Just got my tickets for xfactor 2010, however . . .

dillo2k10

Hi, I just got me tickets to be an audience member for the xfactor, Dublin in 2010. But the venue on the ticket says that its in the Convention Centre, on the convention centre it says that it will not be open until September, the xfactor show is on the 28th of June. So does anyone know if its opening early or anything? www.theccd.ie

df1985

how do you get tickets for it?

dillo2k10

I was invited by ulsterbank, I don't know how every1 else got there's

greenie

That's odd Dillo. If there's a number on your tickets I would call..if not then call the contact number on the convention centre website. Doesn't sound like it'll be ready by June at all seeing as the building hasn't even been completed. I reckon there'll be a change of venue...enjoy the show tho, it'll be fun:)

dillo2k10

Hi,
I just got an email reply from the convention centre and they told me that the xfactor will be held pre the official opening. They said that the centre should be fully complete within the next 3 weeks

ibarelycare

I'm going to this too, can't wait! My friend applied for them last year and was only notified a few days ago that she got tickets.

dillo2k10, what time are you going at? It says 6.15 on our tickets, seems very late. I take it they turnover the audience a few times during the day so the most people possible get to see the auditions?

dillo2k10

Yea, thats my time too, there is also a show at 1.15. Yea from 6.15 until 10.30. Two of my friends(Sepperatly) got through to the stage where they get to meet the judges already so Ill get to see them there.
Cant wait, only problem is that I thought my ticket was for me plus 6 so I invited 6 friends but its 6 including me. Ha

Cathmandooo

I got tickets too, glad the convention centre have confirmed it.

The staircase at the front of it have loads of X's, a good opportunity to use it for footage I bet they'll light it up to highlight the X's. Looking forward to seeing inside.



I hope people don't start queueing too early!

dillo2k10

I know it's just stupid to que up really early, they said that peoe are not to arrive until 30 minutes before hand

cavinio

hey! just got my tickets confirmed there..cant wait!
im not from dub, so was just wondering can u get dart or anythin to the convention centre! im in for 1:15 sitting?

dillo2k10

Im pretty sure that its just by car or foot, but Im not 100%, there might be a dart stop near it, but I dont think so. Just walk/drive along the liffey as if you were going to the o2 and you will see it

ibarelycare

cavinio wrote: »

hey! just got my tickets confirmed there..cant wait!
im not from dub, so was just wondering can u get dart or anythin to the convention centre! im in for 1:15 sitting?

Cavinio are you travelling by car or public transport? If you're going to be arriving by bus or train for instance, the Convention Centre is probably only a 15 minutes walk from both Busaras and Connolly Station.

cavinio

thats cool thanks, im on google nopw, should b able get there no probs! cant wait now..

cavinio

ibarelycare wrote: »

Cavinio are you travelling by car or public transport? If you're going to be arriving by bus or train for instance, the Convention Centre is probably only a 15 minutes walk from both Busaras and Connolly Station.

hey am gonna come by train, so walking will be fine then! thats great thank you..should b an immense day! shame abt no danni tho..:(

Deeyasee

Hi, there are a number of pre-opening events before the official opening in September and I understand this is one of them.

Also there is a Luas Station at the rear of the convention centre, it's called Spencer Dock and is on the red line, one stop before the o2 (The Point)

Good Luck!!!

Cathmandooo

Just in case anyone wants a map to the venue:



'A' is the Convention Centre

The blue boxes are the local train stations, Docklands, Pearse, Tara st and Connolly

Purple box is Busaras

Pink Square is Mayor Square Luas stop

Green Square is Spencer Dock Luas stop

df1985

this thread made me go and see how to get tickets, applied and got an email today to say i got them.should be a laugh.

xtradel

I'll be arriving by car to the early show & am wondering will the underground car park be open in the new centre or does the clarion car park allow non guests use their car park?

Or is the best option to park at Hueston & get the Luas to Docklands?

I'm travelling from Galway so any help would be great.

ibarelycare

xtradel wrote: »

I'll be arriving by car to the early show & am wondering will the underground car park be open in the new centre or does the clarion car park allow non guests use their car park?

Or is the best option to park at Hueston & get the Luas to Docklands?

I'm travelling from Galway so any help would be great.

I was wondering the same myself about parking. Are you going to the 1.15 start or the 6.15? If you're going for the later one, then I'd recommend the Luas as driving on the quays during rush hour will be a nightmare. If it's the earlier one then I'd say you'll be fine to drive up there...drop the Convention Centre an email and I'm sure they'll be able to advise you about parking.

xtradel

ibarelycare wrote: »

I was wondering the same myself about parking. Are you going to the 1.15 start or the 6.15? If you're going for the later one, then I'd recommend the Luas as driving on the quays during rush hour will be a nightmare. If it's the earlier one then I'd say you'll be fine to drive up there...drop the Convention Centre an email and I'm sure they'll be able to advise you about parking.

