I purchased Row B of the balcony. I figured it was the type of show that you didn't want to be too close. Plus the price was the lowest. Yes, I would have loved to be closer, but I am seeing 8 shows, during my June visit, and the prices this season are ridiculous.
Is there actually a row "a" in the balcony? There was a forum about this recently, and I cant find tickets for row "A". On ticketmaster, they show the front balcony row as "B". Is this what you meant? I rely hope I didnt buy the wrong tickets...
ak72090, you are absolutely correct. I should have stated Row B. I am actually the one who inquired about that in the first place. I will fix it in my above reply.
I'm 6'4" I've seen The Lion King in the orchestra and Poppins from the Balcony.
I HATE the New Amsterdam. It's very uncomfortable place, and honestly would think twice to actually see any show there again. I'm not sure why Disney didn't do to add leg room when they remodeled. THey could have pulled one row and made it a much nicer theatre.
Artman-- I have an update on Row B of the New Amsterdam. Here's what I just posted in another thread: The interactive chart on ticketmaster shows no row in front of row B, at least for the show I bought (4/30.) But after I looked into it, dates after 4/30 show a row "A" in front of B. What the hell? So I thought I bought front row seats, but now that doesn't look like the case. Anyone ever heard of something like this? Could it be those seats or reserved? (I figured reserved seats would just come up on the chart, but as unavailable.) Thank you in advance.
I HATE the New Amsterdam. It's very uncomfortable place, and honestly would think twice to actually see any show there again. I'm not sure why Disney didn't do to add leg room when they remodeled. They could have pulled one row and made it a much nicer theatre.
I completely agree. I'm about average height and I hate how little legroom the seats have at the New Amsterdam. I can only imagine how miserable it must be if you're a tall person.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
There is a picture on the ALADDIN Facebook page of the interior of the New Amsterdam during load in and it looks as if they had removed the seats (or at least built something over them for tech) It was a weird picture and I couldn't get much out of it other than the view was looking toward the proscenium.
Just got an update from Disney. They just added the front row back to the shows, and those who bought row B tickets will get an email soon , with instructions for a free upgrade to Row A. Artman--if you get this email before I do, please let me know so I can stay on top of this.
No, sorry, I think I threw it away but I definitely got a flyer in the mail with a code, so it must be out there somewhere. I think it was like $99.00 for the first few weeks or something.
"THey could have pulled one row and made it a much nicer theatre."
Ummm. Let's see. Let's just say 24 fewer seats at $125 each (minimum) = approx. $3000 less income per performance which is roughly $ 1,050,000 per year of lost income. Meanwhile people aren't refusing to buy the tickets there because the theatre is too uncomfortable. Does that answer the question?
I remember for The Lion King, everyone always said the orchestra was the best area to sit because of the way the animals came through the aisle and a lot of stuff hung down that you couldn't see well from the balconies and the effects with the smoke, etc.
Does Aladdin have a lot of fancy stuff like this going on with magic? Should I look for seats lower to the ground? What's considered good? I don't want to pay anything outrageous (I usually like to do Front Mezz, personally), especially since I didn't jump when there was a discount code...
We attended the first preview and sat front mezz in the center of the section. They were great seats. We used a discount at the box office. I think we paid around $80 per ticket.