Boston/Worcester Queen Fans Unite!!

Unexpectedly, I'm going to be in my hometown (Worcester) on the day of the show. Has anyone discussed meeting someplace for dinner/party before the show? There is a small club "The Plantation Club" that used to have a great Queen tribute band. Might be a suitable location, unless more eating than drinking is required.

I'll be at the Crowne Plaza. It is further from the venue than the Hampton Inn. You can walk the distance if you are fit. It has a lounge.

I'm not going to the show unless I break down and buy a last-minute single ticket. I've been to LA and have tickets for Phoenix.

5th row floor seats are still available on Ticketmaster for Phoenix. Yikes. Worcester looks much closer to being sold out.

Hi Phoenix Surprise...

Thanks for posting that info. So the Hampton Inn is closer to the venue are you saying? If so, is this the hotel that is within decent walking distance? I am trying to decide on a hotel and need the one closet to the DCU.

Since this is your hometown, also i wanted to ask if this area where the hotels/venue are located is a "good" area...meaning, a safe area one can walk back to a hotel late at night and not get bothered? I am curious about this. I am sure many fans who have gone in to Worcester via train to catch a show at the DCU have done what i am planning to do..i just don't have the experience out there yet! Any clues, info, insights would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! :)

My comments are, of course, just one woman's opinion. We all have different personal safety threshholds.

I believe the Hampton Inn is a somewhat closer walk than from the Crowne Plaza. I can confirm that more after my trip there in the next couple of weeks, or maybe calling the hotels would help you.

I would not want to walk alone from the venue to the hotel after the concert. The venue is in a well-lit downtown area, but the walk back would likely be dark and empty and not through a nice residential neighborhood. If you are in a group, you would be more comfortable.

Worcester is not a vibrant metropolis, but a very old, decaying industrial town with pockets of revitilization.

There are taxis available.

Thank you Phoenix...

Your comments are what i was afraid of..but then again i am used to walking alone late at night through strange towns!

Consider my experience in NJ...i left the venue around 1am and had to walk quite a ways to the inn i was staying at along a long streach of highway! NOT fun....exspecially when someone was following me halfway from the venue.

This happened as there were no taxis around at that late hour ( i did'nt have any local taxi #'s and i did'nt have a cell phone). The other unfortunate event was that the hotel i was staying at was NOT at all 'within walking distance" from the venue as stated in there adverts.

I was hoping i would'nt have to go through this again ( WHY oh WHY could'nt QUeen have gotten the Garden in the city??? DAMN SPORTING EVENTS!!)

Argh!

You are correct though...Hampton Inn is the one i remember looking to be the closet to the DCU last time i looked at a map.

I hear you Deacon's first choice...

I'm just a bit aware of what goes on at places I've never been to. I remember once I went to an Elton John concert in Trenton, NJ not knowing that it was one of the cities with the highest crime rates in the country. Nothing bad happened, but I sure was scared of the place.

worcester is not the best city as far as crime but if you stay in the remote area of dcu center you will be fine. also i live in clinton which is about 10 miles from there and if some one was to want to have hotel in boston and go to worcester the best bet would be using the T train but worcester-boston is not a real good driving distance if you want to be on time

Hi Turni....

My plan is to do just what you had suggested: Go to Worcester via the T commuter train and walk to the hotel from there ( if this is do-able...i am still wondering!). From there i will go to the venue for the show. Afterwards, stay overnight at a hotel ( Hampton Inn maybe..) and the next morning take the train back to Boston.

It would have been so much easier if they were able to get the Garden which is in the heart of Boston. It is so bloody easy to get there and back, and so simplified to grab a local hotel. You are also surrounded by great areas of interest and resturants/entertainment complexes. There is nothing even remotely like this in the area in Worcester where this show is that i know of, and thats little at this point!

i REALLY really wish the Band was able o sqeeze in at the Garden. Ah but maybe next time! :)

the dcu center is not the worst locale ever it is probably the second best in massachusetts behind the garden. your plan sounds good but make sure you get a copy of the T schedule because they are EXACTLY on time and they do run through the night so you wouldnt even have to stay at a hotel possibly :)

Yeah...good advice.

I have been considering just saying to heck with it and hop the train right after the show like others going will probably do. It kills me to hole up in a hotel in my home state!

My only concern about leaving right after the show is that in the past i usually get out very late as i tend to stay around long after the show is over. I will know more when the date gets closer. I don't even have a ticket yet...but i'm not worried about that. :)

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So who's getting excited?

Less then a month to go people!

Any further suggestions for a pre-show meet up?

Just curious.....

I'm pretty excited! Plane ticket is booked, hotel is booked, now all I need is a ticket :p I am trying not to stress though, confident in the fact that great tickets will be released just before the show.... but there is always doubt.

im going with my dad and a friend im just hoping to get a picture with brian somehow

Hello Paul...

Dont feel nervous mate...i don't have a ticket yet either but i'm not worried at all.

Time and again i have seen it happen...the best seats go up for grabs the week of the show and even the day of the show.

Keep the faith my friend...and you will score big!

Yes, the excitement is definitely setting in! Have we decided where to meet/celebrate before or after the show? Keep me updated!

Heading up from Woonsocket, RI. Can't wait to go!!! Taking the wife with me who has lived with my Queen fascination for 13 years so she can get a first hand understanding on why these boys ROCK!