Walker Stalker Convention

Did not go last year and I was sorry, went this year and was sorrier! Purchased VIP tickets for myself and my girls to the tune of $ 220 each. This did get us in earlier than the general admission passes so that was good. No security check whatsoever upon entering — no bag checks — NOTHING! Once the weekend was over and I thought about this really bothered me. Many people had backpacks and they just walked in with them. Once inside, it was very poorly organized and crowded. Waited on line for over 4 hours to get a Norman Reedus autograph. Autographs and pictures were extra. My autograph was $ 80 (husband gave money to the kids for an early Christmas gift). I would rather have had the $ 80, but I have to say Norman spent time with every person on line whether they were purchasing an autograph or not.
Not sure if I would go back. I mainly wanted to go because they had a lot of The Walking Dead cast, minus Andrew Lincoln (my fave).
Also heard that some nut bite Norman Reedus. Was she playing the role of a walker? He was gracious enough to continue his appearance!

This was the most poorly organized event I have ever attended. The organizers clearly oversold tickets so that we waited an hour just to get in the door. They also have volunteers running the lines who are doing the best but haven’t been given any information or guidance. Inside, there were few signs and no maps or schedules of events. We stumbled onto a Q&A with Michael Tranor from TWD and that was fun and entertaining. Otherwise, there was no one to meet unless you wanted to fork over $ for an autograph or picture. You could not just say hello. Downstairs, there were curtained off areas where apparently where Steven Yeun and Norman Reedus were available for pics, and someone was calling out numbers but it wasn’t clear how you got a number or got in line to meet them. The downstairs floor (actually the parking lot under the building) was laid out in a way to bottleneck people so that we were prevented by sheer masses of people from getting to the other side of the floor. I won’t go again.

I had just recently attended Walker Stalker Con this past weekend. First time, nice experience. Had a great time. Only thing that really disappointed me was that Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley had canceled last minute for Sunday, and instead showed up Saturday. That’s why I had originally bought my ticket for Sunday. I just feel they have to notify the fans beforehand. Because I haven’t gotten a notice or email. Maybe better luck next year, that is if they would be present. Other than that, had a great time with one of my friends and did some exploring.

This convention is… Fine.
Yes most of the cast of TWD is there, yes there are plenty of booths, yes it’s $ 80 cash with a 2 hour wait to meet Norman Reedus. Are you kidding me? $ 80 and I get to stand in line to meet him for what, 30 seconds? No, thanks.
There is no security check. The booths are spacious and have some goodies to buy but overall there are not that many to choose from and they become redundant after a bit. The «panels» are all exposed with some seating and screens next to the stage. If you leave and come back? Good luck! The line wraps around the block. The Walking Dead experience downstairs is only an experience because it’s a complete and utter fire hazard. The cool TWD mug with free refills? $ 20.
I’ve done it once and can honestly say I won’t be doing it again unless they move to a different menu. Still something worth checking out once, though.

