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[cherandcelinefan77]

I understand wanting to meet Celine, <snipped> Celine is a hard working woman and does a lot for her fans, but invading her privacy like that is just cruel.
She’s probably really tired after her shows, wants to un-wind, and get home but then she hears there are fans waiting outside. She’s not a mean person of course she’ll be nice, doesn’t mean it’s right to do. It’s awful how people keep her outside her hotel in Paris for long periods of time, but in Vegas at the Colosseum it’s almost like her home, again it’s an invasion of privacy.
Now I also know another fan who has <snipped> before and their story wasn’t so peachy. After waiting a long time a guard came out and told them <snipped> They asked if they would please respect her privacy and to please leave if not she will be escorted out.
And for those of you thinking I’m just jealous it didn’t happen to me, I have met her fair and square without invading her privacy, I am not jealous in the slightest, I just felt like I had to say something.
For those of you thinking of doing it, I hope you re-consider.

[rhapsodion]

<snipped> As there are always fans waiting outside the stadiums for a glimse of hockey players as their buses or cars go in, i thought the colossseum has a similar setting.  If it gets to a point like trepassing, of course i would not do it.

As for the part about not happy about fans keeping celine outside her hotel for a long time, i personally don't think it is fair nor appropriate to blame the fans.  Of course, if the fans are pulling celine and forcing her to stay behind even though she wants to leave, that's another story.  And i doubt that would ever happen seeing the number of bodyguards with her, and seeing numerous times how celine has indicated clearly how many more autograph she is willing to sign or even stating she can't do any autograph or take any pics with the fans.

As celine has said herself many times, this is part of her life, and if she is not in a mood in doung that, she will just not do it.  And clearly in some of the videos that we see taken outside of her hotel, she was enjoying the moment too during the process.  just my two cents.

[ehild]

CELINEFAN01, on 09 January 2014 - 05:21 AM, said:

I dind enter to backstage it was somewhere else. SHE WAS THE ONE WHO LET ME!!!! yes I will show the picture , can you tell me how to upload it from the cellphone??!

Oh my gosh that's so exciting!!    However, you were really lucky!  <snipped>  I can't wait to see the picture!!

[CELINEFAN01]

cherandcelinefan77, on 09 January 2014 - 04:42 PM, said:

I understand wanting to meet Celine, <snipped> Celine is a hard working woman and does a lot for her fans, but invading her privacy like that is just cruel.
She’s probably really tired after her shows, wants to un-wind, and get home but then she hears there are fans waiting outside. She’s not a mean person of course she’ll be nice, doesn’t mean it’s right to do. It’s awful how people keep her outside her hotel in Paris for long periods of time, but in Vegas at the Colosseum it’s almost like her home, again it’s an invasion of privacy.
Now I also know another fan who has <snipped> before and their story wasn’t so peachy. After waiting a long time a guard came out and told them <snipped> They asked if they would please respect her privacy and to please leave if not she will be escorted out.
And for those of you thinking I’m just jealous it didn’t happen to me, I have met her fair and square without invading her privacy, I am not jealous in the slightest, I just felt like I had to say something.
For those of you thinking of doing it, I hope you re-consider.

Actually it was before the show, and she was the one who let me in! I dind do anything thy botjer her, she easily could tell Nick to grab mu present and thats it but she let me in... Let me tell you something this is my first time after many years you hve no idea the things that I pass o get to the concert, Im not coming in a long time ... This trip was the one. I am not Ramona or those other fans who had lots of money, and to have my picture with my idol,,, uuuuuuuffff it is the most amazing thing that happened to me , it took her less than a minute, and in that time she change my life

[CELINEFAN01]

ehild, on 09 January 2014 - 05:08 PM, said:

Oh my gosh that's so exciting!!    However, you were really lucky!  <snipped> I can't wait to see the picture!!

Thank youuuuuu guys I have to tell you the whole story it waaaaas LUCK!!!!! And FAITH!!!!!! Yeahhhhh the bodyguards....  Nick was soooooo soooo nice to me, he actualyy told me that my present was so beautiful, but the other bodyguard was kind of...

I tell the whole story with the picture as soon as I can, actually I have front row photos and videos and the review of the show


Thank you all!!!!!!!!

[ehild]

I think there's a fine line of what's appropriate and what's not.  Of course her fans will be waiting wherever she is hoping to catch a glimpse.  I don't necessarily think that's wrong.  She could always find a back entrance or just run past the crowd into the hotel if she really didn't want to sign autographs.  Sometimes I think she really enjoys meeting with her fans.  On the other hand, invading her personal space, I don't think this is right either. (I.E. trying to find her house, outside her <snipped>.....at least really close to it.  It is Vegas and people are out walking all the time lol)  If someone isn't where they're supposed to be security will take care of the issue.  We just have to use our judgement as fans and try not to cross that line.

