The Closed History Of The Millennium Dome Experience - London, UK | Expedition Extinct
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2019
- Join us on Expedition Extinct as we look at the one year Millennium Dome Experience to celebrate the third century in the year 2000. This odd mix of museum and theme park received huge amounts of criticism before, during and after the event and ended up one of the weirdest most expensive sponsored exhibits ever created. Planned to be the first wonder of the 2000's it will ultimately a huge failure. Later it was reborn as the o2 Arena and Dome and the original experience was forgotten.
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Fun fact, the bins, store shelves & other items were sold to Gillingham Football Club, so those yellow bins at Gillingham were once scattered around the Millennium Dome.
Cool
Not very fun though, was it Giles ;-)
Whatever its failings, it is hard to believe any child would rather be at school than off for the day at the Dome. I remember being beyond excited when I was 13 and visited. Now working in a creative industry I can completely understand the complexities of getting a project of this scale right. More credit should be given to the project simply for its vision and sheer existence, I can't see anything on this scale being done again in the UK anytime soon.
I loved it. But it was in a "so bad it's good" sort of way. We were done in a few hours. The place was empty.
I was only 5 when we visited this and always vividly remember a GIANT beating heart in the body zone that scared the shit out of me
SAME!!
Same, except I was 9. I also remember the Ghost Sofa and the tug of war with the AI machine.
I was 6 when I went, so only a year older than you and was the same. My mum had to get me out of there as I was too scared to go further inside the body.
I must've been about 15 when we visited. I only remember the calm zone as my dad slid down the curved seating area and disappeared!
OMG DID YOU GET YOUR DAD BACK
@@spike7269 Not seen him since the turn of the new millennium. 😑
YES, i was around the same age and loved the calm zone. The mirror forest thingy too was rather cool.
I remember visiting the Millennium Dome towards the end of its life. It was around December time i went, it was cold, it was wet, but it was an experience. The whole thing was very confusing, and as you stated there were a fair few exhibits that did not work. I think because it was towards the end of its life, they didnt bother to repair them either. I recall there being a bit about the human body, with singing brains, and they were wearing hats. I think i have a photo somewhere with one of them in a fez. I played on the giant table football, which was impossible to play with so many people. I reckon i was about 16/17 when i went there. The gift shop had drastically reduced everything they were selling. tshirts were marked down to £2 each, keyrings for 25p. things like that. I still have a few bits at home from it. The following year after it had closed i returned to the dome to do some photography for a college project. I remember how bizarre it felt. the outside of the building just felt like a distant memory. I was the only person to get off at the station, and as i took the escalator up to the ground level, it just felt so odd, because the last time i was there it was so bustling with life. But now it was just deserted, the ticket booths remained, but everything was gated off. no one was around apart from the odd person taking a photo of what once was. I'm glad i went. It was part of history that i'll fondly remember.
I'd love to see some of those pictures. It sounds like an ideal setting for liminal spaces.
So it was too crowded yet made just a little more than half it's crowd goals...
I am confusion
To be fair - the crowd issue was apparently because everyone was going to the one corner I remember everyone raving about - the body pavillion. So you basically had massive congestion in one area while the rest of the Dome had middling crowd numbers
So Disneyland when they opened galaxy’s edge.
“It’s too crowded, nobody goes there anymore.” - Yogi Berra.
@@RebeccaGunn i avoided the body at all costs with my dad as i was not too bothered to see the body again as i went with school the previous week before summer holidays started i went strait to the work/learn zone 2nd trip and me and my dad where the only ones watching the first showing of the day of the magic seed as everyone was going to the body and the games down stairs in the work zone
Psychedelic British Epcot
Hay you have a giant arch thats permeant so stop complaining
This is the most accurate description of this attraction I’ve seen.
This sounds like it was such a chaotic, bizarre, baffling and at times malfunctioning but overall entertaining and fun experience. Which lines up pretty well with my childhood memories of the dawn of the 00's, so it's fitting.
Baffling is a good word to describe it. I went there on a school trip and all I remember is being confused at most things and not understanding what the point of it all was. That being said it was a fun day anyway.
I went to the Millennium Dome when I was 8 years old. It was a company trip through my dad's workplace. It was a fantastic experience and I really enjoyed it.
