So they can build the world's tallest building...but can they sell you a ticket to get to the top of it? Can they get a website up and running?
Wow, talk about an exercise in frustration! All the local newspapers yesterday had headlines about getting to the top of the Burj Khalifa. It's so popular an attraction that the lines have been crazy and in order to 'encourage' people to schedule ahead of time they've doubled and tripled the prices for immediate tickets (tickets were up to $150/person to take the elevator ride!).
That's not a problem for 'super-organized' moi, I'd prepare and pre-buy. I scanned all the articles, but bien sur there is absolutely no information on where to book these pre-scheduled tickets. No problem, again. I'll just get on google and pull that info right up. HA!
As you may or may not have heard, to the surprise of almost everyone (except perhaps Sheikh Khalifa himself) the Burj Dubai was renamed the Burj Khalifa at the inaugural. Not only does that mean that there is millions of $ of Burj Dubai merchandise out there (t-shirts, plastic towers, etc) that is now worthless, but the website is now outdated. And it seems someone scooped up www.burjkhalifa.com almost immediately after the announcement came through! So try and find their website.
Well, anyway, none of that really matters because once I finally found a phone number and got through to someone--their on-line ticketing won't be up and running until AT LEAST the end of January. So why bother? They can't even tell you if you show up today when you might be able to reasonably assume you could climb the tower--tomorrow? next week? who knows....
Ah, a prime example of NQR (not quite right).
At least, in the de-stress column, we went out to the desert last night for a barbecue. Just less than an hour from our downtown address, we were in the middle of the dunes building a bonfire and grilling in the desert. Incredible. Forget the Burj Khalifa, it's well worth a visit to Abu Dhabi just for an afternoon in the desert.
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