Completely unorganized!!!
We went on Thursday to pick up our VIP passes, and wrist bands, so avoid the chaos on Saturday, we noticed that on Thursday we were having a hard time finding parking, the girl told us that there will be parking in the Walmart/​SAMs club parking lot.
Saturday we get there early, went to the Walmart to park, it was full, maybe because there was only 40 spots available, which wasn’t enough for the expo center. After about 30 minutes we finally found a spot, in one of the parking lots.
There was a huge line for those who didn’t get their tickets earlier, that went all the way into the parking garage, thankfully we didn’t have to wait! And walked right in, to basically chaos! Packed, disorganized mess!
On the first floor they are selling lots of walker dead, comic related stuff, they also have the area where you get autographs from stars against the wall, it was jammed packed with no organization.
Each person signing autographs charges, usually $ 40 for a selfie picture, and $ 80 for a autograph.
There are tons of lines! Good luck knowing which line you suppose to stand on… They have general admission, celebrity VIP, regular VIP, gold, platinum, there are no signs to let you know which line to stand on.
My daughter met Carl from The Walking Dead and the staff which is all volunteers, was yelling the whole time to not take a picture with my iPhone. I really don’t see the BIG DEAL considering how much we spent to get in here (we were celebrity VIP $ 837.00)
We also met Abraham from The Walking Dead he was cool, so was the staff working at that booth.
Now onto who we came for Daryl Dixon, this was just ridiculous! To get the autograph, we were on line for 3 HOURS! And yes we were celebrity VIP for HIM! There is absolutely no structure to the lines, they were letting regular VIP people go in front of us, and let’s not forget about all the handicap that gets to skip no matter what their pass is! I swear everyone rented a wheelchair the day we went (Saturday) by the time we got to meet him, which by the way was great, he’s a sweetheart, it goes by so fast, the girl sitting next to him was basically rushing everyone.
By this time, my poor husband went to check out downstairs, which you have to go outside and around the building, he was lost, couldn’t go back up the stairs, was told to go back to the front of the convention, which he did, and was then locked out because the fire Department wasn’t letting anyone in! Seems like this isn’t the only year this happened. So the entire time I was on line to get Daryl’s autograph my husband was stuck outside for 3 hours!
After the autograph I took my chances and went out! I needed a break! A cigarette, and food! So we took a break and went to get lunch, after a hour there seemed to be no more like outside
It was now time for the photo ops, and Jesus Christ it took all the patience in the world to get me through this process! It’s downstairs, small space, again absolutely no organization, they are yelling with a microphone to stand on certain lines, you can’t hear anything, you have a Mob of people just standing around confused!
I went under the damn barricade, and stood where I wasn’t suppose too, I wasn’t going to miss this, I couldn’t hear anything, and people were running, and pushing, I was also with my teenage daughter.
Finally they call VIP for Daryl, and we ran to the number line they called. There was the platinum line first, then gold, then us, but there were regular VIP people on the gold line, none of the staff said anything! Once the line started to move it went fast, because once you’re in to take a picture it’s a one second interaction!
Overall I did it, I met who I wanted to meet, I would NEVER EVER do it again!
It’s unprofessional, the staff has no clue what they are doing, it’s oversold, too crowded, unorganized!

Awful awful convention. Poorly organized.
Unless you are a platinum VIP holder, it is not worth your time. From the moment I walked in I encountered rude «volunteers» and security who were constantly yelling in your face.
Complete waste of time and money.

This was extremely disorganized. I went to the ny/​nj convention at the meadowlands expo center. Too small of a venue for this type of crowd. This was my first time attending any con, and the only reason I knew what to expect was bc I picked up my wristbands days earlier to avoid that extra line, and talked for 45 min to a volunteer who was kind enough to give me a lot of useful tips and information. So I was gen admission, and when we got there at 9:30am they had just let VIP in. there was already a lot of people in the GA line, but we were able to be at the front of the second group line to get in.
They let us in at 10:30, we b-​lined for Norman reedus’s booth bc we knew where to go, lines were already almost full so we jumped in and made it to the queue. The line seemed to stand still… For over 3 hours it barely moved, mostly VIP was let in first and here and there a few gen admission, finally after 3 ½ hours the line started moving slightly quicker and we got up to purchase our autographs ($ 80 by the way!). They wouldn’t allow you to take photos with him on your phone, and all the photo ops were sold out before the day of the event. (Although They didn’t mind us taking photos of him from the line before we got up to the table). The only part that made up for this crazy disaster of an event was meeting Norman who was so sweet talked to and hugged everyone, he was great.
I was also able to run downstairs (which was a mess and a huge fire hazard by the way) after that and meet Ben Mckenzie who’s line at that particular moment was empty because he was on a break. So I stood first in line and only had to wait 10 min for him because he came back early. Again not only was I not allowed to take a photo with him on my phone, but the volunteers wouldn’t even allow us to take pictures of him from far away. They were literally standing in front of us and waving their hands around so u couldn’t get a picture. Really rediculous. So I bought an autograph (his was $ 45), and I was able to talk to him for a little bit since no one else was really there.
I feel like cell phone selfies should be allowed after most people are waiting hours to meet these people. Honestly waiting for Norman took up most of my day and after getting to meet Ben we were pretty exhausted, and spent so much money that we didn’t even bother with anyone else. The lines for people were still so long, I was content with my two autographs. I’m considering being a volunteer next year because sometimes u get photo ops and meet and greets in exchange with the actor of ur choice.
My tips for anyone considering attending; definitely go a couple days early and get your wristbands so u can avoid that line and get a feel for your surroundings. Talk to volunteers and get as much info as u can. Get there early the day of! I can’t stress this enough the earlier the better because if ur in that line first u can get into the line of the actor u want to see sooner. Plan out who ur going to see and when, get the app which tells u when photo ops are so u can plan that if u purchased those (I recommend purchasing any u want beforehand bc they get sold out at the event). If ur going to see Norman, he’s the first booth u want to run to because it’s always the most packed. If not, whoever it is u want to see most is the person u should go to first. I wouldn’t recommend photo ops because it’s actually a 30 second interaction u barely can say hi. At least autographs u have a chance to maybe take a picture with them on ur phone (if u pay for it), but at least u get to meet and talk to the celebrity. All in all it was fun to meet them. but I don’t think i’d go again. Too chaotic.

