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WOW!!!!!! Second row! That's better seats than I can ever dream of, nice job to get those.
In my 4 times seeing it I've sat in middle of the 1st balcony twice (row D and row G), and ORCH far right side row V and row Y (with you guys) so I am yet to see it up close, and this Tuesday will be the best so far middle ORCH 16 rows back (row P).
Life IS good when you have the advance sale code right Audra???
Oh yes I remember now Audra!!! ^^.. lol!Originally posted by Sharifu
Yeah! I remember telling you about it Fuzzy but that was so long ago. (When you were in Medford!)
Anyways it was lots of fun and I even got tickets today for TLKoB in San Jose next February! Orchestra, 2nd row!!!The best seats I will see the show in so far!
Hey hey hey! going in feb.. lucky!!
Anyone wanna come see it in NYC with me?? xD!! muhahahahaha!!
well, i wanna go to NYC, and see TLKoB, and meet you Fuzzy
but due to excessive lack of funds, i cant
Anyone wanna come with me to The Netherlands to see it?
Lea Members I've met...
LKD 1x, Sharifu 2x, STM 2x, This Land 8x, Lucy 11x, Amy 1x, LKS 2x, KanuTGL 1x, Dani 2x, Dan 2x
Shadow 1x, King Simba 2x, Nephilim 1x, Naline 1x, jazzybbunny 3x, cleargreenwater 1x, HasiraKali 1x, Vidan 1x
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well, if it's in sweden, and is on during july, i can comeOriginally posted by nathalie
Anyone wanna come with me to The Netherlands to see it?
Remember probably 1 of the last 2 weekends in July it's Lea meeting
And no, The Netherlands is a country on it's own, haha.
Lea Members I've met...
LKD 1x, Sharifu 2x, STM 2x, This Land 8x, Lucy 11x, Amy 1x, LKS 2x, KanuTGL 1x, Dani 2x, Dan 2x
Shadow 1x, King Simba 2x, Nephilim 1x, Naline 1x, jazzybbunny 3x, cleargreenwater 1x, HasiraKali 1x, Vidan 1x
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Yeah! I couldn't believe it! I was going to get two seats for me and my friend (Muruwa), but I ended up getting four because I remember Eric wanted to go with me, so I called him and then he asked me if I could get four tickets so he could bring his friend. If I did get two seats, I could have gotten the first row!!! (Although it would have been all the way to the side. Seats 31 and 39.) Click this link to see the seating chart: http://www.amtsj.org/tickets/cpa_seating_cht.htmlOriginally posted by Lion_King_300
WOW!!!!!! Second row! That's better seats than I can ever dream of, nice job to get those.
Anyways the seats I got are row 2 seats 25, 27, 29 and 31. Not bad huh?!I couldn't get the center but hey, I think this is the closest I'll ever get the stage! Plus I wanted to get really good seats because I think this might be the last time I see it, or the last time I see it for a while. I got them for Friday night, even though it's more expensive, because I know my friend wanted to go and it would be hard for her to make it on weekdays. I don't want her to miss her chance to see it. She wanted to see it when she was in San Francisco, but she missed that chance. The tickets were $83.50 each after fees, but I think it's well worth it, for the second row!
The first time I saw the show, in San Francisco California, I saw it on the mezzanine level. I think the third row. (I can't check my ticket right now, it's at my house in California and I'm at my mom's right now in Oregon) Anyways, at that time I was new to buying tickets for a Broadway show, I never even saw a Broadway show before that. My mom said that I would probably like that level where the seats were and it was cheaper then Orchestra. (Of course) So my mom called Ticket Master, and my mom asked them if the three seats together, and if they were near the center and the lady on the phone said yes. So here comes the day to see the show, over a month later, and the seats are too the far right. All the way to the right!Originally posted by Lion_King_300
In my 4 times seeing it I've sat in middle of the 1st balcony twice (row D and row G), and ORCH far right side row V and row Y (with you guys) so I am yet to see it up close, and this Tuesday will be the best so far middle ORCH 16 rows back (row P).How could that lady say this was close to the center?! It was as far as you could get from the center! Anyways I was disappointed with that, as the tickets cost a lot I thought for what they were. Plus I will never see TLKoB again unless it's in the Orchestra level. It's worth it, just to pay the extra money to see it in the Orchestra level. The best seats I ever saw the show in so far, was in Sacramento California with STM. ^_^ It was 8 rows from the stage, dead center! Thanks to my STMy.
