The China Pavilion officially reopened today, and true to form, tens of thousands of people rushed ticket offices near Yaohua Road Station of Metro Line 8. Crowds began gathering at 9:30am, and overwhelmed organizers reacted by more than doubling the open ticket windows (people still waited up to four hours) and calling in local police and armed soldiers for help. Enthusiasm for tickets was "far beyond their expectations." The Expo bureau official interviewed seemed about as baffled as we are, saying there's no need for the rush considering "we have enough tickets and people can buy as many as they want." more ›

Oops! If you were planning on going to Expo on the very last day and take part of the closing festivities, we hope you got your ticket already. According to Shanghai Daily, tickets marked for Sunday, the 31st, have now sold out. more ›

The Mid-Autumn squeeze is here! Despite the slightly rainy day, 480,000 people visited the Shanghai Expo yesterday, causing lines at popular pavilions (like the Oil Pavilion and the Saudi Arabian one) to stretch for 6 hours. Looks like we'll have to wait until holidays are over before Expo returns to the relatively serene levels of people it hosted in early September. The good news is: ticket deals! Unused Expo day ticket holders can now change their one day ticket into two night tickets. Not only do you avoid the crowd, you also bring in a friend (while saving 20RMB). more ›

Entrepreneurial Shanghainese are finding even more ways to make money off the Expo. Last week, an enterprising Facebook page owner was trying to sell an Expo fan page and Facebook group. This week, people are finding ways to resell those free Expo gift packs distributed to every local family by the Shanghai government. more ›

Before this whole mega-event a.k.a. the Shanghai World Expo officially opened, we walked you through purchasing your tickets in person from China Post. Now, buying tickets is even easier -- according to Shanghai Daily, both standard day and special admission tickets can be purchased from Lianhua and Hualian supermarkets, convenience stores like Lawson and Alldays, all 116 Shanghai Railways Bureau ticket offices, and even onboard bullet trains. Guess Expo authorities really, really, really want you to attend the Expo -- or, they just want to continue trumpeting their amazing ticket sales. Help them out, yeah? more ›

Turns out this way of doing things was so easy that it almost feels a little silly making a post out of it. But in case you needed an extra little push to figure things out, nothing demystifies a process like pictures, I say. Here is photo documentation of what exactly you need to do to buy an Expo ticket with your own suave self. (For how to buy them by phone, check out this post here) more ›

With the Expo soft opening happening next week and the Expo itself drawing ever closer, even my procrastinating butt decided it was time to try and wrangle tickets. Then I read this article from City Weekend telling me that "single-entry ordinary day tickets are... sold out." Well, after calling around frantically, turns out that's not quite true (read on for more). But the calling around frantically also produced some interesting results. So if any of you want to try buying tickets by phone - so here's a short guide for what to. more ›

With the billions upon billions of dollars being poured into the upcoming Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai is gearing up for a glitzy and glamorous time under the international spotlight. Of course, it's going to be a costly experience: while 160 RMB for a ticket is a palatable expense for the droves of tourists who will visit the expo, it's a pretty pricey expenditure for the average citizen. So how will the faithful residents of our fair city be able to take part in the "better city, better life" experience? more ›

Tickets for the World Expo officially went on sale at 9am yesterday and already, peak-day tickets (tickets for the first three days and for the National Day holidays) had completely sold out. more ›