It was a waste of money the workers were great I must say but General Admission were treated like garbage they seem to forget WE made THEM to be fair you can’t blame the actors for all the charges a lot of it is forced on them by the promoters but I will never pay for a SELFIE with my own camera it should be an honor to meet US who make these things possible in the first place. We did meet Michael Cudlitz and Sean Patrick Flannery and those 2 were beyond cool and 2 real nice guys and gave toy their time not just a hint and bye. We didn’t need him but Irone was real good to the fans also. So if you’re silly enough to spend hundreds of dollars for VIP treatment you may have a better time.

It was a huge waste of time and money. I went to the one in NJ on December 5^th 2015 and will never go again. I am a big fan of the Walking Dead and have been watching since the beginning and was shocked at the way I was treated there. First of all, we were herded along like cattle and could barely breathe or move in some places it was so crowded and disorganized. Second and most importantly, they try and charge you $ 40-​$ 90 to get a photo, selfie, or autograph for EACH actor. It’s more expensive depending on their popularity. You also have to wait in an hour+ line to finally pay your dues and meet the actor.
Some actors were kind enough to have meet and greets for free. I got to meet RJ Mitte at no cost. Others would only meet you if you paid $ 50 for a photo.
The whole thing was ridiculous and degrading. Also, they didn’t even let you snap a picture of the actor beyond the line. There were volunteers there to yell at you and block your camera. If you stood in one place for too long, the volunteers and security guards yelled at you to keep moving. Yeah, like cattle.
So, in conclusion don’t go if you don’t intend on spending over $ 100 and get yelled at for 4 hours.

