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Post by grannyjx6 on Aug 26, 2022 1:53:16 GMT
Booked tickets for April and used Seatplan as a guide, so thanks for the heads up about that. Amazingly, Ticketmaster had the cheapest tickets compared to the actual venue (side seats, but good reviews). Only booked because of the rave reviews on here, and my husband isn’t too keen on the fact that it’s so far away from the main London hub. For that reason I’ve booked the Sunday afternoon matinee, giving plenty of time to get there and back.
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Post by alece10 on Aug 26, 2022 7:36:03 GMT
Booked tickets for April and used Seatplan as a guide, so thanks for the heads up about that. Amazingly, Ticketmaster had the cheapest tickets compared to the actual venue (side seats, but good reviews). Only booked because of the rave reviews on here, and my husband isn’t too keen on the fact that it’s so far away from the main London hub. For that reason I’ve booked the Sunday afternoon matinee, giving plenty of time to get there and back. I'm sure you will have a great time. BTW Ticketmaster is the official ticket seller so when you go to the ABBA Voyage website and click on buy tickets it takes you to Ticketmaster. Also would suggest you check in advance on the TFL website to see if there are any weekend closures on the tube and DLR lines. |
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Post by grannyjx6 on Sept 1, 2022 16:10:29 GMT
Booked tickets for April and used Seatplan as a guide, so thanks for the heads up about that. Amazingly, Ticketmaster had the cheapest tickets compared to the actual venue (side seats, but good reviews). Only booked because of the rave reviews on here, and my husband isn’t too keen on the fact that it’s so far away from the main London hub. For that reason I’ve booked the Sunday afternoon matinee, giving plenty of time to get there and back. I'm sure you will have a great time. BTW Ticketmaster is the official ticket seller so when you go to the ABBA Voyage website and click on buy tickets it takes you to Ticketmaster. Also would suggest you check in advance on the TFL website to see if there are any weekend closures on the tube and DLR lines. |
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Post by grannyjx6 on Sept 1, 2022 16:11:43 GMT
Fingers crossed all the strikes will be over by then, but will definitely check before that the DLR and tube lines are open.
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Post by stevemar on Sept 2, 2022 11:35:38 GMT
To add to the chorus of approval, thumbs up here too. What a triumph of technical wizardry, a wall of sound and music and dazzling immersive atmosphere and lighting (though weak aircon). Great view from the seats - just off the centre. Danced about half the time as the seated audience was mostly seated, so it would be good to be on the dance floor another time.
Even though I fully entered into the spirit of the occasion, it still felt a bit odd - particularly during the extended anime sequences. Like a lot of concerts, the words weren’t always clear, but at least the volume covered our singing.
I wanted it to last longer, but I guess they are keeping back songs for changes in the repertoire, and the length is pretty standard for a gig.
Whilst we enjoyed the Olympic Park and restaurants at Westfield, the walk even with a pdf map from Stratford lacked basic signposting both ways, and following the crowd would have left us going the wrong way after the concert.
But everything else is pretty good!
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Post by richey on Sept 4, 2022 12:56:01 GMT
So I finally saw this last night after incredibly managing to avoid any major spoilers for the last few months. Wow what a show!
We had seats on the very back row and occasionally the holograms looked a little flat, but boy the sheer spectacle made up for it. The screens, the lighting...incredible. When the lights descended from the roof, the view across the auditorium was breathtaking.
I loved the choice of songs. When it started with one of my two favourite songs from them, then I knew it was going to be good. To then have my second favourite (When All is Said and Done) included when I wasn't expecting it actually made me cry, especially given my personal circumstances at the moment.
An incredible show,there will be a return visit hopefully on the dancefloor for a different perspective.
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Post by distantcousin on Sept 7, 2022 20:22:05 GMT
Are they employing dynamic pricing on this show? I swear the same tickets for the same dates I looked at a couple of weeks ago have gone up from 65 to 97!!!?? Money grabbing b'stards!
Unfortunately it seems like Saturday afternoon (what we wanted) is the most expensive performance on any given week! Even the evening is cheaper
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Post by talkingheads on Oct 16, 2022 17:11:38 GMT
Saw it today. Incredible. I was stood right at the front and after a while I forgot it was a screen. I love that they included a bit of badinage and talking to the audience. Lovely to hear songs like The Visitors and Summer Night City too, not just a greatest hits. Is it right that they actually recorded more songs to update the show at some point?
