IT MIGHT be super early to start thinking about Christmas but it is that time of year again where LaplandUK tickets drop soon.
LaplandUK has announced that tickets to its sought-after festive experience will be released later this month on March 27 at 10am.
The high-demand tickets usually sell out within a few hours after launch and this year is expected to be the same with the newer £30million Manchester LaplandUK experience running for its second time.
Similar to the rush for Glastonbury but for Christmas, LaplandUK is predicting that over one million people want to get tickets.
Last year, 350,000 tickets were available and before the tickets were released, over 750,000 people were waiting in the virtual queue online.
This year, LaplandUK will run from November 7 to December 24, with tickets costing between £60 and £195.
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On March 27, guests will be able to enter the virtual waiting room at 9am, via LaplandUK’s ticketing platform.
Each guest will then need to select their preferred venue – Ascot or Manchester.
At 10am, when tickets are released, each guest will be allocated a random place in the queue for the venue they have selected.
Once they reach position one in the queue, they will be able to select the number of tickets they want and the date they wish to visit.
Kerrie Thomas, 47, from South Wales said: “This year will be our 25th visit.
“The adrenaline of getting tickets to LaplandUK is literally like trying to get tickets to Glastonbury or Adele.
“We have everything ready before the sale opens, and get friends and family involved too.
“It really is worth it to see my daughter’s face when she steps into LaplandUK, it is just so magical.
“It has become an unmissable Christmas tradition in our household.”
Once guests purchase their tickets, they will be sent a personalised invitation.
Then, when it comes to the day of visiting, families will get to explore a snow-filled world with Elves, a frozen pond for skating and a Toy Factory.
Around the experience there will also be smells of the Lapland Bakery and the glistening of twinkling lights.
When guests arrive they will venture through “secret portals in the Whispering Woods of the UK and follow magical pathways to arrive in Lapland”.
The experience also includes performances and interactive activities such as helping out the Elves in the Toy Factory to make a toy to pop in Father Christmas’ Sleigh.
And of course, each child gets a special moment with Santa himself, who will give them a gift to take home and another surprise for Christmas Day – the specific toy they created in the Lapland Toy Factory.
To find out what it is like to visit LaplandUK, one Sun reporter visited the new experience in Manchester last year.
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