Yup!Originally posted by Lion_King_300
Life IS good when you have the advance sale code right Audra???
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More Oregon Pics, yaaay!
The first ones were an earlier request from Sharifu,
Sure enough, we did go back to Lloyd Center mall and I took the pics. The same lady was working there and even recognized me from last week! I bought that simba plush and also an adorable Koda plush from Brother bear (the first BB plush I've bought, it's very cute)Originally posted by Sharifu
For dinner when went to a mall to eat and they had a Disney store there! I thought it was a pretty neat Disney store. They even had some statues of cubby Simba, Zazu and Rafiki. (And I really liked them they looked perfect) Tim when you go to Portland next week, and if you go to that mall, you should take a pic of that! (Only if you want to of course)
They do look perfect!
My Aunt and I outside the Keller Auditorium
My friends Cynthia (left) and Kat (right), both agreed that TLKOB was the most amazing thing they have ever seen!
Sorry this one didn't turn out right, this was our view from the stage, middle-left orchestra 16 rows back. Best seats for me so far, it was close enough that we could see the actor's facial expressions.
My aunt's boyfriend and I feeding the birds at the "Lorikeet Landing" at the Oregon Zoo
There was also an ENORMOUS TLKOB billboard poster just outside of the Keller Auditorium (on the wall of the building that was probably about 75 feet x 75 feet but I couldn't get a good picture of it (too dark).
More animal pics coming soon!
Turns out there were lions at this zoo... sea lions!
Another giraffe pic, they're eating out of the feed box
This antelope/onyx looking creature is called a "gerenuk"
Bats
Crocodile underwater
This bull elephant named "Tusko" is on loan from another zoo to hopefully sire some elephant calves and continue the "Circle of Life"
A couple of absolutely beautiful lorikeet birds from the exhibit
That's it! Oh one more thing - the second time I went to portland I saw this young woman standing in line at the gift counter and she had the most incredible Lion King tattoo on her arm! It looked like a whole jungle scene with cub simba and vines and colorful flowers, and at the top of her arm near the shoulder there was the Ghost of Mufasa in the clouds... just looking at that made me want a tattoo! I didn't have my camera with me at the time unfortunately so i couldn't ask her if I could take a picture of it.
*currently going through TLKOB withdrawal*
Wow Tim! That's so awesome you took those pics of TLK statues in the Disney store! So you did end up buying one of those Simba plushies.
How did you get pics out in front of the theater? Did you do that early in the day? (So it wasn't crowded?)
Aww the Lorikeets! I did notice the "Lorikeet Landing" in the zoo when we went, I remember feeding the Lorikeets when I went to the San Francisco Zoo once. It was fun, I just love birds! (I'm a bird lover)
Anyways great pics of animals at the zoo, I especially love the up close pics of the Lorikeets, such beautiful birds!
That's really awesome about that girl with TLK tattoo, I would of loved to see that. Too bad you didn't have your camera with you.
How many people went with you to see TLKoB this time? That's great you got to see it again so soon.
I'm also going through TLKoB withdrawal.I have to wait until Feburary 24!
Oh well, at least I'm seeing it again...
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Glad ya all had fun - cool pics - all looking groovay as us LEA HALALELA members always do
February 24th??? NO WAY!!! That's my birthday! What are the chances of that?Originally posted by Sharifu
Wow Tim! That's so awesome you took those pics of TLK statues in the Disney store! So you did end up buying one of those Simba plushies.
How did you get pics out in front of the theater? Did you do that early in the day? (So it wasn't crowded?)
How many people went with you to see TLKoB this time? That's great you got to see it again so soon.
I'm also going through TLKoB withdrawal.
Oh well, at least I'm seeing it again...
