At least I'm not the only one! I'm waiting for my tickets, too. We leave tomorrow for our DC trip, so I'm getting anxious! Thanks for this blog- it makes me feel like I'm not so alone in this process.
Waiting on Printpass too... I got my tickets at 9:07 am and I thought for sure I would have gotten the email from Printpass my now. I am really getting nervous. On the confirmation email it said if you had any problems to email hello@frontgatetickets.com. I did. Still no response. It is 4:04 pm EST. I am with the other parents wishing I had never said anything to my kids until after I got the actually email with the tickets. I really hope they come. We will be devastated if they don't.
I just called Frontgate tickets. They advised that they are still in the process of emailing the printpass tickets and to be patient. I called 4/8/09 at 3:42pm EDT.
WH Easter Egg Roll Tickets So...I'm NOT the only one! What a relief. I was able to get tickets too. I secured my tickets @ 8:15am for Group B on 3/26 and have been anixously waiting for April 6-8 to come. Well, it's April 8 the time 3:45pm EST and I have still not received my PRINTPASS email. I was getting very nervous, until my search I found this blog. I am relieve to know I'm not the only one waiting. If anyone finally receives their PRINTPASS email please keep all of us posted. I have also email the ticketing agent with my order number and any status information. NO RESPONEs YET!
no tickets yet It's almost 4pm. here in northern va. I was out all day so I expected to have received the tickets by the time I got home. I guess I might not be as concerned if the whole ticket process hadn't been such a mess. I hope they come through.
Tickets I got the tickets @ the 2 pm slot time as well for the 8 am group, but still havent received the email yet for the actual tickets. They said they will be emailed from the 6th - 8th. Does anyone have a number to call to ask them about what we should do?
No email and trains and streets It's 12:13 PM EDT and still no email. I am also responding more to the question about how the trains and streets will be. We were there for the inauguration and were able to get around pretty well on the trains, just had to wait a much longer time than is usual. But everything still was pretty easy for 1.8 million people, so I'm guessing that Monday will be rush hour in the AM and just fine otherwise. Well, still waiting on the email. I'm planning to take my receipt/order # with me if there is no email before we leave on Saturday. I'll post back if I get the email, too!
Waiting on Printpass! I'm getting a little nervous now!! Still waiting on printpass and I haven't seen where anyone has recieved printpass but have heard people from different groups such as Schools in the District and Prince Georges county MD got actual tickets!! Still waiting and trying to be patient...only because I told the 5 year old we had tickets! Should have kept my trap closed until I had them in hand or on computer ;)
Still waiting & nervous Hi, I got tickets too. I'm still waiting on the official email. I know I am more excited than my kids are. LOL It felt like winning the lottery for me. My kids and my hubby laughed at me. I'm also nervous about getting around on Monday. I wonder how packed the trains and the streets will be.
Easter Egg Roll Has anyone got there e-mail with there offical tickets and agenda? I haven't got my e-mail yet with my print passes and was scared that something was wrong.
PrintPass How has PrintPass worked for those who have received the email with the tickets? I was able to get tickets on the last run of the day on March 26th, so I'm guessing I won't get an email until the end of April 8th. Just curious. Thank you, PO5 for a positive blog post in the face of so much hassle trying to get tickets. It was a long process for me, too, and if I hadn't gotten tickets I would've been OK, too. But when I actually succeeded and got an order number, I was like some of the other posters - acting like I'd just won a lottery - for about 2 seconds. Then I calmed down because I want my son to place importance on people around him and the values inside of himself rather than valuing events or things outside of himself. Even if we never get the email/tickets he told me we'll have a good time in DC, anyway. Yessssss! But I'm still eagerly awaiting the email :) ! Does that make me two-faced?
Easter Egg Roll Did you get your e-mail today for the Egg Roll? I was just wondering if it told who was going to be there at the Roll. What time slot did you get? I won tickets my family is so excited to go. This will be our first time going. I hope you and your family have alot of fun.
April 3 I was also disappointed because I was unable to get tickets. I started checking the White House web site at midnight DC time, then 3am, then 6am. Though I was checking frequently, along with a friend of mine, we didn't see the website updated to click for tickets until 10:00 am DC time. Did other people have this problem?
TICKETS TO EGG ROLL AT WHITE HOUSE Like so many of you have posted. I was so dissapointed. I woke up at 6 am (Pacific standard time) thinking by getting up early ticket would be distributed from 8 am or 9 am EST, so I got up early to tackle on the task. At first I would reach the selection window for tickets, but no response to the selection of tickets, system eventually froze. I logged out , logged back on and every time tickets will be distributed throughout the day, this message I received till 4:40 pm PST, at around 5 PST, I finally reached the selection window again, again not able to make a selection to secure the tickets, next thing the window refreshes with Sorry all tickets are out.
