{"id":2025,"date":"2022-09-09T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/?page_id=2025"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:03:49","slug":"please-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/please-note\/","title":{"rendered":"STOP! READ THIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU PROCEED:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you email us a question about one of these, we will just send you back to this page, so why not just read it now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make sure you purchase tickets for the correct date. If you arrive with tickets for the wrong date, we cannot guarantee that we can honor your tickets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ALL SALES ARE FINAL.\u00a0 Refunds or exchanges will not be made for late arrivals or no-shows.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We operate under a <strong>ticketless system<\/strong> for online purchases.\u00a0 Bring your receipt with you, and when you arrive you can proceed directly into the planetarium where we will check your name and receipt at the podium next to the theater entrance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your credit card\/bank statement might list the online purchase as &#8216;PALOMAR ETV&#8217;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>LATE SEATING IS NOT ALLOWED!<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please arrive before the show begins so you can get your seats.\u00a0 Once the show begins, the theater is very dark and entry is not permitted (this is the rule set by the Fire Marshall).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DO NOT USE GOOGLE TO FIND THE PLANETARIUM (IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WRONG PLACE)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/maps-parking\/\"><strong>THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND MAP<\/strong><\/a> to find the planetarium.\u00a0Parking is FREE only in LOT 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have read all of the above, continue to the ticket purchase website by <a href=\"https:\/\/palomarplanetarium.csstix.com\/events.php\">CLICKING HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU PROCEED: If you email us a question about one of these, we will just send you back to this page,&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/planetarium\/please-note\/\">Continue Reading<span> STOP! 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