Wish I could have been a bit older to understand some of the exhibition's more.
I was lucky enough to attend the Millennium Dome twice - and I loved it. The circus show in the dead centre was very avantgarde but lost on me as I was 12 at the time.
The body zone, despite being odd looking on the outside was quite fun, in the head was a number of brains laughing to Tommy Cooper jokes; but also had an animatronic heart that thumped and stopped, which was also linked to the set of lungs - and showed how laughs, coughs and cardiac arrests looked like.
The money zone, was interesting as you walked through a tunnel that was lined with £50 notes that amounted to £1 million.
They also had a play zone, which had a section that made it seem like you were walking in a typical British seaside.
The work zone, had a nice film and then you had a load of team building games like a giant football table - i enjoyed it.
I wished i went through more zones when i could.
I'd love to see footage of the inside of the body zone. Especially the heart and lungs.
Glad you had a good time I went as part of my 13th Birthday celebrations and enjoyed it very much I often think about it!
Even as a kid it came across as incredibly pretentious, snobs with no scope of the real world telling us how we should be living our lives.
@Larry Bundy Jr - I’m curious: how actually were you being told to live your life? What are a few specific examples?
I've been obsessed with the Millennium Dome ever since Pierce Brosnan fell all over the top in The World Is Not Enough! 🔫
Indeed I came here cause of Bond too! 👍😎
Instablaster.
I am too till this day
As someone who was born the night of the millennium, footage from that night/year really fascinates me. Wish I was old enough to remember this era it seems a simpler time
They were definitely simpler times, no social media and although we had mobile phones, not that many people had them. People used to have conversations and look up instead of always looking down.
Those years were really sweet, I have so much nostalgia for it. You missed out on such a great decade in my opinions.
2000 was the best year of my life, the best year of my childhood! I was 12 years old, but man how I miss it! Playing Nintendo 64 with my friends, going to the theater to watch the Pokemon and other movies, watching cartoons, drawing & coloring Pokemons mainly, playing basketball every day, exploring the forest and mountains behind our neighborhood with my neighbors, riding the bike and exploring our town with my neighbor friends, going to my towns yearly fair with my friends, the Christmas and Halloween holidays were the best at that time and also the family parties like birthdays, weddings and sweet 15s, etc. etc. me and my neighbor friends were all around 12 years old and we were like 12 kids in total. It was the peak of my childhood.
My childhood reminds me of the movies Sandlot, Goonies, IT and all those movies where kids used to get together and have fun. We had no worries in life, other than school and some homework from school.
Jenny ok Boomer
@@jammyjamzz How fucking original.
"Animatronic pubic lice" - Disney take note 😃
Dr Demento pests the flim
Sounds like a ‘hip and edgy’ concept that would of been a considered a E-Ticket attraction at Disney’s California Adventure circa 2001
I do love how even now when people aren't sure what the 02 Arena is they'll ask 'what used to be the dome?'. It will live long in the memory. I visited for an exhibition and the overwhelming feeling was how massive the place is. Remember, it has a 20,000 capacity arena inside and that's just ONE part of it
My parents never took me. I'll never forgive them! And I'll always call it the Millennium Dome.
i went twice but the queues killed any enjoyment.
You didn't miss anything, it was really boring.
It was crap.
We queued for ages to get in, then spent hours in queues inside.
We went in the early days when it was overcrowded, expensive and the opening hours were quite short compared to later in its life.
As a child I found many of the attractions a bit strange and beyond me. The play zone was great but queues were crazy.
I then lost my Auntie and a member of staff insisted I went to lost children...I sat there for over two hours with nothing to do. They wouldn't even let me go to the play area whilst we waited.... When I was finally 'rescued' the guest services manager told me that they would be buying a TV and games console + other things for lost children as I was the first one to spend that long there. Mad to think they didn't actually have anything to cater for children in lost children!
@@simoncross40K I went the first or second Saturday in December - which was surely peak time (a day people could do, right at the end of the year when there was a bit of fear of missing out even though people knew it was rubbish) - and while there were queues, I don't recall them being that long. Plus, for most things, the hanging around waiting and looking at the weird stuff was more enjoyable than the actual stuff you were waiting for!