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Post by alece10 on Oct 16, 2022 17:42:04 GMT
Saw it today. Incredible. I was stood right at the front and after a while I forgot it was a screen. I love that they included a bit of badinage and talking to the audience. Lovely to hear songs like The Visitors and Summer Night City too, not just a greatest hits. Is it right that they actually recorded more songs to update the show at some point? Yes there are a few more songs recorded, good excuse to go back again. |
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Post by edi on Oct 18, 2022 17:40:51 GMT
TBH I wasn't that keen on this. It is like the difference between a CD and Vinyl. I found it very clean and sanitised.
Saying that, it was worth seeing it just for the technology. It's amazing how fast things are changing.....
In addition I am very glad it wasn't "ABBA Greatest Hits". That would have added to the CD ambiance.
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Post by fiyero on Oct 19, 2022 8:47:53 GMT
TBH I wasn't that keen on this. It is like the difference between a CD and Vinyl. I found it very clean and sanitised. Saying that, it was worth seeing it just for the technology. It's amazing how fast things are changing.....
In addition I am very glad it wasn't "ABBA Greatest Hits". That would have added to the CD ambiance. That was my main reason for going, the whole show! I was at the very back so could really take in all the lighting and effects in the auditorium |
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Post by interval99 on Nov 14, 2022 21:38:17 GMT
Email for priority booking from tomorrow just arrived with general booking from Thursday for new booking period To the end of November 2023.
One of the hottest tickets in town, visitors from around the world and the ABBAtars will have played more concerts than the real ABBA did in their heyday, although with the sellout voyage concerts, Mamma Mia still playing in London and around the world, the Mamma Mia party dinner event still running and opening new venues, countless abba tribute bands playing around the world and the 30 year old gold album still in the charts they are having a pretty good heyday now.
Remarkable way for them to celebrate their 50th year since their first official recording as a group with people need love in 1962.
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Post by alece10 on Nov 14, 2022 21:43:18 GMT
Well I've been twice now and plan on another visit in the NY, just love the whole thing.
Recommended it to my neighbours (couple in their early 30s) they went with friends and were in the dance arena. They just told me it's one of the best things they have ever seen and one of them has already booked again to take his mum.
Just shows it attracts all generations.
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Post by karloscar on Nov 15, 2022 0:57:12 GMT
Now that the devoted fans have seen it (once at least) and raved about it for weeks, it's interesting that those with a more casual acquaintance with the songs, those going along out of curiosity, or dragged there by partners are reacting on social media in a similar way to the devotees. Friends who would once have said "I hate Abba, but..." think it's one of the best shows they've ever seen.
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Post by fiyero on Nov 15, 2022 10:56:00 GMT
I've just booked a bottom price pair for next August, the opposite side from where I was in June. No idea who I'm taking but including booking was less than £45 for the pair which is fine by me!
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 15, 2022 11:31:45 GMT
I've just booked a bottom price pair for next August, the opposite side from where I was in June. No idea who I'm taking but including booking was less than £45 for the pair which is fine by me! Whereabouts are the bottom prices located? |
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Post by fiyero on Nov 15, 2022 11:48:19 GMT
I've just booked a bottom price pair for next August, the opposite side from where I was in June. No idea who I'm taking but including booking was less than £45 for the pair which is fine by me! Whereabouts are the bottom prices located? Extreme sides of the seated blocks. I got seats 1-2. Not sure how far along they go but looks like next price band is 3x the price or more! EDIT: for the new dates you can't pick from the seating plan yet |
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2022 12:00:33 GMT
So essentially next to the stage where the illusion is least effective? For £22.50 I’d be ripping their arm off!
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Post by theatreian on Nov 15, 2022 15:15:28 GMT
For my 2nd visit I got two of the cheap tickets for January which came to £44.50 for the pair. Block F row M seats 1 and 2. I sat the opposite side before so sure these will be ok.
