Tickets for Paralympics

[GeorgeEliot]

Are there any left?

Missed out on seeing Olympic park but would really like to take dc.

[GetDownNesbitt]

Right, going out for the day, so expect several releases of tickets in the next eight hours....

I am being greedy - we did get Olympics tickets but not for the park. And I had Paralympic football tickets in my basket a month ago then DH suggested it would be too difficult to get there and back with school the next day ( we are in the north). But I want to gooooooo!

[Southwest]

Silly tickets they wait until I get on with life or even put kids to bed then release, although on the odd occasion something is showing up there is never anything available.

It's ruining the whole summer for me all this chasing around and staring at the computer.

I have signed up for twitter but can't see how it works, does the message come up automatically once it is twitted or do you have to keep refreshing that too does anyone know?


I really want some tickets for the dcs but it isn't happening.....!

[80sMum]

Remember that the Twitter feed you need to follow is @2012TicketAlert2. That is the one that's used whenever a very large batch of tickets is put on sale. As there are so many being released at once, you stand a fighting chance of getting some.

The other feed sends tweets whenever any tickets are released, so it could be just one or two being sold back and they'll be snapped up even before you've clicked on the link!

[TunaPastaBake]

I found it easier to follow the twitter feed on the computer rather than may phone .

It just shows that there are new tweet so click on that and tweets are shown .

As I was working from home found it easy to have a tab for work , tab for twitter, tab for ticket site and tab for MN !

I followed both ticket alert twitter accounts and the day that I got my tickets and (I think 80smum too) the new tickets alerts came thick and fast at around 3.30pm .

[NewlyMintedPeasant]

I got tickets for the paralympics during the rush for Olympic ones, there were pick and choose during the olympics.

[issynoko]

If you can get tickets, take the children out of school for the day for god's sake. This is a once in a life time experience, they will see fantastically inspirational athletes and the impact of that will live with them much longer than just another school day. Any head who won't authorise an absence for this is an arse. And just take them unauthorised if not. The sky will not fall on their heads.

We went to the Olympics and the atmosphere and goodwill was magical. My children had a huge lesson in international relations (4 year old made friends with Japanese and Spanish kids and 7 year old ran races with American and Swedish kids) plus the sport itself, the architecture, the number of people involved, the setting....anyone not taking up tickets available to them because of school is forgetting the point of education in the first place. A school building is not the only place to find it.

[QuickLookUsainBolt]

Just wanted to say-Dont Give Up

I tried for days for olympic tickets and it is pure luck that you are on your computer the second they go on sale. But I did manage to get tickets for diving and Hockey on different days. It cost me a fortune but I decided we will spend less at Christmas this year to even things outa bit.

As issynoko it is a once in a lifetime event and the experience is so fantastic.

[TunaPastaBake]

It's abit of a dilemma with taking kids out of school that first week back - my eldest starts secondary school on the 5th so really didn't want to take him out that week. If he has still been at Juniors then I wouldn't have hesitated and I am sure that the Head would have been OK about it.

Luckily I got tickers the day before they go back plus we live just outside London.

[Mrbojangles1]

We got ours ages ago but then like other relised that one set of my tickets fell on the first dy back rung up no hassle got tickets for swimming on the 4th also althlets whoop whoop i cant wait


Also i just love the MEET THE SUPER HUMANS advert think it sums up perfectly


Got all my team gb stuff half price in sansburys they are selling packs of four flags for £1.50

My only regret is i didnt book for The veladrome as well

[Mrbojangles1]

Oh btw the opening cermoney is being done by the producer of BILLY ELLIOT so should be really good

[Southwest]

Thanks tuna so you have to keep refreshing then.......
When do I put then kids to bed or tidy up ot cook tea or anything else for that matter........!!

Anyway am I right in thinking that there has been no release of tickets today?

[ssmile]

I haven't spotted any, just tickets for the opening and closing if have a spare £300-400 each...

[PeppermintCreams]

They've had loads on this morning but not managed to get any. We are desperate for athletic ones so we can see the stadium.

[topbannana]

Apparently they are releasing 200,000 tickets and possibly more once they have the logistics sorted out. They will be on sale right up to and through the games according to my DM though I suspect she may have read that in the DMail
DS is hysterical about getting tickets to the velodrome but sadly I cannot see it happening :(

[EightiesChick]

Yes, coming thick and fast this morning. Keep an eye on Twitter. There are athletics ones coming up and I intially got some saying available but then they'd gone. Am thinking now it will be too expensive and difficult to do but looking anyway...

[TunaPastaBake]

I got athletics ones last week not that expensive £30 each for me and DH £5 each for the DC's.

[EightiesChick]

What's boccia?

[TheSkiingGardener]

Again, I was on the site as soon as the alerts came through and not a ticket to be had (by me anyway). It's so frustrating

[CMOTDibbler]

Boccia is like boules, and is played by mixed teams of people with CP. Its v strategic as sometimes they are trying to smash other peoples balls out, sometimes placing their own.

The channel 4 paralympics webiste has info on all the sports and our athletes

[UnrequitedSkink]

ARRRRGH! I thought we had athletics tickets, but have just discovered that due to a miscommunication between me and a friend it turns out she didn't book them for me, only for herself and her DD. Oh bloody HELL, DS is going to be devastated. I'm just going to spend the next week on the website. How do you get notifications when new tix come out?

[jennywren123]

A few tickets on there now for Excel and Olympic park day passes and orbit.

[TheSkiingGardener]

The day passes aren't actually there though. Very annoying.

[karibuchum]

I have been trying on the hour every hour and not managed to get many. Ticket touts starting to feel tempting.

[wizbit93]

Can I recommend this link?:

tickets.prominenthosting.com/

It is updated every 5 mins, and is a much easier way to check if a bulk load have been released. I know that chances are the tickets will have gone by the time you get on the actual website, but it does save a lot of time! I found it better than following the twitter links.

Keep trying though everyone! I spent the first four days of the olympics desperately trying to get tickets and eventually managed to get para football ones. Admittedly though at the time there were lots of para ones available as everyone was after the standard olympic ones.

[DizzyBeeisSchoolShoeShopping]

They have got tickets now for the opening and closing ceremonies, neither of them are when the children are back at school