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He has a ticket that includes events so he should get a Travelcard. The only ones that don't are the £5 Park Passes which only give access to the Park and no events.
 
Bungle73 said:
He has a ticket that includes events so he should get a Travelcard. The only ones that don't are the £5 Park Passes which only give access to the Park and no events.
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Oh right. Doesn't make that very clear though does it. I got the impression you have to buy a ticket for a particular venue, rather than a general admission ticket.
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Oh right. Doesn't make that very clear though does it. I got the impression you have to buy a ticket for a particular venue, rather than a general admission ticket.
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It says spectators with tickets to "events", to me that includes Day Passes. I see no reason why it shouldn't. It's just that instead of paying to see one sport you've paid to see lots of them.
 
Apparently if you show your P@H ticket at a Tube station on the day of your event you can travel without having the Games Travelcard in you possession.
 
My sister's finally decided that she will take the Olympic Park non-event tickets I got for the 4th, but as friend has a Freedom Pass, that means we have a free Travelcard so can give that to b-in-law or do you get in trouble if you're found with a Games Travelcard and you're not attending an event? :confused:
 
I found out what the situation is with the 200 metre race on Saturday. You've got Round 1 Heat 1 at 20:22, Round 1 Heat 2 at 20:29 and Round 1 Heat 3 at 20:36; so three different races on the same day. It says so in the official app. I don't know if the website says anything as I haven't looked.

Looks like I'm going to get to see Mr Pistorius do his stuff. :cool:
 
i'm going to:

wheelchair basketball x 2
wheelchair rugby
goal ball
rowing
athletics
swimming

i have an excel day pass too.

i think i may have got carried away :)
 
ethel said:
i'm going to:

wheelchair basketball x 2
wheelchair rugby
goal ball
rowing
athletics
swimming

i have an excel day pass too.

i think i may have got carried away :)
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I might have gone for more - maybe something like wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis or maybe swimming, BUT......I have no money left....AND....I'm away for most of next week. Having said that what I have got (for both Games) isn't bad, especially considering I thought my chance was gone when I missed out in the original ballot, and when they did release more tickets I thought I'd only go to one event.
 
Bungle73 said:
I found out what the situation is with the 200 metre race on Saturday. You've got Round 1 Heat 1 at 20:22, Round 1 Heat 2 at 20:29 and Round 1 Heat 3 at 20:36; so three different races on the same day. It says so in the official app. I don't know if the website says anything as I haven't looked.

Looks like I'm going to get to see Mr Pistorius do his stuff. :cool:
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Same as, but on Wednesday :D
 
ethel said:
i'm going to:

wheelchair basketball x 2
wheelchair rugby
goal ball
rowing
athletics
swimming

i have an excel day pass too.

i think i may have got carried away :)
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How many days is that you'll be in the Park then? :D

I may go for an Excel Day Pass as well if I can get one, although with only 100,000 tickets left, and being too busy to spend all day watching for them to become available, I'm not too hopeful.

Will be trying to get something else for the evening of the 4th so my sister is at least able to go into one venue rather than just the Park
 
Bungle

I don't like your alert website. It's saying tickets are available and I've just rung them and they've said they're not.

However, same woman also didn't realise such a thing as the Olympic Park pass existed :facepalm:
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Bungle

I don't like your alert website. It's saying tickets are available and I've just rung them and they've said they're not.

However, same woman also didn't realise such a thing as the Olympic Park pass existed :facepalm:
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Sometimes it says they are available, but it's a few seconds before they appear as available on the website itself. I had that. The other issue could be that they are simply sold before you can get through to someone on the phone.
 
Bungle73 said:
Sometimes it says they are available, but it's a few seconds before they appear as available on the website itself. I had that. The other issue could be that they are simply sold before you can get through to someone on the phone.
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No, I went on to website and phone as soon as I got the alert and they were still showing up as available after I'd got through on the phone :mad:

I've not got any of my tickets through the website as just not been able to (although I think I got the Olympic Park ones on the website). Have always rung for the others after not getting anywhere on website and been successful on phone, but not this time :(
 
Well the tickets for the athletics I wanted came up, so I got on the website, got on the phone, no joy with either. Decided to try again, but with Chrome, and suddenly.... they came up, so I clicked to buy, and put in my card details, and then website seized up, so I'm not sure whether I got them or not :hmm:

I was literally shaking as was trying to get them for my sister who applied for tickets last year and had no joy and is too busy at work to check. Will be most pissed off if I haven't got them. :mad:
 
Woo hoo! Confirmation email arrived. Got athletics!

Now, that doesn't start 'til 7.00pm. Has anyone found out if you can enter park before your session?
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Woo hoo! Confirmation email arrived. Got athletics!

Now, that doesn't start 'til 7.00pm. Has anyone found out if you can enter park before your session?
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You can enter the Park whenever you like as far as I can tell. The Stadium itself opens about 2 hours prior to the event. The advice for Stadium events is to get there about two and a half hours before-hand, but I found the times very generous when I went.

Which session have you got?
 
Bungle73 said:
You can enter the Park whenever you like as far as I can tell. The Stadium itself opens about 2 hours prior to the event. The advice for Stadium events is to get there about two and a half hours before-hand, but I found the times very generous when I went.

Which session have you got?
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You can't go any time you want if you only have Olympic Park tickets though, although I haven't figured out how they get rid of the morning session lot :hmm:

I asked last night if you have to turn up 2 hours beforehand and he said no, that's only if you are picking your tickets up at the Park itself but as I'm collecting them beforehand, 2 hours is not necessary.

These are for my sister and her husband. I got her the athletics on the 4th. I have athletics on the 5th but I don't think she could do the 5th. Had got her Olympic Park tickets for the 4th when they were released but wanted her to be able to see something other than the Park, so she can flog the Park tickets or give away to a friend now.

I'm more excited about getting her tickets than I am about me getting tickets :D
 
I'm confused by train timetables for getting back home after the Closing Ceremony!

Southeasten's Paralympic Timetable: last train back 23:33

National Rail Enquires & SE's Journey Planner: 23:33 train to Ebbsfleet followed by long replacement bus journey; last train back 00:53

:hmm:
 
Bungle73 said:
I'm confused by train timetables for getting back home after the Closing Ceremony!

Southeasten's Paralympic Timetable: last train back 23:33

National Rail Enquires & SE's Journey Planner: 23:33 train to Ebbsfleet followed by long replacement bus journey; last train back 00:53

:hmm:
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I rarely take trains so can't help. Might be worth giving them a call
 
Hm, I don't think I'm going to see Pistorius and Peacock as I've seen they're racing on the 6th :( and my session's the 5th

eta: Ignore, the final's on the 6th
 
My daughter is there now, as is my husband (he's there as a musician). He got one free ticket and we decided she deserved it most. She's the one that goes clothes shopping with him, accompanies him to hospital appointments etc. I'm quite a crap wife in some respects. I'd rather set fire to my eyeballs than go shopping with him.
 
Mrs Magpie said:
My daughter is there now, as is my husband (he's there as a musician). He got one free ticket and we decided she deserved it most. She's the one that goes clothes shopping with him, accompanies him to hospital appointments etc.
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:cool:

So where do we look for him?
 
On stage, guitar and backing vocals so you probably won't see him and it's a number called Loud & Proud, written and performed by a really talented learning disabled woman called Lizzie Emeh. It may not be televised though. It may be part of 'get the crowd going'.
 
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