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More style over substance or less than the sum total of its parts
We were strangely undewhelmed by the experience particularly in the current climate of Covid and global warming, it was a huge exhibition with the pavilions from all over the globe. People over 60 and those with disabilities referred to as people with determination can go free and carers get a discount.
The worst of all of the pavilions was the Netherlands one because the floor surface was hardly wheelchair friendly. I have no idea who advised them on the suitability of this, which appeared to be rocks covered in wire netting, though to be fair one of the attendants helped push me. When I was at that pavilion there was a lady using a mobility scooter also having difficulty navigating the floor surface.
There were wheelchair accessible buses in abundance from the car parks so that wasn't an issue.
You couldn't get access to the site without evidence of vaccination so I'm not sure have rigorous this was because we were waved through as I couldn't get hold of my NHS app on line.
There were crowds on the day I attended and long queues which given the pandemic we weren't very happy about there but we were waved through so avoided many.
I'm sure techies would be very impressed by some of the special effects in the pavilions and of course the buzz word was sustainability. Though I would've thought the acreage of concrete and new roads didn't do the planet much good.
We could not get into the Singapore pavilion because of long queues which gave emphasis on greening cities in the sky. If you have a few hours to spare, It's probably worth going if you don't mind crowds. I can't say I'd recommend it to anybody visiting Dubai as there are plenty of other places that you can go which is just as impressive. There were lots of places selling food and drink although surprisingly none of the pavilions belonging to the countries represented were giving out samples as a showcase of their specialities.
We were strangely undewhelmed by the experience particularly in the current climate of Covid and global warming, it was a huge exhibition with the pavilions from all over the globe. People over 60 and those with disabilities referred to as people with determination can go free and carers get a discount.
The worst of all of the pavilions was the Netherlands one because the floor surface was hardly wheelchair friendly. I have no idea who advised them on the suitability of this, which appeared to be rocks covered in wire netting, though to be fair one of the attendants helped push me. When I was at that pavilion there was a lady using a mobility scooter also having difficulty navigating the floor surface.
There were wheelchair accessible buses in abundance from the car parks so that wasn't an issue.
You couldn't get access to the site without evidence of vaccination so I'm not sure have rigorous this was because we were waved through as I couldn't get hold of my NHS app on line.
There were crowds on the day I attended and long queues which given the pandemic we weren't very happy about there but we were waved through so avoided many.
I'm sure techies would be very impressed by some of the special effects in the pavilions and of course the buzz word was sustainability. Though I would've thought the acreage of concrete and new roads didn't do the planet much good.
We could not get into the Singapore pavilion because of long queues which gave emphasis on greening cities in the sky. If you have a few hours to spare, It's probably worth going if you don't mind crowds. I can't say I'd recommend it to anybody visiting Dubai as there are plenty of other places that you can go which is just as impressive. There were lots of places selling food and drink although surprisingly none of the pavilions belonging to the countries represented were giving out samples as a showcase of their specialities.
