Any other crazy people picking up Harry Potter at midnight?

[SDAngel101]

I leave to go on a cruise today actually so i wont be able to read or even see it untill i get back on the 29th I bet that my 3 brothers and dad will have allraedy read the book over the week i am gone, and will be talking about it when we get back.

 

[supercarrie]

My copy is currently being shipped to me, to arrive tomorrow by FedEx. I had plans tonight so I ordered mine off of amazon.com, but my little sister went to the Harry Potter party at the Barnes and Noble here.

 

[Tartan Tigger]

My book was delivered by Amazon, it arrived an hour ago. My plan had been to read the book on my flight to Florida next week. Now I have it the plan is to read one chapter a day and finish it on the flight to Florida.

 

[Cindy B]

I wnet to the local Borders and they had it organized well.

I called and reserved a copy earlier in the afternoon.

ONce we got there, there were tickets, and each ticket had a house on it, plus a number.

There were activities, like face painting, showing of the movie, reading of the last chapter of book four, free popcorn, and sheet cake (one for each of the houses!) The had a sorting ceremony, and a trivia contest. (My son won a cool hat!)

At about 1145 they picked a house out or random, and had them lined up.. (1st one was Ravenclaw) , and midnight they started distibuting the books and checking out. Then at 12?15 they called Slytherin (they were checking the tickets to make sure the house was correct and no one was sneaking in!), then Gryffindor (we were Gryffindor), and unfortunately Hufflepuff.

We got home about 12:50. There were lots of kids, but even younger than my son.. some were toddlers!

 

[katerkat]

We got there at about 11:30 and wander around a bit. Then I got in line at 11:50 while DH continued his wanderings. At 11:59 they started a countdown and then the line started moving! They made everyone buy a voucher way before midnight (pre pay the book) so the lines moved very fast -- hand over the voucher, get a book. Any other books/stuff purchased had to be done at the cafe, so the HP lines kept moving. We were out by 12:20!

I'm up to chpater 6, but had to go to work. Luckily, DH wants a guys-night-out thing tonight, so I'm free to read all night!

 

[Obsessed w/Disney in OH]

Ok, now the book is here and there has been no blood shed thus far, but it's getting ugly...


We've started the timer system...your turn, the timer starts for an hour...when the timer goes off, you pass it to the next person. It's a huge book!!

Have fun!