The Early San Diego/Irvine Thread

SoCalMissMagic · Post by **SoCalMissMagic** » June 20, 2003 5:16 pm

This Saturday--- I'm ready! Jimmy made us wait a little longer to get our tickets this year!

It will be a little harder to hit Chula Vista this time, considering he's not stopping there on a Saturday... But Irvine is a done deal! I'm crossing my fingers that ticket-buying won't be too much of a problem.

How long do you all think it will take Irvine to sell out this year, considering he's only doing one show (and his only weekend show of the SoCal leg?) I'm remembering the 2000 show, when he sold out within the first 15 minutes!

Tagriffith · Post by **Tagriffith** » June 20, 2003 5:22 pm

My guess is with only one show...seats will go fast! If you don't get a good place in line or have a real fast internet connection...it might be tough.

I've noticed the new time limits for completing each part of the transaction on ticketmaster. I've lost some good seats due to the fact that I didn't type in my info fast enough.

coronacliff · Post by **coronacliff** » June 20, 2003 6:45 pm

Is it worth getting premier parking at irvine?

Honey Do · Post by **Honey Do** » June 20, 2003 8:03 pm

They have premier parking?

Where is it? Where all the RV's are parked? And is it called "premier" because the nice RV folks will let uyou use their potties instead of the yucky port-o-potties????

coronacliff · Post by **coronacliff** » June 21, 2003 1:17 pm

GOt my tix for Vegas, Coors, and Irvine. YEAH!!!

bumper · Post by **bumper** » June 21, 2003 3:01 pm

coronacliff wrote:Is it worth getting premier parking at irvine?

Motorhome Alley is the premier parking spot...aint no doubt about that.

Honey Do · Post by **Honey Do** » June 21, 2003 5:05 pm

I heard that Irvine sold out in about an hour! I guess I will be wandering the parking lot looking for nice folks with extra tickets! Or hopefully finding some through the Orange Couty, LA or Inland Empire Club! We'll see! Where there's a will there's a way! We can't miss out on Irvine, now that I know about the "priemeir parking!" I think a group from Vegas are looking into renting an RV - hope it's not too much $$$$$$$$$.

crabman · Post by **crabman** » June 21, 2003 11:09 pm

HoneyDo, check your pm.

crabman

SDPirate40 · Post by **SDPirate40** » June 22, 2003 12:14 am

OK,

I just got off a plane from Dallas, saw the Eagles last night at the new American Air Center. Best concert ever, any Eagles fans out there...check it out I already have my tix for Vegas and San Diego (presale thru Eagles Fan Club). Much better than seeing them in Denver last year, and even better than their Millenium shows. Joe Walsh was on fire. The stage/video, incredible.

Plane landed at 10 am, then I remembered Jimmy at Irvine going on sale! You would think I would be paying more attention to the thread!When I walked into my place, headed for the computer, and wammo, scored $62 seats in the Terrace. So so, but at least its reserved! And no Ebay! Yea!

Note on Preferred parking for SD and Irvine...most die hard parrotheads prefer parking "amongst the faithful" out in the regular lots...better tailgating...

ph4life · Post by **ph4life** » June 24, 2003 5:11 am

I was at work on Saturday morning, but luckily there's internet access, and I scored 8 for Coors, 4 for Irvine, and 4 for Vegas!

16 tix in 5 minutes, how sweet is that. The west coast swing is is 3 months away!

SoCalMissMagic · Post by **SoCalMissMagic** » June 24, 2003 6:37 pm

Looks like I should have tried the internet this year! After some bad luck with phones and internet in the past, I decided to go the live route again this time and wait in line... Unfortunately I got stuck behind a group of teenagers who had arrived at 6am. I wouldn't have minded much, except I heard them talking and realized that they weren't fans and didn't even intend to go to the concert-- several of them had never even heard of Jimmy Buffett- they were just buying up tickets so they could scalp them for a profit. Ugh!!!!

There were several true Phans behind them in line (myself included), and my heart just sank when I heard the words (to one of the teenagers: ) "Sorry, it just sold out." It actually turned out that there were limited seats left-- just not several together. So I was able to get four lawn tickets for Irvine, as well as four seats for Chula Vista. Overall, it was a frustrating ticket-buying experience, but it ended up okay.

Now it's time for tailgate planning!

SDPirate40 · Post by **SDPirate40** » June 24, 2003 8:59 pm

Hmmmm....

Time to plan...(do parrotheads plan?)....

One show in Irvine, times are a changin...

Plans for Irvine:

- wash convertible.

- shop: 2 gl Captn Morgan's, 2 cases diet coke, Absolut/cran/sprite for my honey, munchies, aspirin, ice, cups, limes, etc.

- Hotel...Monarch Beach area.

- with one show, arrive by 10 am. Hang across street or Spectrum lot til lot opens, hopefully by 1 pm like last year.

- Make friends with motorhome people (I am dropping the motorhome rental due to one show)

- GO NUTS!

Plan for San Diego...

Ditto, except show at noon, stay at home.

bumper · Post by **bumper** » June 24, 2003 9:42 pm

Actually I think the tickets were gone much faster...I was able to get lawn at 10:04 a.m. and then POOF...gone

Plan
Rent motorhome...................32ft slide out
stay at undisclosed location for 4 nights. heeeeeeeeeeeehehehehhe
all 14 phriends will arrive by Friday..several on Thursday
Designated driver acquired, pre arranged to meet us at 10 sharp.

Look for Pirate40 making phriends with motorhome heads
and..........................
7up, cranberry juice, hawiian punch,
vodka, rum, everclear mixed in a 10 gallon cooler.........WHAMO

Parrothead Punch....yeah babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

The Mayor · Post by **The Mayor** » June 25, 2003 11:41 am

Anyone needing directions to Coors Amphitheater for the San Diego show can get them by pasting the link below into your browser...I received this from Coors after my purchase of my SD Buffett ticket....

http://www.hob.com/venues/concerts/coors/directions.asp

SDPirate40 · Post by **SDPirate40** » June 25, 2003 12:49 pm

BUmper,

Will look for you...we will be in a white SL convertible, PIRET40 California tags.

Stop by when you are roaming out of motorhome alley!

SoCalMissMagic · Post by **SoCalMissMagic** » June 25, 2003 2:01 pm

SDPirate40 wrote:- with one show, arrive by 10 am. Hang across street or Spectrum lot til lot opens, hopefully by 1 pm like last year.

We're right there with ya! We had almost 40 people to meet up with last time we hit Irvine, and starting off at the Spectrum lot was a perfect way to meet up before they opened the other one.

This year our group is significantly smaller (had a harder time getting tickets!) but we will be living large, nonetheless!

TheSecretsInTheCrust · Post by **TheSecretsInTheCrust** » June 25, 2003 4:06 pm

The SoCal stops are going to be WILD!

Tagriffith · Post by **Tagriffith** » June 25, 2003 5:07 pm

I have 2 extra terrace seats if anyone needs them....face value! PM me if you are in need of some more seats!

And oh yes....the so cal stops are gonna kick ass!!!

Tagriffith · Post by **Tagriffith** » June 25, 2003 7:55 pm

Just sold the seats....

SoCalMissMagic · Post by **SoCalMissMagic** » June 26, 2003 3:31 pm

Tagriffith wrote:Just sold the seats....

Wow-- I should have checked back earlier!!! It's not surprising that those were unloaded quickly...

Tagriffith-- You are AWESOME for selling your tickets at face value! It's nice to see someone helping out fellow Parrotheads