I never get t to go either as was too expensive to enter and couldn’t afford the travel
Freinds visited the Dome on August 13th 2000 (day after one turned 57) and both really enjoyed it (particularly the Blackadder and the Tommy Cooper brains). They still go on about it to this day, particularly when surreal art it bought up. Dome was well received by those who visited it and made its money back, shame the press attacked it as it not as many as they wanted visited.
Fundermentally time and money were the problem for the dome. A rushed production to greet the mellinium without a lot of money to spend didn't create a strong experience. It also seems that there was no real central development team co-ordinating with sponsers, meaning each zone didn't connect with the others. Does kind of feel like a number of convetion centres next to each other actually.
I went with my parents when I was 12. From what I remember it was a good day but I also remember my Dad thought the tickets were expensive. We also only probably got to see less than half the exhibits as the queues where huge. I actually enjoyed the London Eye more.
Nobody left satisfied?????? I did. I went 2 times and I loved it both times.
James Wheadon well most
I went. Really enjoyed it.
Me too i went twice too. It’s very special to me in my memories. Shame it only opened for a year.
I can remember going as a kid. Nintendo were giving out Pokémon cards and had a guy in a Pikachu suit. Got a picture somewhere of that. Thing that most stood out for me was the journey through space. There was a infinity mirror on the floor supposedly going to the center of the earth. 6 year old me believed that.
Suite ? You mean suit.
I watched this video as I hoped it would jog my memory and help me remember my trip, but unfortunately even though I was 11 at the time I remember very little about the visit.
It was difficult to navigate your way around and ensure that you'd seen everything. It was somewhere between a science museum and a sort of theme park, but without rides (except the one mentioned).
The thing I remember the most are the claw machines outside which I managed to win three Pokémon plush toys, whilst a small crowd gathered around me.
Then one of the workers interrupted me by opening the machine, bending the claws backwards to loosen their grip and to more tightly pack in the prizes.
Maybe that's where all the profit went!
This is a fascinating subject, and you did a great job covering it!
I remember going with my school in 2000 and it was an unforgettable experience, it's also where I was first introduced to Blackadder, watching the Back and Forth special before going into the dome itself.
Did you mean Forgettable?
always known as the minellium dome!
The soft play zone with ball cannons was great! And the Blackadder theatre
Very glad to read this comment! I loved the ball cannon zone, but no one else I've ever spoken about the dome to seems to remember it and I was starting to think I'd dreamt it!
The only reason the Millenium Dome struggled was because the media and politicians at the time delighted in criticising it to the extreme and people in general jumped on the band wagon to slag it off even though they probably hadn’t visited it. I didn’t visit at first due to the adverse publicity but then decided that it was worth a try. My wife, son (8 years old at the time) and I went in the last month before it closed........ It was brilliant. We all loved it and the vast majority of people there (and all who I subsequently spoke to that had actually been to it) really enjoyed it. The quirkiness and diversity of the attractions was what stood out. The show in the centre was magnificent. Due to the adverse publicity, by the time we went it wasn’t that busy and we could get to see everything and to top it all off the merchandise in the shop was being sold off cheap as it was ending soon and they had loads of stock left due to lower than expected visitor numbers.
A classic example of unwarranted media and political criticism ruining what could have been a commercial success. So many people missed out on a memorable experience because of this which is a great shame. It was in fact a superb example of British creativity and vision. Just remember the adverse publicity and criticism of the 2012 olympics before the event, and how when we actually saw the opening ceremony and the games themselves that criticism evaporated. That is essentially what happened with the Dome but only those who went, got the chance to see what it was really like. Of course it wasn’t to everyone’s taste but it never really got the chance it deserved.
Rant over......... :-)
Thank you for putting this together, these are memories I’ve not had for 19 years now.
I don’t agree about people not enjoying it. I really enjoyed my visit and everyone that I’ve spoke too that went also loved it.
I’d love to see more big events/placed like this in the UK. Part of why its special is that it was a limited time thing. If you didn’t go. You missed out. It’s stuck with me this whole time and I wish I could revisit it. It had a positive lasting impression on me.
So glad you enjoyed it, I went as part of my 13th Birthday celebrations and I had a great time I often think about it :)
All I remember is the talking brain show and being excited about Timekeepers and their attraction.
