Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 16

Okay, okay, okay....First Emma. Girl, you're doing it wrong. But I hope I'm not too late in responding to this question.

First of all. Stay in line! 9 at 2 a.m. is good. You have a chance at mantinee and if not, you will almost certainly be a shoe in for the evening, which may or may not mean standing in line for another 6 hours.  But suddenly being the first in line at 2 p.m may give you some courage. Go get takeout and settle in. But #9 is not bad. Read my FAQ---Have cash on hand as some people may come around before the show looking to sell their seats.

Second of all, are there people behind you? You should have rallied with them to and moved that empty chair after about 2 hours and when the "friend" came back you should have publicly called them out on it. It's too late now. Don't let this happen again.

Third, you and your friend should have been swapping out every hour or 2. If you don't get into the matinee, do this for the evening show. Sell those Smokefall tickets.

Again, stay in line,  and start planning what you're going to do for the afternoon wait. You can do it! Just think you are almost guaranteed to see the evening show. #9 is too close to call for the matinee to not wait.

 

Sorry if this has been asked already- but I wanted to find out whether it was necessary to line up at 7am on a Wednesday if I was interested in tickets for the evening performance?  Based on some of the accounts, it sounds like joining the line in the afternoon was fine.  Does anyone know whether tickets for the evening show could become available in the mornings?  Thanks in advance for the advice.

SaiSai, in general, when there are 2 performances, if you want the evening performance you can line up an hour before the matinee. People who have stood in line for the matinee are not always willing to stand in line for another 6 hours. So you'd probably be fine with strolling in between 1 and 3. If you want to see a matinee get there before 7.

Based on the what I've been reading, this time of March is a good month for standing in line during the week. It's pre-spring break, post-holidays, still cold and just outside tourist season/the summer. That leaves a lot of locals who have to work during the week. And a Wednesday breaks up line with 2 shows.

Updated On: 3/5/16 at 11:05 AM

It's not that bad. Some people take SRO tickets after standing in line for 12 hours. I wouldn't do that.

The trick is to come prepared. Dress in layers, bring snacks and a chair and mentally prepare yourself to lose your Saturday to waiting in line.

Check the Cancellation Line FAQ

I am the friend emma mentioned - we got the last standing tickets at about 2.02pm and made it into place just in time for the cell phone announcement! So worth the lack of sleep and the cold!

Congrats! It's interesting that at 2 a.m. you you can be the last people to get standing room tickets. Thank the line sitters!

Linesitters4us said: "We are professional,  reliable linesitters that will get you into see Hamilton.  We wait on the cancellation line for you !! Please email me at linewaiters76@gmail.com.  we charge a reasonable rate per hour plus the FACE value of the tickets.  Still cheaper then stub hub and ticketmaster resell!!! Over 10 years of experience, we always come thru for our guests!!! Contact us for more info 

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If you have 10 years experience then why aren't you licensed like the main company people use? Also, none of you sitters can guarantee tickets bc you never know what is available so that's false advertising. 

Wow this guy is so professional. Sign up now. 

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He was just ranting in capital letters. Not surprised he deleted it. I'd never give my money to him (and the 'other' line sitters he mentions have great customer service, from past experience). 

This is what I love about linesitters. 

They claim they were in line at 2am, but in reality you have no idea they didn't show up until 6am. Also, I have heard that linesitters are working together and covering for each other. 

It's a scam in my opinion. 

Updated On: 3/7/16 at 01:43 PM

gypsy101 said: "bfreak said: "This is seriously crazy. They should stop this (the people going so early) or else the theatre will cancel the cancellation line somehow like when Rent had to switch from rush to lottery just because people were showing up so early and were camping out so frequently."

How do you propose "they" stop this? and who are they? the people at Hamilton probably like selling those leftover tickets.

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I think they should be part of the lottery. If the show doesn't know how many tickets will be available at the time of the lottery, the lottery winners will be assigned a number and comeback 10 minutes before showtime. 

they really should do the wristband thing like what they did for the Death of a Salesman rush, you cant get the tickets without one, and the security just randomly shows up to do it, thats honestly the best way to determine whose actually been standing in the line and possibly get rid of the linesitters 

The main company sends a pic within 15 minutes of arrival and the person assigned to you stays in contact. I don't think they work together (at least the main place) bc I've seen some Twitter stuff where the others were called out for using their pictures as their own. I don't think it's a scam but there's got to eventually be a tipping point of more sitters than tickets. I was thinking of using it one day but they already had 5 clients and I don't know when the first one was going, add in other sitters and the general public, I could pay $200 or more and not even get in. Nope