Music: Re: [u2tour] Montreal July 8,9 Where to Stay....

Hi!

We will brink folding chairs and snacks. People will let you leave the line and come back if they know you(and you can trade off), and there is always a self -imposed numbering system (numbers on your hand and a sheet of paper with number an name on it) for at least the first few hundreds of people. Whomever is in front of the line starts it. It works well, and everyone worries less about line-jumpers. You could always line up earl, and she can show up later (just write her name beside the next number on the page, and she can put her number on her wrist when she arrives at 10am--people don't mind if you do it for your partner--I have done it!!)

We will return stuff to hotel of car before 2 pm, because security will usually tell you to ditch the chairs by then and start really lining everyone up (that's when the stress begins, haha!!)

In NY we just ditched the chairs at the stadium because we were no-where near our hotel, and had no car.

Good luck...

Caroline

On 2011-05-16, at 12:56 AM, Sunil John wrote:

> Wow. You got there at 7AM and some people camped out over night? That's dedication! I'm not sure I can convince my fiancee to line up that early but we may head over around 10AM....We don't want to be walking zombies once the show starts, having lined up all day! We won the lottery for the ellipse for the Vertigo tour in Ottawa, so it'll be hard to beat the arena experience...It's too bad that system didn't carry over for the stadium tour.
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> --- On Sat, 5/14/11, Caroline Lubbe-D'Arcy <clutter@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> From: Caroline Lubbe-D'Arcy <clutter@nbnet.nb.ca>
> Subject: Re: [u2tour] Montreal July 8,9 Where to Stay....
> To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7:29 PM
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> I don't know about the Hippodrome: probably nothing good.
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> Line -up will start earlier than Toronto I think. I was in TO line-up in 2009---we got there at 7am both days and were inside the circle with a good view. Some people camped out all night.
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> > Received: Friday, May 13, 2011, 1:52 PM
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> > If you are lining up for GA, there is a Quality Inn close to the Hippodrome. If you have seats or not lining up you can stay in the downtown (it may take you a while to get home: traffic is awful in Montreal) at the Delta or many other options.
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> > Let me know if you need restaurant tips!! Tell me what kind of food you like and I can give you some suggestions. I go to Montreal often and LOVE many restaurants there!!
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