold out quickly TT~TT they should have had more merch (and I should have pre-ordered xp)

The fansigns were hectic (mostly EXO-M).

Some of the fans really need to calm down..! Cheering a little when the idols say something deserving a response is fine but shrieking just because they're talking is beyond annoying.

The performances were just-asdfghjkl;-Wonderful. Lovely. Amazing. Perfect.

The MCs though...G.Na needed a little practice with her cards, she was cute otherwise. And the guy-Danny?-introducing EXO-M as EXO-K was just...*can I facepalm you*

I felt awkward, some 'youtube famous' people came and sat behind us halfway(?) through. They were very professional and my sister and I were just being (sane) fans and probably looking and sounding stupid (singing is not our forte xD).

Basically, they need to have some order and preparation. Lots of people were upset when things sold out or they missed fan signs because of waiting for merch. People pushed at the fan signs even when told not to, so they should probably figure out some single-file things.

Either way the performances were great, everyone sang/rapped/danced well, and it was tons of fun.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: THE CONCERT ! ! ! @

Setlist: B.A.P, Nu'EST, VIXX, G.Na, EXO-M, 4MINUTE (probably out of order) @

Opening act(s): AJ Rafael, Dumfoundead, Daze47 w/ BWB. Kollaboration winners were sometime after G.Na I think. @

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Review 5 for Kcon

4 / 5

KCON was amazing!!!

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Posted 10/18/2012

by Lilygirl03

Location:Sacramento, CA

We hope this is not the last KCON that Irvine hosts. We hope to see SHINEE at the next one. The food was great. The long lines were a down fall as were the availability of the tickets or passes for fan signing. Confusing. All in all it great fun!!

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- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

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Review 6 for Kcon

3 / 5

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Posted 10/17/2012

by amster12331432

Had so much fun but all the autograph signings were very unorganized which really disappointed me. the food was way too expensive

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- Irvine @

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- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

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Review 7 for Kcon

3 / 5

everything but the concert was horrible

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: EXO-M performance! the song list was perfect!!!! Couldn't have been better! @

Posted 10/17/2012

by exoo

Location:Los Angeles

The concert part was AWESOME. it was the BEST. but EVERYTHING ELSE was the WORST experience ever. The website said all the ticket holders were able to get the autographs but the day of the event they changed it to first 100 people only. If I knew this the day before, I would have only attended the concert. the 10hrs of being under the sun running around on the asphalt, sleeping under the sun to KILL time, was such a waste of time. and the staffs had no knowledge of their own event. but the concert. oh my god. it was amazing! I almost forgot about all the things that happened at the event earlier. the song selections were great! that was 5 stars out of 5 stars. but sadly I cant give full stars for the rest of the event.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: EXO-M performance! the song list was perfect!!!! Couldn't have been better! @

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Review 8 for Kcon

3 / 5

Concert was great BUT...

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Posted 10/15/2012

by SunnyOkinawa

I think the place was too small to have such big event.

There're so many loooooong lines for everything, like food, merchandise, just to pick up stuffs that I ordered online.

Staffs couldn't answered questions such as how and where to get tickets for autograph session.
People were following & surrounding staffs and running all over the place to get tickets for autograph session for hours.
My daughter and her friends were not being able to get any tickets for autograph. Very, very disappointed!

At the concert, my seats were taken by live camera crane, so they gave me and my daughter TWO SEPARATE tickets to sit apart.

Concert was GREAT, I'd love to go if there's any in future.
BUT not sure to attend if another Kpop convention happen at the same place.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

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Review 9 for Kcon

5 / 5

B.A.P deserves the rookie award!

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: B.A.P! @

Opening act(s): youtubers! @

Posted 10/15/2012

by Moxi3

Location:California

It was a long day and it was a bit unorganized but it was KCON's first convention and therefore an absolute success. The highlight for us was the concert and it was awesome! All the artists that performed were amazing!

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: B.A.P! @

Opening act(s): youtubers! @

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Review 10 for Kcon

5 / 5

KCON A SUCCESS

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: When Nuest took the stage. @

Posted 10/15/2012

by hotnanabea

Location:Orange, CA

The concert was great, the groups were fantastic. I hope next year there will be a few additional performers tho. It seemed a bit short.

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- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: When Nuest took the stage. @

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Review 11 for Kcon

4 / 5

KCON was awesome :D

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: B.A.P. performance and panel discussion with Simon and Martina's Eat Your Kimchi @

Posted 10/15/2012

by jpnay818

Overall, I would say this event was so worth it!

The panel discussions were great and the guests were amazing. My favorite guest was Simon and Martina from Eat Your Kimchi. They rock! The food was good enough, a decent variety of choices and it was enough for the crowd that you did not have to wait forever.

