Wheely Happening At Last
This was supposed to be posted yesterday but - well, you know the drill by now. I couldn't upload any pics. But in a way, it's quite good. Edith had sent me some pics of Greenwich Observation Wheel on its way up at last, but in the delay, I've also had some pics from DC07703 and I've been down to look at it myself. Edith's pictures are fab, but Blogger's only letting me upload one of them:
It looks as though each section is being added, then the wheel turned a bit further on. By the time DC07703 got there, the wheel itself was complete, but without its podules. I particularly like this picture as it looks as though they've used the Maori Memorial as part of the wheel:
DC07703 made the point that the area's so covered in trees "that the first 3 mins and the last 3 mins of the 12min trip you'll be looking into the trees. So It'll only be 6 mins of views."This bothered me a bit, so I thought I'd pop down to check the tree situation for myself. I got down there about 5.00pm and about two thirds of the pods were in place. I took a long look and came to the conclusion that we'll probably be all right. There are trees, granted, but they're comparatively low, and at around that point I shall be so excited I won't notice. And if it's anything like a wheel I went on in Manchester - it looks exactly the same - then we'll go round several times anyway.
The Greenwich Foundation website still isn't owning up to when it will be opening, but my guess would be that they don't want to miss another weekend, so maybe Friday or even Saturday? See you in the queue...
Labels: Events, Greenwich Wheel
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
09:36
5 Comments:
According to www.greenwichwheel.com....
'Due to circumstances beyond our control the opening of the wheel has been delayed and is now scheduled to open at 5.00pm on Thursday 26th June 2008.'
So you're right about Friday being the first full day.
I can see it now, all those people who have got tickets for the first week, all lined up waiting for a spare Podule.......I think I'll give it a week to use mine.
Wow - so it's going to be a total bunfight then!
Have they given any info at all to people who have bought tickets for the last week - or is there just going to be a scrum?
I emailed them to ask about resheduling my Podule and got this response.....
'All tickets bought for the event prior to 26th June will be valid for any operational date up to 28th September 2008.
If you intend to use your ticket for another day, you do not need to contact us.'
So any tickets valid for the first week will be dealt with when you turn up......just hope they have a priority system in place to deal with it.
I would hope that anyone from the first week pre-booked will get first choice over pre booked tickets for that date and then tickets bought on the day.....but who knows?
As a goodwill gesture it would be nice of them to offer discounts on '2nd trip tickets' to those who have pre-booked but not been able to use them on the day they planned.
the wheel looks even better at night from the river
Went on Saturday afternoon and queued no more than 10 mins, and was given a gondola with just the two of us in (don't waste your money on a private one, they pretty much will give that to you for free anyway).
I'd say 12 mins is a starting point not a guarantee, they're not overly strict on how long you spend on it. We had more like 15 mins and 4 revolutions on it before the staff unloaded us.
I like it, it looks lovely and is a nice way to spend a little bit of time. But deary me, it's a lot higher than it looks once you're in one of those little pods, swinging away. We were postively queasy for the entire first revolution!
GL
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