Tarzan Student Rush instead of Lotto — Page 2

...but if you show up exactly two hours before, there will already be a line of people down the block. I'm sure Ali (and all the rest of us) will want to get there a couple hours early to guarantee that she will get a ticket.

Disney wants a clean-cut image, which makes them adverse to facial hair. I don't blame them , I think facial hair is gross, but I digress. As for the change, I don't like how they discriminate against grad students, who are just as poor as undergrads. I wonder how closely they check IDs. I know Jersey Boys didn't even look at mine.

"On second thought, I wonder if the production was asked by the city to stop lottery. As much as I love the lottery, the sidewalk in front of Richard Roger is not good for the amount of crowd for its lottery."

Under that logic then the city should shut down pedestrian traffic in Times Square. The city cannot tell them to NOT do a lottery, at most they can restrict where they do business. But I doubt they did it in this case. Plus Tarzan isn't the only show with a lottery. Avenue Q frequently blocks pedestrian traffic as dies RENT and (sometimes) Hairspray.

"Now, there will be a bunch of teenagers sitting outside the theater all day, I don't think parents or tourists who are visiting in town will want to go if they think teens are the target audience."

Well, this is how RENT first started, they switched to a lottery after what, a year? If people start camping out I think we'll see Disney eliminate it all together or go back to the lottery.

This is pure ageism(sic)
I'm sure it is a business deal to sell those obstructed view seats cheaper and sell first row for Top dollar.

"How can you still do it if you're not undergrad... are you going to cheat the system and deprive poor undergrads from seeing Tarzan?" -dreaminarent

Excuse me if I sound offensive to anyone (in advance).

Undergraduate students are NOT the only "poor" people who benefitted from lotteries. On the average, graduate students are actually poorer than undergrads (who tend to have their parents' support). These rush policies infuriate me as a graduate student. I've got far less money than I did as an undergrad, yet many places (like Tarzan) think I should be paying full price.

I support this idea...I think the people who are willing to work their ass off to get to the theatre and get in line should get the tickets. Now, I personally probably won't be one of those people, but I know how expensive it can be to see a show in New York.

It could always be worse...there could be NO lotto or student rush. Quit your b****ing...if you wanna see the show that damn bad, but a ticket full price.

the press release from Disney didnt say anything about the student rush being for the obstructed view seats - maybe they will still be the front row tickets they were holding for the lottery - why dont we wait and see before bashing them for putting the poor students in the obstructed view seats - if that proves to be the case, then bash away, but until then, good for them for giving the opportunity to students to see the show for 20 bucks - i do however agree that it shouldnt be limited to undergrad students, as few grad students have money to spare

I don't mind that they are going to do a rush policy instead of lotto. If you are willing to wait for the seat, then great...you should get a ticket. BUT, I don't agree with a student Rush, especially for only undergrad students. I had way more money when I was undergrad. I like general rush better because it allows anyone who may not be able to pay full price get tickets. But then you have more problems with scalpers buying them. So I think they need to maybe limit the amount of times you can do it like they did for Chicago back in it's day. You could only rush once a month I believe. They made copies of your ID supposedly. I don't know how true that is, but some kind of system that helped stop scalpers from getting in line everyday would be good. Hmmm maybe the lotto is a better system :)

I predict Disney is true to their fine print and scraps this entire rush/lotto thing by the end of the summer. "Subject to Availability" could basically mean never.

Yeah, but this is a Disney show. There is NO way they are going to allow a crowd of teenagers sleeping and camping out outside of the theatre.

First time that happens, they will scrap the student rush tickets.

Updated On: 4/5/06 at 01:27 PM

I believe that the front row will probably be for student rush. Look at Movin Out and how it was able to accept ID in the front row. In fact, the front row is probably more likely to be obstructed because you have to look up the whole time.

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