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All advance tickets must be purchased on-line -- www.wrightbrothers.reserveworld.com
-- or by calling 1-800-973-7327. From outside the United States, call
301-722-1257. Tickets will be mailed in late summer.
First Flight Centennial sponsors, and
Benefactors and Members of the Centennial Circle, will be provided with
credentials for access, including general admission and access to seating
and hospitality. Official First Flight Centennial sponsors and Centennial
Circle DO NOT need additional tickets, unless you have additional
attendees above the seats provided.
There will be a separate ticket for each of the five days of the event
(December 13 to 17). Tickets are $10 a day for adults or $25 if the entire 5 days of
tickets are purchase at the same time. Children 12 and under are
free (will require a free ticket for admission). Children must have
tickets to enter the park. Please order tickets for your child when
placing your ticket order. The only free entrance day will be
Friday, December
12th.
Senior Citizens (aged 62 and over) and disabled are $5 per day for a
ticket or $20 if the entire 5 days of tickets are purchased at the same
time. Senior Citizens - 62 years old or older; a Golden Age passport or
driver's license will be required. Qualifications for Disabled - must be a citizens of the United States
or permanent residents who have been medically determined to have a
permanent physical, mental or sensory impairment that substantially
limits one or more life activities, including the caring for one's self,
performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing,
learning or working. The qualifications are usually obvious but if not A
Golden Access card or some type of state or federal benefits card could
be used. This discount applies only to the individual ticket holder and would
not include anyone else in the group or family.
The ticket only includes entrance into the park grounds, buildings
and tents that would be open to the general public. It does NOT include any food and beverage or any type of reserved
seating (reserved seating is available through the Foundation's Centennial
Circle program for member contributors).
The ticket does NOT include any parking costs or transportation
costs from satellite parking lots to the Wright Brothers Memorial. A
comprehensive ground transportation plan, including shuttle service routes
for visitors during the Celebration, will be published in early
fall.
The physical site can handle approximately 30,000 people.
The limit on tickets has been set at 6 per individual and 60 per
tour group.
There is CURRENTLY no limit on the number of tickets sold per day.
However, ticket sales will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and if ticket
sales are brisk, then a limit may be imposed on the number of tickets
sold for each day. If sales per day have to be limited, then there will
be a press release to indicate that to the public.
Tickets are being sold so the Park Service and the State can get an
estimate on what the attendance at the Celebration will be, in order to
better prepare for the Celebration. The park will not make a profit
selling tickets. Where will the money go? The proceeds from ticket sales are being
collected under the authority of the National Park Service fee
demonstration program. First, a percentage of each ticket will go to the
reservations contractor. Of the remaining amount 80% of the fees will be retained for Wright
Brothers National Memorial. These funds will be used to pay for the
administrative costs involved in setting up the ticketing system,
including such things as having the tickets designed and printed up.
Anything left from that will go to defray the cost of the
celebration. The other 20% of the fees collected go to parks that do not have a
fee program.
Tickets will be sold via our toll free number (1-800-973-7327) and web
address (www.wrightbrothers.reserveworld.com) until 12 days prior to the
event. Depending on the number of tickets sold by December 1, a decision
will be made to make them available at a location on the Outer Banks. If
tickets are available on the Outer Banks, the ticket location will be
listed on the website (www.firstflightcentennial.org).
Tickets will cost the same whether purchased in advance or on
site.
All Sales are Final - no refunds.
Commercial bus groups should identify themselves when purchasing
tickets.
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