I got those pics in front of the theatre actually after the show let out, it was really crowded but we made everybody walk around us!
I did get that Simba plush we were looking at in the Disney store, I think it looks a little odd but it's still cute, and the Koda plush is awesome! It's really soft and made with high-quality material and it's adorable.
This time I went with my two friends Cynthia and Kat and my Aunt Carrie and her boyfriend Mitch (they're all in the pictures)
There is an interesting story about my aunt... I don't know if you all remember but I was scammed on Ebay last Winter when I bought four tickets to TLKOB in Seattle for over $400 (I paid over double the list price)
Anyway the tickets never came, and I resorted to printing the tickets from the PICTURE on Ebay and just hoping for the best. So out of all the people I invited my Aunt was the only one willing to still go down to the theatre with me to see if they'd let us in.
Unbelievably, although the computer-printed tickets did not scan, they still let us in! We were so happy, until we got to our seats. We were soon surrounded by theatre ushers and security as they demanded to see the tickets. Problem was that a group had just checked in with the REAL tickets that matched the ones we had printed off the computer, and sure enough, the buyer of those tickets admitted he had purchased them from Ebay.
What the scam artist did was make a copy of the picture of the tickets from someone else's Ebay auction, and tried to resell the tickets as if they were his own.
So only minutes before showtime My sister, my aunt and I we were kicked out of the theatre.
I got really sad and depressed about what happened on the way back home, and although I told her not to, my Aunt insisted that she reimbursed me for part of the $400 I lost in the scam. Only months before that I had over $2,000 stolen from me by a dishonest business partner, and I couldn't believe something like this was happening again.
Carrie's display of kindness just moved me to tears, and I made a promise that the next opportunity I had to see TLKOB I would buy my aunt a ticket and it was finally able to happen in Portland 10 months later, and the seats were 100 times better anyways so it all worked out okay in the end.
Anyway, that's SO awesome you're going to see TLKOB again so soon Sharifu, and on my birthday no less! So haha I think we'll be tied for the most times seeing it now, with 5 each, that's a lot!
But I did madke a promise to myself that if I lose 20 pounds, I will fly myself to New York City to try out for the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire and, perhaps more importantly, see TLKOB actually on Broadway again. It's probably not ever coming to the Pacific Northwest again, so this is what I'm gonna have to do!
I do remember that story about what happened when you bought those tickets on Ebay. That's really awful.
Oh no way, you've since it more then me.Originally posted by Lion_King_300
Anyway, that's SO awesome you're going to see TLKOB again so soon Sharifu, and on my birthday no less! So haha I think we'll be tied for the most times seeing it now, with 5 each, that's a lot!
My mom and sister don't understand why I want to see TLKoB so much... I don't like it when my mom says that I'm spending so much money on it... (And I know that) XD I know that my friend (Muruwa) wanted to see TLKoB, she missed the chance to see it in San Francisco. And now it will be in San Jose, the very city we live in. I had to get a ticket for her. If her parents would ever get her a ticket, I think her parents would buy the ticket when the show would be all sold out, and I'm sure it will be within a month or two. And they wouldn't want her to go by herself... I just think she would miss her chance if she didn't see it with me and if I didn't get the tickets now. (And you?re right, who knows if TLKoB will play in Pacific Northwest again) She didn't want to sit by herself, and I knew she didn't want to pay as much for her ticket as much as the tickets I wanted to get cost. So I told her I was willing to pay for the rest of it, as a Christmas and birthday present. (She said a long time ago way before I bought the tickets that she was willing to pay $50) I didn't tell my mom that, because she just wouldn't understand. XD She doesn't understand really why I 've seen it so many times as I have. But this will be great I can't wait to see it with my friends, and especially Muruwa since it will be her first time seeing it. And I can't wait to be so close to the stage! Btw, are you seeing it again in Portland? I think I remember you saying you were seeing it three times in Portland, but I might be mistaken.
Oh, and did you get a TLK snow globe at the Greyhound Bus Station?