I'll be heading to the 1.15 show. I rang the centre & they said the car park will not be open by then & to use Jurys or the NCI wherever that is?

Cathmandooo

xtradel wrote: »

I'll be heading to the 1.15 show. I rang the centre & they said the car park will not be open by then & to use Jurys or the NCI wherever that is?

It's the National College of Ireland

Basically the car park is down the little street to the right of the pink square on the map above

The NCI underground car park is open from 05:30 to 22:30 Monday to Sunday
Hourly rate: €2:50
Fixed evening rate from 17:30 to 22:30 Monday to Friday: €3:50.
All day Saturday or all day Sunday rate: €5:00.


http://www.ncirl.ie/About_NCI/Contact_Details/Location_Map

Travelling from the North side:
Travel along Amiens Street
After train bridge, turn left onto Lower Sheriff St.
Follow road right onto Commons St.
At first set of traffic lights turn left onto Mayor St.
Continuing down Mayor St., turn right onto Alderman Way
The NCI car park is on your right hand side.

Travelling from the South Side:
Travel over East Link Bridge and take the 1st exit off the round about onto North Wall Quay
At 2nd set of traffic lights (Jury's Inn) turn right onto Commons St.
At first set of traffic lights turn right onto Mayor St.
Continuing down Mayor St., turn right onto Alderman Way after the college
The NCI car park is on your right hand side.
OR

Follow Pearse Street onto Tara Street
Cross Butt Bridge
Take a right onto Custom House Quay
At Jury's Inn, turn left onto Commons St.
At first set of traffic lights turn right onto Mayor St.
Continuing down Mayor St., turn right onto Alderman Way
The NCI car park is on your right hand side.

dillo2k10

So what time is everyone planning on arriving at the afternoon show at?

totallytrees

dillo2k10 wrote: »

So what time is everyone planning on arriving at the afternoon show at?

I have tickets for the 13:15 show and we're going to start queueing around 10! From checking out the comments on Xfactors facebook page, the people at the 13:15 shows in glasgow and birmingham did the same. The ticket doesn't guarantee entry unfortunately - hate queueing!!!

xtradel

I've tickets to the 1:15 show & they say that they are priority pass tickets & i must arrive 45-60 mins before the door opening times & to report to the applause store manager on arrival....are everybodys tickets like that?

totallytrees

xtradel wrote: »

I've tickets to the 1:15 show & they say that they are priority pass tickets & i must arrive 45-60 mins before the door opening times & to report to the applause store manager on arrival....are everybodys tickets like that?

No, loads of peoples tickets say "NORMAL" which means you have to queue to be guaranteed entry, some load of crap

xtradel

totallytrees wrote: »

No, loads of peoples tickets say "NORMAL" which means you have to queue to be guaranteed entry, some load of crap

Thats good to know cos will be bringin Mammy so dont think she'd be able for queing too long. Has Katy Perry been 100% confirmed as the guest judge yet?

totallytrees

Aw thats nice of ya, she'll love it!

Theres loads of rumours of guest judges, would LOVE if Katy Perry was at it! She was hilarious on American Idol as the guest judge! I'm thinkin it might be an Irish person though, like a friend of Louis or something...who knows! Thank god its not Geri Halliwell anyway

totallytrees

just heard on xposé that they have cancelled the guest judge for this wednesdays auditions in london.. apparently its based on the poor performances of geri halliwell & natalie imbruglia! fingers crossed they dont axe katy perry!

ciara1992

cavinio wrote: »

hey! just got my tickets confirmed there..cant wait!
im not from dub, so was just wondering can u get dart or anythin to the convention centre! im in for 1:15 sitting?

you can get dublin bus 53a...its stops near enough to it......
i have tickets for 1:15 too....how early are people gonna queue....i dont wanna be standing there for hours...but i dont wanna be too late and not get in either...

ciara1992

cavinio wrote: »

hey! just got my tickets confirmed there..cant wait!
im not from dub, so was just wondering can u get dart or anythin to the convention centre! im in for 1:15 sitting?

you can get dublin bus 53a...its stops near enough to it......
i have tickets for 1:15 too....how early are people gonna queue....i dont wanna be standing there for hours...but i dont wanna be too late and not get in either...

ciara1992

totallytrees wrote: »

No, loads of peoples tickets say "NORMAL" which means you have to queue to be guaranteed entry, some load of crap

its a load a crap is right.......what time are the "normal "people for 1:15 queuing at....:(

Lennie353

If anyone has any tickets going to spare could ya drop me a PM, would be mucho appreciated!

