Updated January 21st, 2020 at 11:39 IST
RuPaul's DragCon criticized for long queues at event with no guarantee of getting in
RuPaul criticized for long queues at Drag con. Even after queuing for hours there was no guarantee of getting in as the venue was overcapacity and overbooked.
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RuPaul's event, the DragCon is being blamed for mismanagement by social media users as thousands of people line up for a chance to enter the even that is already overcapacity. Social media was flooded with angry comments accompanied by pictures and videos of the chaotic event. The UK event was scheduled for two days from 18 January to 19 January.
Hour-long queues
The chaos at the even is being compared to the disastrous Fyre Festival and TanaCon. Social Media users reported thousands of people standing in the cold attempting to even queue for hours to try and get into Olympia before the organisers could start turning people away.
thousands of people still out in the cold queuing, the venue way over capacity, people demanding refunds, there’s only one man who can fix this mess #DragConUK pic.twitter.com/YapCwBaM2w
— JOE (@JXEKER)
as somebody who usually attends an event called ‘dragworld’ (a safe and enjoyable event) i can sit and say that this is a shit show. the fact that they thought olympia could hold this many people... heads were empty: mind full of money #DragConUK pic.twitter.com/IzgzGduBeu
— amelia (@girlsofparis)
People are getting impatient at #DragCon #RuPaul #dragconuk we want a refund if don’t let us in!! pic.twitter.com/BlUX3q6POH
— Fran Castaño (@Franfrinmusic)
Okay, @RuPaulsDragCon is a total shambles. We've been queueing for two hours, haven't moved for one hour, no updates, no nothing! Cold, hungry, feet hurt, need the loo. And we paid a fortune for the tickets! #dragcon #dragconuk
— Grace Anatomy (@GraceAnatomyUK)
@RuPaul @RuPaulsDragCon So we’ve been told that nobody has been let in for 2 hours because the venue is at maximum capacity!! We’ve been told no refunds, doesn’t look like we’ll get let in today! 🤬 Where’s our #RUfund ? #dragconuk
— Beth (@bethanjane22)
The people were told that those who could not get into the event on day one were told to return the next day with their unused tickets in order to enter, but people quickly realised that this would make the situation on the second day much worse.
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So. Hold on. People outside #dragconuk are being told to come back tomorrow with unused tickets to get in. Ummmm. Isn’t that going to make tomorrow EVEN WORSE??? pic.twitter.com/EMQumPqHSU
— Christian_S (@chrise17)
Wait, if all the ppl with Saturday tickets who didn't get in today come back tomorrow and tomorrow is prob overselled as it is anyways, isn't the same thing gonna happen? Worse even? #DragConUK
— Ms Peanut Butter (@PeanutDelano)
RuPaul knowing there’s nearly 3,000 people outside but he still got paid #DragCon #DragConUK pic.twitter.com/4O9vmi1CSY
— Sam Pinner (@pinner_sam)
Lmao I’ve just gotten word that they turned the music up so u can’t hear the people outside chanting🤣 #fyrefest I mean #dragconuk
— JakeyonceTV (@jakeyoncetv)
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Published January 21st, 2020 at 11:39 IST