I also remember going to Beano Land at Chessington and being really excited when I found a Timekeepers sticker still on one of the ball bins in the foam-ball shooter attraction at the back of the land. 😂
I suppose that there was eventually a happy ending as the O2 is really good night life spot now. The original Dome experience was just plain bizarre though.
I’ve NEVER been to the O2... until last year, when I saw The Muppets Take The O2! As a Sky customer, I could’ve used the Sky lounge, but at the time, my iPhone 6S was suffering from a bad battery so I brought my cheap backup phone instead, so I couldn’t use the Sky app.
I went to the O2 arena in 2007 to see an exhibition about Tutankhamun in 2007, and I remember the interior of the O2 was pretty similar to most of the photos I saw in this video (I was about 5 or 6 years old when I went, so it astounds me that I still remember. Somewhere I have photos from this weekend out and as soon as I find them, I am happy to send out a (slightly edited, I want to stay somewhat anonymous) photo as proof.
As a small child (I would have been 5 or 6), all I remember about my visit is queueing, being terrified of the body (we didn't even go inside) and a vauge memory of the alien ride.
That Home Planet attraction is amazing! Sad that it's gone and no better footage exist.
It was the year 2000, and high-quality amateur footage just wasn't a thing back then.
This is really cool. This is one way to truly kick off a new Millennium
I went on my 6th birthday and got my photo taken with E.T! They actually printed it out onto a plastic driver’s license-style card. I still keep it in my wallet to this day, it’s holding up perfectly even after 23 years!
I enjoyed my visit. My birthday's on the second of January, so we tied in vising my mum's family in London for New Year with going to the Dome for my birthday. I get the feeling maybe not all the attractions were in place that early? I'm sure I don't remember some of those, like the alien ride. Or maybe the queue was too long so we didn't bother? Memories are hazy! I definitely remember the body, the rest zone (we lost my younger sister), the money tiled room, taking my photo with E.T. and making a 3D avatar, the bit done up like a beach at 15:49 and watching Blackadder.
i worked there during the construction as a network engineer. there was absolutely no expense spared on the equipment fitted there. including a state of the art [for the time] fiber optic network. the whole thing was ripped out upon the closing of the exhibition. i bet most of the data points were never even used. Such a waste of money!
steve m that’s awesome. When did you start working there ? And for how long? Any interesting behind the scenes knowledge?
Of course it wasn't used, nobody had smartphones, most probably had old Nokia's which didn't have internet.
@@Maraguzzi during construction he said, which took years to build due to constant delays and more and more budget increases.
@@markshaw270 the data points were for hard wired computer terminals and telecoms, not wifi mobile phones. Oh, and smart phones were a thing back then. Look up the Nokia Communicator.
@@StellaSteve80 yh I know that one, but it's more for email and such.
animatronic pubic lice... I legit just dropped my phone. What in the name of Monty python were they thinking? It's literally a terry Gilliam fever dream
There was an animatronic brain too, in the guise of Tommy Cooper. Very bizarre, more-so when I was barely 11 when I saw that.
Solvalou wtf what were they thinking
@@asnekboi7232 I still enjoyed it though. Something I can tell my kids about atleast. (:
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Secret AgentMan no
This was such an interesting video. I visited the dome with my family when I was 10 and honestly I don’t remember much. I don’t remember it being very fun! The only parts that really stick in my mind are the body part and the timekeepers play area. I remember the timekeepers has an animated tv show at the time too, to help promote the dome, as well as lots of merchandise in the gift shop. I don’t recall seeing E.T or going on the ride, which sucks because they sound like the best parts! It’s also interesting to know that the experience was only ever meant to last a year, as I just assumed it had failed and closed down early. Kinda wish it had stayed as an attraction and just got updated rather than an entertainment venue.
Yes its stupid that they only had it open for a year it would of been a great tourist attraction and made a lot of money for the country like you say it could of been updated with new things. Thought you mite also be interested to know that The London Eye was only meant to stay open for 5 years but they decided to keep it probably realising they made a mistake only having the dome open for a year.
So I posted the above comment two years ago thinking it would be interesting information so a bit disappointed to see no replies
@@chazzas3469 oh dear, sorry about that! Yes that was an interesting fact, I didn’t know that before. Thank you ☺️
@@Rachael8989 haha no worries just me being silly lol but glad you found it interesting haha :)
I remember my dad throwing me in the James Bond Speed boat as it was suspended from the ceiling, clearly this wasn't allowed but it was great ha ha. Never have i shit myself and been excited at the same time before.
