Avoid the salespeople in red jackets outside the Opera House. A lot of people brought a folding chair to sit on while in line. It can get warm in the building, especially in the standing room area. The middle ground floor standing tickets are 4 euros, while the standing upper balcony tickets are 3 euros. **Bring CASH in euros** You can’t pay with credit card. The box office opens 80 minutes before the start. Then 2 hours before they open the door and you wait in queue indoors. The ticket office for the Standing Area is on the west side of the building, kind of midway, and under the eaves. Most recommend 2 hour before the opera starts. Don’t worry about losing your spot, if you marked it with your scarf.
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You then have to take your bag and coat to cloakroom (which is free of charge. After everyone is situated the attendant tells everyone to use their scarves to tie to the middle railing. The people with the lower numbered tickets were confused when they arrived, so we weren’t the only ones that did not know this. So you will be waiting in another queue at glassdoors next to the set of stairs that go to the Stehplatz area. But we went straight to the designated entrance (there are 2 green carpeted entryways on either side of the stairs that go to center Stehplatz, and ended up on the first standing row. If you are #1, but get there last you will be standing in an aisle. The ticket you receive at the box office is numbered, but that number is meaningless. After you get your ticket go straight to your “seating” area - whether it be the Parterre or upper balcony area. You can’t save places in line, so they had to get out of line, change and start again at the back of the line. While we were in line 2 people were turned away - one for having holes in her jeans and the other for wearing athletic pants (“joggers” or “sweats”). You don’t have to wear a suit, tuxedo or dress but you do have to at least wear jeans, and they have to be free of holes. Then you can go and use the restroom or get a drink before the show starts. You tie it to the knee high metal bar in front of you to reserve your spot. This will come in handy after you get to your viewing area - to mark out your territory. However, between the 2 hours standing in line, followed by approximately 3 hours standing for the entire performance it can be taxing and is not for everyone. We would have paid for tickets in advance but they were sold out on-line, which is how I found out about the standing room only tickets. We thought it was a worthwhile “experience” to jump through the hoops to get the tickets and get a good spot to view the performance. Family of four - we had an amazing experience for 16 euros. Is it worth doing the standing room only tickets? For us, it definitely was. I found many of them very informative, but I also have additional info you may find helpful. When I look at reviews I want to find out 1) if it is worth spending time and money to do 2) get valuable insider info and tips I had read a lot of different articles and reviews on the Standing Room Only tickets (stehplatz in German) for the Vienna Opera House.
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