Olympic (and Paralympic) Tickets

[Sng]

Yes, and Volleyball for tomorrow!! I think it included a Team GB match.

I hope my printer has some ink in it!

I didn't bother printing out, just read them the reference from my phone.

Don't forget ID though! And the second time I collected they asked for my Visa.

She also gave me a travelcard even though I was already at the venue and have an Oyster card. So I think she was just a bit special.

[mirodo]

Aww nuts

There are plenty of £10/15/20 tickets still available for the Paralympics which will get you into the Park.

[Luke]

I didn't bother printing out, just read them the reference from my phone.

Don't forget ID though! And the second time I collected they asked for my Visa.

She also gave me a travelcard even though I was already at the venue and have an Oyster card. So I think she was just a bit special.

I've went for the print at home tickets.

Also, wouldn't the travelcard at least have saved on your Oyster for the journey home?

[Sng]

Oh I didn't even see an option to print ticket at home.

And yeah maybe. Didn't think of that!

[Luke]

Have printed them off at work, just to be on the safe side.

I'm not sure if the print at home option is new, the email has a link in to a page with more information, which then doesn't even mention the printing at home option. More genius from the ticketing website!

[Graham S]

Yes, the print at home option has been added in the last few days, presumably as a response to those horrendous queues at Stratford Gate ticket office.

[Luke]

I'm guessing it's going to cause fun on the train when using a games price train ticket.

[XBOKS]

There are plenty of £10/15/20 tickets still available for the Paralympics which will get you into the Park.

This occured to me soon after I posted that! May well end up doing this

[pledge]

Time to waste another couple of hours trying to get some for this weekend. Athletic tickets appearing and disappearing right now.

[footle]

Time to waste another couple of hours trying to get some for this weekend. Athletic tickets appearing and disappearing right now.

I'm somewhat half-heartedly trying to get some for my parents. If there were 3000 put up last night, and god knows how many people refreshing, the odds don't seem good.

[Bushtopher]

I'm getting obsessed with trying to get tickets now! Whenever I'm at the point of giving up, someone on Facebook (or on here) seems to get some which makes me think that I do perhaps have a chance after all

[Spleen]

I'm getting obsessed with trying to get tickets now! Whenever I'm at the point of giving up, someone on Facebook (or on here) seems to get some which makes me think that I do perhaps have a chance after all

I feel your pain.

Watched the football here in Coventry on Sunday, and have Paralympic tickets for London on the 31st, but I NEED Olympic tickets now.

[pledge]

There's so many events appeared now for tomorrow, no idea what to try for now.

[footle]

I'm somewhat half-heartedly trying to get some for my parents. If there were 3000 put up last night, and god knows how many people refreshing, the odds don't seem good.

Got some water polo tickets; also got some class B swimming tickets, which I've then deleted because we've already got some class C ones for the same session and we've bought the water polo ones. Just got to work out the logistics now.

[Bushtopher]

I guess it must just be luck, but I've been sat here since 9.30 before anything came up and am getting nothing Well.... actually I'm getting to wait 15 mins or more for it to tell me I've got nothing!

[Art Vandelay]

Just keep picking different options - different venue, different sport, change the dates. Stuff appears as if by random which is what gives me so little faith that I'm actually in a queue for something.

[footle]

I was a bit stunned that myself and my wife both got tickets. If it isn't something that's suddenly appeared in the last few minutes I have no confidence at all: the swimming hadn't appeared as available on a search of the Olympic Park available tickets, for example. Whereas my wife was saying there were 43 events available at the same time I saw four.

The whole website is a shambles,

[Bushtopher]

How long did you have to wait in the queue for? Did you get the thing saying there was a 15 minute wait, and got something at the end of that?

[Art Vandelay]

I scrolled to the bottom and discovered that this shoddy, barely working, bingo hall meat raffle standard website is apparently powered by Ticketmaster. Imagine my surprise.

[footle]

How long did you have to wait in the queue for? Did you get the thing saying there was a 15 minute wait, and got something at the end of that?

10 minutes each. I released the swimming tickets without buying them.

[Art Vandelay]

My favourite part of the chase is when your waiting time tumbles down from 15 minutes to nothing as some kid in their offices repeatedly mashes the massive 'CANCEL!' button that's in front of him.

[pledge]

Woo. Managed to get Handball tickets for tomorrow night. 3 browsers, varying searches, different size baskets, every sport, every price.

[Art Vandelay]

Is there any reason it keeps timing me out? I even keep another tab open and then idly browse around the site to let it know I'm still active. What a horrible waste of time.

[Bushtopher]

I have about 5 tabs open in two different browsers for mine and my wife's account. Wait for over 15 mins on each one until it finally says no tickets found. Then I start over again. Depressing.

[pledge]

Turned down some Badminton tickets, but got some Volleyball for Saturday morning. 3 hours of work though.

[Plissken]

What fucks me off is that - even if you strike lucky in the ticket lottery - it is another £70 to catch the train down from Manchester.

[Luke]

What fucks me off is that - even if you strike lucky in the ticket lottery - it is another £70 to catch the train down from Manchester.

Is that with the Olympic ticket holder train fare rates? I'm hoping just having print at home ticket, doesn't cause too much of an issue. My wife said they didn't even check when she went yesterday.

I got to the final stages of some women's handball tickets for this morning (Team GB match), but then realised how late it was, and how early I'd have to get up to be there in time, and how little sleep I'd had all week trying to get tickets, and thought it was best to give it a miss. Still not 100% sure I made the right decision.

[El Pibe]

Oh I didn't even see an option to print ticket at home.

And yeah maybe. Didn't think of that!

Who's the special one?

Is that with the Olympic ticket holder train fare rates? I'm hoping just having print at home ticket, doesn't cause too much of an issue. My wife said they didn't even check when she went yesterday.

I got to the final stages of some women's handball tickets for this morning (Team GB match), but then realised how late it was, and how early I'd have to get up to be there in time, and how little sleep I'd had all week trying to get tickets, and thought it was best to give it a miss. Still not 100% sure I made the right decision.

Watching GB was fun, but they aren't very good (understandably), so you'd be better off getting tickets for the likes of Norway and France because they are amazing to watch.

[El Pibe]

What fucks me off is that - even if you strike lucky in the ticket lottery - it is another £70 to catch the train down from Manchester.

How far is it to drive and how expensive from opp north? We drove from Exeter, parked at South Woodford, and then used our free travelcards to take the four stops to the park.

[glb]

Back home for a couple of weeks in September, so picked up some tickets for the Paralympic athletics on 5th September. Was gutted to miss out on Olympic tickets, but so excited now to still have a chance to visit the Olympic Park to cheer our boys and girls on. Think we'll go up a few hours before hand and have a proper mill around.