As for the give aways, there was less than what I expected =/ The concert tube lights for the audience I think was too expensive. More people would have probably bought them if it were cheaper than $5, maybe like $2? The less expensive, the more people will buy and therefore the more colorful the audience would have been.

Now as far as the concert, as expected, the artist performances were excellent! The stage design and lighting was awesome but it would have been better if the lights at the top edge were less bright or not even there so that the amazing lights inside the stage and the audience's tube lights were even more outstanding.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: B.A.P. performance and panel discussion with Simon and Martina's Eat Your Kimchi @

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Review 12 for Kcon

2 / 5

KCON-more organization

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The concert at the end. @

Setlist: 4minute, BAP, EXO-M, G.NA, VIXX, NU'EST @

Opening act(s): dumbfoundead, AJ Rafael @

Posted 10/15/2012

by nickel5cents

Location:so cal

KCON was a good place to meet other kpop fans and listen to panels. There wasn't as much as I thought there would be for merchandise. I understand that the groups were only allotted a small amount of time to sign autographs but the voucher system should have been dealt with in a more organized fashion. The concert at the end was pretty cool, but the sound was off. For the seats in the last area where you actually had a seat you could barely hear the groups singing or talking and the base was too loud. It was nice on the other hand that they moved everyone up who was in the lawn area to the seats since they didn't sell out. Though I'm sure next year KCON will be even better since this was only their first year.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The concert at the end. @

Setlist: 4minute, BAP, EXO-M, G.NA, VIXX, NU'EST @

Opening act(s): dumbfoundead, AJ Rafael @

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Review 13 for Kcon

4 / 5

KCON

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Around 6:30pm there was a spontaneous dance party by the Verizon booth. It was awesome to be surrounded by so many people who love Kpop! @

Posted 10/15/2012

by Jules348

Was an amazing experience, but kinks do need to be worked out for next year, especially with the artist signings. There needs to be signs and knowledgable volunteers. It was not organized well at all, in that respect. It was chaos and nobody knew how it worked unless they heard through the grapevine about the vouchers and then there was no info on where to get the vouchers. However the booths and panels were awesome! Food was good. Concert was amazing. Glow sticks were pretty cool.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Around 6:30pm there was a spontaneous dance party by the Verizon booth. It was awesome to be surrounded by so many people who love Kpop! @

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Review 14 for Kcon

3 / 5

Step up your organization skizzles

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Learning and dancing my butt off with Aimee and the rest of those peeps on the dance floor!! @

Posted 10/15/2012

by ryoXwildfire

Location:San Francisco, CA

The overall event was fun for me. I enjoyed the panels and the dance workshops especially. I didn't mind my seat. I definitely had a great time at the concert. The only real issue I had and what many participants on the event page and at the venue were complaining about was the organization and distribution of the artist signing vouchers. It was like a quest to try and find those people. The worst part was how much money some people spent on merchandise to have their idols sign. I would have been happy if I could have just one item signed by an artist but I wasn't even lucky enough for that opportunity. I think next year there should be a system where people can at least have one item signed by an idol they love. At least that way no one will go away empty handed. Or maybe charge a fee for the signing. Also I don't remember reading anything on the site about vouchers being required for the artist signing. Why post times publicly for the artist signing if not everyone can participate?

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Learning and dancing my butt off with Aimee and the rest of those peeps on the dance floor!! @

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Review 15 for Kcon

3 / 5

The concert was awesome, organization was not.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: the concert @

Setlist: BAP, G.Na, VIXX, Nu'est, Exo-M, 4 Minute @

Opening act(s): AJ Rafael, BWB, Days 47 @

Posted 10/15/2012

by Mari2003

Location:San Diego

The venue was a bit small for everything. They should've utilized the space they had more efficiently. We stood for almost two hours waiting to be seated because rehearsals were still going on which should have been done the night before. Also, we bought a lot of stuff and we should've at least been allowed to go back in and out as we please to put away our merchandise.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: the concert @

Setlist: BAP, G.Na, VIXX, Nu'est, Exo-M, 4 Minute @

Opening act(s): AJ Rafael, BWB, Days 47 @

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Review 16 for Kcon

3 / 5

The concert was great!!!!

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: My favorite moment was the end of the concert when everyone came out and bowed and it allowed for more photo opportunities and eye contact. @

Posted 10/15/2012

by Anonymous

Location:Riverside, CA

This day started off bad. VIP Ticket buyers got in first and were supposed to get breakfast, but we got a piece of bread and a mini muffin and the only drink choice was hot coffee. We were also supposed to get a tour of the grounds and production area but that didn't happen. All in all, VIPs didn't feel like VIPs at all. In order to go to an artist signing, you had to get a voucher, but not very many people were told, so when you went to get in line, they were already given out. It was really unorganized. The panels were pretty great, i just think maybe this location was too small for what they wanted to do. it was pretty packed. Once concert time came around, we got to the pit and man were the VIP tickets worth it!! They had a lot of surprises and all the performances were perfect!!!

