CF2012 was a blast - so much went right - the location, the staff, the attendees, the atmosphere, the hotel staff (apart from you-know-what) that I can't list them all, so in the great British tradition, I'll just say thanks to all the staff, volunteers, attendees and hotel staff who made it so awesome, and move onto a couple of niggles - some of which have already been mentioned, and which, in fact, mostly revolve around one thing that had been hyped up - the food - and are therefore mainly out of the control of the CF staff.
The queues for events in the main stage area - yes, we're used to queueing in the UK, but the heat and humidity was way over the top. Working Security, I could always dive into the stage area for a breather and cool off, but I felt sorry for those stuck out in that long corridor. I don't know if placing a large fan is feasible due to H&S / space considerations - maybe the queue could be run the other way down the main hallway towards the entrance ?
Breakfast - great unless you're vegetarian. The Britannia, despite its faults, did have vegetarian sausages as a breakfast option - couldn't these be provided in future ?
Likewise the Indian buffet on Saturday - again, almost no vegetarian options. The menu mentioned "Stir-fried chilli-garlic prawns" - which either didn't appear at all, or were what had metamorposed into some kind of chicken curry with a few mini-prawns (i.e. not vegetarian). The hotel staff didn't even know what the dishes were, so it was a bit of a fiasco. The menu was limited for veggies, but you would at least expect what was on the menu to be available. The "Bombay Potato Sangallo" turned out to be unlike any other Sag Aloo I've ever encountered, more resembling boiled new potatoes than anything vaguely Indian.
The BBQ on the Friday - do I really need to mention the silly length of the queue ? (and the veggie sausages there seemed to be about 90% mashed potato)
Oh, and if someone orders an egg and cress sandwich, don't be surprised if they're a bit put out if they're given something with no cress in it because the hotel had apparently run out....
The aircon in the room was 75% non-operational. Mildly cooler air could be obtained by continually resetting the system (according to one of the hotel staff, it's an *old* system) and we eventually found we could get cooler air just by opening the window - which says volumes about the aircon system
The nightclub and fursuit lounges being at opposite ends of the hotel.
But anyway, enough moaning, well done to the team, and roll on ConFuzzled 2013
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