[ehild]

CELINEFAN01, on 09 January 2014 - 05:08 PM, said:

Actually it was before the show, and she was the one who let me in! I dind do anything thy botjer her, she easily could tell Nick to grab mu present and thats it but she let me in... Let me tell you something this is my first time after many years you hve no idea the things that I pass o get to the concert, Im not coming in a long time ... This trip was the one. I am not Ramona or those other fans who had lots of money, and to have my picture with my idol,,, uuuuuuuffff it is the most amazing thing that happened to me , it took her less than a minute, and in that time she change my life

I was wondering about if it was before or after.  After the show she leaves in a hurry most nights, I think.  I want to say that by the time most of us are exiting the theater she's already in her car and gone.  You'd lucky to run that fast after the show lol.  

[DionFanAlways]

<snipped> It is on public property. It's just like seeing her outside of her hotel in Paris or New York!  Now if you went to her house then that is a different story.

[cherandcelinefan77]

I am not pin-pointing any one person, nor trying to degrade your positive experience. I was putting my two cents in on where I think fans should respect her privacy and draw the line.
I know Celine doesn’t mind signing autographs and meeting people. BUT there are nights when she does get home at 2 in the morning to hotel, she is clearly tired but won’t say no. She is a gracious, nice person and probably feels really bad about turning people down. My point is you can’t assume that she enjoys it every time. What is she supposed to do, ignore people as she drives in? In the age of social media, she probably knows that one fan’s un-happy experience could tarnish her image.
All it takes is one person to think “oh it will probably be okay if I do it.” And then another person, then another person, and soon this groups of individuals doing it, will provoke crowds of people. I’m sure the Paris crowds didn’t used to be that bad, but now look at it.
I’m just saying that what if Celine starts re-thinking being hospitable all together because they are taking advantage of her generosity and privacy, because SOME, not all fans, don’t know where to draw the line.

[cherandcelinefan77]

Her bodyguard's have stated it is her <snipped> It's whomever headliner is there at the time <snipped>. No Celine did not construct the <snipped>
Celine has stated a number of times that the Colossem is like a second home to her. She even built the underground to look like her Vegas house so she could bring RC there and he would feel comfortable, I’m sure it’s no different with the twins.

[rhapsodion]

<snipped> Of course, i am not implying that it is also okay for fans to stand right outside her house, as long as they are standing in a public area, because it is very different.  I get your point that she tries to make the colosseum very much like her home, but i think home and a place where ppl are suppose to go there to see her for an event is very different.  And it is not like the fan has trepassed and climbed over the gate to get to her private garage.

I agree celine is very generous, and often tries her best to please her fans.  i also understand that you are hoping to protect her from being taken advantage of.  But she has been in this business for over 30 years, celine does know how to say no and express her unwillingness.

[cherandcelinefan77]

Just because Celine can say no doesn’t mean it’s fair or right to put her in that position where she has to. All I was brining up is what I have heard her bodyguards say. <snipped>
You are obviously not seeing it as a problem so re-iterating it seems to be pointless.
Maybe I have different views than most but I love Celine and to me that means to respect her privacy, even if that means I can’t meet her <snipped> and I have to wait for my moment to come. And let me say it has come multiple times for me and I have done it without bothering her in private scenarios.

Ok lets put aside the fact that it is invading her privacy.
Why do most fans, have to come on here or any other form of social media for that matter and explain every nitty gritty detail and pictures diagramming how they met her? What if there is some crazy stalker that that wants to find her, they find this post and <snipped>
Cool beans, you met her and it went well, isn’t it enough to share it with family and friends instead of blasting it on the internet?
I know, you want to share it with other fans that understand, ok but don’t you find it a little odd how many fans that finally met her and shared it don’t post on here anymore because they get bombarded with questions and harassing comments. If you would just keep it to yourself, share your Celine joy personally instead things would be fine.
I hope moderators see that this decide to edit through these posts. Celine doesn’t need mobs of people staking out in Vegas too.

[Lu CelineFan]

cherandcelinefan77, on 09 January 2014 - 08:42 PM, said:

Just because Celine can say no doesn’t mean it’s fair or right to put her in that position where she has to. All I was brining up is what I have heard her bodyguards say. <snipped>
You are obviously not seeing it as a problem so re-iterating it seems to be pointless.
Maybe I have different views than most but I love Celine and to me that means to respect her privacy, even if that means I can’t meet her <snipped> and I have to wait for my moment to come. And let me say it has come multiple times for me and I have done it without bothering her in private scenarios.

