Starman2006 Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Have not read most of the posts on this topic but....a few positives from my weekend at Cardiff... Good train journey from the North West but expensive tickets.... Good Hotel at Cardiff, ideal location and paid average city price.. Great seats at the Millenium stadium but expensive for food and refreshments, eg about £4.00 for a bottle of cider or can of bitter, £1.50 for bag of crisps! Is it just me or are the bars getting rougher and seedier every year near the stadium....i like a pint or two but ......!! The racing at Somerset on Friday is usually on par with the racing at Cardiff!! £1.50 for a bag of Crisps, you were mugged. And i thought Dick Turpin was dead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 £1.50 for a bag of Crisps, you were mugged. And i thought Dick Turpin was dead... Didnt buy them though..just on the price list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourentee Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 No. You need to buy an ACU licence and then when you have that you can get your SCB Permit and away you go. Ah, OK, thanks. I did say it was a vague idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGE9359 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Biggest rip off is the programme at £10 the previous two saturdays I was at Wembley and Twickenham for football and rugby playoff finals. The progs there were £6, just as well produced with about the same editorial / adverts mix. Production numbers would have been similar for Wembley (40000 attendance), maybe more for Twick (80000 crowd), but that programme had 3d pictures in it and came with a free flag Mate of mine went to Amsterdam for the europa league final - prog 7 euros, also about £6 Why was the GP one so much more - not even produced in a rush late on friday (except for the insert sheet) as we had to write in the riding order ourselves (and yes, I know I could've just printed off a sheet off this site, but that's not the point) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 So nice not having any of these gripes and worries, just don't go :-D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I feel I must reiterate how much I liked my Cardiff experience .... Before going on to agree with each bit of criticism. I've sat just about everywhere around the Stadium now and the sound quality has always been pretty terrible. Friends are going to see Bon Jovi there next week so I just hope they do a fair bit better on that score for them. One other nark - again the Stadium, not BSI - was the £4 for a small luke-warm bottle of Fosters. And nothing 'For The Ladies' without queuing at the one bar that sold a iffy white wine. Again this did not spoil things ... But you would think it could be better organised after all this time. There were outlets that served draught lager at 4.20 a pint, yes expensive but better value than 4 pound a bottle. the crisps although 1.50 were for pringles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim3751 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 From what I saw on the box it was a good GP but the track was a concern. After any bad publicity the next event is more likely to be better so if it's true as we're told that the material was stored under a rain covered tarpaulin this embarrassment will not be repeated. I know the cynics will say it's speedway but having to rip up the track during the night can't be much fun when they would rather be doing something else. I went on the Channel ferry the week after one sunk because the bow doors were open, Lessons were learned bloody quick. Nice to see a consensus about Sophie and Scott but I think SKY were too restricting. Just answer the question and don't elaborate too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 So nice not having any of these gripes and worries, just don't go :-D Trees, but we're British... if we didn't go, we'd have nothing to complain about and what do we talk about then? All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 As it seems we are in gripe mode, the thing that annoyed me most was my daughter not allowed to bring in a plastic bottle of water,got to be a money making tactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) Is it just me or are the bars getting rougher and seedier every year near the stadium....i like a pint or two but ......!! It's society on the whole i think lol. Just to balance up all the negativity, bear in mind we were fearing no GP at all on the Friday or a 'farce'. This was NOT a farce, granted it broke up towards the end, but an entertaining GP for many reasons, i loved it and it left me in a bouyant mood. OK i'll join the crowd and add one negative.....didn't approve of the dracula/monster cloaks that the riders unveiled themselves from, i think even most little kiddies will find that a bit naff to say the least . What's for next year Nicki dressed up as a pantomime villain and the crowd exhorted to boo and hiss?......(ok granted they do that to him anyway upon his introduction lol)....or Nicki and any one of his many rivals dressed up in oversized Punch and Judy outfits hitting each other over the head with plastic truncheons? Edited June 5, 2013 by manchesterpaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 As it seems we are in gripe mode, the thing that annoyed me most was my daughter not allowed to bring in a plastic bottle of water,got to be a money making tactic. Commonplace in a lot of sporting and music events nowadays i'm afraid. A bottle, plastic tho it may be, could be used as some sort of missile apparently. A good few places will just insist that the lid is confiscated meaning you've got an open bottle for however long you make the drink last... OK i'll join the crowd and add one negative.....didn't approve of the dracula/monster cloaks that the riders unveiled themselves from, i think even most little kiddies will find that a bit naff to say the least . Erm, maybe i've got completely the wrong end of things here, but weren't the cloaks only used to blackout the riders from being spotted before they were announced ? I very much doubt that the idea of a rider appearing from a dracula cloak would be seen as entertaining in the slightest, even by the most deluded of pr people at img. