will be staying at courtyard by marriot
nice, within walking distance from four face buddha ...
will be staying at courtyard by marriot
is it really that near?
i don't remember it being so near
Countdown experience: Bad
Fireworks: Great
Lack of crowd control: Even though there were barriers set up and security guards directing people, it was definitely not good enough. Perhaps, it is their first time holding an official countdown and they did not expect the large turn out of people. People were all pushing, especially the Indians and Chinese and some locals from the countryside. A lot of ang mohs were fed up and including us, we kept shouting at the locals to not push and squeeze.
At 11:55, my partner and I were at the outdoor area just infront of the main gate, 1 Thai old uncle just squeezed all his way through, and there are steps in front of us, he lost balance and fell, people behind us kept pushing and both of us fell onto the uncle. Orbit goot for pushing us la. End up he lost his glasses and people stepped on it. I scrapped my knees but luckily nothing major happened and we were able to enjoy the fireworks.
1 word of advise, come around 10pm to get a good spot.
It took us 1.5 hours, with lots of shouting, squeezing and pushing to squeeze back to the pier area after the fireworks. Finally managed to take the ferry at around 01:45 and reach BTS station around 2am.
A few people fainted or were feeling dizzy and had to be attended to. We scolded the media, as they were pushing their way through in order to take photos of the Thai celebs, one of them being Nadech Kugimiya . Overall, it is a good experience but hopefully, next year will be a better one.
The staff started to disperse the crowd and letting people go towards the pier batch by batch after 1.5 hours, which I felt was a bit too late.
Countdown experience: Bad
Fireworks: Great
Lack of crowd control: Even though there were barriers set up and security guards directing people, it was definitely not good enough. Perhaps, it is their first time holding an official countdown and they did not expect the large turn out of people. People were all pushing, especially the Indians and Chinese and some locals from the countryside. A lot of ang mohs were fed up and including us, we kept shouting at the locals to not push and squeeze.
At 11:55, my partner and I were at the outdoor area just infront of the main gate, 1 Thai old uncle just squeezed all his way through, and there are steps in front of us, he lost balance and fell, people behind us kept pushing and both of us fell onto the uncle. Orbit goot for pushing us la. End up he lost his glasses and people stepped on it. I scrapped my knees but luckily nothing major happened and we were able to enjoy the fireworks.
1 word of advise, come around 10pm to get a good spot.
It took us 1.5 hours, with lots of shouting, squeezing and pushing to squeeze back to the pier area after the fireworks. Finally managed to take the ferry at around 01:45 and reach BTS station around 2am.
A few people fainted or were feeling dizzy and had to be attended to. We scolded the media, as they were pushing their way through in order to take photos of the Thai celebs, one of them being Nadech Kugimiya . Overall, it is a good experience but hopefully, next year will be a better one.
The staff started to disperse the crowd and letting people go towards the pier batch by batch after 1.5 hours, which I felt was a bit too late.
10pm I don't think there will be good spot.
Countdown experience: Bad
Fireworks: Great
Lack of crowd control: Even though there were barriers set up and security guards directing people, it was definitely not good enough. Perhaps, it is their first time holding an official countdown and they did not expect the large turn out of people. People were all pushing, especially the Indians and Chinese and some locals from the countryside. A lot of ang mohs were fed up and including us, we kept shouting at the locals to not push and squeeze.
At 11:55, my partner and I were at the outdoor area just infront of the main gate, 1 Thai old uncle just squeezed all his way through, and there are steps in front of us, he lost balance and fell, people behind us kept pushing and both of us fell onto the uncle. Orbit goot for pushing us la. End up he lost his glasses and people stepped on it. I scrapped my knees but luckily nothing major happened and we were able to enjoy the fireworks.
1 word of advise, come around 10pm to get a good spot.
It took us 1.5 hours, with lots of shouting, squeezing and pushing to squeeze back to the pier area after the fireworks. Finally managed to take the ferry at around 01:45 and reach BTS station around 2am.
A few people fainted or were feeling dizzy and had to be attended to. We scolded the media, as they were pushing their way through in order to take photos of the Thai celebs, one of them being Nadech Kugimiya . Overall, it is a good experience but hopefully, next year will be a better one.
The staff started to disperse the crowd and letting people go towards the pier batch by batch after 1.5 hours, which I felt was a bit too late.
BTS still operating at 2am local time ?
Seriously. What do you expect when you go countdown? Anywhere in the world is the same.
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I am not complaining about too many people, I am talking about the crowd control measures that were taken were inadequate, that is a different thing. I been to countdown at MBS the year before and it was orderly, with Cisco auxiliary police controlling the crowd and dispersing people, fencing areas and making sure the holding areas are large enough for the expected number of people.
Iconsiam case is like they are expecting 10,000 people to come but the measures only meant for 9,000 people, end up more like 30,000 came so everyone else were all fed up including the locals.
Countdown experience: Bad
Fireworks: Great
Lack of crowd control: Even though there were barriers set up and security guards directing people, it was definitely not good enough. Perhaps, it is their first time holding an official countdown and they did not expect the large turn out of people. People were all pushing, especially the Indians and Chinese and some locals from the countryside. A lot of ang mohs were fed up and including us, we kept shouting at the locals to not push and squeeze.
At 11:55, my partner and I were at the outdoor area just infront of the main gate, 1 Thai old uncle just squeezed all his way through, and there are steps in front of us, he lost balance and fell, people behind us kept pushing and both of us fell onto the uncle. Orbit goot for pushing us la. End up he lost his glasses and people stepped on it. I scrapped my knees but luckily nothing major happened and we were able to enjoy the fireworks.
1 word of advise, come around 10pm to get a good spot.
It took us 1.5 hours, with lots of shouting, squeezing and pushing to squeeze back to the pier area after the fireworks. Finally managed to take the ferry at around 01:45 and reach BTS station around 2am.
A few people fainted or were feeling dizzy and had to be attended to. We scolded the media, as they were pushing their way through in order to take photos of the Thai celebs, one of them being Nadech Kugimiya . Overall, it is a good experience but hopefully, next year will be a better one.
The staff started to disperse the crowd and letting people go towards the pier batch by batch after 1.5 hours, which I felt was a bit too late.