Originally Posted by chintwin
The tickets for same day entry are distributed beginning at 8am. Do you know how early these "standby's" had to get their tickets in order to see the Panda?
From what I observed the day I was there, I would not bother getting there at 8 a.m. I would show up around 10:30 a.m. and hope they let people in at 10:50 a.m., and if they didn't I would stick around until I got in due to no-shows.
Starting Jan. 3 they are adding an extra hour from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Note that tickets have been released for all of Jan. but there aren't many dates left.