Gah! It sucks that I have to purchase 4 seats for Garden Box to get it! I tried with 2 and it won't let me but when i put 4 it said those seats were available... seesh! I'm too poor for that!

Anyone who needs to purchase 2 Garden Box seats want to team up to get the 4 Garden Box seat? Haha. I only need 2.

EDIT// No, I didn't purchase any tickets yet.

Let's not bash on The Korea Times, because seriously imagine the people working there...
Thousands of fangirls calling ALL trying to get the same seats...
The girls calling are all pissed off because the phone lines were busy,
The workers are trying to help you as best they can...
Even if they did it with reservations, if they said reservations start Jan 21 @ 10am
the lines would still be busy because everyone would be trying to reserve their seats so that they don't get on the waiting list...
The only problem with having to buy the tickets right away is that people are buying more than they need since seats like garden box and terrance box has a minimum seat number for each box...

It's not buying early that I have a problem with, really. It's the website and how it doesn't work for some people, like me. I've tried several times, clicking select, select, and then being taken to an empty cart with no check out button. It was really frustrating. If they got the website working better, I think there would be less complaints.

yea before we needed section E but my friend managed to get better seats online in section B .
so now we need someone to trade for section B

wtf? 4 or 6. I brought it yesterday and I only brought 2 tickets for the garden seats. does that mean i didnt get my ticket? wtfff.



california ID?
but i dont even live in Cali. o.O

i have to agree with you
i faced the same problem with no "check out" button on my screen for five whole hours
i even tried using my sister's laptop and my brother's computer but still no button shows up for me!

trust me, if their website was working, i wouldn't even bother calling the office
that was an even bigger nuisance

What hotels do you recommend to stay at near the HB that are nice, but aren't too expensive? LOL.

does anyone know the hours of the koreantimes office?

Credit Card Security Code --
OH to clarify for people, I saw some people a little confused...

VISA AND MASTERCARD -- its the last 3 digits on the back, where you sign for your signature
AMERICAN EXPRESS -- its 4 digits and its on the front of the card, in smaller font either in front or at the end of the actual card number

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What is there to do in LA??? LOL
This is my first time down, just wondering what you recommend to go see.

hi koreandramas

hotels near hollywood bowl
http://travela.priceline.com/hotel/POI-Hol...s-78083005.html

last year most of the celebs who came to hollywood bowl stayed at Whilshire Hotel
but its pretty expensive ...

i hope you find a nice hotel

when is the list of whose gonna be there coming out?

I believe in March.

Its going to be posted in March or April

Thank you so much! This will help me a lot! =) Gosh, I'm so excited!

what is the chance that the artists will be staying at the Wilshire again? Like for all the past previous years, is that where they've been staying?

OK, just some thoughts on this.
I think this is the Korea Time's first year, to let us buy online. (Remember calling and calling and calling last year??) It ain't perfect, but it is better. Let's give them credit They sell newspapers, not tickets! (Yes I had a very hard time, and got so-so seats (GB822)) But it is a lot better than last year.

About public transport: We came down from the Bay Area, last year, and used the Metro. Do NOT do this. On the way back to the hotel, I seriously thought we were going to be killed. (Not kidding!) Don't use the subway. There really isn't much bus service close, either. LA isn't very public transit friendly. Maybe we can get a "carpool" thread going, here in Soompi?

There is a Best Western hotel on Highland that is almost in the parking lot of the HB. This saves you having to mess with traffic, and parking. The rates as of yesterday were $139.00--list (meaning a well placed finagle will get them for less)

For those of you looking to buy one or two tickets. Don't worry! You will find them surfacing, either here at Soompi, or on Ebay, or Stubhub.com sort of on-line places. Stay calm, and keep looking. You've got four months. Unless you wait until the week before, I suggest you can get them for face value. Just use common sense. there is a LOT of fraud on these places. Ask questions, like "why are you selling?" If the answers don't make sense, talk to someone else. There are 18,000 tickets for this event, they aren't rare.

What artists are going to be there this year?? WHO CARES??!! This is such a fantastic event, it really doesn't matter.

See you there!!

//the Seoul Survivor!

I would like to know this too. I've been calling every minute every hour except for when i'm sleeping

^Seoul survivor

heey, i'm coming from the bay, too! but um, about using the metro, did it not seem safe at all?.. or do you think it's okay to use it during the day but not at night? i was considering taking it to the bowl, but now i'm a little too paranoid to take it.

hahaha my bad!! i checked my e-mail after i posted and i saw your e-mail xPP

nevermindddd

thanks though :3

and just for kicks, who do you guys think would most likely attend hb?

I took the metro after the concert and it went perfectly fine. Unless you don't know how to ride buses or the subway [my first time on the latter there and omg fun 8D] then you might not want to do it.

BUT if you have rode a bus before, and you know the route you'll be taking, it's perfectly fine. There are about 35734963 people coming out of the concert so it isn't a matter of there not being people, plus its 11 PMish on a saturday night in LA, that means the bus has a number of people on it so you don't have to worry about some random crazy being on there alone with you.

Just be sure to know what you are doing, and check the maps to and from your hotel and print out before leaving for the concert trip. :3

FOR SUUUUUUUUUUURE
i'm going
i went last year too and i went backstage and took pictures with bigbang<3
freaking BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
and im sure my parents will let me go since it's two days after my birthday
but i look at the hollywoodbowl calendar and it says nothing about korean music festival

Ok so I have a question. It may sound stupid but bare with me.

