Diary of a Games volunteer - preview of the Opening Ceremony

Submitted by Mary Reid on Thursday, July 26, 2012

Games volunteer

I went to see the final rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony last night, so I'm sure you want to know what happened. Well, I can tell you this ....

#savethesurprise

What I can say, is that it was the most amazing spectacle I have ever seen. If you were planning to do anything other than watch it on Friday evening, then think again.

Oh, and I do get fed up with all the carping about the organisers. The crowd management before and after was excellent, and carried out cheerfully by everyone. I didn't have to queue anywhere for more than a couple of minutes, including the loo, although the crowd did move fairly slowly towards the station afterwards. There were plenty of food outlets around the stadium, selling fairly basic stuff - fish and chips, noodles, curry, sausages, pizza, waffles, icecream, beer - and not a sign of McDonalds.

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Submitted by Alan (not verified) on Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Had they sorted out the 1/2 to 1 hour queues to get/buy water????
If so, AWESOME, the technical dress obviously worked on the only problem.

Submitted by Mary Reid on Thursday, July 26, 2012.

I got to the stadium at about 6pm. Lots of people around but no queues to speak of at the food outlets where I bought a bottle of water. Even later I think the queues were no more than 10 people long. Maybe it got worse later, but the advice is to get there early and enjoy the atmosphere.

There were also people wandering around selling water or beer. Expensive, as you would expect. £1.60 for water. Didn't see any water fountains

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