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organizer of RuPaul, The First DragCon UK apologized to fans who were not able to be in Olympic London because of the huge queues.

The Event is an opportunity for fans of RuPaul's Drag Race, The Stars of the reality TV show.

Some ticket-holders reported queuing for hours on Saturday to get through to the security staff that they would not be allowed in the hall.

organizers tweeted to say queues were slowing down because of health and safety fears.

-Ticket holders were invited to return on Sunday, but some that had Kingdom traveled from other parts of the UK, had to Go Home .

"health and safety officers had advised us to temporarily stop the queue at the inputs, we have today for an hour due to clogging of the gears and from then on - all in as quickly as possible under the health and safety at" organizers said in an official statement.

"We have not convinced us with the location, the safety and the health and safety for tomorrow's event, and that the same problems occur. Thank You and we appreciate you.

"If you can not make tomorrow, a refund will be honored. "

'I come from the days booked from work,'

to visit the beautician Nel Byars, 26, travelled from Wrexham to London with her sister and three children under the age of 12, The First day of the two-day event.

they came at 11 am and in the queue until 2:40 before giving up. Nel appreciates you and your sister spent several hundred pounds on the failed Family Outing with tickets and travel.

"they were all really upset, because they were so excited to come here and experience it, so there were a few tears," she says beat Radio 1 News.

Once inside, fans could queue to meet Drag Race stars like Bob The Drag Queen and Monet X Change

it says that after almost two hours in the queue outside The Venue , they were asked for their tickets to be valid for the Sunday, the wait for The Event , or continue to, while the door staff operated a nearly one-in, one-Out " system.

Videos that tell on Twitter security staff, ticket-holders yesterday, they may not DragCon, because of this-door policy.

"For us, not an option. We were back says on the same day," Nel said, adding that she would hope for compensation from the organizers for your travel for The Day .

"I had to come to book day of work. We've been waiting for months. "

Nicole Jones, 21, told Newsbeat she began in a row in front of the Olympia in London at 8:30 and got in two hours later.

she says, it is a better mood in the hall was to come, as it was outside, where some fans chanting for refunds.

This was The First UK-based DragCon event that has been held in Los Angeles in 2015 and in New York , since 2017.

The conference-type events allow the fans to see performances by drag queens on RuPaul's Drag Race, listening to lectures from The Show , The Stars , and meeting participants. These additional events sometimes require additional fees or purchase of goods, on top of The Standard ticket price starts at £40 Per day.

Trinity Taylor and JujuBee are told under The Stars lectures at DragCon UK

Another participant, who does not want to be called news beat that the people waiting in the queues were "incredibly patient and tolerant", because of RuPaul's "really loyal fan base. "

He began queuing outside The Venue at 10 am and left without inwards, at about 2 o'clock, and believes the organisers may have underestimated how popular The Event was.

He'd travelled down from Manchester, with friends and with the cost of tickets, travel and hotel, reckons he spent about £400 on the weekend.

Twitter used a common past screenshots from RuPaul's Drag Race UK, where RuPaul commented on the British people waiting for his love to the snakes.

And the others were surprised that the problems had happened.

Early in The Morning on the second day of The Event published photos show, the said, during The Morning , and other than it on Saturday.

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Source of news: bbc.com