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Post by fiyero on Nov 15, 2022 20:19:40 GMT
Looks like the seating plan is available now. Only 26 bottom price seats per performance (The date I've picked £21.50 when the ones around them are £55)
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Post by jacklondon on Dec 23, 2022 12:08:47 GMT
My curiosity got the better of me and I caught up with this last night. I'd read some earlier reports that suggested that the dancefloor was busy rather than rammed, leaving enough room to dance. That didn't feel like the case last night with barely any room to move - certainly more rammed than many modern gigs I've been to. I wonder whether the numbers have changed or I just got unlucky with the part of the dancefloor I picked. Nevertheless, it didn't detract from what was a rather wonderful experience.
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Post by Marwood on Dec 31, 2022 16:30:36 GMT
Saw this yesterday afternoon: there were issues with the DLR from Stratford that meant by the time I got to the arena, joined the queue and actually got in, there was about 5 minutes before the show started, and the only proper space on the dance floor was right at the front but I managed to get to a really good position to see things, I’d say I was about ten or so rows from the front but I could see all the screens without having to turn round too much.
Obviously ABBA aren’t short of a few bob but the quality of everything in the show was top notch, the venue, lighting, lasers, projection and sound were all faultless, the closest thing I can compare it to was seeing an act like the Chemical Brothers or going to a club like Printworks. With regards to the actual ABBAtars, at first I thought the facial expressions and movement seemed a bit odd and creepy, like The Irishman or a cut scene from Grand Theft Auto: I don’t know if it was my brain getting used to them but by the end I had got used to it and didn’t think about it.
I’m not the biggest fan of ABBA, I’ve got a copy of Gold and that’s it so o don’t anything that wasn’t a single but I really enjoyed the show (didn’t enjoy who it was standing behind me that shouted ‘aha!’ in an Alan Partridge voice during Knowing Me, Knowing You though…)
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Post by ptwest on Dec 31, 2022 23:38:59 GMT
Went for a third visit this week. This show just makes me very, very happy. Went with friends, one of whom wasn’t an Abba fan when we went in but was converted!
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Jan 1, 2023 18:14:36 GMT
I have friends who have been to see this 3 or 4 times, but once was enough for me. You cant fault what they have achieved here. The technology is fantastic, right down to the shadows on the floor and the sparkle from their costumes when they are in darkness at the back of the set. When they first appear, it tricks your mind because it's so well done. Unfortunately when you see them in close up on the screens, which is all the time, they appear a bit vacant and there wasn't enough expression to make it truely lifelike. They looked dead behind the eyes.
I was a bit bored after 30 minutes because i couldnt buy into the whole 'its a concert' scenario. It was more like a cinema because its all screens everywhere. Why are people shouting at screens? They cant hear you. Also, there were quite a few songs that were just video because the Abbatars were not used. Why?
The purpose built arena itself is a spectacular bit of kit and the lighting was very impressive. Being at a 1pm show on a sunday didnt help. Abba for me is best enjoyed after a few drinks, not on a dreary lunchtime, at a time when I'm usually reading the papers in bed, The show also started about 10 mins late. Wasn't anyone available to press play?
I'm curious as to why this is in the musicals section of the board when its not a stage show nor a musical.
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Post by intoanewlife on Jan 1, 2023 18:50:27 GMT
I have friends who have been to see this 3 or 4 times, but once was enough for me. You cant fault what they have achieved here. The technology is fantastic, right down to the shadows on the floor and the sparkle from their costumes when they are in darkness at the back of the set. When they first appear, it tricks your mind because it's so well done. Unfortunately when you see them in close up on the screens, which is all the time, they appear a bit vacant and there wasn't enough expression to make it truely lifelike. They looked dead behind the eyes. I was a bit bored after 30 minutes because i couldnt buy into the whole 'its a concert' scenario. It was more like a cinema because its all screens everywhere. Why are people shouting at screens? They cant hear you. Also, there were quite a few songs that were just video because the Abbatars were not used. Why? The purpose built arena itself is a spectacular bit of kit and the lighting was very impressive. Being at a 1pm show on a sunday didnt help. Abba for me is best enjoyed after a few drinks, not on a dreary lunchtime, at a time when I'm usually reading the papers in bed, The show also started about 10 mins late. Wasn't anyone available to press play? I'm curious as to why this is in the musicals section of the board when its not a stage show nor a musical. It's like you lept into my brain and stole all my thoughts on this thing... In the end it's all down to one word, nostalgia. |
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