Great to hear that all went well, pxc!prettyxcool wrote:Just got back from the Technical Rehearsals - one word: SPECTACULAR
We were told to #savethesurprise - I agree!
This was absolutely brilliant, way more amazing than I ever could've imagined and easily one of the most spectacular things I've ever had the privilege to see. My favourite bit was the transition at the start which your OH is a part of pxc, I probably literally had my mouth hanging open watching it all. Just wow!prettyxcool wrote:Just got back from the Technical Rehearsals - one word: SPECTACULAR
We were told to #savethesurprise - I agree!
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I think everyone should cancel what they are doing on Friday and watch this!canadian_turtle wrote:This was absolutely brilliant, way more amazing than I ever could've imagined and easily one of the most spectacular things I've ever had the privilege to see. My favourite bit was the transition at the start which your OH is a part of pxc, I probably literally had my mouth hanging open watching it all. Just wow!prettyxcool wrote:Just got back from the Technical Rehearsals - one word: SPECTACULAR
We were told to #savethesurprise - I agree!
Lovely musical performances too (though I'm sure there will be plenty more on the actual night) and I am very curious what will be shown during the times we had placeholder screens that said "we're not showing the video here today to #savethesurprise for Friday" possibly [spoiler]celebrity messages?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]You know I thought that was the evil witch from Snow White lol but then my friend told me she read in the paper it was Voldemort vs Mary Poppins, made more sense.[/spoiler]prettyxcool wrote:I think everyone should cancel what they are doing on Friday and watch this!canadian_turtle wrote:This was absolutely brilliant, way more amazing than I ever could've imagined and easily one of the most spectacular things I've ever had the privilege to see. My favourite bit was the transition at the start which your OH is a part of pxc, I probably literally had my mouth hanging open watching it all. Just wow!prettyxcool wrote:Just got back from the Technical Rehearsals - one word: SPECTACULAR
We were told to #savethesurprise - I agree!
Lovely musical performances too (though I'm sure there will be plenty more on the actual night) and I am very curious what will be shown during the times we had placeholder screens that said "we're not showing the video here today to #savethesurprise for Friday" possibly [spoiler]celebrity messages?[/spoiler]
I order you to!
My colleagues are asking me about it and I am so excited, and I can't tell them, I keep thinking of bits and thinking wow, and wow!
I am going again tomorrow as a Games Maker - may be I see different bits - perhaps what they missed out last night!
[spoiler]I loved the nurses bit and the smiley face they made with the beds! And the Death Eater and .... oh, I could go on![/spoiler]
www.pagetostagereviews.com Hear, hear! Just look at the positives. The Olympic Stadium seats 60,000, it was cleared in an hour after the show, even with the lack of the Central Line last night. The organisation involved in such a grand scale, has to be credited. If people can just take it as part and parcel of the whole experience, and go with the flow, it will not be that stressful. Unfortunately, the London Ambassador I sat with was negative from the start, kept complaining about this and that, wouldn't p*y to come, is that all they can offer, what an embarrassment, only 2 hours to go and I can go home! Wonder why she signed up to be an LA and got tickets... anyway, by the end of the evening even she was wowed!SteveDan wrote:Why cant people understand that the Olympics can only be positive for the UK as a whole. This morning it was great to hear the positive feedback following the opening ceremony rehearsal BUT every report was punctuated with "the latest travel disruption" and general negativity. Even a reporter at Heathrow couldnt help but punctuate the positives about the athletes and official arrivals in London with "and now they begin their journey on London roads !!"
Lets get real about this....NO city that has held the Olympics can EVER hope that the whole event would not see any travel disruption (why would the travel network suddenly improve for the Olympics !)
NO city can ever hope to have a travel network - train, plane, car, tubes/metro which can take without any problems an influx of people that are expected to be in London
Stratford as an area WILL struggle to cope. The tube line platforms are cramped enough on any weekday night BUT lets get on with it and enjoy it for what it is - for many of us the ONLY time in our life time we will see such an event in this country
GO TEAM GB !
Oh yes, it makes more sense, my OH told me that too.!canadian_turtle wrote:[spoiler]You know I thought that was the evil witch from Snow White lol but then my friend told me she read in the paper it was Voldemort vs Mary Poppins, made more sense.[/spoiler]
Yeah, no tweets or facebook for me too! Keeping mum!canadian_turtle wrote: I'm not Tweeting or Facebooking stuff but I am answering my colleague's questions - only gets him more excited to watch too!
It is not ONLY positive. As much as I enjoyed watching the Opening Ceremony in the end the hosting of the Games doesn't affect me (and thousands of Londoners/Brits with me) positively after they have finished. We've only had a lot of problems to get into work/get home (or possible it won't be possible at all - depending on your location), UK as a whole pa*d a lot of money for it, half the city broken up/looking like crap in preparation (this again includes the travel) and an influx of people wherever you go.SteveDan wrote:Why cant people understand that the Olympics can only be positive for the UK as a whole. This morning it was great to hear the positive feedback following the opening ceremony rehearsal BUT every report was punctuated with "the latest travel disruption" and general negativity. Even a reporter at Heathrow couldnt help but punctuate the positives about the athletes and official arrivals in London with "and now they begin their journey on London roads !!"
Lets get real about this....NO city that has held the Olympics can EVER hope that the whole event would not see any travel disruption (why would the travel network suddenly improve for the Olympics !)
NO city can ever hope to have a travel network - train, plane, car, tubes/metro which can take without any problems an influx of people that are expected to be in London
Stratford as an area WILL struggle to cope. The tube line platforms are cramped enough on any weekday night BUT lets get on with it and enjoy it for what it is - for many of us the ONLY time in our life time we will see such an event in this country
GO TEAM GB !
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