We sent to the show Monday. I had bought the Golden Circle tickets, thinking that this should provide us the best seating for the show. When I bought the tickets, I was told that seating was on a first come/first served basis within three ticket priced areas. There was a line that had started forming a little after 8 for the 8:30 show. We also saw several groups of individuals standing around that had not joined in the line and when I checked with the box office, I was told to get in the line that was forming for admission. There was no separate line based on your Harrahs card level which I have seen at other shows and the buffets (ie. Platinum and above). Because of a previous show in the Crown Theater finishing up, it seemed that seating was being delayed because the room had to be cleaned. While we were waiting in line though, there were large groups of 20 to 30 people who were allowed in. These were the groups that had been just standing around (not in the line). When we finally got to the front of the line, we and another couple were escorted to seats that were NOT on the the showroom floor nor even the first tier above it and were even off to the side. When I objected, we were asked if we were VIP's and I pointed out that we had Golden Circle tickets. The other couple had also purchased Golden Circle. We were then escorted to the showroom floor which was already almost full. After being escorted to seats that were behind objects and to seats that were on a couch with a view of the backs of other people, we were finally seated at a table in the last row of the showroom floor. The other couple had also been shuffled about in the same way and finally were given seats on the showroom floor. While we were waiting for the show to finally start, a woman was handing out coupons for a free t-shirt as a gift from the show. When I asked her about it, she stated that she was the leader for a group of international travelers that were attending the show. These were the groups that were entering the showroom without having to stand in line. Our Golden Circle tickets had an attached stub to be redeemed for the free t-shirt and when I checked a set of tickets that were on the table from members of these groups, their tickets were for VIP seating. At this point, we were really soured on our entire experience and the show had yet to start. These VIP's were also being served beverages before and during the show. We finally got up and left midway through the show. We eventually were told that the "VIP groups" were in Las Vegas on package tours that had included tickets to the show at the Plaza. Of interest, on Tuesday evening we happened to be at the Rio around 8 and saw a line of people forming to patiently wait for admission to the show and also again saw several groups waiting (not in line).