Applied a couple of times and no luck so far. Boo-urns.

cookie6969

Hi I have 6 tickets for the auditions on the 28th aswell. I only need 5 tho and was wondering can i still get in or do i have to fill all 6 spaces? Does anyone know? I dont want to go and que and then be told i need to fill 6

totallytrees

ciara1992 wrote: »

its a load a crap is right.......what time are the "normal "people for 1:15 queuing at....:(

I'm thinking about 9.30/10 (more likely to be 10)..what about yourself? I dont know why they couldn't just mail out the right number of tickets for the audience, then no-one would have to queue!

totallytrees

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0623/xfactor.html

tinkerbell

So the tickets don't guarantee entry? What time are people gonna start queuing for the evening sHow? How long did people queue for the UK auditions?

Cathmandooo

I can understand them mailing out more tickets than they can handle, it guarantees the seats will be filled. It's a free event, people with tickets arent guaranteed to turn up, they don't want the venue half empty.

I have 6.15 tickets, I'll be arriving at 6, can't get there any earlier, I really wouldn't be queueing for it, it goes on for at least 4 hours.

PARARORY

Im going about an hour before it says on the ticket , waiting any longer would be a waste of time - even if you are at the front of the queue it doesnt mean u will get best seats , the crew pick good looking people and let them sit behind the judges!

totallytrees

PARARORY wrote: »

Im going about an hour before it says on the ticket , waiting any longer would be a waste of time - even if you are at the front of the queue it doesnt mean u will get best seats , the crew pick good looking people and let them sit behind the judges!

I'm not queueing to get best seats, I want to queue to get in full stop.. I'm reading about the London auditions and they sent loads of people away - I've friends coming up from Waterford especially so can't risk not getting in after going to that trouble

@Cathooo Getting there at 6 would be cutting it fine!

PARARORY

I'm not queueing to get best seats, I want to queue to get in full stop.. I'm reading about the London auditions and they sent loads of people away - I've friends coming up from Waterford especially so can't risk not getting in after going to that trouble

Yeah thats fair enough , London is so much bigger though (i know u know that) and there was tonnes more people! Loads of people apply for tickets and then dont end up going...

totallytrees

PARARORY wrote: »

Loads of people apply for tickets and then dont end up going...

Those people are craaaaaaaazy :D:D So so so excited! Love that they are introducing Cheryl now as Cheryl Tweedy too

PARARORY

Those people are craaaaaaaazy So so so excited! Love that they are introducing Cheryl now as Cheryl Tweedy too

Its scabby as well cuz there are people who would want to go but didnt even get the chance! Ya know the way when they are filming you see the judges meeting fans/taking photos & autographs... Dya think we will have that chance? Because it happens when the judges arrive .. but i thought they would want everyone in their seats ready to go etc.?

ciara1992

totallytrees wrote: »

I'm thinking about 9.30/10 (more likely to be 10)..what about yourself? I dont know why they couldn't just mail out the right number of tickets for the audience, then no-one would have to queue!

true story........if i dont get in il go ape-****.....i have to get a train at 8 so il prob start queuein round 10 ish..............ya know theres gonna be some mad yolks there at like 6 o clock.......:eek:

Cathmandooo

totallytrees wrote: »

I'm not queueing to get best seats, I want to queue to get in full stop.. I'm reading about the London auditions and they sent loads of people away - I've friends coming up from Waterford especially so can't risk not getting in after going to that trouble

@Cathooo Getting there at 6 would be cutting it fine!

I'm in work til 5.30 so I've no choice really. I'd rather arrive at 6 to be turned away than queue for ages and then be turned away :pac:

totallytrees

Cathooo wrote: »

I'd rather arrive at 6 to be turned away than queue for ages and then be turned away :pac:

:D:D good point :D:D

I hope we all get in!

danois

I rang the convention centre to see what time doors open at ect cause had mislayed my ticket (found it tho) the man told me doors open at 10 for the 2 shows and that its an all day thing!!! does that mean if you get in the early show you dont have to leave and let others in for the later one!!!!!

cookie6969

Do any1 know if they are gibber check id cus I'm bringing my cousin who's only 15? And will the accept birthcerts as id?

Prettyfireworks

I have the same problem as @cookie. My friends sister is coming and shes only 15, didnt know about the age limit till just a few days, do you think they will be strict on ages?

Cathmandooo

danois wrote: »

I rang the convention centre to see what time doors open at ect cause had mislayed my ticket (found it tho) the man told me doors open at 10 for the 2 shows and that its an all day thing!!! does that mean if you get in the early show you dont have to leave and let others in for the later one!!!!!

No the early audience will be let out of the venue for the later audience to come in, unless you have tickets for both you wont get to stay.

cookie6969 wrote: »

Do any1 know if they are gibber check id cus I'm bringing my cousin who's only 15? And will the accept birthcerts as id?

No a birth cert is not id.

I cant see them being too overly strict on it. I guess you wont know til you're there.

LadyGaga!

Anyone have a spare ticket? I'll buy you a drink!

T1978

Anyone know if you can get anything to eat in the centre?