2010 Phillies Phestival

[muwolverine22]

i got 4 but i had major problems getting them, between not finding the link, and needing to call literally 200 times because the circuits were so busy. I have no idea if there was a limit or not, but the gentleman who helped was super nice and said the phones were ringing off the hook this morning.

 

[jake533]

Probably too many.

I didn't notice it mentioned on the site, but will they still have regular admission tickets without autograph booths? They're usually $10 (I think) and once inside if you hang out by who you want, as long as the line moves fast enough, you can usually get who you need with a $5-$10 donation. So you don't get two autograph table tickets, but you still can probably get the 2-3 players you most want.

There was a childrens ticket for $5 admission, ages 3-10. You might wanna call the Phillies.

 

[Jwolfer]

Probably too many.

I didn't notice it mentioned on the site, but will they still have regular admission tickets without autograph booths? They're usually $10 (I think) and once inside if you hang out by who you want, as long as the line moves fast enough, you can usually get who you need with a $5-$10 donation. So you don't get two autograph table tickets, but you still can probably get the 2-3 players you most want.

Does that work for guys like Utley? I have one admission only ticket that will most likely be extra.

 

[rickphils1]

It all depends on how fast the player finishes signing for people with tickets to that specific booth. Last year Hamels signed for $ donations for several minutes. It's ussually no problem for minor guys unless they are paired with a star. I don't think I remember Utley being done early enough to get at the end. Part of the problem is people who want to take individual pictures with each of their kids and group photos that slow lines down.

 

[KenJ]

All depends on the ushers as Rick mentions. We had Utley last year and took our time getting to his section. We were halfway back in line (almost a whole section behind the Phillies dugout was the line) and it took at least an hour - or half the duration of the Phestival - for us to get to him.

We had a total of 4 tickets:
Utley/MacKinnon
Ruiz/Dubee
Bruntlett/Coste
Lopes/???

We did Utley (60 minutes); then Ruiz (25 minutes); Hamels (for cash) 15 minutes; Bruntlett/Coste (10 minutes); and by the time we ran around to right field for Lopes he had left.

Our biggest mistake was looking around on the way in, buying grab bags, etc. instead of getting in Utley's line right away. This year we will have my older son with us and hope to do better having learnt from last year.

 

[Jwolfer]

Anyone have experience with rollins? Does he usually finish quickly?

 

[rickphils1]

No- Rollins is slow. Best thing to do would be to review the map of where guys are signing you want and periodically check to see if line is less than 50 or so. If it's longer than that, don't waste your time.

 

[Skizzick]

I know the first thing I'm going to do is head for Howard, then Werth (If I get them). I know Howard wasn't there last year, but how fast does Werth move?

Also, when do we find out which players we have for our pre-selected tickets? I didn't buy my tickets myself, my dad did, so I don't know who he chose if he could choose anybody.

 

[Jwolfer]

Its all random so he didn't pick any. You will find out the day of the phestival which sucks cause that makes it harder to plan out.

 

[graphgoddess]

It all depends on how fast the player finishes signing for people with tickets to that specific booth. Last year Hamels signed for $ donations for several minutes. It's ussually no problem for minor guys unless they are paired with a star. I don't think I remember Utley being done early enough to get at the end. Part of the problem is people who want to take individual pictures with each of their kids and group photos that slow lines down.

he was open for about 5-10 mins at the end but by the time i found out, i didnt make the cut. they said this yr they had an overwhelming amount of people going to the event so its not likely lines will open up but ya never know. i think the lil guys will but not the bigger ones.