I attended the Orlando walker stalker con 2015 with my niece. She asked for VIP tickets for her birthday. I had no idea what the prices were when I agreed. Luckily, I found a deal on living social. I was able to book a great deal on a hotel via Priceline and we went the night before so will call was a breeze. We got in 1 ½ hrs before general admission but there were stil ALOT of people lined up for both VIP and general admission. We went straight back to Norman Reedus and the line was already insane! We were given a ticket and told to check back. When we came back we stood in line for 2 hours and the line was barely crawling when we discovered no pics at the table. His photo op was sold out so we decided not to waste the whole day in his line and not get a pic. We saw many gracious celebs that took pics (for a fee) and did a few photo ops. Towards the end of the day we decided to check his line one last time. We decided we would stand in line for a hand shake which was better than nothing. The VIP line was not bad so we hopped in. When we got to his management and told them we weren’t purchasing an autograph we were met with uh ohs and hang on. A volunteer told us that they really only wanted paying customers in the line (I paid $ 200 to get in) but they wouldn’t turn us away to just make it quick. My niece stuck her hand out to Norman Reedus and he pulled her in for a hug and said come here sweetheart. He shook my hand, asked our names and we hurried along as we were told. He asked her if she had anything for him to sign (his autograph was $ 80) and she said no and kept moving. She was wearing a Daryl shirt so he grabbed her sleeve and said what about this shirt? And scribbled his autograph across her sleeve. I was so impressed by his behavior and it made my heart sore to see how happy she was. Especially since this was immediately after she spent $ 60 on Emily’s selfie and she didn’t even ask her name. The Beth character was her idol and the whole reason we went. I was bummed that she saw her celebrity hero in a different light. At this point we had spent all the money that we could that day and decided to just go meet a few other celebrities. I was disgusted at the ones that didn’t allow that. If u weren’t buying something u couldn’t meet them. I was sure that was included in my ticket price. We decided to visit Seth Gilliam (father Gabriel) and he was so gracious. He’s also in teen wolf and spoke with us for at least five min. We didn’t want to hog up time since we know how it feels to wait in those lines. On our last day, right before we left, I suggested we visit Seth one more time after we were turned away by other celebs. He was charging $ 40 for his pic and I went to his management and told them we had 20 bucks left. Our last bit of money before we walked out the door and would he accept it. They agreed and said we could take one selfie. He introduced himself again and I thanked him for his graciousness and told him that not everyone would just meet fans. I handed him a post it note that read 1 selfie. He pulled us over to his booth and had one of his volunteers take two pics. He hugged us both twice. Such an awesome guy! Iron E was only charging $ 15 for his pic! I didn’t see a price that low anywhere. I purchased his book and he signed it and took two pics. One with my niece alone and one with us both for $ 35! I would go again but I would spend my money differently. I wouldn’t waste so much money on the VIP pass and I would do more photo ops. U don’t get a lot of FaceTime with the celeb but u get a hug, a pic and the line moves fast. Sometimes it’s best not to have a lot of time to talk because u can continue to think of them as their character and not some spoiled brat that doesn’t care about her fans. I took away one star only because of the prices. Many celebs were charging the same for a selfie as a professional pic.

I attended the Dallas Walker Stalker Con held on 3÷14÷15, and needless to say, I was not disappointed! Bear with me for this long review as I want to help as many of you as possible that are thinking of attending or planning to attend!
This was my first con, and prior to going I had heard both good and bad things about them, eager to know what was ahead. I was a GA (general admission) ticket holder, which meant that unlike VIPs who got in at 9 AM (or 9:30, I forgot), I would be going in with the rest of GA at 10:30. I got to the venue about 10 minutes prior to opening (thanks Dallas traffic) and the line was LONG. However, when it finally opened, it went surprisingly fast and soon enough I found myself inside the convention hall. My first order of business: get an autograph from Emily Kinney.
Due to the high volume of people at the con, it was pretty tough seeing where the end of the line was, and after eventually finding it, I came to find out I was in Steven Yeun’s line (no complaints there, wanted to get his autograph too). By the time I got to the front, they had stopped letting people in since it was almost the end of his first meet and greet session. I was pleasantly surprised at the method they chose to use for the people still wanting autographs: they gave out raffle tickets with numbers on them and when they would hold up their white board and your ticket was in the range of numbers, you could hop in line. Luckily Emily Kinney was right next to him so I went ahead and grabbed a ticket for hers as well. I’d like to believe this is standard practice at all WS Cons so be sure to get your raffle ticket, and keep checking those boards!
I had to wait a couple of hours until I could line up and wait for Emily who was coming back first from her break in between sessions, and in that time there was a decent amount to see and do. Lots of interesting vendors selling things from comics to weapons, posters, and even those cool colored contacts. I had bought 2 posters ($ 7 each, not too bad) with pictures of Beth and Glenn on them respectively for them to sign at their booths. The panels were also going on at the time, and if you weren’t able to grab a seat (I think they’d only let a certain amount in, VIP first then GA) there was plenty of room to the sides.
I made it back to Emily’s booth a little before 1 o’clock (she wasn’t coming back until 2) and was able to line up practically at the very front as soon as they let raffle ticket holders in (again, this is why those are important). Standing for an hour shoulder to shoulder with my fellow Beth fans wasn’t the best, but it was worth it! Well kinda. Unfortunately it seemed like Emily Kinney was slightly rushing each person but this probably had to be done cause there were a lot waiting. Emily’s prices were $ 60 for an autograph and $ 60 for a picture (and yes, that includes selfies with your own phone) and I’m quite positive he only took cash. On a random note, cashier/​manager for Emily, you should think about maybe scooting down the table rather than sitting right next to her. It felt rather odd and many other celebs didn’t have their cashier next to their shoulder. Emily was really sweet and nice, shook her hand and got my picture taken by a volunteer (who took 3 pictures which was a nice touch, same pose). Regret not attending her concert she had post-​con!
Next was to Steven Yeun’s booth. Steven was charging $ 80 for an autograph and $ 80 for a selfie. This didn’t seem too outrageous for me cause he’s been there since season 1, and let’s face it, when are you ever gonna have a coincidental run in with a Walking Dead celeb? I was able to get in his line immediately after Emily’s, and I HIGHLY recommend giving him a visit if you’re a Glenn fan. Super humble and takes the time to talk to fans (which explained why his line wasn’t moving super quick, but that was okay). I didn’t have enough cash on me and had to make a trip to the ATM, and the volunteer was kind enough to let me hop out of line to get cash and back in, so shoutout to that guy! Shook Steven’s hand before and after the picture and signing, and got to tell him how glad I was he hasn’t been killed off yet. Again, the volunteer taking the picture took 3.
Note: I read online from several comments that some celebs will take a quick selfie with you even without paying so maybe it’s an idea to ask? I didn’t, I was too nervous haha.
Sadly enough, I was done spending by that time. It was a highly enjoyable experience, and even though I didn’t get to meet everyone I wanted to, I did see a lot of them from not so far away. Don’t be intimidated by long lines!
Hopefully this was my first of many Walker Stalker Con’s to come, as I will definitely be back next year! Hope this helped anyone thinking about going. And I had a perfect experience as a general admission attendee, so that’s something to think about if you’re tight on money. More money for autographs and pictures too LOL

