Anyway, I'm sure that people were curious to know what it was like to get to the games. And what the Olympic sports area was like... So I will let you know how it was to get there then get in. One day, I rushed there and got there way too early and decided I should take some pictures of the experience. I'll begin with what the Chinese completely and utterly without a doubt sucked at in terms of organizing the games...
Concessions concessions concessions... Wow the Chinese had NO IDEA how to do this efficiently run these concessions. Let me try to explain how terrible this was.
The lines to get the concessions were SO LONG and there were two people manning the stations. Oh yeah, the Chinese don't know how to do lines, so that they just kind of push to the front or have lines going to nowhere. The two young people at the front did not have a system, like one person handling the money and one person handling the food, it was just kind of do whatever felt right at the time. Not to mention there were not enough of them, and there were no people in the stands, running around with food and drinks which would have lessoned the strain on the stands. Your best bet was to stock up on a whole bunch of food and drinks at one point then hope you don't run out, because you are going to spend 30 minutes and miss something cool on the track.
Was there security at these games?
So the security at the games in terms of getting into the games was phenomenal. However, once you got into the stadium the little volunteers and little security people were a complete joke. How else could they allow me to sit RIGHT there for my friend's jumps, or go straight to the bottom of the stadium to give my friend a hug during her victory lap. How do you do this, just walk right by them and ignore them when they talk to you and just find an open seat and sit down or stand, whatever you feel like. Now I LOVED this, because it meant I could do all the cool things that I mentioned and be RIGHT there during ALL the field events... And I am sure that London 2012 will be NOTHING like this.
These seats suck why are they more expensive than our other seats?
The seating classifications made NO SENSE. Our best seats were without a doubt the cheapest seats which were right past the finish line. This also was the day of the 100m. However, the seats got more expensive and somehow they also got higher up and further from the finish line. This left us in wonder, what is the rationale for the seats. But whatever it didn't matter because you could sit wherever you wanted as long as there was an empty seat... And the Chinese are the worst fans in the world so they often left really good seats very early in the night
Now it all begins with a subway ride then you exit the stadium and you see...
After you see of people you turn and see more people...
Now say you are hungry and want to get some food at the ONE RESTAURANT... McDonald, yes that is a line to get INTO McDonalds
So if you do not want to wait in the pandemonium of McDonald's you walk a little bit further and you see Asian people taking pictures of the water show spectacle thing...
walk a little further,turn the other direction and you see...
keep on walking towards the food and you see the media tower and no doubt Chinese people taking pictures of it.. amazing how all the people can stand sideways
you then walk and finally you see the food and this is what is on the menu
Trying to get food was a challenge, since Chinese people are just now learning what a line is, you have to just push your way to the front, please note the lack of a line...
Continue walking and you will see the practice/warmup track
Now turn the other direction and you see dragon lake, which is actually the shape of a dragon but is really disgusting water
Eventually you walk past and get into the stadium and this is what you see...
(slideshow pending)
