2011 SDCC Ticket Mayhem

Wow! In all my years of attending SDCC, this is the worst year to be purchasing tickets for Comic-Con. Comic-Con organizers tried multiple ways to sell their tickets this year and their servers kept getting overloaded. Back in December, they did a trial with Ticketleap and I guess they found it to work okay as today was the day (9AM PST) that so many Comic-Con goers attempted to purchase their tickets without a hitch.

Unfortunately, Ticketleap's servers were overloaded that it took people well over 2 hours to get their tickets. You had to keep refreshing through each step in order to get your ticket. So, if you are seeing the Over Capacity page, keep refreshing after every step. According to Ticketleap about an hour into the mayhem, they tweeted on Twitter that there were still plenty of 4-day tickets. It seems that tickets are held for 15 minutes before it's returned back to inventory. I think if they had told people from the beginning to keep refreshing through each step instead of pushing cancel, so many tickets wouldn't be stuck in 15 minute purgatory.

Today, you needed a lot of patience and hope to get the tickets you wanted. A lot of people gave up. Hopefully the Comic-Con organizers can come up with a better plan to sell next years' tickets.

As I'm finishing this up, most likely all the 4-day passes will be sold out. Good Luck to those of you still trying! EDIT: Well it seems as though all tickets sold out in less than a day! That is some record!!!

As the show gets closer and people request refunds, more tickets might be available. Just keep your eyes on SDCC's website or keep following them on twitter.