点评:We visited the pier in the evening for the Christmas carols.
We arrived a bit early and although the queue to get in was very long. We eventually got to the front when the gates were shut and we were told there was no more room and told to leave. Everyone was extremely disappointed but we saw people walking back up the pier to come out. A group of us asked if we could go on in their place but we were told no. Even more people then left but we were still told no one else would be allowed on the pier that day and we should all go home.
Eventually we left as we had been told 3 or 4 times that no one else would be allowed on the pier that night (despite at least 100 people leaving). We went back to the car and as we drove past on our way home, we noticed that the gates had been opened and people were being let on. We pulled up and went over to have a look and were able to walk down the pier. By the time they eventually allowed us on, the carols were finished and it was all over.
The whole event was very badly managed. As it isn't ticketed they obviously hadn't planned for the amount of people that turned up and didn't know how to deal with it.
It really spoilt our evening and there was a lot of disappointed families.
On the plus side, we got to walk down the pier for free. It is not worth the £6 charge.
翻译:晚上我们去码头听圣诞颂歌。
我们到得有点早,虽然排队的人很多,但好不容易排到前面,大门却关上了,我们被告知没有空位,必须离开。大家都非常失望,但我们看到有人又走回码头准备出来。我们几个人问能不能替他们进去,但被拒绝了。之后更多的人离开了,但我们仍然被告知当天不会再有人上码头,让我们都回家。
最后我们还是离开了,因为我们被告知了三四遍当晚不会再有人上码头(尽管至少有100人离开了)。我们回到车上,开车回家的时候,发现大门已经打开了,有人被放了进去。我们停下车,走过去看了看,然后就走了进去。等他们终于放我们进去的时候,颂歌已经结束了,一切都结束了。
整个活动组织得非常糟糕。由于无需门票,他们显然没有预料到会有这么多人来,也不知道该如何应对。
这真的毁了我们的夜晚,很多家庭都很失望。
不过,好处是我们可以免费在码头上走走。6英镑的门票根本不值。