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[LOTR Fan]

Samara, on Oct 6 2003, 08:52 PM, said:

Same happened to me.I was number 330. What didn't help in my case was an extremely rude woman muscling in on my meeting with Lij. Still, he was lovely. And I'm still a happy bunny. Met Sean he was a total delight aswell..374 and I got a hug, a photo and it personalized. Limit the number of autographs. Especially in Elijah's case, I think those people taking half a dozen piccy's held him back. LIMIT THEM PEEPS....please xxxxxxx

This is strange...
On the monday Andy and Sean whizzed through their tickets and had free lines where you could just go and chat for a while. Was anyone else there on the monday at the end of the day when they let anyone without a ticket go and see Elijah and Dom? They were signing stuff and you could take photos as long as your camera didn't have a flash (although there were many people who obviously didn't know this cos there were flashes that were blinding me and I was behind the person taking the pic!)

When I saw Elijah on the monday one of the helpers was trying to hurry me along but I still managed to get everything I wanted (by pretending to ignore the guy) so many thanks John!!  

[POTATOES]

The Sting, on Oct 6 2003, 09:22 PM, said:

Maybe somebody should organise ELIJAHMANIA!!!!

now heres someone with a plan  

shame theres only one elijah wood  

can i have my own personal dommania while thats going on   

[LOTR Fan]

Can I have the first ticket to Dommania and Elijahmania please?

[POTATOES]

oh, adn i never got to meet ANY of the hobbits! and i am totally obsessed with LotRs!!! they are my favourite people, id been counting down to this event since they announced dom!! i never even got as close to elijah as you did...it sucks it had to be so quick but you were SO lucky to get that close to him!!

i got to go to the screenings and they made my weekend so special to me that ive not been posting threads of complaint!!! sure it was busy and fast and messy, but thats coz all the fans are so determined to get near them! SM did what they had to so as many people as possible could meet them...hopefully these guys will be got again so those who didnt meet them at all can get to!!

[KT171]

Ok these events should be about the fans, right?. ok you make loads of money but it is really about the fans. This event was about getting as many people through as possible and thats not so more could meet him , it was all about money!!!!!! You can't call 2 seconds a meeting!!!

[LOTR Fan]

If it makes you feel any better Elijah and Dom really wanted to meet everyone and loved meeting those they did see

[POTATOES]

i was just glad to be at the screenings!!!

before they announced elijah being at c4 i would have thought that i would NEVER actually see elijah in the flesh!!!! i still can really believe i have

AND the fact i got to see his tattoo and his awful BK impression that always makes me giggle

[KT171]

I personally have no bad vibes to the  guests, it just would of been nice if we had more time so we could get more then 2 words out of them...." HI"   "Goodbye"

[Livluvver]

frodo lover, on Oct 6 2003, 08:40 PM, said:

[COLOR=red][SIZE=7][FONT=Arial]My name is Thomas Howard and i am discraced about the lack of time gone into the Elijah Wood meet. I had waited for 8 hours to meet my favourite person in the whole world and never got to. i had ticket number 728 which is pritty high i know but after people had waited that long to see him you would have thought that they would of at least have your photo taken with them because that is what every fan wants. They stopped this around 600 then you where only aloud 1 autograph per person which i think is unfair because someone saw a person take 18 photos of Elijah Wood in 1 go.
      Then we wernt aloud to have it personally signed to us like i wanted mine signed To Thomas, Best Wishes  Elijah Wood. But he only signed it Elijah Wood. i didnt even get to shake his hand and as soon as he had signed it i actually got pushed out of the way to the side my mum was there and she got tapped on the shoulder and told to move on.
    I think when you have waited that long you should be able to get the items signed and have a photo with them.


PLEASE IF ANYONE READS THIS PLEASE SAY WHAT YOU THINK IT WAS LIKE AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN!!!!!


THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME


          THOMAS HOWARD

What day?!?!
coz I actually had ticket number 728 on Sunday, and I met lij at 5.45!!
I didnt mind waiting and i do understand why th time with them was so short.... but Why no photos? my photos of 1 of the most memorable moment of my laife were just him signing and me looking at him!!!
      ALso my autograph was just signed-but TIME TIME TIME!!!!!
I think people got more time at the beginning because they were there from like 4 or 5 in the morning!!!!
hope I have been of some use in your argument!

[fadagaski]

I want to thank the assistant to Elijah, because she said something that got him to look up and look me IN THE EYE and then he SHOOK MY HAND. Okay, so the girl two places in front got a hug (BITCH! ) but still! I met Elijah Wood and he said to me "Don't be nervous". *dies*

Andy totally rocked. I love that guy. But I don't know about the Monday evening free queues, because I saw him leave at 16:30 (just as I was making my way down to see if I could have a chat - I had almost worked up the courage to do something more than blush and shake!). But he was just leaving - poor bloke had trouble getting out of the door with people stopping him, but there you go.

God, Showmasters HAVE to bring them all back. Or set up a seperate LotR-Mania. That would bring in just as much money (I know it's not the only point, but it is a factor), probably more if they got 5 LotR stars. Even if they were 'minor' characters (if you can call Lurtz, Sauron and Witchking 'minor'), that would still be a major draw.

Who's for Lotrmania?

~fadagaski~

[Amber]

On Monday I manage to get a ticket to see Elijah and I had to wait 7 hours before I could meet him. My ticket number was 607.

When I did manage to meet Elijah, I manage to ask him for a cuddle and he said yes.  

