I noticed I bought my tickets it states afterwards in the T&C's
"Under 10s can attend free of charge, however, this offer is limited to one child per ticket paying adult."
Pretty handy if the full price put you off going as a family, there are tickets still available (although selling FAST!). I purchased 2 x adult tickets for the Sunday afternoon at £12 each, I could take 2 kids meaning the afternoon would have a ticket cost of £6 each. Of course take your own food and drink because :astonished:
It's also worth noting "Under 18s are not permitted to play 18 rated games." but there is always plenty to do for them anyway. Most kids are so hyper anyway, just don't whisper "Dan TDM" near them :laughing:
Hope this helps someone
All comments (33)
Ilikehotdeals1
15 Aug 17#1
I noticed I bought my tickets it states afterwards in the T&C's
"Under 10s can attend free of charge, however, this offer is limited to one child per ticket paying adult."
Pretty handy if the full price put you off going as a family, there are tickets still available (although selling FAST!). I purchased 2 x adult tickets for the Sunday afternoon at £12 each, I could take 2 kids meaning the afternoon would have a ticket cost of £6 each. Of course take your own food and drink because :astonished:
It's also worth noting "Under 18s are not permitted to play 18 rated games." but there is always plenty to do for them anyway. Most kids are so hyper anyway, just don't whisper "Dan TDM" near them :laughing:
Hope this helps someone
Ilikehotdeals1
15 Aug 17#2
Update: admin has added £6 to the title, as indeed you do need to pay to take an under 10 year old. Sorry admin!
ThugBasher to Ilikehotdeals1
15 Aug 17#3
First time at Eurogamer Expo?
Ilikehotdeals1 to ThugBasher
15 Aug 17#4
My third! I live local and I don't fancy Insomnia, for £12 a pop the Sunday afternoon is the quietest time to go. Drinking lots of beer also helps
ThugBasher to Ilikehotdeals1
15 Aug 17#9
This will be my 7th visit. I used to attend the weekend events but the bloody kids drove me nuts! So I prefer going on a Thursday & Friday when the little sods are at school.
Ilikehotdeals1 to ThugBasher
15 Aug 17#11
We like doing the Sunday afternoon only; it's cheaper and half empty with very little queuing, but yes the kids can be devils. We drink the beer and do the pew-pew. It's a shame I don't think there's anything coming out that tickles my fancy, but there might be a nice surprise in the indie section. Hope you enjoy... pew-pew!
ThugBasher to Ilikehotdeals1
16 Aug 17#22
First time taking my son, so I will be restricted to not playing the 18+ titles, which isn't many to be honest but I would of like to have a go on Wolfenstein 2.
We will be attending the Friday event, he doesn't know hes going yet :sunglasses:
MBeeching
15 Aug 17#5
Really tempted to make the trip this year, looking at the ticket availability I'd better get my skates on!
ThugBasher to MBeeching
15 Aug 17#10
Well worth it, each year it gets bigger and better...
sicmay
15 Aug 17#6
OK that £6 is really confusing. It's £12 each adult.
Ilikehotdeals1 to sicmay
15 Aug 17#8
Sorry dude, admin added it on
Tireeq
15 Aug 17#7
Going third year in a row as well on the Sunday. Making it an annual trip with a friend from London.
strong1
15 Aug 17#12
I've got tickets! Be my first time, think my friends bought them for all days, any ideas what to expect?
danhey83 to strong1
15 Aug 17#15
Expect very long queuing times.
strong1 to danhey83
16 Aug 17#17
Heard there was lots of queuing, got some fast track tickets, apparently that's still lots of queuing lol. A camping chair will be in order I take it? Or stool..
danhey83 to strong1
17 Aug 17#30
Fast track tickets only get you in earlier, doesn't grant you any speedy queuing times. Some lines go quicker then others just depends on how many systems they've got running the games.
evosquest to strong1
17 Aug 17#31
Also a sleeping bag and plenty of food lol Yes a camping chair/stool will be an advantage because the queues in there are insane on almost everything. If you have someone to go with make sure you use that to your advantage for loo breaks etc because nothing worse than an hour queue just to need to pee just as it's your turn. Also they usually give out a ton of monster cans so grab a few on the way round.
evosquest to strong1
17 Aug 17#32
I would expect long queues, high prices for food, lots of games and developer sessions. How I usually do it is I find the times of the dev sessions then work around what games I want to play. If your doing all 4 days you can spread out all the games if not prioritise anything you WANT to play first then if you have time then check out some others. Certain games will not have long queues but popular AAA titles definitely will. If/when the map comes out use it to work out where things are to help coordinate your time as best as you can. Hope that helps.
