Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 36

First and foremost, to everyone who posted information in this thread, THANK YOU! Long time lurker and finally took my chances at the cancellation line (4/26) and was successful. I waited for 9 hours and got amazing orchestra seats.

Cancellation line: SOLD had the first 2 spots. I was originally 9th in line and that changed due to people bailing or buying premium tickets. Throughout the day I saw Anthony, Renee, Jasmine, Daveed and took a photo with Lin. My fellow line sitters were awesome. I was able to leave (bathroom, food) and come back multiple times with no problems. Tickets weren't released until 6:50 (very nerve-racking).

NOTE: We also had people watching Stubhub prior to showtime and the prices dropped significantly. At 4 PM, orchestra seats were at $650, by 6:55 they were down to $250 (minus fees).

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :)

Updated On: 4/27/16 at 09:11 AM

FedEx at the Marriott: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1081132&page=28

casedilla2 said: "If you had ended up getting the stubhub tickets, where would you have printed them? "



The FedEx Kinkos at the Marriott Marquis in located on the 8th floor. A quick elevator ride away. They close at 7pm and is only good if you buy an "Instant Download" ticket that gets sent directly to your email. Second option is someone here mentioned there's a Staples on 8th Ave, not far from the theater. I guess they have computer lab one can use to print emails. If its a pick up ticket, you can print it directly at the StubHub offices on 40th between 5th and 6th at the Marriott Courtyard. It's 10 minutes walking from the theater, so 20 min RT. Prices do drop and good orch seats are available.

Does the theatre not accept a ticket on a smartphone? Surely if they're just scanning a barcode it won't make any difference if it's printed or on my iPhone screen?

Callum_brown1 said: "Does the theatre not accept a ticket on a smartphone? Surely if they're just scanning a barcode it won't make any difference if it's printed or on my iPhone screen?

No, they won't. It has to be a physical ticket.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=940771632653200&id=156195014444203

LJD123 said: "The problem being that Ticketmaster will not allow the resale of Premium or Preferred seating any longer. I just returned from NYC and paid a small fortune to be in the Rear Mezz so we could see the OBC. I have tix purchased on TM for Thanksgiving weekend the moment they went on sale and now I can't list on TM resale because they have implemented this policy. Seems ridiculous that some seats are able to be resolde via TM and some are not??? Has anyone else had this problem or heard of the same elsewhere? Thanks!"



Interesting! I have never heard of this, and it doesn't sound familiar to anything I've read on here from other people. So what happens - you're in TM, you look at your order, try and click 'sell,' and then an error comes up saying that you can't sell them because they're premium tickets?



I find it interesting that you already have access to your tickets in TM. I bought tickets in the last block, but mine are December 2016 (regular, not premium), and I couldn't relist them right now even if I wanted to, as they have a "delay" on them ("There is a delivery delay on this event. Please check the Event Detail Page for information on when the delay will be lifted. Once the delay has been lifted, your tickets will be available via your selected delivery method." ) There isn't even a 'sell' button listed next to them in my TM account. Clicking the "event detail page" link says they'll be available for printing 90 days before the performance.

Updated On: 4/27/16 at 12:54 PM

Sunshine31 said: "First and foremost, to everyone who posted information in this thread, THANK YOU! Long time lurker and finally took my chances at the cancellation line (4/27) and was successful. I waited for 9 hours and got amazing orchestra seats.

Cancellation line: SOLD had the first 2 spots. I was originally 9th in line and that changed due to people bailing or buying premium tickets. Throughout the day I saw Anthony, Renee, Jasmine, Daveed and took a photo with Lin. My fellow line sitters were awesome. I was able to leave (bathroom, food) and come back multiple times with no problems. Tickets weren't released until 6:50 (very nerve-racking).

NOTE: We also had people watching Stubhub prior to showtime and the prices dropped significantly. At 4 PM, orchestra seats were at $650, by 6:55 they were down to $250 (minus fees).

