So I've been on the waiting list for about 4 or 5 years now. Monday a week ago I got a letter in the mail. My time was up, fill out the application, send in the money and I'm in. They were opening 2000 seats. 2 for each of the top 1000 people on the list. I confirmed today my app had made their hands and was checked off. I get my ticket order form in a few days. They stated in the original mailing that there were 16,000 names on the current waiting list.