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Paul124897 wrote:This is going to make me sound really thick - but I saw the signs for the P&R but couldn't actually find it. I resorted to using a Tom Tom to get me to the ground and then went from there.
you would have driven right past it, over 1000 spaces at the airport (Ingleston) with a bus service right to the ground.
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Glasgow Gal wrote:What more would you want done for the kids? There was stuff outside in the fanzone why wasn't that enough?
Also for getting away during the day what was wrong with using the normal shuttle buses? We never waited longer than 10/12 minutes for one which is impressive given how busy it is. Why would the RFL pay for more buses when there's a perfectly good service already running?
As for the weather, it's cold in the shade that's to be expected. The weather was also warm early on which makes it feel colder later on - nothing a jumper and jacket wouldn't solve though.
the fanzone area was ok but we was there for 10 hours and the fanzone area was nothing like enough to keep the kids entertained,a few inflatable games cant keep kids happy.
Post subject: Re: Constructive Improvements for MM
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:22 pm
Derwent
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loyalsince1904 wrote: 2) Standardise ticket prices at £20/£10- you could go anywhere with any ticket
I must admit we were somewhat pi55ed off by the fact that we'd paid £50 for our tickets and once inside the ground they let people sit wherever they liked, so we ended up with people who'd paid for much lower grade tickets sitting where we were. Next year we'll be buying the cheapest possible tickets.
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braytontiger wrote:the fanzone area was ok but we was there for 10 hours and the fanzone area was nothing like enough to keep the kids entertained,a few inflatable games cant keep kids happy.
Others seemed to manage and there was far more there than Cardiff produced, you had a fair idea of how long you'd be in the ground, what did you do to keep them entertained?
braytontiger wrote:the fanzone area was ok but we was there for 10 hours and the fanzone area was nothing like enough to keep the kids entertained,a few inflatable games cant keep kids happy.
Personally I think if you take kids somewhere for 10 hours then you should take a few things yourself to keep them amused. i didn't take mine, but the kid in front of us had a few games in his bag.
I don't think you can expect them to provide anything more than enough to keep them amused between/before games personally.
Post subject: Re: Constructive Improvements for MM
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:26 pm
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Derwent wrote:I must admit we were somewhat pi55ed off by the fact that we'd paid £50 for our tickets and once inside the ground they let people sit wherever they liked, so we ended up with people who'd paid for much lower grade tickets sitting where we were. Next year we'll be buying the cheapest possible tickets.
This also happened at Cardiff though, on the first year i won tickets from the local radio station and they ended up in the cheap seats but when i got there the stewards said that we could go join the majority of the rovers fans in the upper level as there was plenty of space.
So the second year we just bought the cheapest tickets and done the same.
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UllFC wrote:you support a side that doesn't have a proper derby, so i don't expect you to understand. The hype that any derby generates in any of the RL towns which promotes the event even further and bigger crowds would have gone from Hull/Rovers, Leeds/Bradford and Cas/Wakefield IMO
and the football league playoffs are only 2 games on the saturday and the sunday, and neither of these generate a great amount of publicity. Last years league2 final was Stockport-Rochdale, do you really think the magic weekend can't steal some coverage from a game like that?
instead of it battling for coverage against a whole round of football league games, 8 premiership games, a ricky hatton fight, RU european semi final...
Errrr, you said move it to the 2nd weekend in May. The play off finals are on the Bank Holiday weekend the end of this month. The play-off semi-finals start later this week, and all 12 (that's right, 12) games are live on Sky.
And i fail to see your point on the lack of derbies. How many people complained about having derbies on Magic weekend in the first place?
It seems a lot of people won't be happy until magic weekend is played in some sort of parallel universe, where everyone can walk through their wardrobe door straight into the full-to-capacity ground, pay 50p a pint, watch major international music acts provide the pre-match entertainment, and watch 80 minutes of quality, controversy-free rugby.
Come on Lewis, can't you see what the non-realists want? After all, you seem keen to try and pander to their every whim.......
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Sexual Deviant wrote:Errrr, you said move it to the 2nd weekend in May. The play off finals are on the Bank Holiday weekend the end of this month. The play-off semi-finals start later this week, and all 12 (that's right, 12) games are live on Sky.
And i fail to see your point on the lack of derbies. How many people complained about having derbies on Magic weekend in the first place?
It seems a lot of people won't be happy until magic weekend is played in some sort of parallel universe, where everyone can walk through their wardrobe door straight into the full-to-capacity ground, pay 50p a pint, watch major international music acts provide the pre-match entertainment, and watch 80 minutes of quality, controversy-free rugby.Come on Lewis, can't you see what the non-realists want? After all, you seem keen to try and pander to their every whim.......
Simple really , next year instead of going up to Edinburgh you could always go to the Championships ' Magic ' weekend at sunny Lytham St Annes
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you would have driven right past it, over 1000 spaces at the airport (Ingleston) with a bus service right to the ground.
