Hamilton Cancellation Line- Page 57
Hamilton Cancellation Line
#1400Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:53pm
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 =)
#1401Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:56pm
jdra said: "I am wondering if anyone has any more details on how the line went today for Javier's matinee. Were the professional linesitters there? Did they get called out again? I am coming in a couple of weeks from California and would be happy to see Javier's show if it is easier to get in and get good seats. I am happy to pay for premium."
For what it's worth, I rushed Les Miz today (more later; the show is in great shape) and walked by the Hamilton line around 10:30, give or take 10 minutes. Everyone was standing. I didn't see any tents, chairs, or stools. The line did not quite reach the Marriott breezeway.
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bucky3
Chorus Member Joined: 5/7/16
#1402Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:15pm
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...
Ehlbee
Swing Joined: 5/11/16
#1403Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:24pm
bucky3 said: "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... "
They are. Up until the RR opens and the staff comes out, it's a free-for-all.
mmshamilton
Swing Joined: 5/14/16
#1404Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:26pm
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.
bucky3
Chorus Member Joined: 5/7/16
Tandrews
Understudy Joined: 11/24/15
#1406Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:32pm
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.
#1407Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:56pm
PThespian said: "I don't think wristbands are the solution. People will just start to camp out overnight in order to get the first band. Same problem."
Not a full solution but will make the RRT happy for themselves since what they don't want is the fans camping out during the day...no chairs no tents. They could care less what goes on at night--as long as you don't tear open their trash for Hamilton cups! If they get a fined for the untied trash then they def won't be happy.
A line that were to happen between closed box office hours is what is currently happening and would be a shorter wait if you got your bracelet in the AM. And at least you can walk away from the line and be human before coming back for possible tickets. And the RRT doesn't have to deal with policing swaps or enforcing rules because no one will be at the theater lined up during the day.
For anyone that waited double digit hours, like myself =) I had dirt, soot and grit all over me from the wait. I know if I had got into the show, ai would have completely forgotten my dirt, but would be nice to rest and shower before seeing the show =)
#1408Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 10:27pm
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.
mailhandler777
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
#1409Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 10:29pm
^They did Garth Brooks tickets that way too back in the day.
Hi, I'm Val. Formerly DefyGravity777(I believe)
ammurp
Chorus Member Joined: 5/6/16
#1410Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 10:35pm
Would that not basically be creating a secondary lottery then?
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#1411Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 10:38pm
I sat next to a guy that said he was like 12th in the cancellation line, and they stopped right before him and he ended up buying a ticket for $200 from a guy on the street.
I didn't realize it was this cray cray of a situation.
#1412Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 10:43pm
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
Chorus Member Joined: 4/29/16
#1413Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:01pm
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 =)
"We did 22 hours end of April and still did not get in. We were already next in line."
#1414Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:16pm
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
Swing Joined: 4/21/16
#1415Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:49pm
Hi everyone! Long time gawker, but just recently got a username etc. so I could post because my trip is just two short weeks away! I absolutely love all of the information, the stories from the line, and how everybody has bonded on this board. 
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?
#1416Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 12:18am
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
Featured Actor Joined: 6/15/08
#1417Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 12:47am
New rules for cancellation line went out the window tonight. Every single rule was broken. Security guards in on it...#Kickbacks.
Security guards put on a really good show in front us by telling the professional line holders that they had to buy a ticket for themselves and only one for their client...and then immediately go into the theater. However, in the end, they were allowed to leave the box office after purchasing the tickets and basically meet up with their clients in a different area to hand over the tickets.
You have to keep in mind that these security guards have been friends with the professional line holders, scalpers, and ticket brokers for a very long time. Kickbacks is how they maintain their good status with the security guards. Now they are at a crossroads. They don't want to lose their jobs but at the same time, they don't want to bite the hand that's been feeding them for so long with generous kickbacks.
Tonight was quite comical because thee same guard that was telling the line holders that they couldn't leave the theater after purchasing the tickets, was the same guard that let them out of the theater and said nothing to them...go figure.
#1418Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 1:01am
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
Swing Joined: 5/14/16
#1419Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 1:41am
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?
#1420Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 1:54am
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!
jdra
Understudy Joined: 5/9/16
#1421Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 1:58am
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! "
I think perhaps the "rules" might be different with the premium. Especially since they sell them often early in the day and people leave with them.
tmm709
Swing Joined: 5/14/16
#1422Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 2:23am
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!
"
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.
mailhandler777
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
#1423Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 2:31am
^They pass on premiums because the client has already paid the $177 when they hired them. I guess if the client wants a premium ticket they would have to pay the $477 up front also.
Hi, I'm Val. Formerly DefyGravity777(I believe)
ChiTheaterFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/15
#1424Hamilton Cancellation Line
Posted: 5/15/16 at 2:32am
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.
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