By: Ava

My wife & I took our kids on Sunday (this was also our second year going) and the one thing I noticed is that it felt SO much more crowded. I expected it to be crowded, but the main floor was so packed you could barely move. It’s like they knew they had less space at the Javits this year but still sold the same number of tickets. Thankfully we didn’t encounter any homophobes or rude people, but the extreme crowding was really unpleasant. They also didn’t have the kid’s rooms or family lounge like they did last year, which was a nice place to get away from the crowds for a bit with young kids. We still had a good time - my 8-year-old dressed as Coraline was pretty popular, which she loved - and will likely go again next year, but this year definitely wasn’t as fun as last year.