Ok lets put aside the fact that it is invading her privacy.
Why do most fans, have to come on here or any other form of social media for that matter and explain every nitty gritty detail and pictures diagramming how they met her? What if there is some crazy stalker that that wants to find her, they find this post and <snipped>
Cool beans, you met her and it went well, isn’t it enough to share it with family and friends instead of blasting it on the internet?
I know, you want to share it with other fans that understand, ok but don’t you find it a little odd how many fans that finally met her and shared it don’t post on here anymore because they get bombarded with questions and harassing comments. If you would just keep it to yourself, share your Celine joy personally instead things would be fine.
I hope moderators see that this decide to edit through these posts. Celine doesn’t need mobs of people staking out in Vegas too.

I get your point of view, it´s a true worry. But I think all this comes with fame. Is she get tired of it? Probably. But it´s her work. Everybody has bad days at work and think Oh if I could just escape....

We have luck she´s a special human being. It´s so frustating for a fan to be disrespected by his idol...

[Celinenvegas]

CELINEFAN01, on 09 January 2014 - 05:11 PM, said:

Thank youuuuuu guys I have to tell you the whole story it waaaaas LUCK!!!!! And FAITH!!!!!! Yeahhhhh the bodyguards....  Nick was soooooo soooo nice to me, he actualyy told me that my present was so beautiful, but the other bodyguard was kind of...

I tell the whole story with the picture as soon as I can, actually I have front row photos and videos and the review of the show


Thank you all!!!!!!!!

Hey that's so great that you went to see Celine and you met her as well!  CONGRATS, I know you must be soooo happy!  I bet the show was amazing too.

[CELINEFAN01]

Celinenvegas, on 10 January 2014 - 01:53 PM, said:

Hey that's so great that you went to see Celine and you met her as well!  CONGRATS, I know you must be soooo happy!  I bet the show was amazing too.

Thank youuuuu!!! Extremely happy!!!!! The show was AMAZING!!!! Her voice was better than ever!!! It was in great shape

[NicoNV]

celinefan1991, on 10 January 2014 - 07:14 PM, said:

<snipped>

CELINEFAN01, on 10 January 2014 - 05:23 PM, said:

Thank youuuuu!!! Extremely happy!!!!! The show was AMAZING!!!! Her voice was better than ever!!! It was in great shape

First, CELINEFAN01, it's great you had a chance to meet her, congratulations. I am not taking anything away from that, so please do not take my post  the wrong way.

<snipped>

[Koolan]

I've edited the posts to remove the info to be on the safe side.

Please do not mention it here again. Thank you.

[CELINEFAN01]

Beautiful Celine fans, Im going at the show today again, when I arived home I will write the 8th and 11th show reviewwwws 😊

[DionFanAlways]

Have fun

[Celinex]

Hope we get some new bootlegs for this year.Enjoy the show.

[QueenCeline87]

CELINEFAN01, on 11 January 2014 - 06:06 PM, said:

Beautiful Celine fans, Im going at the show today again, when I arived home I will write the 8th and 11th show reviewwwws 😊

So happy you are having a great time and you got to meet Celine! Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Can't wait to hear the reviews!

[QueenCeline87]

cherandcelinefan77, on 09 January 2014 - 05:49 PM, said:

I am not pin-pointing any one person, nor trying to degrade your positive experience. I was putting my two cents in on where I think fans should respect her privacy and draw the line.
I know Celine doesn’t mind signing autographs and meeting people. BUT there are nights when she does get home at 2 in the morning to hotel, she is clearly tired but won’t say no. She is a gracious, nice person and probably feels really bad about turning people down. My point is you can’t assume that she enjoys it every time. What is she supposed to do, ignore people as she drives in? In the age of social media, she probably knows that one fan’s un-happy experience could tarnish her image.
All it takes is one person to think “oh it will probably be okay if I do it.” And then another person, then another person, and soon this groups of individuals doing it, will provoke crowds of people. I’m sure the Paris crowds didn’t used to be that bad, but now look at it.
I’m just saying that what if Celine starts re-thinking being hospitable all together because they are taking advantage of her generosity and privacy, because SOME, not all fans, don’t know where to draw the line.

