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OK - a little more background. Chanced are good we are going up there anyway. This is for her 60th birthday - she loves Disney and her grandkids - so the idea is that we surprise her by being there and then take her to the show.
However if we don't go to the show we will most likely just go up there and go to dinner so the show is probably more fun.
Its a situation where if we buy the tickets I feel the chances are greater that we'll hit bad weather (yes I'm a pessimist), but if we don't we will end up going there and be bored and everyone will be mad that we didn't buy the tickets.
If you're planning to go anyway, then I'd say you need to buy the tickets.
But I'd have them sent so the SIL who lives local to the performance. Then if the weather issue is on your end or en route, she can maybe find a local family to use them and they might even reimburse you for the tickets when they hear the story.
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Originally Posted by Huntermom
Would I drive out of state? Yes, but I live in New England where out of state can be in as little as an hour.
Had to laugh about that -- when we lived in CT we'd go out of state for dinner
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If you are going to go anyways, I would buy the tickets and have them sent to SiL so she can give them away to someone local if the weather in your area keeps you from getting there. Also, see if the ticket vender offers insurance. When we bought Lion King tickets for the Bushnell in Hartford, we were given the option of paying an extra $20 or so for insurance (weather related). Sorry I don't know the details of the coverage as we didn't purchase it, but it was available.
And a New England girl here too, so I've traveled thru 2 states (besides my own) for dinner .
I actually would get the tickets then. If you have someone who lives close by you can save money by getting them at the box office and sometimes there are even coupons in the Entertainment book. Sign up to get emails from Feld Entertainment and from the venue itself because they send out discount codes. The other thing you can do if you are really concerned is buy tickets when you get there. The evening shows hardly ever sell out. You might be able to great seats at the last minute. Worst case is you get Just OK seats and you are all there safe & sound.
Reading your title - going out of state, my first thought was how long's the drive - an hour or so? Like others here in NE, sometimes it's not very far to go to the next state. A 10 hour out of state drive - No, not for DOI, never.
However, based on your more info, this might help you decide. In my experience with DOI here - you can actually luck out and get tickets the day before (I've done this 2 or 3 times, once I was able to get front row seats) and even possibly the day of the performance (there's always tons of emtpy seats here) so here's what I would do. I would keep it in the back of your mind and if you do actually make it up to Chicago, call the venue when you get there and see what's available for tickets. Doing it that way, you don't buy tickets you feel obligated to use or lose out on because of weather so it would be a win-win situation IMO. And plus too, if you do that, you can get your tickets at a Will call window with your license and credit card used to purchase the tickets and avoid all those ridiculous fees they charge for printing tickets. One time I looked online, Ticketmaster wanted to charge me something like 3 or 4 dollars EACH just to use MY printer to print the tickets so I said the heck with that and I always use the Will Call windows now. I don't pay the fees and I rest assured knowing that in the process of getting ready for the shows, the tickets are sitting at home on the kitchen table when I'm in town for the show.
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