Kaleidoscope Tickets

It was great seeing all the stars I have watched in competition.

For the first time in my life, I was able to enjoy a live performance with some of the best ice skaters in the world! Thanks to Ticketmaster, one of my dreams came true. the experience will last a lifetime!

it was really a fun event! But some of the ice skaters wer're really close to inguring themselves, and karmin took way to long to get out, but other than that it was an unforgettable event

The event was so much fun! My daughter and I attend the Kaleidoscope on Ice every year. We love watching the gold and silver medalist figure skaters. This year, Kool and the Gang was the band who attended the event.

We thoroughly enjoyed the show itself. The skaters were among some of the best in the business, all of them holding multiple national or world titles and/or Olympic medals. It didn't hurt that two of them (Kurt Browning and Paul Wylie) have been among my favorite figure skaters for many years, and the musical acts added another layer to the entertainment. The sound levels on both of the country singers made it hard to understand some of their words over the music, but Kool & the Gang sounded crystal clear (and just as good as they did when I first heard their music as a child). A little patience is required at this event, given that it is being filmed to air on television at a later date. First of all, it has never started on time in the years I have attended. (Since it is being filmed for television, they don't want to start while there are still a lot of empty seats in the camera's viewing angle.). This year started 30 minutes late, and I believe last year was even later than that (due to an unusual-even-for-Charlotte traffic snarl in the area). There are long pauses between most of the skating routines while they change things around for the next skater or for the hosts, and occasionally a skater or host will have to redo part of a routine because of a slip (on the ice) or sound problem, etc. Last year was hosted by Scott Hamilton and Dorothy Hammill, and they were great about talking to the audience between takes and keeping everyone engaged. Scott was back this year, but Verne Lundquist was his cohost and there was much less non-made-for-TV commentary. Not bad, just not as entertaining during the down time between sets. My only true complaint, however, had to do with the venue itself, so it is no reflection on Kaleidoscope. The venue sold an entire section of tickets (located immediately to the right of the stage used by the musical acts) that turned out to be covered in a sea of black fabric...in other words, no one could sit there. Those of us with tickets for that section stood around for a good thirty minutes before the event staff could figure out what to do with us. The first block of seats they offered to us were not only at the other end (as far from the stage as you could get), they were in the uppermost section (so that everyone on the ice looked quite small) or they were in the middle section, but a bank of TV cameras and operators obscured your view of the entire left side of the ice. We were told that we could go to the box office if we weren't happy with the seats, and most of us did. After being sent on what amounted to a wild goose chase back to the original section to find an event staffer, who we were told had replacement tickets for box seats (which turned out to be untrue), we were taken back around the arena to the entirely empty section near the stage on the opposite side. Here, we could have the same seats listed on our tickets (row and seat number) that corresponded in this section. These seats turned out to be just as good, if not better than the original seats, but what a lot of running around and confusion in the meantime! Thankfully, there were a lot of people in other sections who were late arriving, so the show didn't start while all this running and seat-hopping was taking place.

This was my first live ice skating show and it was everything I'd hoped it would be and more. The only thing I would "complain" about was the event started almost 40 minutes late and those 40 minutes definitely make a difference on a school night. The next time I wouldn't bring the children if it was during the week. The wait time and intermission times caused them to lose patience and interest fast. So back to the good stuff, My seats were great and I really was pumpled about the surprise guest. My girlfriend said next time we would make it a grown up group event instead. We were like little kids and didn't want to leave but had to leave early to get the kiddies home, and we both live pretty far from Bojangles (Mint Hill and Harrisburg). We sadly missed the last half of the show but would ABSOLUTELY do it again next year and we're sooooooooo looking forward to it!

Were celebrating a 60th birthday. We Paid full price$25.00 Some tickets were free Did not know about filming..WE got a dress rehearsal SO"drug out" our son left . Announcers Location unfair,only few could see. Had I known to expect the "TV filming effect," my attitude might be different.

It was a fun filled night with great skating and music!

We enjoyed every minute of the show. The MCs did a great job at filling in the gaps for the televised event. The lighting and sound systems added excellant atmosphere. The skaters were amazijng and the addition of Charlotte skaters into the program provided a home town fee.

Enjoyed watching the show and seeing how it's taped for TV. Great performances by all.

The show itself was very good. We did not know that there would be local skaters, however - and instead thought we were going to just see the stars. Exciting for them, not so much for us. The most frustrating thing was that the event was scheduled for 7:00, and did not start until 7:45. Having elderly parents with me, my mother being in a wheelchair, we got there early (around 6:00) to have enough time to get in and situated. So sitting there all that time, unable to get up and move around, was particularly difficult.

I enjoyed the show it was GREAAAAAAAAT! All of the skaters were GREAT and Scott was so funny and a very good host. Kirk Browing was AWESOME can't wait for the next show

The event was amazing. The only issue is the day of the event which was wednesday and the school for kids next day forced us to leave early..