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Paralympics tickets

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,955
    Still nothing sadly!
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    Big batch now on line
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    they must've all bl**dy gone quickly then!
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    just brought Team GB Wheelchair basket ball tickets two minutes ago, so there are plenty in the system at ExCeL and the O2
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    I wanna go to the olympic park though and they seem far harder to come by!
  • steveizz
    steveizz Posts: 52
    Check what the description is on events, i got some 7 a side football tickets which include park tickets.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    88% of tickets sold, so just over 200,000 tickets, of which 100k will be sold during the games.

    What a sports mad nation
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    Salad said:

    Just looked at getting some Paralympics tickets [from London2012 website] for something in the Olympic Park upto September 4th, only a basketball session came up, tried any date for Olympic Stadium - nothing!
    Is it really this sold-out??

    That's the ting with something that is powered by Ticket Master, they say tickets are available when they ain't. Stange but thats the way it is.

    Went to see the womens marathon on the Embankment and went to the area of the Olympic without going in. Also got tickets for Paralympic swimming and the Orbit on the day after the opening ceromony.
  • david2206
    david2206 Posts: 124
    Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but if any of you are on twitter you should follow @2012ticketalert - they have a system that allows them to automatically check the ticket website every second - as soon as any tickets are posted a tweet goes out with a direct link to the ticket page (this is a big reason why tickets are going so quick - they have 50,000+ followers).

    I managed to get athletics and velodrome tickets in the original ballot - also managed to get orbit tickets a week ago for the evening after we go to the velodrome.
    Really looking forward to it.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    thanks David - that probably explains why I fail every time I try!
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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    Cheers David
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    so we have to sit on twitter all day pressing refresh instead....great!
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    100,000 now on the website for sale
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    lots of olympic pass tickets on there. am or pm though (how do they clear people out during the day???)
    no events in the olympic park though. Some wheelchair basketball available at O2 if anyone fancies that?
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    ARGH, just saw this when I got in....nothing now - bloody thing, passes would've been ideal
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    just managed to get Olympic Park tickets for Friday 10am - 3pm, thinking of going over on the cable car with my little girl, anyone done it?, any good?, is it easy to get to the park from wherever the cable car drops north of the river?
  • C.Walsh'sLoveChild
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild Posts: 3,334
    There are hundreds on there right now. Media seats have just been released
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    Elthamaddick said:

    just managed to get Olympic Park tickets for Friday 10am - 3pm, thinking of going over on the cable car with my little girl, anyone done it?, any good?, is it easy to get to the park from wherever the cable car drops north of the river?

    I've done it mate. It is very good but if you don't like heights you'll be in for a shock as it goes pretty high. You can pay on Oyster and it takes about ten minutes.
  • kigelia
    kigelia Posts: 2,582
    Just nabbed some more athletics tickets and taking daughter to some equestrian event as well. Looking forward to it.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    stop shouting said:

    Elthamaddick said:

    just managed to get Olympic Park tickets for Friday 10am - 3pm, thinking of going over on the cable car with my little girl, anyone done it?, any good?, is it easy to get to the park from wherever the cable car drops north of the river?

    I've done it mate. It is very good but if you don't like heights you'll be in for a shock as it goes pretty high. You can pay on Oyster and it takes about ten minutes.
    will a travelcard cover it?
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  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,001
    No mate.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    anyone get that email last week asking if you want your tickets emailed to you to print at home instead of picking up from a box office?
    I filled in our details but haven't received anything, not even confirmation email?
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    wasted so much time trying to get tickets have now lost interest
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Know how you feel Salad, glad I bought these paralympic tickets when all hope was fading fast from trying to buy for the Olympics.

    Somehow 1 of the events I had in my basket we didn't get in the email confirmation, so not going to the swimming now which I'm gutted about but at least we're going to the Olympic Park and the Stadium on Saturday night to soak up the atmosphere and cheer on these amazing people.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,569
    edited August 2012
    I've got tickets to the olympic park on the 4th - a bargain at £5! anyone got any advice regards how long it takes to walk to the park from the station, what's the deal when you get it - do you just wander around and find a big screen to watch? i am presuming there will be a nice place for me to sit and have a beer or two, and i won' be restricted to eating in the worlds biggest macdonals. I'm sure this is all on their website, but i prefer it hear it from you lovely people.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited August 2012
    moutuakilla said:

    I've got tickets to the olympic park on the 4th - a bargain at £5! anyone got any advice regards how long it takes to walk to the park from the station, what's the deal when you get it - do you just wander around and find a big screen to watch? i am presuming there will be a nice place for me to sit and have a beer or two, and i won' be restricted to eating in the worlds biggest macdonals. I'm sure this is all on their website, but i prefer it hear it from you lovely people.

    You come out of Stratford International with the crowds. Less than 5 min walk through The Westfield shopping centre & you're there.

    There's only really 1 big screen (that you've seen on TV), on a grass bank by the river. You usually have to queue up to get in there. That's the only place to sit. Beers are £4.25 (I think) a bottle. Problem is you've drunk one by the time you sit down. You then neck the next one in 20 mins & you have to leave the "grass bank" to find a loo.

    It's great to walk round the park to soak up the atmosphere, but there really isn't much to do, unless you want to sit on the bank for hours beerless.

    After a couple of hours I would think you'd have had enough.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,569
    presuming that the security checks to just get into the parks are as stringent as to get into a venue?
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    with park tickets, is there any chance of gaining entry to any of the venues within it, i.e are they ensuring that they are full up, wonder if there's the option of paying extra to get in for instance the stadium if there's empty seats.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    moutuakilla said:

    presuming that the security checks to just get into the parks are as stringent as to get into a venue?

    There's only 1 security check, airport like, which is to get into the park.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,738
    YESSSS ! Just got 6 tkts for Monday night's athletics !!!! Can't believe how easy it was !!

    Taking daughter& son in law, 2 grandkids & myself & Mr F - cat A tkts for the MASSIVE cost of £110 !!

    Give it a try folks !!!

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