What the hack is a Will Call? So I choose that option then I can pick up my tickets the day of the concert? Because there's no way I will be able to pick them up in L.A before when I live all the way in vegas. So do I choose the will call option or no..

HELP!

Willcall is the box office inside the hollywood bowl.
I'm sure you're able to pick them up earlier.

My friend said they only asked her for a credit card number nothing else...O_O
Is there any possibility of people hacking?!?!?!?!

SO I can pick them up the day of the KF right?!?!?1

yeah, so i called them about them giving me 2 boxes when i ordered one...

and they wont give me the money back... they ended up saying its my fault for clicking continue booking, when that's the only button that loaded...

T_T

i don't even have 1200 in my account

Yes, you do! choose the option.
Will Call is a set up booth inside the Hollywood Bowl venue~
& you can come on the DAY of the concert to pick up your tickets there.

*even if you don't, it's okay cus they will take it there anyway if
nobody picks it up before the day of the concert.

^ THANK YOU!
Ok so i'm trying to order my tickets and it so frustrating. I've been reading that alot of other people are having the same problem. MANNGG! They need to fix this. OH AND EVERYTIME I CLICK CONTINUE BOOKING NOTHING COMES UP AND THEN I TRY THE SAME THING AND IT LIKE GOES TO DIFFERENT SEATS. So it's like Wtf? I wanted the 2 seats from the beginning.....if that made sense...

Selling 1 Garden Box Seat
They're pretty good seats: middle section.
Make me an offer! PM me for more info!
Serious inquires please. Paypal accepted only.

I think they are only open for ticket selling at 10 AM to 5 PM, I think. I remember reading something like that. But I'm not sure though, you can keep trying. (:

so you bought more tickets than you needed to? which seats did you get?
but i have a question. most hotels around hollywood bowl keeps saying that we need someone that's 21 or older with a credit card to be able to check into a hotel. do all the hotels do that or is it just some? that'll suck because my friends and i aren't even 21 yet.

YEP! Thats what my sister and I did last year ;]

remember for the people who are going and want to meet other soompiers. there is a soompi meet. if you want to joing just click on the link below. ^^ join! the more the merrier!


http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=192303

I think that Wilshire Grand requires you to be 18+... not sure though!
I think you should just call the hotels & ask. =]

Yeah. The majority of the hotels require you to be 21 to book the rooms.
I believe that if you get someone 21 to go in there ahead of time to let the Reception people know
that he/she is booking the room for like their relatives & what not .. & pay for it in advance or put a deposit down.
That's what my boyfriend did for me when I had to book a room when I was up in San Diego.
You can give that a try

You do show ID when you check into the hotel. Most are 18+ and maybe some 21+? But yes call the hotel to find out.

Yeah, some hotels let 18+ book rooms.
I stayed at the Renaissance Hotel last year and I was 18 when I booked it.

Did you use a credit card to pay for this? If so, call your credit card company and asked them for a chargeback; explain the situation with the website i.e. problems and gitch and how you try to work it out with Korea times.

I ended up buying a whole extra garden box i did not want... and they wont give me back $600

can any soompiers drive me and my friend to the hollywood bowl? and like drive us back to orange county ?? i was supposed to get tickets yesterday($30 =_="" im kinda broke) but my mom wouldnt let me get it unless i have a ride for sure...

so if anybody can drive us can you PM me or something? PLEAASEEE MUSTTT GET TICKETSSS AND SEE SUJUUU AND OTHERSSS lol

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aim: taylorkabaylor

so do you think if i get a relative to book me my friends and i a room, they'll be okay with it? i'm new at this whole thing. if i get tickets and i'm able to go, it'll be my first time traveling by myself and doing all the planning. supposely i'm the "smarter" one in the group/the one who thinks ahead of time so...i'm stuck with trying to figure everything out. also we'll be taking the plane if we do go. what do you think is the best way from the airport to the hotel? i don't want to get ripped off or anything. plus i don't know my way around since it'll be my first time there.



so what seats are they? i might* be interested in getting them for my friends and i if you're going to sell them and if i can find us a decent hotel and get everything planned out.

what seats/row are they? i'd be interested in buying 1-2 tickets from you

are you planning to sell your tickets?
i would be interested...
don't worry, im sure you'll sell them in no time ^^
haha. [=


DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW GOOD TERRENCE SEATS ARE? T_____T;
will i be able to see the artist's face ? ><
i have like, center front - ishhhh seats .
i hope i can see them . ugh ._.
i tried so hard to get tickets, but only got terrence :|
i wanted pool so bad.
OR EVEN GARDEN .
but noooo. they were sold out . apftt. -.-

my friend just got the tickets today !
we got middle garden box . tickets sell FAST .
i'm so excited :DDDD

Does anyone know for sure if the garden box sits are sold out?
if they are. how good are terracebox sits??

garden boxes are said to be sold out but i think if you call and if you're lucky, there might be one available.
if not, there's always soompiers selling garden seats(:
*aheeeeeeem* me ahhaha. you should check the selling/buyign thread. the link is on the first page of this thread.

man, i think it's extreamly super gay that people who order later on are able to get better seats than people who've ordered before them :|
they shouldn't oragnize this way next year -.-

i don't get this...why do you guys buy tickets and then sell them? o.O

^i don't think all of them intended to do that, but for people who bought garden box, it's unavoidable since they won't let you buy just one ticket. you'd need to buy a minimum of 4 tickets even if you're only going by yourself

well, they have extra seats or they made a mistake while clicking like mad on monday
or they upgraded to front row, like me! (:
so we have extra seats available..