I totally respect Celine's privacy! But on the waiting outside her hotel thing , I was one of the lucky ones to meet her in Paris outside her hotel! But I also spoke to her bodyguards and they said Celine genuinely likes meeting the fans and signing autographs and they where like trust us if she didnt like it , she wouldn't do it. She loves her fans and really doesn't mind them waiting outside her hotel once there is no trouble caused!  And that was what her bodyguards told us when I asked if she minds people outside her hotel!

[Celinenvegas]

QueenCeline87, on 12 January 2014 - 06:40 PM, said:

I totally respect Celine's privacy! But on the waiting outside her hotel thing , I was one of the lucky ones to meet her in Paris outside her hotel! But I also spoke to her bodyguards and they said Celine genuinely likes meeting the fans and signing autographs and they where like trust us if she didnt like it , she wouldn't do it. She loves her fans and really doesn't mind them waiting outside her hotel once there is no trouble caused!  And that was what her bodyguards told us when I asked if she minds people outside her hotel!

I agree, I met her outside her hotel in NYC back in 2008 - got a pic and autograph and am still thrilled to this day about it.  She could've easily blew past us all and went right in but if she has time she will take pics & sign for her fans.  Not many of her stature would do that, they just smile & wave and off they go.  She spends A LOT of time greeting her fans and she knows it's part of the business and we are the ones who put her where she is and she genuinely appreciates it and we love her even more because of it.

[nuts2you]

well said.

[rhapsodion]

I went to watch celine's show on jan 15th with my friends, seating in front orchestra (the section furthest to the right, facing stage) row #9.  I previously worried if the seats would be too far to the side,and they turn out to be pretty nice seats,especially since celine quite sometimes at the right side of the stage, and also where she exits the stage.  

Most importantly, celine waved back to me and my friends.  During the song BYLM, she was walking to our side, so me and my friends started waving our hands frantically.  And she saw us, and waved back at us!!!! I know it is not as spectacular as meeting her, but having the opportunity to have that two-way interaction with her, was soooooooooo great!!!!! I was in cloud #9!!! Haha  thank you Celine!!!

[DionFanAlways]

rhapsodion, on 17 January 2014 - 05:05 AM, said:

I went to watch celine's show on jan 15th with my friends, seating in front orchestra (the section furthest to the right, facing stage) row #9.  I previously worried if the seats would be too far to the side,and they turn out to be pretty nice seats,especially since celine quite sometimes at the right side of the stage, and also where she exits the stage.  

Most importantly, celine waved back to me and my friends.  During the song BYLM, she was walking to our side, so me and my friends started waving our hands frantically.  And she saw us, and waved back at us!!!! I know it is not as spectacular as meeting her, but having the opportunity to have that two-way interaction with her, was soooooooooo great!!!!! I was in cloud #9!!! Haha  thank you Celine!!!

I know it is so exciting when you capture her attention!

[cwnice]

rhapsodion, on 17 January 2014 - 05:05 AM, said:

I went to watch celine's show on jan 15th with my friends, seating in front orchestra (the section furthest to the right, facing stage) row #9.  I previously worried if the seats would be too far to the side,and they turn out to be pretty nice seats,especially since celine quite sometimes at the right side of the stage, and also where she exits the stage.  

Most importantly, celine waved back to me and my friends.  During the song BYLM, she was walking to our side, so me and my friends started waving our hands frantically.  And she saw us, and waved back at us!!!! I know it is not as spectacular as meeting her, but having the opportunity to have that two-way interaction with her, was soooooooooo great!!!!! I was in cloud #9!!! Haha  thank you Celine!!!

hey i also saw the show on 15/1. did u sit on front orchestra 2? coz i sat front orchestra 3 row 9 and i also found celine always waved you back. happily, she shook my hand while singing HDYKTMP. very excited! looking forward to seeing again if she changes the setlist .

[mike_z]

That's the problem of this whole LAS VEGAS thing... always the same setlist in 3 years. If only she changed 5 or 6 songs a lot of people would return and maybe she would be selling out again!

[DionFanAlways]

As much as it gets old with her singing the same setlist over and over again and again I can see why she has to though. She is really just stuck! What if you go one night and she doesn't sing a certain song, oh the complaints.......

[rhapsodion]

cwnice, on 18 January 2014 - 08:16 AM, said:

hey i also saw the show on 15/1. did u sit on front orchestra 2? coz i sat front orchestra 3 row 9 and i also found celine always waved you back. happily, she shook my hand while singing HDYKTMP. very excited! looking forward to seeing again if she changes the setlist .

OH, are u the asian guy who sat on the aisle seat??? If that's u, then i saw u shaking her hand!!!!!  So envy!!!!  And when i went to get back my checked bag after the show, my friend saw u and said "oh, that's the lucky guy!!!".  Haha