Fri 13th: X room this empty at 8.41pm

We started queuing at 7.15pm and got in about 8.30pm. Others report 2 hours wait, we prob made up for time by sliding down the left hand side twice. Not pushing, just gaps opened up and it seemed to naturally move more down that side. Tbh we never felt crushed at all, I’ve def had worse in that aspect.

I’ve been DS twice and never had these issues. It’s so confusing why they had that stoping point/tight bottle neck as you enter the old Ikea undercover car park, that wasn’t a thing before and the gateway was tiny! And as someone has posted, the amount of empty space at security checks was baffling. Both times I’ve been, security checks were pretty packed but never felt unsafe, so this made no sense. You think if anything, that would be a good spot for to have crowds and use security cameras as people line up.

My friend had nothing on him got pulled in for extra checks as did the guy behind us who was with his gf. Again, had nothing on him too. I don’t particularly have an issue with first lot of checks as I do fear a weapon will be brought in and used one day. When I first went DS, I was so supprised they didn’t have proper metal detector machines to be thorough and speed up the process. After waiting for my friend 20mins, we walked into X room at 8.41pm to find it this empty!!!

A lot of excited international travellers came to this event, especially Americans/Canadians who would have spent hundreds on flights and accommodation and time off work.