Urban Art Association

BANKSY "Dismaland" in Weston-super-Mare, by Coach on Aug 27, 2015 10:13:28 GMT 1,

Aug 27, 2015 9:47:11 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Aug 27, 2015 9:18:50 GMT 1 tezpellet said:

yesterday was amazing,

i went alone with a spare ticket, after the 3 hour drive in (Removed)ial rain, I arrived at 12pm,
the queue was a lot bigger than i thought it would be !
there was a couple of people hanging around the back of the queue which, (by this stage) was by the ticket booth peopel at the booth had been there since 0730 possibly earlier, with the hope of bagging one of the 200 on offer that morning, (which later on wasn't the case)

I asked one or two people if they where looking for a single ticket and if they where on their own ?
Within no longer than 2 mins one of the staff members, (early 40's female quite skinny) was over like a shot
"Do not buy 2nd hand tickets, you will not gain admission" she exclaimed.
"i'm not selling it" i politely pointed out, to which she looked a tad confused and off she went.
I shouted at the front of the ticket queue would anyone like a free ticket, i then joined the online ticket queue and wondered why no one took me up on my offer ? anyway...
One Canadian or American man pushed his way over to me, he was very large, very loud and very adamant that he could buy my ticket off me for £50, he then offered me £75 for it,
I asked if he was alone to which he said no he was with "the wife" as he said that another chap turned up and also asked if i had a ticket, he was on his own looked tired as he had been there most of the morning and was a fellow northerner like myself. I gave my new pal the ticket for free, you can keep your £75 thanks. anyway

I tried my best to keep away from any pictures on the inter web of course, you cant not see any of it but,
WOW what a show !
Yes the Banksy work is great but its so much more then him, (how selfless)
The Dismaland workers really do steal the show, when you go, interact as much as you can with them,
I really didnt expect as much artwork as there is, the Jimmy Cauty installation is just phenomenal.

It was a shame that the Cinderella photo thing wasn't working properly. but....
Other highlights for me where Ze Frank "Teddy has an operation" on the big screen !
michael beitz sculptures, Lush, huda beydoun, Jessica Harrison, Lee Madgewick, Paco Pomet and Caroline McCarths Plant pots, again genius.

After such a long time trying to get tickets for the whole day last week only to find it was a waste of time is, after yesterday well in the past id go again if i can be as lucky, to get another ticket for the nighttime as im sure it adds another dimension to the experience,

Beg borrow steal to get a ticket, queue if you have to just go its well worth it and people will be talking about it for years to come and on an international scale !

The staff are fantastic and some of them are real comedy gold. I hope they're appreciated.

When I went to get my photo taken with the Cinderella piece, it wasn't working and when I asked why, a member of staff just said "It's not working, go away".

So many visitors weren't getting the joke and I saw a few people looking quite confused and disgruntled by the attitude of the staff. One woman actually tried to stop me from playing the anvil game, because "Don't give them your money, they're cheating. You know you can't win, don't you?". I then threw the balls at the anvil, then as each one bounced off, I turned to the woman and said "I think they might have nailed them down", "I think I moved it that time" and "Oh! Nearly!"

She looked at me like I was an utter idiot. I loved it.

Great show. I've never had so much fun and in such a unique way.

Yeah, I'm convinced that they glued them down

Aug 27, 2015 9:47:11 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Aug 27, 2015 9:18:50 GMT 1 tezpellet said:

yesterday was amazing,

i went alone with a spare ticket, after the 3 hour drive in (Removed)ial rain, I arrived at 12pm,
the queue was a lot bigger than i thought it would be !
there was a couple of people hanging around the back of the queue which, (by this stage) was by the ticket booth peopel at the booth had been there since 0730 possibly earlier, with the hope of bagging one of the 200 on offer that morning, (which later on wasn't the case)

I asked one or two people if they where looking for a single ticket and if they where on their own ?
Within no longer than 2 mins one of the staff members, (early 40's female quite skinny) was over like a shot
"Do not buy 2nd hand tickets, you will not gain admission" she exclaimed.
"i'm not selling it" i politely pointed out, to which she looked a tad confused and off she went.
I shouted at the front of the ticket queue would anyone like a free ticket, i then joined the online ticket queue and wondered why no one took me up on my offer ? anyway...
One Canadian or American man pushed his way over to me, he was very large, very loud and very adamant that he could buy my ticket off me for £50, he then offered me £75 for it,
I asked if he was alone to which he said no he was with "the wife" as he said that another chap turned up and also asked if i had a ticket, he was on his own looked tired as he had been there most of the morning and was a fellow northerner like myself. I gave my new pal the ticket for free, you can keep your £75 thanks. anyway

I tried my best to keep away from any pictures on the inter web of course, you cant not see any of it but,
WOW what a show !
Yes the Banksy work is great but its so much more then him, (how selfless)
The Dismaland workers really do steal the show, when you go, interact as much as you can with them,
I really didnt expect as much artwork as there is, the Jimmy Cauty installation is just phenomenal.

It was a shame that the Cinderella photo thing wasn't working properly. but....
Other highlights for me where Ze Frank "Teddy has an operation" on the big screen !
michael beitz sculptures, Lush, huda beydoun, Jessica Harrison, Lee Madgewick, Paco Pomet and Caroline McCarths Plant pots, again genius.

After such a long time trying to get tickets for the whole day last week only to find it was a waste of time is, after yesterday well in the past id go again if i can be as lucky, to get another ticket for the nighttime as im sure it adds another dimension to the experience,

Beg borrow steal to get a ticket, queue if you have to just go its well worth it and people will be talking about it for years to come and on an international scale !

The staff are fantastic and some of them are real comedy gold. I hope they're appreciated.

When I went to get my photo taken with the Cinderella piece, it wasn't working and when I asked why, a member of staff just said "It's not working, go away".

So many visitors weren't getting the joke and I saw a few people looking quite confused and disgruntled by the attitude of the staff. One woman actually tried to stop me from playing the anvil game, because "Don't give them your money, they're cheating. You know you can't win, don't you?". I then threw the balls at the anvil, then as each one bounced off, I turned to the woman and said "I think they might have nailed them down", "I think I moved it that time" and "Oh! Nearly!"

She looked at me like I was an utter idiot. I loved it.

Great show. I've never had so much fun and in such a unique way.

Yeah, I'm convinced that they glued them down