Our Event Representative’s Report From the Munich Fan EventComments Off

Thanks to Jessica, one of our Event Representatives, we are pleased to bring you a new set of pictures from the Munich New Moon Fan Event, taken inside the stadium which hosted over 15,000 fans.The pictures of the cast can be viewed in our gallery beginning here. You can also read a report of Jessica’s experience at the fan event below.

Fan Event in Munich

I think I should start with the beginning of the whole story: I was in America when Hypovereinsbank gave away tickets for the event. I tried to get two of them but even before the website was open the server crashed. I had to go to bed and my friend in Germany tried for several hours to get tickets. In the morning I got the good news, terrorized the school and when I went back to Germany we started planning everything as we live 380 miles away from Munich.

On November, 13th we started our trip, visited Munich and on the next morning we went to the Olympiahalle. We were in front of the hall at 9 in the morning; we could not get in until 11:30. We weren’t in the front row, but our location was good enough and we had a great view of the place where all the reporters stood. They were interviewing lots people and we were constantly being asked to scream for the cameras. After a while, as the screaming started to die down they took out their secret weapon: a snap of Rob as Edward and everybody was screaming again. And then the nightmare started: at our entrance there were so many people, and they were  all constantly pushing making it difficult for the crowd to even breathe. The pushing got harder and people even started fainting, screaming and getting completely crushed. After half an hour or pushing we were finally in, ran to our seats and we were already completely exhausted.
They started by showing the German trailer of New Moon and trailers of other movies. As the programme began a few bands were brought in, and the atmosphere in the stadium was unbelievable. Bands were being asked which team they are and we were shown pictures of Kristen and Rob. We were also told that there were between 15,000 and 20,000 fans attending this event.

As soon as the moderators told us that the cast was about to arrive (after 3 and a half hours of boring bands and cycle races) there seemed to be a major problem: 2 cars were in front of the entrance and Taylor, Rob, Kris and Chris couldn’t get in. When the cars were finally moved out fo the way one of the moderators presented the New Moon trailer once again and new, unpublished scenes from the movie. Okay, the scenes weren’t new to me but there were many people who had not seen them and the mood in the hall suddenly was indescribable. Everybody was taking photos, filming and, of course, screaming. As soon as the trailer and scenes were over, the lights went on again and it got as loud as I’ve ever heard in my whole life before. The moderator told us that were supposed to be quiet when the stars are in but we could scream as loud as we want when they come in. He shouldn’t have said that because the fans took that really very seriously. The stars came on stage and the entire hall went crazy. The cast looked completely overwhelmed! As if they couldn’t believe what was happening there. They were looking around, whispering to each other and laughing. After a minute the moderator started the Q&A. He was asking the normal mainstream questions and they were answering friendly and respectfully. As always Taylor spoke directly to the people and said that the whole Twilight phenomenon would be nothing without the fans and he was so right with that! Rob just got one question to answer and he was perplexed when he got asked. He looked like he was daydreaming before and I think they all did. They all looked really tired (except for Taylor) and I have to say that their answers weren’t creative but you have to keep in mind that they were nearly in another country every day in Europe and that must be unbelievably anxious. When the Q&A was over, the boss of the most popular teen magazine in Europa called Bravo came on stage and said that the actors would get a prize, the Bravo Gold Otto, for Twilight as Movie of the year. They all got an award and took photos together.
At the end, the stars waved and said goodbye to the fans who were all screaming again and after 10 minutes it was over and everyone’s mood was turning sour. Then the only German band from the New Moon Bonus Soundtrack came on stage and then we left.
We were there for 4 hours to see 15 minutes of movie clips and spend 10 minutes with the stars but it was all worth it! My voice was gone but it was such a great experience! I have never been in such craziness but it was real fun and I think I would definitely do it again!

Love, Jessica