SO Dissapointed, so displeased. System sucks.
thanks for your blog Just wanted to say that your blog gave me great information on how to get tickets to the egg roll. I went from I don't think I can spend the night in D.C. to this is an opportunity of a lifetime that I would probably do only once. I actually looked forward to camping out with my friend. We had it all planned out. And to me waiting in an actual line gave me hope that indeed I would actually be able to give my kids an opportunity to play on the white house lawn. How awesome would that have been? WOW!!! When the process to get tickets changed, I was disappointed, but I do see the point of letting those who can't camp out to get tickets. Like everyone else, my plan had changed. When the process was announced for getting tickets, I felt so lucky that I did not have to work on Thursday the tickets were being distributed. I was going to be able to be on the computer and get tickets. I felt like I still had a chance. And like you mentioned, you still had to camp out. Starting at 12 a.m. the camping out begun in front of the computer. Finally when the tickets started being distrubuted I would get to the point of putting the code in. No luck. All day, the same thing. I, like you, feeling that my internet was too slow to compete, went to my husbands office to get a faster connection. The office workers would come and ask Any Tickets Yet?? Anyway, to sum it up I never was able to secure tickets. I would get so excited after making a ticket selection only to be disappointed as the next screen would never come up. I even thought the ticket distribution may have lasted for more than one day. I was so disappointed when the announcement was made there were no more tickets were available. In disbelief, I went to the website again and again just to make sure. Yes,I know it, I was getting a little mental. In fact, I thought I was going to have a mental breakdown. I'm sure a lot of it was mental and physical
exhaustion. I felt so sad that after 19 1/2 hours of waiting in front of the computer I was ticketless. After getting a full night sleep and a couple of days later I realize it's not the end of the world. Congratulations to those who got tickets!! I hope all that did get tickets use them and realize what an awesome experience it will be! Okay, I said my peace (my husband will be happy, he's getting a little sick of easter egg roll ticket talk). Now I look at it as there will always be next year!!!!! Thanks again for a great blog. It was a great thing to go to during ticket distribution day, kind of like a support group!!!
In the past, the president has appeared right at the beginning. I don't know how it works, b/c I've never been there that early before. Hope you get a glimpse of him!
For those who unfortunately did not get tickets, I am sorry. I do agree the system was very unfair, although I somehow was able to get 4 tickets, 2 adult ones and 2 child ones for the 8 am group. I waited from 12 am and I was lucky enough to get them at around 2:30 pm, 2 hours before I had to go to work my night shift. I consider it complete luck and I feel for those who did not receive tickets. However, for those who do have tickets for the 8 am group, do you all know of how it works with the first family coming out, because I have heard that they do come out for the first group? Let me know, thanks!
I GOT TICKETS FOR THE 3 TO 5 SLOT!!! Ok, we live in Henrico, VA and I nor my husband would have been able to camp all night for tickets for our 4 year old. We wanted him to have this experience and with the hope of possibly meeting the First Family!! Next year we may not be able to get tickets but to me the online way was good for us. And yes, I was on line as early as 4 am and didn't get my tickets until the last ticket session. I was able to get my four tickts to the check out box but couldn't confirm them, on the last try, it just so happened I grabbed my tickets and they were waiting for me. We I went in to grab more, it took me to the check out!!!! How excited I was, I screamed for two minutes. And yes, my husband and kids just laughed. We are excited and I pray that this date is a fun filled day with no issues. I want to come back home with happy memories and a very exhausted 4 year old with tons of photos!!!! See you guys on the13th at 2 pm in line!!!!
Egg Roll 2009 I live in the DMV so I feel awful for saying this...but I really was looking forward to camping out, especially after reading your travel blog! Even though we finally got tickets during the last release (after 12 hours of the "enter" and "back" key). My husband and I jumped up, screamed (loudly), had some wine drink and went to bed. The whole experience, for me, was extremly exhusting...I feel abused (LOL).
Bummer There was absolutely no way to get on to the tickets website yesterday from 6am-9am. I tried and tried and tried and continued to be timed out due to 'high volume.' What did I expect? As a single parent, I sadly do not have time to sit online, or on line all day/night, to give my kids the thrill of a lifetime. C'est la vie I suppose. We'll stick with local pleasures in Brooklyn.
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At least I'm not the only one!
I'm waiting for my tickets, too. We leave tomorrow for our DC trip, so I'm getting anxious! Thanks for this blog- it makes me feel like I'm not so alone in this process.