Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 57

Hellob said: "You should really change your name to 17 hours bc you never stop mentioning that."

LOL! Yeap! It helps others! If they are reminded that 17 hours didn't get me a ticket, maybe 18 hours will help them get theirs. The #17 is embedded =) My birthdate and birth year, reversed =)

In all honesty, I know many of us wish this line were more manageable in time. 8 hours the most--a work day. If the RRT wants to sell 30 min before curtain and sell Premiums afterwards, then just distribute numbered bracelets in the AM and send everyone away til and hour before show and line up in order. This can avoid seventeen hours for everyone =)

Does anyone know if chairs are permitted prior to 10 am? What about stadium type cushions? I don't think I could physically stand for 14 hours straight...

FYI I bought a last minute ticket from stubhub last week and it took 18 minutes for the ticket to become available for printing. Support said it's possible processing can take up to an hour. I don't think this is normal but just letting you know there is some risk if your time window is small. Also time from doubletree business center to theatre front door is 6 minutes.

I've also run into the issue lately with last minute print outs from SH. It's a great platform, but if you are buying within a 15 minute window of showtime, then you are cutting it very close. I bought a ticket less than 30 minutes before the show and it was available about 5 minutes after my order went through. Still plenty of time, but the 5 minute wait was agonizing.

1st: Brunette, I am LOLing at your new "17" icon



And, I think someone else mentioned this earlier in this thread, but what about running cancellation line as wristbands, but in the way that Springsteen runs GA at concerts: wristbands get passed out during certain hours. Then, when the passing out hours are done, a number is chosen, and that number is the first person in line. So for example say the RR hands out 100 cancellation line wristbands. Then they choose a number, and that number is let's say 27. So, you line up and #27 would be first in the cancellation line, #28 would be second, etc. There's no incentive to line up first for wristbands, because being "first" on the cancellation line is the luck of the draw.

It would probably be a total pain to run close to curtain, but it'd cut down on camping out/all day lines, if that's the priority.

Would that not basically be creating a secondary lottery then?

ammurp said: "Would that not basically be creating a secondary lottery then?

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Basically. For those who want to spend $177+ on tickets. I'm guessing that'd be a smaller crowd than the digital lotto?

If their big thing is they don't want people camping out all day (which to be honest I give a little side-eye to: having a line of people outside your theatre all day every day, and then press about how you have a line of people outside all day every day, that's free publicity (granted, for a show that doesn't really need it) right there), it could be a way to handle it.

Em6 said: "We did 22 hours end of April and still did not get in. We were already next in line."

UGH! I Feel your pain! Wear your twenty-two proudly!

Boday said: "At this point I'm trying to decide between attempting premium tickets vs. resolving ahead of time that I'll do Stubhub the day we plan to go. Has anybody been in a line where no premium tickets were offered?



Welcome Boday!

I had a double whamee. I waited on a day where no premiums came out at all and where StubHub orchestra seats were priced at $700-$750 before fees at 7pm. That would have meant $1700 for two tickets. So walked away from the cancellation line completely defeated =( but the recent stories tell of so many premiums being offered.

broadwayfever said: "New rules for cancellation line went out the window tonight. Every single rule was broken. Security guards in on it...#Kickbacks.

I'm shocked...SAID NO ONE EVER! LOL! Can only laugh at the complete joke the "rules" are. There aren't any. Pathetic.

tmm709 said: "I'm curious, what if a line sitter bought a premium ticket earlier in the day? Would they be forced to sit in the box office for hours and hours until their client showed up and then they go in together? Or would they be allowed to buy the ticket a leave the theater to deliver the tickets to their client?

Well, according to the RULES last weekend, the clients had to be present to purchase their tickets. The sitter could no longer purchase for the client and the sitter would be skipped in line to the next patron that was present to see the show. You may want to direct that question to a sitting company to get the current status of things directly from them.

In the meantime, this whole rules thing is truly " A. HAM" "A. Hot Ass Mess" LOL!

MyFavoriteBrunette said: "tmm709 said: "I'm curious, what if a line sitter bought a premium ticket earlier in the day? Would they be forced to sit in the box office for hours and hours until their client showed up and then they go in together? Or would they be allowed to buy the ticket a leave the theater to deliver the tickets to their client?

Well, according to the RULES last weekend, the clients had to be present to purchase their tickets. The sitter could no longer purchase for the client and the sitter would be skipped in line to the next patron that was present to see the show. You may want to direct that question to a sitting company to get the current status of things directly from them.

In the meantime, this whole rules thing is truly " A. HAM" "A. Hot Ass Mess" LOL!



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First, I totally agree that this is a hot ass mess! Second, I like that you're up at this hour to chat about this hot ass mess!!

But as we know from previous experiences, "premium" tickets are released throughout the day. You're right, I should ask the line sitting company but I wanted to see what experienced line sitters thought about this idea. Hypothetically speaking, a professional line sitter could buy 2 premium tickets at 11am, 8-9 hours before showtime. Is the BO going to make them sit in the lobby until showtime? From what I've read, the professional line sitters have always passed on the premiums.

Does anyone have thoughts on what time you need to be in line if you are willing to take premiums? From what I hear it sounds like a lot of people pass on those. I'm not planning to do it since I've seen the show several times but a couple friends have asked me for advice after hearing I've been to see it several time without paying resale prices. Apparently my suggestion to go back in time and buy tickets when they first went on sale is not helpful. I've always told them unless they're willing to wait at least overnight they'll have to just use resale or take the (poor) chances with the lottery. But it seems like cancellation line premium would be much better than resale non-premiums since at least for the money you get good seats.... I just ask because of every story I've read on here, I don't recall any where anyone had opted to take premiums that were offered.