Hey! I'm planning to get a festival pass this year and though I've been before, it was when it was at Empire... I've been searching the forum for an 'idiot's guide' to how it works now there are SIX SCREENS (!!) and so much to see.
Am I right that you buy your weekend pass for one of the main screens, to have your seat for the whole 5 days, then book discovery screen tickets separately? (and don't move between the 3 main screens?)
So effectively you have your seat, but plan what you don't mind missing when it clashes with something you like in the discovery screen?
If I've missed a post or a FAQ topic for 2015 please shout
Super excited to return, have the programme all ready to plan the 5 days so just want to check I'm not too far off the mark with how it's working nowadays! Hotel also booked, let's go!
Thank you for clarifying
So I don't pre-book discovery screen tickets before? (i.e. when I buy the festival ticket on Saturday) we just see what we fancy at the time?
One last thing - do we pick individual seats or are they done in blocks and then the seat numbers allocated?
Welcome back. We look forward to seeing you in August. You pretty much have it spot on. It's a little different for what you will remember, but it worked well last year. The big difference this year is the addition of our Discovery Screen at the Prince Charles giving FrightFesters more choice.\\
jeneralrobin wrote:Thank you for clarifying
So I don't pre-book discovery screen tickets before? (i.e. when I buy the festival ticket on Saturday) we just see what we fancy at the time?
One last thing - do we pick individual seats or are they done in blocks and then the seat numbers allocated?
Welcome back. We look forward to seeing you in August. You pretty much have it spot on. It's a little different for what you will remember, but it worked well last year. The big difference this year is the addition of our Discovery Screen at the Prince Charles giving FrightFesters more choice.\\
Thank you Ian - it's going to be effing brilliant! Do you know which Vue screens the Film4/Arrow/Horror screens are going to be in this year please? I've seen a post about how it was last year, is it the same? (Film4 Vue 5, Arrow Vue 6, Horror Vue 7)
Yay so we all need a chat about what we want to see before this date?
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Kris wrote:Yay so we all need a chat about what we want to see before this date?
With a combination of print outs, highlighters and film schedules I've picked what I'd like to see against whats in my main screen for all 5 days. It took me and my boyfriend 2 evenings to decide but it's done. If only I could put that much effort into other areas of my life... Could have been a doctor.
Is this the date for Discovery tickets? My passes say Disco tickets can be ordered from 23rd August - can anyone confirm? I wonder if it will be the same ticketing system and if they will have fixed the wheel of death by then ...
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Is this the date for Discovery tickets? My passes say Disco tickets can be ordered from 23rd August - can anyone confirm? I wonder if it will be the same ticketing system and if they will have fixed the wheel of death by then ...
Sorry this has now been confirmed as the 23rd of Aug.
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Last year the Disco screen tickets were available from 6pm the night before the film's screening at the automated ticket machines. Have we heard it's changing this year?
you mean an actual physical ticket? cos i dont know about that. however the day/festival passes explain that you can reserve tickets to discovery screen films as of Aug 23rd via the ticketing site and using the codes on the tickets under the barcodes.
edit: you might have meant for non-pass people. no idea about that either.
ian wrote:you mean an actual physical ticket? cos i dont know about that. however the day/festival passes explain that you can reserve tickets to discovery screen films as of Aug 23rd via the ticketing site and using the codes on the tickets under the barcodes.
edit: you might have meant for non-pass people. no idea about that either.
No, I mean the principle last year was: you take your day/festival pass to the automated machines from 6.00pm the night before the (Discovery) film you want to see and you scan the barcode and are issued the ticket for the screening the next day.
well the way it reads this time is that you register online for the discovery films on aug 23rd using your pass number and they will have been added to your pass when you collect it come the festival.
ian wrote:well the way it reads this time is that you register online for the discovery films on aug 23rd using your pass number and they will have been added to your pass when you collect it come the festival.
Where are you reading that? All I can find is this (granted, the info seems to be spread far and wide):
Festival and day pass holders are entitled, in the case of festival passes to free tickets to screenings in our Discovery Screens for the duration of the festival. For day pass holders, the same applies, but just for screenings on the day that a ticket has been purchased.
Tickets will are allocated on a first come first served basis.
To ease the acquisition of tickets, we will be putting in place an online system that enables pass holders to get tickets before arriving at the event in August.
Full details on how this will work will be posted here nearer the time.