I visited the Millennium Dome in 2001 and I spent a whole day there. What I remember of it is, that it was a place where the exhibitions wasn't coherent at all.
Like your grammar.
The Millennium exhibition only lasted a year so you must of gone there in the year 2000 as it was only open from the 1st of January to the 31st of December 2000
I’ve been binging this channel for 2 days now!!!! I love it!!!
LOVE how you even got Y2J in this video and a shot of Taker! All in all great video mate.
This was really interesting! Thanks for putting it together for those of us who couldn't be there.
Defenitly one of my favorite expidition episodes! Great job explaining a giant attraction in a short amount of time. Wish I could have experienced the dome for sure,
Big part of my childhood this was! Unfortunately I never had the chance to visit in person but I remember seeing the ads and Blue Peter pieces. The body sections were always the standouts for me :)
I remember that it was the only attraction anywhere that me and my family all liked
I remember going twice. Once with my family and once with the school, I was 12 when it opened. And honestly apart from the body and black adder I can’t really remember much else about it even after watching this video . I’m a south Londoner and my brother in law lives in the millennium village so we go to the dome quite a lot now. And it’s a much better use of the space now
It may have been a commercial failure but I've just been beaming throughout this entire video because it's just unlocked a torrent of memories I'd thought forgotten from when I was 5 years old and spent the day there with my family. To me at the time it was brilliant. I still have my photo with E.T. somewhere. It was also the first time I witnessed 'Mr Bean' speaking elequently and acting somewhat normally which blew my 5 year old mind and was more shocking to me than learning that santa wasn't real.
I also remember that 'Magic seed' film which amazed a younger me when at the end the screen lifts up and (gasp!) the girl we just saw on film is actaully there, beckoning us into the next part of the exhibition and the infinite orchard. Young me was easily impressed.
Hahahaha I remember this from a school trip, year 7. Took forever to get their on a coach, couldn't see much as it was busy and a group of us hid in the play area and refused to come out!! This brings back memories that I must have buried! I also brought a rubbish notebook and pen as an overpriced souviner!! Loving you channel I watch every one, keep them coming.
Tegan O'Keeffe was it the play area where you could shoot balls at everyone?
great vid!! :D always wanted to learn more about the millennium dome
Great video. Never got the chance to visit the dome until it was the O2. So it was cool to find out more of the things that were inside.
Will you do a video on the Eden Project at some point?
Animatronic Pubic Lice. I’ll never understand Britain and I don’t think I’ll ever want to.
No, none of us do.
I remember that all schools for 2000 got the chance to offer a select amount of tickets to students. The one I was at set them aside for the best performing and I'd already been to Florida twice. This was late in the domes life and I seem to recall most of the students who went were rather nonplussed about the whole thing. I wouldn't get to go to the dome till long after it became the O2 as I think my parents decided saving for another Florida trip was a better use of their money.
another great episode, my kids and I appreciate the history lessons, every episode is a must see.
I lived in London for a month for the 12 shows Bon Jovi performed to open the O2 Dome! Well done as always Sam!!!
Another great video! Can remember going through the body exhibition as part of a school trip
Your dry humour is everything, keep it up man 😄
Wow..........I never knew this arena had such a history! I'm ashamed to say that all this time, I just thought of the O2 arena as that place I went to go see the Steps in concert (AWESOME SHOW, BTW).............. but I digress......thanks for taking the time to create this video........it was totally fascinating to see its history. I moved to London from America in 2008, so was totally unaware of its history until seeing this vid!
I never got the chance to visit but I wish I had, I was 13 when it opened but my parents could never afford to take me, oh well. From what I hear though, it actually wasn't that good despite the technology being top notch at the time! If it were to happen again now I don't even think it would get the go ahead in the first place due to its cost to build. I have since visited the dome but only when it was the O2 arena. I wish I could time travel and go back for a day to see it.
Hi! I’ve watched this SOOOO many times. It’s amazing. Keep up the good work and pleaaaase make something about the new millenium:) I was born in 2005 :-(
OMG! I remember the flower pot man at 13:28! Thought I had imagined him.
haha I have photos there was a woman as well lol
From weird 2000 celebration, to arena for concerts and the PDC Premiere League of Darts.