I attended the Dallas, Tx Walker Stalker Convention and was pleasantly surprised at how well it was run. My group of four adults used our Living Social vouchers to pick up our wrist bands with no wait. We arrived an hour before General Admission was let in and waited in a long line. However, when the line was let in to the convention, it was very fast. We immediately went to one of the autograph booths and waited less than 15 minutes to get a selfie with Giancarlo Esposito (Gus from Breaking Bad). We then went to David Moressey’s booth (The Governor from The Walking Dead) and waited about 45 minutes to get a picture with him. The panels held at the convention were great. We watched two of them and the large screens set on both sides of the stage were awesome. I liked that the venue was large and open. You could hear the panel even if you weren’t sitting in the audience. The interactive games were entertaining, one of our group did the Zombie Apocalypse and enjoyed it.
The reasons I did not rate this five stars are:
— tickets were given out to people waiting in line for pictures, to minimize the length of the lines and for safety reasons I think. The volunteers gave them out in the wrong order, which resulted in people from the back of the line getting through first.
–there was not enough to do to for two full days of attendance.

Cool vendors, massive crowds, unorganized, and sorry to say I’m not impressed. I love The Walking Dead but I felt I was the walking dead meaning boring… very disappointed :(

I didn’t know what to expect. I saw the deal on Groupon and bought 2 general admission tickets for $ 25 each. Was it cool? Yeah. Would I go again? Naw.
Doors opened for us at 10:30 (9:00am for V.I.P.) and we got there at about 10:00. Since I had the Groupon deal, I had to pick up my tickets from Will Call before entering and it was confusing from there… Huge masses of people, long lines and no direction. I didn’t even know where to park! You would wait in one line only to be told at the door that you were in the wrong line. Once we got in it, was about 11:30 and it was packed but tolerable.
There were vendors selling weapons and other items for zombie survival kits and there were fascinating artists displaying their work and doing zombie face paintings. There was a stage for the celebrities to play games, talk about their roles, and answer questions from the audience but the seating was limited and the sound was awful! Lastly, the cast from the Walking Dead and other celebrities from zombie movies were present to sign autographs and take photos. The prices ranged from $ 20-​$ 100 for autographs and photos. There was also a shooting game with bb guns and zombie targets. There were 2 options but I got the 100 bullets for $ 10.
Between 1 & 1:30 it was so congested that you could barely move. It had to be a fire hazard. Luckily we were ready to leave because if you’re not standing in line for photos or waiting for your favorite celeb to hit the stage, there’s not much else to do. It took forever to exit the building and they were still letting people in!
All in all, it’s a great idea and a cool experience but highly unorganized and very tight.