My mum couldn't take any photo as the steward told her not to, she still manage to take one of me cuddling Elijah.  Thanks mum.

In the end I got to shake his hand and say goodbye to him before the steward said to me to move on.

[sarah-monster]

illusionist, on Oct 7 2003, 10:27 AM, said:

sarah-monster:
but they didn't move me on, as Elijah actually spoke to me for a minute or 2, so they couldn't!

Nice, the rest of us got moved on in seconds, spent all day waiting to see him and then had 3-6 seconds standing for a sig and move on, at least I can say I was considerate and moved for people, so everyone could get a chance, some of us obviously did not think of others, 2 mins means 30 per hr! joke if everyone did that!!!!

Hey, I think you took that the wrong way - I wasn't meaning to boast or anything, and the 2 minute is probably WAY exaggerated in my mind (you know how time seems to freeze?!). I waited 9 hours to meet Elijah, and trust me, I wasn't about to take time away from other people, I'm really not that inconsiderate!  

[ukelijahlover]

No offence but you should've gone earlier then as I did..
I went queuing from 3am with no sleep that night...he did tell us to "Get some sleep!" lol....
You need to be there that early to show your dedication dude!

[ukelijahlover]

sarah-monster, on Oct 7 2003, 09:50 PM, said:

illusionist, on Oct 7 2003, 10:27 AM, said:

sarah-monster:
but they didn't move me on, as Elijah actually spoke to me for a minute or 2, so they couldn't!

Nice, the rest of us got moved on in seconds, spent all day waiting to see him and then had 3-6 seconds standing for a sig and move on, at least I can say I was considerate and moved for people, so everyone could get a chance, some of us obviously did not think of others, 2 mins means 30 per hr! joke if everyone did that!!!!

Hey, I think you took that the wrong way - I wasn't meaning to boast or anything, and the 2 minute is probably WAY exaggerated in my mind (you know how time seems to freeze?!). I waited 9 hours to meet Elijah, and trust me, I wasn't about to take time away from other people, I'm really not that inconsiderate!  

Exactly! Hey, stop moaning people! If we had a chance to be with Elijah that long then congrats to us! We were lucky and you were just jealous! You'd be the same in our positions...You're all lucky he even turned up so count your f*cken blessings and stop moaning! I'm fed up of it!
I met him for 7-8 mins!!

[tiggerbabe]

Livluvver, on Oct 7 2003, 08:28 PM, said:

I think people got more time at the beginning because they were there from like 4 or 5 in the morning!!!!

I got there at 5.15am and got ticket number 119 but still got only a couple of seconds whith Elijah and was told no photos, no personalisation! At least I managed to meet him. Maybe next time i'll get a photo!!

[sarah-monster]

I know - next time!!

[Athelas]

Hey, I must say i tend to agree. I know how hard it must be for the stars to get through everyone, but to pay 20.00 and just get a signature, no personalisation was a bit harsh.. we could have gone and bought an autographed photo at the fair... and not had to wait around for 8 hours.. but we wanted to meet our hero and get our photos signed personally..

bit of a dilemma, and heartbreaking for those who still didnt get in. i was lucky enough to get in on the monday but i was queueing from 4.00 am but there were people that had been there all night.. i did get my photo signed personally, but i was ushered out like a bat out of hell. those who got there in the  first 30 or so got the prime time... we were told that the first 200 would get personally signed pics.. but i was 99 and they were saying no then, but i insisted.. but its a hard one...

[ukelijahlover]

I was no.19 i think..i'd been waiting since 3am...no one was pushing us along...maybe cos of our awful freezing night in the cold and no sleep! Most amazing day of my life with Elijah! Couldnt have been better!
Would like to say a massive thanks to all the guests, especially Elijah himself, and the wonderful showmasters! Round of applause! You've made not only my day, nor month, nor year - you've made my LIFE!

ALL CHEER FOR C5!! ELIJAH AGAIN PLEASE!!!! HAHA!    

[Babydracky !]

Happy because I've seen him...

But...

That was a little ... HORRIBLE

[ElrilGalia]

I only went the Monday and hated it. I went to C3 and loved it. I didnt want my pic taken with anyone or have a signed photo. I just like to stand and watch and snap away not bothering anyone but this time I couldnt as Elijah and all the other guests were partitioned off so I couldnt see anything at all. The odd time he did stand up to have his photo taken, I only had a tiny space to see through and even then the crew sometimes stood infront so no one could see. When they did stop the personalised signing the tickets should have been cheaper! At C3 I saw Billy Boyd and got loads of pix without having to queue up and I could see him quite easily and had a brilliant time, this time people HAD to queue just to take a photo because of the partitions! Personaly I think thats why the fans were going crazy over them because they couldnt see them at all from a distance. When you are depriving people of seeing them they are going to go more crazy when they see them go on their breaks and stuff. Some people dont have time to queue and are happy with just a photo from a distance - why deprive people of this priviledge? No one is doing any harm standing and watching. At C3 people were allowed to stand and watch and there was no trouble at all. Girls were crying over Billy Boyd just the same as he is a popular celeb too! If this happens again at C5 where the guests are closed in and no one can see them unless they pay or queue I think its a big mistake and I and maybe many other people will stop attending.
The staff were crap! They could see people had their cameras out waiting to see a glimps but they still stood in the way anyway!
NEXT TIME PLEASE DO NOT PARTITION THE GUESTS IN SO NO ONE CAN SEE!