Design of Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport

Mill21

Stevek101 wrote: »

New style signs are up in Gate C now... Strange.

Yeah, haven't been down there in a while but those new signs are going up all over the airport

Stevek101

They only went up in the last day or two. I still find it really weird they put them up there, as you said they hardly use the section now! As far as I can remember the gate numbers even went up to the ones that don't exist anymore!

Oh and I meant to say there is a new website on the way. Some was giving out about the maps on the site a while back. They are really going to be pushing "The Loop" (their rebranded shopping section).

darkman2

You mean they are changing dublinairport.com?

Is'nt Pier C going to be an integral connection between the two terminals though?

Stevek101

Yep, dublinairport.com. It was suppose to be introduced along with "The Loop" from what I gathered but I know for sure that it is well under way.

I've heard two things. The first being what you said, that Pier C will be the connection. I also heard there'd be direct connection from E to B which makes no sense to me! Why bother when C is attached to T2!

JupiterKid

It was a scandalous waste of money building Pier C in 1999/2000 only to have it out of commission within 8 years to make way for T2.:mad::(

Very, very poor foresight on the part of DAA.

Stevek101

Just look at T1X! The whole entrance has been changed and that's only been open a few months. What about the smoke machine too...

markpb

JupiterKid wrote: »

It was a scandalous waste of money building Pier C in 1999/2000 only to have it out of commission within 8 years to make way for T2.:mad::(

Very, very poor foresight on the part of DAA.

I agree it was wasteful but I suspect Bertie's dithering for over a decade about whether or not (and indeed where) T2 would be built caused a lot of confusion in DAA and stopped them making any serious long term plans.

spacetweek

JupiterKid wrote: »

It was a scandalous waste of money building Pier C in 1999/2000 only to have it out of commission within 8 years to make way for T2.:mad::(

Very, very poor foresight on the part of DAA.

They had to do something though. And Pier C is cheap and nasty. Not so much money wasted really.

D'Peoples Voice

dmeehan wrote: »

http://www.dublinairport.com/at-airport/airport-maps/pier-c.html

its still there, the link is mysteriously hidden for some reason??? :rolleyes:

How do I get to Pier D from the Departures Area?


I'm sure someone said thats where my Ryanair flight to the UK departs from.

KC61

Follow the same route as Pier A and it branches off to the right as you take your long walk.....

ardmacha

There is a strong case for renumbering the gates in Terminal 1 when Terminal 2 opens, so that C is beside D and so on.

KC61

ardmacha wrote: »

There is a strong case for renumbering the gates in Terminal 1 when Terminal 2 opens, so that C is beside D and so on.

Why confuse people more? Regular passengers know exactly where A, B, C and D are already!

Changing pier identities around would only add to the confusion!

zagmund

So that irregular passengers don't go off on a mad one and think that B is to be found between A & C and that D is to be found after C.

z

Bluetonic

zagmund wrote: »

So that irregular passengers don't go off on a mad one and think that B is to be found between A & C and that D is to be found after C.

z

It already is.

Anyhow it's grand the way it is -> A (anticlockwise) B (anticlockwise) C (anticlockwise) D.

Alun

zagmund wrote: »

So that irregular passengers don't go off on a mad one and think that B is to be found between A & C and that D is to be found after C.

That's why they have signs. They can call them Z, Q, P and K for all I care as long as the signage is correct.

Mill21

D'Peoples Voice wrote: »

How do I get to Pier D from the Departures Area?


I'm sure someone said thats where my Ryanair flight to the UK departs from.

Pretty simple. After you go through security go right along the street (shopping area). It then splits into A and D. Stay right again for Pier D. It's very clearly sign posted.
Just don't go down to A and you'll have no problems.

And all Ryanair flights go from down there. They like it (as much as they like anything) because they use the stairs and don't have to pay for airbridges

Mill21

Stevek101 wrote: »

Just look at T1X! The whole entrance has been changed and that's only been open a few months. What about the smoke machine too...

What smoke machine?

zagmund

What I still don't get is where that diagram actually represents . . .

What's with the lego blocks in the middle of the picture ? What are they ?

I guess land-side is at the bottom of the picture, but I can't relate that to the two different security check areas in Dublin airport.

All I'm saying above is that if you have the piers in order then it becomes relatively simple to navigate your way around. If you start off at A, you're looking for B and you've got to C then you've gone too far. And that's without having to refer to any diagrams or signs other than the one you checked at the start that showed you they were in order.

Don't forget that a large number of people coming through the airport are visitors and are by definition not regular visitors to the airport. They are not in a position to get familiar with the intricacies of the layout. A simple A-B-C-D in order layout can only help.

z

Alun

zagmund wrote: »

Don't forget that a large number of people coming through the airport are visitors and are by definition not regular visitors to the airport. They are not in a position to get familiar with the intricacies of the layout. A simple A-B-C-D in order layout can only help.

I would have thought that the very first thing anyone with half a brain who was unfamiliar with where to go in an airport, or any large building for that matter, would do would be to look for signs. There doesn't have to be any underlying logic to it in that case.

KC61

zagmund wrote: »

What I still don't get is where that diagram actually represents . . .

What's with the lego blocks in the middle of the picture ? What are they ?

I guess land-side is at the bottom of the picture, but I can't relate that to the two different security check areas in Dublin airport.

All I'm saying above is that if you have the piers in order then it becomes relatively simple to navigate your way around. If you start off at A, you're looking for B and you've got to C then you've gone too far. And that's without having to refer to any diagrams or signs other than the one you checked at the start that showed you they were in order.

Don't forget that a large number of people coming through the airport are visitors and are by definition not regular visitors to the airport. They are not in a position to get familiar with the intricacies of the layout. A simple A-B-C-D in order layout can only help.

z

The "lego blocks" are the check-in desks.

The security areas are the two areas with the upside down "L Shapes" to the top left and top right of the picture.

I still think you would annoy more people than not by changing pier identities.

Slice

Did anyone read the article in the Sunday Times last week about the DAA's response to Siptu's suggestion T2 gets mothballed? The head of Dublin Airport was saying that the more likely situation would be that T1 is shut down...

G_R

Slice wrote: »

Did anyone read the article in the Sunday Times last week about the DAA's response to Siptu's suggestion T2 gets mothballed? The head of Dublin Airport was saying that the more likely situation would be that T1 is shut down...

cant find it online... link?

DWCommuter

While T2 looks absolutely great and is badly needed, I think SIPTU are bananas saying it should be mothballed, but whats with this talk of closing T2?

And for the record the decomissioning of pier c to make way for T2 really does highlight the balls that FF made of the boom years. Just take a look at all the bypasses now being bypassed! What is the problem us Irish have with developing well thought out plans that achieve results in stages?

Slice

dannym08 wrote: »

cant find it online... link?

It doesn't appear to be posted online. It's on the front page of the business section.

Doodoo

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New road headin towards terminal 1


Terminal 2

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Stevek101

Nice pictures. It is really coming along! I seen it lit up all blue tonight. Looked very nice.

somethingfunny

Stevek101 wrote: »

Nice pictures. It is really coming along! I seen it lit up all blue tonight. Looked very nice.

antoinolachtnai

Slice wrote: »

Did anyone read the article in the Sunday Times last week about the DAA's response to Siptu's suggestion T2 gets mothballed? The head of Dublin Airport was saying that the more likely situation would be that T1 is shut down...

I know a man who will rent T1 from them.

stevedublin

antoinolachtnai wrote: »

I know a man who will rent T1 from them.

Micko Leary?
Ulick McEvaddy?