Is it really necessary to reserve a ticket for the Orangerie well in advance?
Feb 25th, 2007, 12:03 PM
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Thanks for your very kind help, Christina. I had actually registered on ticketnet and chosen my date and everything. The problem was I didn't see the option of picking up the tickets once in Paris--only having it mailed, and it cost twice as much. But I'll take another look when my computer isn't so slow. Thanks again.
Feb 25th, 2007, 12:22 PM
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Yes, I have it figured out! If I wait until within 7 days before I want to visit the museum, I can buy the tickets online and then pick them up once I'm in Paris. I think. That's different from what Christina said.
What's also weird is that I could swear the mailing fee to the U.S. the last I checked was 8 euro per ticket and not 12 euro for both. Very odd.
What does this mean though?: "in case you pick up your tickets in a shop, the e-card payment isn't allowed." Is that just a bad translation of, "you must present your card when you pick up your tickets"?
What's also weird is that I could swear the mailing fee to the U.S. the last I checked was 8 euro per ticket and not 12 euro for both. Very odd.
What does this mean though?: "in case you pick up your tickets in a shop, the e-card payment isn't allowed." Is that just a bad translation of, "you must present your card when you pick up your tickets"?
Feb 26th, 2007, 01:07 PM
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You're right, I was reading it wrong or too quickly or something.
The fee is 12 euro for delivery outside France. It does say the in-store pickup is only if you order within 7 days just before the event.
There shouldn't be any problem with that for the Orangerie in that they'll all be gone, can't you order them within that 7 day period online somehow (home or on trip) and then pick them up at Virgin?
The fee is 12 euro for delivery outside France. It does say the in-store pickup is only if you order within 7 days just before the event.
There shouldn't be any problem with that for the Orangerie in that they'll all be gone, can't you order them within that 7 day period online somehow (home or on trip) and then pick them up at Virgin?
Feb 26th, 2007, 01:14 PM
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sorry, I missed your second question.
I can't see it saying that anywhere, so don't know. This is what it says next to the in-store pickup option for if you order online within 7 days of the event:
<<Tickets may only be collected in stores. For a list of stores, click on the "Collection Points" link. The credit card used for payment as well as a form of identification will be required to collect tickets in-store.>>
Also, in the payment section is says you can always pay by CC online and they have security encryption.
I can't see it saying that anywhere about ecard payment, but that sounds like some loaded payment account specific to the website or something. An ecard doesn't seem to exist, but if it's a virtual credit account into which you deposit funds online, they probably can't access that in the store, makes perfect sense to me.
I can't see it saying that anywhere, so don't know. This is what it says next to the in-store pickup option for if you order online within 7 days of the event:
<<Tickets may only be collected in stores. For a list of stores, click on the "Collection Points" link. The credit card used for payment as well as a form of identification will be required to collect tickets in-store.>>
Also, in the payment section is says you can always pay by CC online and they have security encryption.
I can't see it saying that anywhere about ecard payment, but that sounds like some loaded payment account specific to the website or something. An ecard doesn't seem to exist, but if it's a virtual credit account into which you deposit funds online, they probably can't access that in the store, makes perfect sense to me.
Feb 26th, 2007, 01:45 PM
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Thanks, Christina. Yes, I'll order the tickets from home just before we leave on our trip. That will work out perfectly. And your hypothesis about what an ecard payment is sounds right.
If anyone here wants to click on my name and offer their opinion on my Amboise vs. Paris thread, I'd appreciate it. Of course, if I go to Amboise, no Orangerie
If anyone here wants to click on my name and offer their opinion on my Amboise vs. Paris thread, I'd appreciate it. Of course, if I go to Amboise, no Orangerie
Mar 3rd, 2007, 02:34 PM
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We tried to get in in Dec. without a reservation, and the line was really way too long and it was too cold to just stand ther for what one person said was already a 45 minute wait. Wouldn't want to wait under the hot sun in August either. Our next time in Paris, we will arrange to get those tickets in advance. Someone said that you can just buy them the day before you go at one of the outlets that you've cited above, I think...