0:22 I've Been To The O2 Arena In London And Saw Disney On Ice Live Dream Big Last Year Back In Christmas 2018. It Was Super Awesome. Thanks Expedition Theme Park Mate. X
Those ET-sponsored BT ads scared the living bejesus out of me as a kid. I thought I had fully suppressed them and I never expected it to pop up again here so I literally had to turn off this video when it came up and watch it the next day in the daylight lol
9:30 20:23 21:11 “are all the sleep paralysis demons that I see in the corner of my room at night”
Tristan Beaux well that's my day ruin
same here omg! thought i was crazy
We went to this as part of a team building day at work. Was fun from what I remember and was nice to get a couple of days away from the office.
Great video, I’d forgotten how bizarre this place was!
We went on a school trip and I remember being so excited because it sounded so amazing, and the first thing we did when we got there was watch Blackadder which really confused me. This video brought up some repressed memories of some of the other attractions, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the experience incredibly odd!
I went there when it was the Millennium Dome Experience and came back to see it as the 02 - very impressive!
I went to the dome as a kid. One of my fondest memories. The body also traumatized my little sister and gave her permanent claustrophobia. Good times :)
I worked on the construction of both the millennium dome and the London eye ready for the 2000 celebrations. I remember turning up on site of the dome one morning and protesters had scaled one of the huge yellow masts and refused to come down. There was a lot of opposition over the dome being built.
I took my family to it after it opened and had the same opinion as you on the experience. I can’t really put my finger on what it was like, it was just an unusual experience, too big to complete in one day. Never been back there but enjoyed my day with my family there. Took lots of cam corder footage of the day and still have the souvenirs.
I was supposed to go to the eve of the opening but a couple of months before, I decided to go to Epcot, Florida instead, I’m really glad I did, Disney really know how to celebrate. Really enjoyed it.
Please do an episode on Disney cruise ships, their like giant floating theme parks!
I was only young when I went, but vividly remember standing in a human heart. I also remember Blackadder teaching / encouraging a group of Scouts the word Bastard. Was an enjoyable coach ride home
Great vid! Would love to see anything on Lightwater Valley or Chessington World of Adventure :3
So much nostalgia hah.
"Nobody left satisfied!!!???" I did. I loved the dome.
I really enjoyed the Millennium dome, often the people that criticised it were the ones who didn't even go to it. I was only 11 and was in awe at the size of the dome and things inside. It was great. The Media only gave it a bad rep, as they were left out in the cold on the press launch on NYE. Most people who visited the Millennium experience, loved it, myself included. I will always call it the Millennium Dome, you can go to an arena anywhere but the dome will always be remembered for the Millennium.
I love the nostalgia of the Millennium dome and have fond memories of it. I've got a few cool pieces from it, including part of the body zone from an auction.
I went when i was 7. I actually remember really enjoying it. Notable favourite bits for me; The Show, the ride with the dioramas, the seaside bit & the body zone.
So many people are saying they was too young to understand or enjoy it when they went but it just proves that if you had some intelligence and was able to understand and be interested in things that were not directly aimed at children then you could enjoy it!
I finished my final year of high school in the UK and my class and I went and experienced the dome. It was like educational cirque du Soleil 😅 Thanks for posting this.
At 18:22 you state “You had to pretty much take the tube to get to it” as if that were a bad thing, but walkability and an absence of car traffic are generally desirable area attributes, and metro access is something many venue owners vie for. Like, if you cut all public transportation routes to your theater district, you probably wouldn’t remain your city’s public transportation director for much longer.
I was only 7 when I visited but I remember the bodies and that heart, the brains making jokes(?) after a ride on some escalator things, the beach area and a film/interactive experience where sycamore leaves fell down from the sky?? I remember it was really busy and we didn't get to see everything, and my family didn't enjoy it at all. I can't believe the animatronic public lice! That is insane!
Thank you for putting this up, I genuniely couldn't tell if some of those things were a figment of my imagination so it's really satisfying to see them on video!
I loved the Dome, I went three times. Once with a class of children from the school I was working in, we spent ages in timekeepers firing sponge balls at each other with air cannons. I have some video of it somewhere.
Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.
I always wondered what the point of that dome was when I went to London, apparently It's a lot more interesting then I thought.
well the original Millennium experience exhibition was interesting but that only lasted for a year from January the 1st to December 31 2000! which was a shame because it would of been great to keep it for generations to enjoy! I went as part of my 13th Birthday celebrations I had a great day!
"Turn o2 into the o3, Dog".
Damn it drake, you got that stuck in my head.
I went when I was 10 as someone in my class won the whole class tickets to go as a part of a poetry competition. I mainly remember the ball cannons which was good fun, the body exhibition, games area and the show in the center. I quite enjoyed it and it was very different for the time.
My parents took me when I was almost 2...I cried all the way around the body area repeating ‘I don’t like the body’
I kept thinking how the building looked so familiar, but couldn't remember hearing about the millennium experience before (not being from or even having visited the UK), thinking theres no way something s big would just be abandoned or something, such a big OH moment when mentioned it became the O2. First really heard about the place with my very beloved Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert dvd, and hearing about all the massive events held there since, and all the major artists that have performed there. my favorite group (Ateez) actually performed there last year, and I was so proud of them for getting so popular that they sold out the venue. It's cool that for once one of these places is still in use even if it's now very different, and has built up a legacy of it's own, with new spectacles that can leave audiences amazed and be the place for long lasting memories.
Can't wait until the next millennium I'm so excited
a billiant documentary on the dome, good work
I'd love to see more videos on stuff like this that aren't necessarily theme parks but just attractions. Stuff in the vein of this or Meow Wolf.
You should do an expedition weekly on the cancelled paramount, London
Thought about it before. Not sure if there is enough info/footage. Maybe though.
I heard it was back on again
Yeah Paramount seem to have pulled out of the deal but the park idea isn't dead...
@@BellePullman Yea exactly-They are still doing it but it will be British Themed not Paramount
@@ExpeditionThemePark No point it is still going ahead without Paramount
I went in the November, and quite enjoyed it.
However, I remember having a discussion with a friend, whilst queuing, about Zones we would add. My favourite one we came up with was the Zone Zone. Purely because it was a truly bizarre idea.
Great video!
I once read of a study that showed how 80% or more of all government projects like this fail to meet their financial goals. These projects are best left to the private sector where investors voluntarily take the risk, not the taxpayers.
Fantastic video
I went twice when it was open. It really was a poor mans version of EPCOT. I think my favourite thing in there was the show in the centre. It was certainly abstract but still pretty entertaining.
I remember there being a massive McDonald's outside the dome too.
Hello mr channel
As an 8 year old it was the best day ever
The only thing I enjoyed about my visit to the Dome, age 14 I would imagine, that I remember was being fascinated by the engineering and architecture of the building. I remember spending looking up at the ceiling/roof a considerable amount of the time. I remember that former Monty Python Terry Gilliam had submitted a design for ‘The Body’ zone but it was rejected for being to graphic. A Terry Gilliam designed Body zone would have been 10x better than what I remember, it probably would not have had a peculiar and invasive smell that seemed to permeate the Body zone. Actually, the most memorable thing about the dome for my visit was the fact we were there the same day as the failed Diamond Heist. We thought it ignites have been part of the experience. Again this would have made it much better.
I felt exactly the same way. The building itself was incredible and I wasn't at all bored waiting half an hour for the show to start, because I couldn't stop staring at the structure and the spectacle of the place (the show was also amazing)
Everything seemed different before 2001 , people enjoying life more than being stuck behind a phone screen.
Oh so that’s what the storyline to the centre show was! I enjoyed the show and music and you could tell there was conflict but it didn’t make much sense. It was very weird, I mainly remember the body exhibit, the jewels and the money exhibit. When prompted by your video some of the other exhibits come back to me but didn’t stick particularly well. It’s a massive venue and I haven’t forgotten walking for hours and my feet getting sore with no where to really sit down. I think we would up finding a quiet spot and sitting on the floor at one point!
Still it’s one of those experiences where, if you went, you are one of 6 million people in the world who got to see it. The exhibition was very much a product of it’s time and of what the UK was like. In the end it was an artistic undertaking and statement marking the new millennium and anyone who thought that would make money or even break even was highly mistaken!