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Arnotts Santa

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  • 24-11-2018 6:01pm
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    quinnie79
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Just wondering what the wait time would Be on a Saturday to see santa. Someone told me it would be 4 hours in which case I would nip into town early in the morn and join the virtual q and then go home for a couple of hours as the kids would never last 4 hours in town


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    mike8765
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    We went in last Saturday. We got our ticket at around 10.45 (we were #87 in the queue). Got in to see Santa just after 1pm. Some of the staff were saying that it was running very smoothly but expected it to get much slower closer to Christmas.


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    woodseb
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭woodseb


    mike8765 wrote: »
    We went in last Saturday. We got our ticket at around 10.45 (we were #87 in the queue). Got in to see Santa just after 1pm. Some of the staff were saying that it was running very smoothly but expected it to get much slower closer to Christmas.

    how long did you have to wait to get a ticket?


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    mike8765
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭mike8765


    woodseb wrote: »
    how long did you have to wait to get a ticket?

    No queue at all for the ticket machine in the kidswear department


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    padski08
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭padski08


    Went in this morning at 9.45am and 6 hour wait.
    About 150 tickets gone out of 200 for the day


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    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    padski08 wrote: »
    Went in this morning at 9.45am and 6 hour wait.
    About 150 tickets gone out of 200 for the day

    :eek:

    Sorry son, I think you need to know the truth...... :rolleyes:


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    splinter65
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    Do people actually make children stand an wait 6 hours?


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    padski08
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭padski08


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Do people actually make children stand an wait 6 hours?


    Went in by myself, got ticket and went back in the afternoon
    Knew this would be the case and suited fine


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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    padski08 wrote: »
    Went in by myself, got ticket and went back in the afternoon
    Knew this would be the case and suited fine

    Ok so you get a ticket with a time on it? Sorry I'm just trying to do the logistics


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    padski08
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭padski08


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Ok so you get a ticket with a time on it? Sorry I'm just trying to do the logistics


    You get a ticket with a number, and estimated time. My time was estimated 4pm, so suited perfect. Home by 10am and could plan our day in town around this


    10 minute Q when we got back in at 4pm
    Not many places you get that in City Centre on a Saturday in December, so worth the double trip in my case


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    Tomw86
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    So its limited to 200 tickets a day?

    Any idea what it would be like on a Sunday?


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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    padski08 wrote: »
    You get a ticket with a number, and estimated time. My time was estimated 4pm, so suited perfect. Home by 10am and could plan our day in town around this


    10 minute Q when we got back in at 4pm
    Not many places you get that in City Centre on a Saturday in December, so worth the double trip in my case

    Thanks for the info


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    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,656 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    How much do they charge to see him these days


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    Dancor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,624 ✭✭✭Dancor


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    How much do they charge to see him these days

    Its free, you can pay for photos afterwards if you wish.


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    benny79
    Registered Users Posts: 3,136 ✭✭✭benny79


    Bit of a stupid Question I know its free but is it any good? I always seen santa in arnotts as a kid loved it and you use to get a great present and then come out into Legoland! great memories.

    Live in Kildare now have gone to the Clanard court (Athy) which can be hit and miss but its the 10 year anniversary this year. Rathwood train last Year which was great and since this might be his last year I was thinking of maybe Arnotts maybe next Monday or Friday..

    But town at Christmas can be mental!


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    L1011
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    There's a "suggested donation" to charity (SVP I think) rather than it being absolutely free; although I presume you don't actually have to make said donation.


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