Anyone ever attend an American Idol show...

[vellamint]

....we signed up for the wait list in January hoping against hope that if tickets came through it would coincide with our trip to Disneyland.

Last night I open an email that says my waitlist came through and pick one of the options (dress rehearsal, performance show, finale show). I dont even know why I checked my email at that time but they only sent it 20 minutes before and I was able to get 2 tickets.

OMG!!!! How much are flights...what about work....taking care of the kids etc. Get everything worked out even down to a FRIEND OF MY FRIEND GIVING US THEIR TRUEBLUE POINTS so it wont even cost us the price of the hotel cuz you can use those for hotels too.....and guess what...

She called the Nokia theater that said people sleep overnight to get those tickets. They are first come first serve......

WWYD? Has anyone been to one of these shows? We sooo want to go but not if we are not going to get in!!!!!!


I havent been that excited about something or done something so spontaneous in I cant remember how long and now I am just soooooooooo disappointed.

 

[FergieTCat]

I have never attended American Idol, but I have attended the Today Show Concert series, and I imagine both would be set up the same.

The front is usually reserved for VIPs, invited guests, kids of Fox Television employees, etc. People also camp out overnight at the Today Show. Fans will go in groups and trade off, so the same people aren't sitting there all day and all night. If it's first come, first serve, you would have to be prepared to sit on the line and hold your place. If they run out of room in the theater, then the people in the back are out of luck.

Personally, if I wasn't guaranteed a seat, I wouldn't bother. However, I don't think this year's contestants are as popular as previous years, so there might be as many people.