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Nope, sadly that was the last time I'm going to see TLKOB... for a while. I actually have one more batch of two tickets but I'm going to re-sell them as I had planned to earlier (they're ORCH D row L, only 12 rows back).Originally posted by Sharifu
Btw, are you seeing it again in Portland? I think I remember you saying you were seeing it three times in Portland, but I might be mistaken.
Oh, and did you get a TLK snow globe at the Greyhound Bus Station?
As much as I want to go again especially for the good seats, I think I need to give some others the opportunity to experience the wonders of TLKOB... as I was walking around Portland in the zoo and in the mall with my TLKOB shirt i can't even count the number of people that asked me about it and told me how many great things they had heard about it and how badly they wanted to see it but weren't able to get tix.
My Portland tickets are currently on sale at stubhub.com under the "October 18th" date, and the only way I will go see it again is if no one buys them, and that will be highly unlikely. I will also have to miss school. Another factor in my decision is that my car was just declared a total loss today
And yes, I did forget to factor in that I saw it twice in Portland, so I'm still one ahead of you after San jose
But who's counting... I tell everyone that I'd see the show every week if I could afford it.
And darn it, I wasn't able to stop at Greyhound station... I had an opportunity to on the way to the theatre but we were running quite late and I had no idea where the theatre was (it's actualy only a couple miles past the bus station!) and luckily after a couple wrong turns we made it on time!
As for the positive attitude, although a lot of really bad stuff has happened to me recently, there's no reason to worry or get angry at anyone or anything. Quite a few good things have also happened in that time frame, and I'm a believer that the breaks we get in life will all even out in the long run, and that there are always others in the world worse off than you, especially with all the hurricanes and devastation today. And I'm sure a lot of people on Lea have been through worse than me as well from reading some of the posts. Being Christian, I just pretty much let God take care of everything.
I also believe there's a reason for everything that happens in this life... not saying God willed my accident to happen, but going through an ordeal like this has made me a stronger person, and shown me who my true friends are that can help me in a time of need.
And your story reminds me a lot about my family and friends, they can't believe I've seen the show 5 times, and they won't understand until they see it themselves. (heh, they still wouldn't understand) anyway I hope you do get to see it in London because that is something I ALMOST got to do on my trip but it didn't quite work out.
Oh, what about the other person that was going to see it with you in Portland in October? (You got two tickets)
That's really nice of you to think of others who want to see the show too.(Dang it I still want to get a TLKoB shirt of my own! I hope that there will be a special San Jose one)
I've also said I would see the show really often if it was always playing near me, and the tickets were cheaper. XD
I think a lot like you do on certain situations. When things are bad I also always think things could be worse and there are people in this world who have it worse off then I do.
Well heh about my mom and sister, they actually saw TLKoB with me the first time I saw it, and it was their first (and only) time. They still don't get it. I don't know, they just can't relate.
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Yeah, they just can't relate. Since TLK has such a strong significance to us already, seeing the musical live on stage makes it like a hundred times stronger. I'd rather watch the musical once than see the movie ten times, and I'm sure a lot of people that have seen TLKOB would feel the same way.
Actually i didn't have anyone in mind when I purchased the tickets i'm re-selling now, I planned to re-sell them and *hopefully* make a little profit while giving a last-minute buyer a chance to see the show at a reasonable cost. I charge a LOT less than most other ticket brokers do, for instance I sold ORCH seats for less than $100 each when another seller was trying to sell 2nd Balcony seats for $171 each!!! That's crazy!
Heh, now all this talking about it has made me want to drive down a 3rd time to see it... I might raise the price a little to increase the chance that no one will buy so I have to go down again... meh we'll see I guess!
Well you know if I lived near Portland and I had the money I would love to go see it again with you. But yeah, I'll be in San Jose by then. But I'm just happy I got tickets in San Jose, second row.
Well, even if someone buys your tickets, imagine how happy that will make them.
It's too bad you couldn't see TLKoB with me and my friends on your birthday!
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Awesome pics!...It's about time you got some pics up, Audrason....or did LionKing300 put these one's up?...
Haha, LK300 put them up... And those were taken with his camera.
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Originally posted by Sharifu
Haha, LK300 put them up... And those were taken with his camera.
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