We are going to be in London the end of May. We are interested in attending the Ceremony of the Keys. I understand the tickets will be released on Monday, April 3rd. Does anyone have a good idea what time the tickets are available for purchase? I have seen midday, but also have seen earlier times posted here. I’m in Colorado, so I’m not sure if I should stay up super late or get up super early! Thanks in advance for any advice!
Posted by
DFW TX, USA
457 posts
I believe they are released at (around) 9:00am London time (the website doesn't mention a specific time) ... I wanted tickets for an April date so on March 1st I went to the website at 3am (6 hours behind London time), and tickets were already available ... I was number 200-something in the queue, but it moves quickly and 20 minutes later I got my date ... when I checked later that morning there were only a few dates left and only 1 or 2 tickets for that date ... there is a previous thread in this forum discussing this topic a few months ago where some shared their experiences (both practicing for tickets and actually getting tickets), I suggest you read it, could have more information that might be helpful ... if I were you, I'd start trying around 1:30am Mountain time and stay with it until you score tickets ... good luck, I hope you get tickets for the date you want.
Posted by
OP
Denver, Co
13 posts
Thanks for the reply. I will plan to start trying for tickets around 2:00 a.m. mountain time on April 3rd. I’ll post if I’m successful or not!
Posted by
Lake District, England
8134 posts
Saturday may not be a working day in the UK but tickets were released this morning, 1 April. By 0847 ticket buying was in full flow, had started some time after 0810.
I had clicked on a date then, just left it, and was automatically queued. I went away to do something else so don't know when it actually opened.
By 0930 there were 63 people in the queue- estimated 4 minute wait time, so it does move fast.
I'm not buying- was just checking for the forum.
Posted by
15 posts
I'm on the site now (noon in London time) and while there was a wait to get in the queue it does not appear that any tickets are actually open for purchase for May. Back to bed!
Posted by
Lake District, England
8134 posts
That is bad. They have a queue running, but have not released tickets into that queue- just tried it at 1250, 283 people ahead of me, 12 minute wait . There will be a lot of frustrated users this morning. So wait for Monday morning now, everyone will be sat in the queue super early
Posted by
1 posts
I just got tickets! Monday, May 1 was a Bank Holiday in England so no tickets were sold. This morning I signed on every hour starting at 4:00am EST. I got into a queue around 8:30 am EST but always got an error message after adding tickets to basket. Tried again at 10:00 EST, got through and secured tickets. Such a frustrating process but happy it finally worked. There were still many open dates as of 10 min ago. Good Luck!!!