Went to the taping on Monday, March 11th. Got there about 8:30. We were contestants 15 and 16. Didn't realize there was going to be so much waiting. At 9 filled out the paper work then had pictures taken. The more pictures with the green screen, you can buy those for $20 each. Then it's around the corner and about an hour wait. Finally the producer for the show came out and everyone got their 30 second interview. Then it was around another corner and an almost 3 hour wait. Just about froze to death, there was a cold breeze blowing. Finally got to go into the studio at about 1:15. Seating is totally random. My wife and I were seated in the 4th row right on the aisle just across from George Gray. Once taping starts thing move pretty quickly. Neither of us was selected to come on down. After the taping was over my wife got George to sign her shirt and he gave her a kiss. The ending of the show was rather anticlimactic. I woke up the next morning feeling like crap, picked up a cold from someone. Then our flight from Burbank to Seattle was delay almost 2 hours. Much of that was sitting in the plane while the crew waited for clearance to land at Seattle.
A few things I took from this was the studio is much smaller than it appears on TV, you can't see a lot due to all the cameras and equipment, you can't see some of the prizes, stuff behind doors 2 and 3 were pretty much hidden.
