Entry to Olympic Park

Vanquish-Storm said:
Bunch of jobsworths!

Could you not show them their official document that says no longer than 30cm?
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You know how these things are, they are treating it all like airline security.

I actually thought in general that the volunteers, police and army were very good.

I only ran into one jobsworth today where there was a single metal barrier about a meter long which denoted the flow of pedestrian traffic when crossing over the road points when open for the road race. There was nobody crossing, yet he stopped me, and made me walk the few steps backwards around the barrier so that I was walking what is deemed the 'correct' way. It just felt ridiculous when there was nobody else walking, so it defeated the entire point of controlling foot traffic. I was laughing at how bizarre it was as I followed his request.
 
So letme get this straight, during the olympics you cannot enter the olympic park unless you have a ticket??. What if i just want to have a wander around etc??, will i still need a ticket or what??.

What about after the olympics are finished?? are we still meant to pay to get into the park even if its just for a wander around??.
 
You require an Olympic Park ticket or a ticket for a park based event, otherwise you can't get in. They sold a lot in advance, but are occasionally releasing more on the ticket site.

A friend of mine went today on just a Park ticket and they had a really good day and there was a brilliant atmosphere watching the big screen.

The Park will be open after the Olympics and you will also be able to go up the Orbit a lot easier too. I'm not sure when its scheduled to be open though, I think there might be a gap after the games, plus it won't have the atmosphere then.
 
DB_SamX said:
Not quite right:
Wembley has its own policy: http://www.london2012.com/mm/Docume...adiumprohibitedandrestricteditems_Neutral.pdf



:mad: Considering I am only going to football games there, I'm annoyed I can't take my DSLR. And strictly speaking micro 4/3 as they also have interchangeable lenses.
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Well, I was in Wembley today and there were DSLRs galore among the spectators which annoyed me because I didn't take mine. Chap close to me had a spare short telephoto (18-105) in his bag as well. So next Saturday when I'm there again, I'm taking mine thought I'll stick with the 17-50 only.

Security was ok, not big deal, hardly the fuss I expected it to be - xray, a pat down and a quick look in my gym bag.

Getting in was easy, getting out with all the other 80000 in one go not so much as only had to wait <30 minutes from exiting the stadium to get into a tube station and getting on a train.
 
Nexus said:
You require an Olympic Park ticket or a ticket for a park based event, otherwise you can't get in. They sold a lot in advance, but are occasionally releasing more on the ticket site.

A friend of mine went today on just a Park ticket and they had a really good day and there was a brilliant atmosphere watching the big screen.

The Park will be open after the Olympics and you will also be able to go up the Orbit a lot easier too. I'm not sure when its scheduled to be open though, I think there might be a gap after the games, plus it won't have the atmosphere then.
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Cheers mate :), ill try and get a ticket for me and the missus as she wants to go for a bit of a wander etc. If not then ill just take her after the olympics.
 
Yas786 said:
Cheers mate :), ill try and get a ticket for me and the missus as she wants to go for a bit of a wander etc. If not then ill just take her after the olympics.
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If you wait for the paralympics, a lot of the tickets for events within the Olympic park start at around £15, and there are plenty available for each day. Ive already snapped up tickets for the Olympic stadium, aquatics centre, and some stuff at Excel. Plus they have a lot of day passes for a tenner available if you just want to go around the Olympic park.

Brian
 
I was at the opening ceremony. Food was fine, even wrapped in foil and I took quite a lot because I have a big appetite. As mentioned, no liquids over 100ml, they'll ask you to drink-up when you're queueing, but empty water bottles are fine and we took two 500ml and one 2l bottle. There are taps inside the park to fill up. They weren't bothered by the Tupperware full of dip that I'd made and that was way over 100ml - they are being quite sensible about it.

Cameras were fine. Loads of DSLRs and smartphones, plenty of people packing 300mm lenses. I think they just want to stop the paps coming in with 600mm+ lenses and constantly firing over the backs of people'#s heads, when there are allocated paparazzi areas that they presumably have to pay extra for.

msmalls74 said:
We're going with a type 1 diabetic and the hoops they have to jump through and the possible dangers about hypos are a bit worry some. We are splitting stuff like oj between us going so they can have enough to cope if they go hypo, still not sure exactly what snacks you can and cant bring in. Not really sensible if some one is going hypo and you have to walk around the stadium, queue for a mars bar and walk all the way back.
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I don't know how long your friend has been diabetic for so please excuse me if I'm telling you things you already know. If you want to carry OJ then get a letter from the hospital or their GP stating that they are diabetic and need to carry juice and for hypo reasons and technically they should be able to carry more than 100ml on flights. The reality is you'll still have to argue your point, so logistically it's a lot less hassle to just carry jelly beans or Percy Pigs and buy juice on the other side. I would expect they won't make a fuss of it at the Olympics, but they definitely do at airports.
 
I probably won’t take a pile of photo gear (dslr with a couple of lenses) as my reason for going is to enjoy the events and not go for a photoshoot.
 
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