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :) "



Isn't today April 27th? I guess you meant April 26th (Tuesday)? That's awesome! If you waited 9 hours, I guess you arrived at the theater at around 10am?

hi thanks for the story, but i wanted to ask you all if i get there on a Wednesday at 5AM and stay on line for the entire day (matinee and if i don't get matinee, evening, i could make it in? I live out here on the island on the forgotten in Staten Island, so i could easily get over) thanks

MinervaMoon said: "I can see how the bonding and adrenaline would make it all worth it once you get rewarded with the show, since it sounds amazing. My problem though is not that I don't want to wait 30 hours (even though that's pretty strenuous); it's that I can't wait 30 hours because I won't physically be in the city.

I guess I'm just asking about the following two questions:

(1) Is 21 hours in advance enough time to be at least reasonably sure to get in?

(2) If not, is line switching policed, and if so, how?



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I am also super-curious about the answer to #2... we did our cancellation line experience back in late March... the line sitch had already gotten intense, but these rules were NOT in place. We made a deal with SOLD to wait for 10 hours total and we waited for another 9. In fact, back then the only rule was that the person who was buying the tickets had to be on line when the box office opened at 10am. So the SOLD guys were cool to let us split up the wait like this:

SOLD: 5:30pm-9:30pm (tues evening)
US: 9:30-midnight
SOLD: midnight-6am
US: 6am-1:30pm (when we got our tickets)

This strategy was all we could afford and, miraculously, put us at the front of the cancellation line. We had 1 day to get this show in, so I know the stress you're feeling!!!!!

I remember the next morning, around 10am that Wednesday, when these girls announced they were starting the Thursday line... the SOLD guys were totally shocked. They hadn't seen the wait jump that significantly.

So yeah, I wonder why the new rule -- and how it's enforced, other than the honor system and people on line policing it themselves... What I wonder is, say you and a friend want 2 tickets total... if the friend starts the wait and you do a bunch of hours in the middle and said friend comes back for the end, what's wrong with that? You're still only buying 2 tickets for 1 place on line, a place both of you secured?

Sunshine31 said: "Wick3 said: "Sunshine31 said: "First and foremost, to everyone who posted information in this thread, THANK YOU! Long time lurker and finally took my chances at the cancellation line (4/27) and was successful. I waited for 9 hours and got amazing orchestra seats.

Cancellation line: SOLD had the first 2 spots. I was originally 9th in line and that changed due to people bailing or buying premium tickets. Throughout the day I saw Anthony, Renee, Jasmine, Daveed and took a photo with Lin. My fellow line sitters were awesome. I was able to leave (bathroom, food) and come back multiple times with no problems. Tickets weren't released until 6:50 (very nerve-racking).

NOTE: We also had people watching Stubhub prior to showtime and the prices dropped significantly. At 4 PM, orchestra seats were at $650, by 6:55 they were down to $250 (minus fees).

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :) "



Isn't today April 27th? I guess you meant April 26th (Tuesday)? That's awesome! If you waited 9 hours, I guess you arrived at the theater at around 10am?



Thanks for catching that Wick3. Yes I did!

The SOLD arrived late-Monday evening. I was shocked that the line was so short. It really didn't grow until 3ish (some of the late comers got tickets).





So did you just get a single ticket? Or two tickets?



I also want to know about line swapping, I don't understand how that would be enforced?

Its gonna be annoying if we can't resell premium tickets on ticketmaster. My cousin offered to get me premium tickets for join so I took her up on that and turns out they are for August 20th. I mentioned multiple times that I wanted to see the OC but she bought them anyways. Now I have to offload them. How does ticketmaster know they are premium?

Updated On: 4/27/16 at 10:18 PM

I was quoted $725 for a SOLD line guy. So that plus two tickets are 1000 at least. If you have only saved 200 you need to wait in line yourself.