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: My favorite moment was the end of the concert when everyone came out and bowed and it allowed for more photo opportunities and eye contact. @

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Review 17 for Kcon

5 / 5

KCON was amazing but

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: the concert. i started crying when B.A.P came out on stage @

Setlist: No Mercy, ....... , Crash,,,,, To hot, ......., Black and White, Rock ur Body, ....., ...., Face, Not Over You, Action, History, ....., What is love, Mama, ...... Mirror Mirror. I can not remember the entire set list but the are the songs i remember @

Opening act(s): Dumbfounded, and a couple other people @

Posted 10/15/2012

by SeeU

Location:Canada

I had fun at KCON it was Amazing. I loved the concert at the end of the day. The only thing i did not like was how the autograph signing went it needs o be more and have more time o=for each and a limit of not 100 people but of about 150 to 200 and they should be in different locations through the con and we should be allowed to give the groups our gifts personally. and the prices for the merch was a little to high. I think an actual convention hall with a big space that the concert can be held would be good too. but over all it was planned really well. i plan to again next year

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- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: the concert. i started crying when B.A.P came out on stage @

Opening act(s): Dumbfounded, and a couple other people @

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Review 18 for Kcon

2 / 5

Disorganized

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- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Getting to meet Nu'est. @

Posted 10/15/2012

by Yoonese

Location:Phoenix

There were too many glaring errors throughout the 'convention' portion of the events to be completely overlooked by the concert in itself. The organizers needed to actually properly plan the event, it felt like kids were behind all the choices because they tried to sell everyone on this amazing idea to get everyone's hopes up. Then when it came to showtime they just didn't provide what they had sold everyone on to begin with.

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- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Getting to meet Nu'est. @

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Review 19 for Kcon

2 / 5

Poorly-organized convention and great concert

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- Irvine @

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- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The concert was great, all of the performers did an amazing job. EXO-M's live performance was nearly perfect. And the atmosphere was great. @

Posted 10/15/2012

by Somewhereibelong

The 2012 KCON should be split into two totally different parts: the daytime convention and the night-time concert. The AUTOGRAPH Session was a huge commerical lie!
For the convention starting from 10am, it was a huge disappointment for almost everyone attended. The biggest reason for this is that on its official website, KCON promoted its AUTOGRAPH session as if everyone can attend it and get the autograph as long as you bought the ticket for the whole day event. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT TRUE! Only some 100 people (for each group/artist) who got the RANDOMLY distributed voucher were able to get the autograph. If that is the case, why does KCON not clarify it at the first place? They have no idea how many people came a long way and spent so much more money on the airticket, hotel and such just to get close to their idols and maybe say hi to them face to face. Many fans prepared a lot of gifts for the idos as well. But it turned out that the autograph session is such a huge commercial scam. I am positive to say this because there is not a slight hint on the KCON official website telling people that the autograph session had only the capacity of 100 people for each group and the voucher was distributed RANDOMLY by some staff or even security people. Many people could have just watched the online streaming at home and saved hundreds of dollars if they knew it was rather impossible for them to get into the autograph session. Besides the disappointing autograph session, the staff and volunteers were not well trained or informed. Few of them could answer the questions regarding the location of events or the time of events. For the ambitious KCON organizers who want to make it a tradition, please be WELL PREPARED next time and TRAIN YOUR STAFF! We didn't pay for such poorly service and mess.
The bottom line is if it will be such a mess next time, don't bother to pay for it. Just stay at home, save money and enjoy the free online streaming. And it's LIVE!

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- Irvine @

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- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The concert was great, all of the performers did an amazing job. EXO-M's live performance was nearly perfect. And the atmosphere was great. @

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Review 20 for Kcon

3 / 5

Organizer Ruined Kcon

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine @

- Irvine @

, CA @

- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: ONLY THE CONCERT SAVED THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! @

Posted 10/15/2012

by CNBLUEFAN

First of all the concert part was GREAT! The stars gave an outstanding performance. Now the part where it got ruined. First this event was pretty much sold on the fact that you will be able to have a chance to meet and greet the stars and be able to get a signed autograph. That being said when the time came the signing event was a TOTAL CHAOS!!! No security, lack of staff knowledge and they were totaly unorganized(felt like it was being run by non-professionals). They then changed the rule in order to get autographs, you now need a voucher and for 100 people then to 50. While it was not stated anywhere nor announced anywhere of this new procedure. I am sure they were aware of how many people are coming and they put the signing in a very small tent. No flow on the convention side...people were wandering around aimlessly, chasing staff around for the coveted vouchers. If it was not for the concert, this would have been a total failure. Check out Kcon facebook and you will see all the unhappy attendees.

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- Irvine @

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- Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @

Favorite moment: ONLY THE CONCERT SAVED THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! @

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