I’m not sure which entity to be more disgusted with. The expo center or the actual convention. We have been here since noon and still have not gotten in. There are no lines to stand in just a mass of people and no thought process as to how this should have been conducted. The Fire Marshall was right, this is a fire hazard and it makes me a bit nervous. At what cost of over selling do you take into account people getting hurt. I will never attend again. I can’t even review the actual convention because after a 2 hour drive plus tolls and 1.5 hours of waiting and counting I have yet to see even a Zombie. AMC you are lucky The Walking Dead is a great show.

I found out about this event through a Living Social deal.
We had tickets for Saturday I came by around 3 or so no lines or issues getting in we checked in got our tickets & then went to check out the prices for the photo opts not terrible the prices vary depending on the characters The Walking Dead cast of course very popular.
We ended up getting Shane, Glenn & Maggie together not bad, couldn’t get Daryl since he was sold out.
Big open space lots to see plenty of booths to check out with various characters from old zombie related movies & scary movies from the past. The walking dead characters was my main reason for attending the convention.
When u walk in they do direct u to the photo opt area but neglect to tell u that u can get that inside as well wish I’d known this b4 we paid for ours only because u have to pay for print & digital can’t do either which kinda sucks since digital is the way to go who bothers w prints any more ?? But oh well.
Inside they have plenty of booths with various characters there u could pay for autographs, pics either one or both pics are w with your phones better in a way depends on which u look at it.
Lines for the picture opts were not very well organized hard to figure out which line was for who & the people directing u seemed to be doing a lot of yelling when trying to move people along this was a bit of a hot mess.
Assuming u got on the right line they are long but depending on your character the line does move quickly once ur group is moved in u go in quick chat, snap snap & done.
Once we were done with our photo opts we walked around came across a few more characters got to see Daryl, Hershal, Carl, Merle, Tyreese, The Governor, Rosita & Beth all pretty cool.
Upset that that I didn’t see Rick, Michonne & Carol.
Main complain here was the lines these were not very well organized & I wasn’t too thrilled with the cash only for the photo opts a bit of an inconvenience.
All in all I got my pics & got to see a lot of great characters so in the end the event was worth it.

For the people going here tomorrow, wake up as early as you can to make sure that you do not have to wait outside, since although the website says that the venue can accommodate several thousand people, this was not the case at all. Show up several hours early so you can obtain parking and admission inside the venue. Arrive when you wish at your own peril.
I woke my best friend up at 6 am, my sister was up by 6 am and all three of us were at the venue by 8 am. More than 100 people were already waiting inside the venue but when we left by 11:30 am (doors open at 10:30am) there was a line out the door at least half a mile long.
I am not a «die hard» fan of The Walking Dead (I love the story, not enough to shell out hundreds at a convention) but as a result of my varied interests, my little sister (much taller than me) happens to be one. So, when I saw complimentary Walker Stalker Con tickets for $ 9 bucks a pop on
a few months ago, I bought three and organized a field trip. The general admission tickets ranged from $ 45 to $ 100 as of last week.
Months ago, I wanted to buy my sister a photo opportunity with the actors, specifically the entire Greene family for around $ 160. She was vehemently against it, even though I told her it would be her Christmas gift for the next few decades.
As a point of fact, every photo opportunity or autograph with/​by an actor (could be purchased in advance or at the convention) ranged from $ 40 to VIP packages into the thousands of dollars (those packages sold out sometime this week). No thank you, I will just sneakily take photos like a stalker. There were also several panels but as the center became increasingly packed, I opted for freedom.
My favorite part of the convention happened to be the vendor area for the artists ($ 10 for original Walking Dead art work, Buy 2 get 2 free poster deals etc.), in addition to the zombie makeup stations and the various costumed gentle people walking around and making me laugh. I definitely received my $ 27 dollars worth and I would attend another Walker Stalker convention again as long as I again obtained complimentary tickets.