Mar 12th, 2007, 11:55 AM
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I just received my Orangerie tickets in the mail. The tickets were 8 Euros each plus a 12 Euro delivery fee for two tickets together. I just used my credit card. They email you a confirmation and about a week later there was an attempted delivery slip on my front porch. I had to go to the post office to pick them up, no big deal. The tickets are beautiful, all gold embossed and very special. I am glad that I got them to avoid the lines and it was worth it to me to pay the delivery fee.
Mar 21st, 2007, 10:54 AM
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This works in France. I ordered 2 L'orangerie tickets on the Ticketnet.fr site 2 days ago when we were in Angers (or was it in Rennes)for use in less than 7 days in Paris. Anyway, I picked hem up today in Leclerc Hypermarche in Bayeux. Cost 8 euro each with no handling or shipping fee. You should be able to get them in Paris as well at the Virgin Megastores. Beats waiing in lines if you don't want/need a Museum pass.
Rick
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Mar 29th, 2007, 02:30 AM
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We picked up our L'Orangerie ticketnet.fr tickets in Bayeux, then upon arriving in Paris, decided we needed to go to the museum a day earlier. So we showed up Sunday at around 4PM (with tickets valid for Monday). No problem, got right in. The lines to buy tickets at that time were short anyway- might have added 5 or 10 minutes. One small note of interest- the tickets sold on the ticketnet website cost 8 euros each (but with no additional service charge if you pick them up in France) vs. 6.50 euros at the door.
Rick
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Mar 29th, 2007, 04:27 AM
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From the OP:
For what it’s worth (”Not much!” detractors will say). I’m going the route of KayP and simply standing in line for the Orangerie. I contacted the editor of Paris Notes newsletter shortly after my post, laid out the “problem” and was told by a figure of some authority that various convoluted entry strategems, including parachuting onto the roof, were, in essence, overkill, and that the line for the Orangerie midweek in early May would be quite tolerable. (I’ll be sure to wear a sandwich sign the day I stand in line so that Fodorites who reserved tickets can shower me with ridicule while they breeze into the Big O hours ahead of me.)
For what it’s worth (”Not much!” detractors will say). I’m going the route of KayP and simply standing in line for the Orangerie. I contacted the editor of Paris Notes newsletter shortly after my post, laid out the “problem” and was told by a figure of some authority that various convoluted entry strategems, including parachuting onto the roof, were, in essence, overkill, and that the line for the Orangerie midweek in early May would be quite tolerable. (I’ll be sure to wear a sandwich sign the day I stand in line so that Fodorites who reserved tickets can shower me with ridicule while they breeze into the Big O hours ahead of me.)
Mar 5th, 2008, 09:47 AM
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Wow I'm surprised there is no current answer - maybe start a new thread? I'm going mid-May too and wondering whether to buy ahead of time. Is it still individuals in the morning and groups in the afternoon?
Mar 5th, 2008, 10:50 AM
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FWIW -
We're going in May also, so I have no first-hand information. However, according to the web-page for the museum, the opening hours for individuals is the same as last year - that is, from 12:30 until 7:00 (9:00 on Fridays). There's nothing on the museum web site about needing advance reservations for individuals (but there is for groups). Also, the Museum Pass does work for the Orangerie.
Hope this helps. Unless we get a recent visitor to tell us otherwise, I'm counting on this information still being accurate.
Sam
We're going in May also, so I have no first-hand information. However, according to the web-page for the museum, the opening hours for individuals is the same as last year - that is, from 12:30 until 7:00 (9:00 on Fridays). There's nothing on the museum web site about needing advance reservations for individuals (but there is for groups). Also, the Museum Pass does work for the Orangerie.
Hope this helps. Unless we get a recent visitor to tell us otherwise, I'm counting on this information still being accurate.
Sam
