It's a Pumpkin Miracle! I'm still not sure what happened. I left for my dentist appointment at 2:30 and sadly waved goodbye to my laptop with 30 minutes left in it's queue. When I got home at 4:00, my laptop was on the page to buy tickets. I assumed as soon as I did anything it would refresh, time out, and I would rejoin the queue but instead I was able to get my tickets (confirmation and all).
Sending out all the spooky good vibes to everyone else!