[Brianderunner]

Originally Posted by RedB

Beach Vollyball . Went to this in Athens and was one of the highlights of my life! Sun, beer, DJ, Olympic Cheerleaders . Awesome afternoon of entertainment sport

In Athens maybe. Whitehall on a rainy afternoon doesn't sound quite as appealing!

[finbarrk]

I'm applying for the Tue 7th Aug evening session. Mens 1,500 and womens 100 hurdles finals. As other posters have said , it's impossible to know how many events to apply for as you mightn't be successfull in half of them.
I have applied for Basketball, Swimming, Tennis, Eventing, Showjumping and Boxing also. One event each day.

[MisterDrak]

General question here on Olympics Tickets but do you only get 1 chance to apply for Tickets???

I applied this yesterday morning for Athletics on 5th Aug, CC details, Confirmation email received, all good. Then wanted to also get some for 10th Aug, but wont let me Add tickets additional on my account ???

Message below from the London 2012 site, (my account) ???

"Your application has already been submitted"
Your application history - Submitted on 13 April 2011

Do I now need to cancel the application and re-apply ?

Anyway else go through this ?

[Bella mamma]

In Athens, I thought the highlight was the men's 5000 metres final. Class.

Enjoyed the high jump too and...........and............and..........was very lucky with the men's 100 metres final, directly facing the athlethes down the track. Funny thing was, it seemed like slow motion in real life!

All evening athlethics events, would not do anything else, fabulous athmosphere. Got all nights applied for except the Men's 200m Final. Anyone remember Kostas Kenteris??!!

The last night is a good choice.

- Swimming was brilliant
- Couldn't follow the velodrome cycling cos they kept changing the race type as soon as I managed to work out the rules
- Table tennis and diving was a pain in the neck
- Triathlon beyond brilliant
- Soccer ok

Haven't decided either way yet. Not impressed with the ticket prices. Even with the reduced travel costs, these prices are very high

[G-Money]

It's a bit of a nightmare trying to select what to apply for and not really having any idea what, if any, tickets you will end up getting. Also a lot of the events I was thinking about are quite spread out. For example the first few days of the athletics there is stuff on I want to see, then a gap of about 4 or 5 days where I haven't selected anything, which means extra accommodation costs.

[Bella mamma]

Originally Posted by G-Money

It's a bit of a nightmare trying to select what to apply for and not really having any idea what, if any, tickets you will end up getting. Also a lot of the events I was thinking about are quite spread out. For example the first few days of the athletics there is stuff on I want to see, then a gap of about 4 or 5 days where I haven't selected anything, which means extra accommodation costs.

+1.

We (myself and my dad) went to Athens for 10 days/8 days of competition.

We had no problem then and it was very simple. No gaps except that one evening as mentioned and used to potter to stuff in the am/noon, really laid back holiday. Very well organised. Train from city center to stadium. 10/10 enjoyment.

Not feeling the buzz here. Thinking if we apply for the last 5 days of athlethics and only get one, it'll be a disaster. Think the cycling track will be massively over-subscribed, and my dad really wants to go to that again.

Does anyone recall if this was the system in Athens? i.e. if you put in an option to buy, you HAD TO buy???

I do Wimbleton every year and that's a lottery with an option to buy - works well. Yes, I understand it's on a small scale!

[robinph]

Luckily I've free accommodation in London if I happen to get tickets for stuff on consecutive days, there are also a few days with free stuff on as well which I'll be going to. Otherwise I guess I'll have to occasionally make an appearance in work some days during it and catch up with the rest of what is going on on the telly box. Hopefully not too many days though.

[G-Money]

What has the ticket process been like for previous Olympics? I've never tried to go to an Olympics before so I've no idea.

Just went through the site again picking more tickets to add to my application, currently the potential bill is about £905 sterling

[W.B. Yeats]

Trying to finalise selections here
Trying to match the events that me and the missus want to go to as well as seeing what's likely to work with somebody minding the little ones at home or having to take someone with us to mind them
It also looks like its going to cost a fortune for the two of us:
Hoping to get to see athletics, boxing and basketball at the moment

[In the Woods]

Think this will be the selection for me. Just waiting to hear back from mate and brother cos I'll probably apply for the 3 of us.

4th Aug / Swimming / 19:30 – 21:00 / Includes; 4x100m men medley / £50

4th Aug / Athletics / 10:00 – 13:45 / Includes; 100m men’s heats / £20

5th Aug / Tennis / 12:00 – 20:30 / Singles Men Final + Doubles Women’s final / £65

5th Aug / Athletics / 18:50 – 21:55 / 1oom men’s final / £50

7th Aug / Athletics / 10:00 – 12:35 / 200m men round 1 / £20

7th Aug / Soccer / 17:00 – 19:00 / Semi (x1) / £30

8th Aug / Basketball / 14:00 – 18:00 / Quarter Finals, men, (x2) / £35

8th Aug / Basketball / 20:00 – 00:00 / Quarter Finals, men, (x2) / £35

9th Aug / Boxing / 16:30 – 18:00 / Women’s Finals (All 3) / £50

9th Aug (?) / Athletics / 18:30 – 22:10 / 200m men final + 800m men final / £50

11th Aug / Soccer / 15:00 – 17:30 / Final / £40

11th Aug (?) / Athletics / 18:45 – 21:30 / 4x100m men + 5000 men / £40

12th Aug / Closing ceremony / 19:30 – 22:30 / £20.12

[robinph]

I put in for both ceremony's at the £20.12 price purely because it would be wrong not to try. You never know...It could be you.

[runjb]

Sent my application there...prioritised the athletics events

Aug 5th (evening)

Aug 6th (morning and evening)

Aug 7th (evening)

Aug 9th (evening)

Aug 11th (evening)

A lot of action in those days, lets hope I get the tickets now, can't wait!

[W.B. Yeats]

Sent in my application....
Now you never know what our luck will be

[misty floyd]

Does anyone know when the Marathon is on? I know you don't need tickets for that just wondering. EDIT: found it, August 5th, starts at 11am.

EDIT EDIT: I found this link to check for events dates. It gives the marathon at two dates, 5th Aug for women and 12th Aug for Men. Is that usually what happens?

[robinph]

Yep, it's normal for the two marathons to be a week apart.