Ilikehotdeals1
15 Aug 17#13
danhey83
15 Aug 17#14
Went last year and I was pretty poor, felt like a Sony expo, nothing much from Xbox or Nintendo.
aibon
16 Aug 17#16
Is there stuff for sale, dealers etc, need retro to make it worth my while
AndrewRunagall to aibon
16 Aug 17#18
They'll be the usual stall selling bits and pieces from all eras of gaming, plus there will be the usual retro zone.
Tickets go up every year. Was £7 back in the day. No Virgin media discount was required back then. Got really popular now so prices keep on going up.
Won't be going this year for the first time since they started back in 2003(i think). All the major games and consoles are out now so not worth me going this year.
Hx3KinG
16 Aug 17#20
This title needs adjusting, lol. It's £12 regardless how your perceive it
Ilikehotdeals1 to Hx3KinG
16 Aug 17#21
Admin put this on so I'd rather not edit it, sorry.
Babbler
16 Aug 17#24
Used to go when in London. Pain that they moved it :disappointed:
evosquest
16 Aug 17#25
So the deal isn't £6 (I checked) the actual cost is £12 for the cheapest adult ticket so it works out at £6 each IF you say you paid £6 for yourself and £6 for a child. I would definitely consider this as false advertisement. Sorry but you can't say the cost is only £6 because it isn't.
Ilikehotdeals1 to evosquest
16 Aug 17#26
For the THIRD time I did not put there on the post, admin did. If you don't like what the admin do contact them.
evosquest to Ilikehotdeals1
17 Aug 17#27
Except you wrote the piece about the tickets only being £6 each if you take a child. However that's not the cost of the ticket at all. If I want to go the ticket is £12 if I don't take a child. It's still £12 if I do take one. That's the way it works. Not one of the tickets for sale are only £6. It's a fact. Sorry.
Ilikehotdeals1 to evosquest
17 Aug 17#29
You are absolutely correct, I'll be much more careful with my use of examples in the future.
v0id
17 Aug 17#28
For those in receipt of certain disability benefits, contact them for your complimentary carers ticket
Opening post
"Under 10s can attend free of charge, however, this offer is limited to one child per ticket paying adult."
Pretty handy if the full price put you off going as a family, there are tickets still available (although selling FAST!). I purchased 2 x adult tickets for the Sunday afternoon at £12 each, I could take 2 kids meaning the afternoon would have a ticket cost of £6 each. Of course take your own food and drink because :astonished:
It's also worth noting "Under 18s are not permitted to play 18 rated games." but there is always plenty to do for them anyway. Most kids are so hyper anyway, just don't whisper "Dan TDM" near them :laughing:
Hope this helps someone
All comments (33)
"Under 10s can attend free of charge, however, this offer is limited to one child per ticket paying adult."
Pretty handy if the full price put you off going as a family, there are tickets still available (although selling FAST!). I purchased 2 x adult tickets for the Sunday afternoon at £12 each, I could take 2 kids meaning the afternoon would have a ticket cost of £6 each. Of course take your own food and drink because :astonished:
It's also worth noting "Under 18s are not permitted to play 18 rated games." but there is always plenty to do for them anyway. Most kids are so hyper anyway, just don't whisper "Dan TDM" near them :laughing:
Hope this helps someone
We will be attending the Friday event, he doesn't know hes going yet :sunglasses:
If/when the map comes out use it to work out where things are to help coordinate your time as best as you can. Hope that helps.
Insert coin clothing always have a cracking stand an plenty of choice.
Won't be going this year for the first time since they started back in 2003(i think). All the major games and consoles are out now so not worth me going this year.