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Commonplace in a lot of sporting and music events nowadays i'm afraid. A bottle, plastic tho it may be, could be used as some sort of missile apparently. A good few places will just insist that the lid is confiscated meaning you've got an open bottle for however long you make the drink last... Erm, maybe i've got completely the wrong end of things here, but weren't the cloaks only used to blackout the riders from being spotted before they were announced ? I very much doubt that the idea of a rider appearing from a dracula cloak would be seen as entertaining in the slightest, even by the most deluded of pr people at img. EXACTLY right ...the original plan was with the stadium in near darkness (Health & Safety won't allow a complete blackout) and the music playing the trikes would come out on to the track and do their customary lap as a distraction while the riders walked out in their cloaks. The riders were very co-operative after some initial reservations when first shown the cloaks and what was planned. The cloaks were also one size fits all ... quite a difference between Tai Woffinden and Matej Zagar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) Erm, maybe i've got completely the wrong end of things here, but weren't the cloaks only used to blackout the riders from being spotted before they were announced ? Ummmm very little difference from it being a Dracula cloak and them having to wear plastic fangs lol. Ok on a less jokey response, ummmm why black them out from being spotted? Whilst football isn't the yardstick at all times could you really imagine the players ahead of a match having the floodlights turned out and emerging from under cloaks! Having said all that, it's only a minor disgruntle indeed and not worth giving over lots of discussion space to. I certainly prefer to remember the GP as a great entertaining SPORTING event in front of what i still reckon was a larger crowd. Regards attendance figures published or given out so far, whilst i can't take seriously Sportowefakty's 50,000 at face value if the official figure that was given to Philip Rising is correct then that must only include turnstile clicks or previous attendances were untrue. I am still a little mystified with the high level of criticism for the meeting. I loved it. Yes i do know about the track breaking up, but it was saved from being an absolute disaster and having riders refuse to race mid-meeting if it had not been worked in throughout the night. Seen worst tracks since and no calls for heads to roll or decrying the tracks as life endangering for the riders. A very enjoyable event and one a sport should be proud of. EXACTLY right ...the original plan was with the stadium in near darkness (Health & Safety won't allow a complete blackout) and the music playing the trikes would come out on to the track and do their customary lap as a distraction while the riders walked out in their cloaks. OMG! we'd so be complaining bitterly right now if the original plan had gone ahead and several riders got run over lol lol. Edited June 5, 2013 by manchesterpaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Ummmm very little difference from it being a Dracula cloak and them having to wear plastic fangs lol. Ok on a less jokey response, ummmm why black them out from being spotted? Whilst football isn't the yardstick at all times could you really imagine the players ahead of a match having the floodlights turned out and emerging from under cloaks! Erm, i'm no Liberace here, but i'm guessing it was just trying to be a bit dramatic. Not a bad idea from what i saw and a nice change from the norm. It looked to me like the drill would have been for the riders to have defrocked a couple of seconds before their name check, so that when the spotlight came on when their name was mentioned, ta-da......there they were... Imo, it didnt work too well when most of them were still half covered as their name was read out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 OK i'll join the crowd and add one negative.....didn't approve of the dracula/monster cloaks that the riders unveiled themselves from, i think even most little kiddies will find that a bit naff to say the least . Most people ~I have spoken to said ti was a good idea and something a bit different. I liked it. As for taking drinks in, same at Wembley. They let you take then in but give you a plastic cup and you have to drink it on the concourse before getting to your seat. No food and drink is allowed in the seating areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Couple sitting next to me must have smuggled their food and drink in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Couple sitting next to me must have smuggled their food and drink in. It's not hard, just don't queue to be searched and walk straight in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) Regards attendance figures published or given out so far, whilst i can't take seriously Sportowefakty's 50,000 at face value if the official figure that was given to Philip Rising is correct then that must only include turnstile clicks or previous attendances were untrue. Well, you might say that, but... Yes i do know about the track breaking up, but it was saved from being an absolute disaster and having riders refuse to race mid-meeting if it had not been worked in throughout the night. Yes, but the potential disaster was of the organiser's making, and even after they had the nerve to commission some cant about how the shale was 'environmentally controlled', 'carefully monitored', 'nothing left to chance' etc.. etc.. I'd agree the track was not the worst I've ever seen, but this is speedway's premier event of its premier series and they've been doing it now for 13 years for goodness sake. Neither is it the first time they've had these problems, so you'd have thought they'd have learned by now. Edited June 5, 2013 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Its beyond me that after years of not being allowed to take your own drink or food into stadiums that people try and still moan when their caught!!! Stop being so tight and buy it in there, the pints are only about a quid more than the pub and how many pints are you realistically gonna drink in the stadium? Five? Thats a fiver more, infact probs less as i was paying 3.70odd a pint before going in the stadium. Also 7 quid odd for a burger king, cheaper than the stadium! People just moan over anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Didnt buy them though..just on the price list Oh right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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