Fireworks and Wombles
Nov. 8th, 2021 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaWell, that was a busy weekend.
Decided to go to London, to see the War of the Worlds immersive experience - I bought that forflickums last Christmas. After booking tickets and hotel, I realised - there's also firework night. So I booked tickets for the show at Wimbledon Park.
Arrived. Joined the queue. It was a very long queue.
10 minutes later, the queue moved slightly.
after about half an hour we'd managed to shift about 100 metres an were wondering if we'd ever get in. Eventually though the queue started moving, at a reasonable rate and we got through the gate with people giving the briefest glance at tickets and Covid pass, about an hour after we started. I guess they were being a bit more diligent about this at the start before realising it would take forever.
They waited for everyone to get through the gate before starting the fireworks, which was nice of them.
Fireworks were James Bond themed. There was a nice mix of classics and newer ones with colours themed to the lyrics. Not sure it was the best choice of themes since the tunes are mostly quite slow. I think the "Bond steals the Lektor" theme from "From Russia with Love" would have been a good choice.
Flickums insisted on buying me something. Didn't really want to join the queue for an overpriced Cadbury's instant hot chocolate. Instead she got me an overpriced toffee apple.
It was enjoyable but I think next year we'll stick to Wythenshaw.
Decided to go to London, to see the War of the Worlds immersive experience - I bought that for
flickums last Christmas. After booking tickets and hotel, I realised - there's also firework night. So I booked tickets for the show at Wimbledon Park.Arrived. Joined the queue. It was a very long queue.
10 minutes later, the queue moved slightly.
after about half an hour we'd managed to shift about 100 metres an were wondering if we'd ever get in. Eventually though the queue started moving, at a reasonable rate and we got through the gate with people giving the briefest glance at tickets and Covid pass, about an hour after we started. I guess they were being a bit more diligent about this at the start before realising it would take forever.
They waited for everyone to get through the gate before starting the fireworks, which was nice of them.
Fireworks were James Bond themed. There was a nice mix of classics and newer ones with colours themed to the lyrics. Not sure it was the best choice of themes since the tunes are mostly quite slow. I think the "Bond steals the Lektor" theme from "From Russia with Love" would have been a good choice.
Flickums insisted on buying me something. Didn't really want to join the queue for an overpriced Cadbury's instant hot chocolate. Instead she got me an overpriced toffee apple.
It was enjoyable but I think next year we'll stick to Wythenshaw.
