This was my first conference, so I have nothing to compare it to, but I thought that even with the amount of people they had they did a pretty good job managing it. Obviously with that many people there's no way everybody is going to have the same experience, but I think most people had a good experience.

Trying to ride the escalators were really the only time that I felt claustrophobic. Hopefully if you go next year it will be a better experience, and if not, then I guess you will be one fewer person blocking the stairwell