Royal de Luxe September 2014

Cookiemunster

I see they're getting setup for this. Anyone seen anything else interesting around town?

A2LUE42

Anyone know where the giant will be walking, as opposed to being in the chair? Or will it be walking the whole route?

topper75

Does the story-telling aspect of it mean you have to follow it along the streets?
Will I not experience it right by just finding a spot on the route?

jmch81

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I see they're getting setup for this. Anyone seen anything else interesting around town?

WTF my car!





I noticed giant footprints on the footpaths on William St earlier, the power washed type!

fryup

here it is in liverpool a few weeks back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQkNQQcMOc

The Snipe

Anyone know times for this?

A2LUE42

The Snipe wrote: »

Anyone know times for this?

Friday

Cookiemunster

The Snipe wrote: »

Anyone know times for this?

All info here http://royaldeluxelimerick.ie/

The Snipe

Cookiemunster wrote: »

All info here http://royaldeluxelimerick.ie/

Not sure about the desktop version but I'm on mobile and it doesn't say a time.

Cookiemunster

Just saw on twitter this this has been seen around town

Butterfly25

The Snipe wrote: »

Not sure about the desktop version but I'm on mobile and it doesn't say a time.

http://royaldeluxelimerick.ie/maps

Cookiemunster

The Snipe wrote: »

Not sure about the desktop version but I'm on mobile and it doesn't say a time.

You probably can't see the map A2LUE42 posted either so. It starts at Colbert station at 10am and ends in front of the park at 11:45. Starts again at 3:30 and ends up in the barracks at 7pm.

Pumpkinseeds

I don't drive so I don't know what streets would be effected, but my dad is having a proceedure in Barringtons in the morning and usually parks the car in the multistorey behind Cruises street. He usually drives in via the Caherdavin side of the city. He'll be leaving Barringtons around lunch time, just wondering if he'll be able to park where he usually does or if he'll need to make other arrangements?

brianhickey

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I don't drive so I don't know what streets would be effected, but my dad is having a proceedure in Barringtons in the morning and usually parks the car in the multistorey behind Cruises street. He usually drives in via the Caherdavin side of the city. He'll be leaving Barringtons around lunch time, just wondering if he'll be able to park where he usually does or if he'll need to make other arrangements?

They are in that area on Saturday but he may be in the window inbetween shows. I would give the car park a ring to find out their restricted hours.

Look who rolled into town

Ankhyu

I'm planning on heading into town on Saturday morning for the Milk Market and to see the giant. Coming from the Dublin road side. Do ye reckon I'd have access to Charlotte's Quay or similar for parking?

chicorytip

Does anybody consider this just a gigantic
waste of money ?

pigtown

No

moby2101

chicorytip wrote: »

Does anybody consider this just a gigantic
waste of money ?

Well have to wait and see I guess!

chicorytip

Macnas and Bui Bolg have been doing
this kind of thing brilliantly for years on a
smaller scale,admittedly.Limerick has been designated as the nation's capital
of culture for the year 2014.Would it not be more appropriate,therefore,to highlight
and promote genuine and worthy local and,indeed,national talent rather than the
egotistical follies of some self-proclaimed
French "genius".

chicorytip

chicorytip wrote: »

Does anybody consider this just a gigantic
waste of money ?

Anything that has the potential to attract 200,000+ people to Limerick this weekend is far from a waste of money. Royal de Luxe has been successful in every city its traveled to and the majority of people are looking forward to it.

How do you think its a waste of money?

wotswattage

At least wait until Monday to decide if its a complete waste of money !!!

phog

chicorytip wrote: »

Does anybody consider this just a gigantic
waste of money ?

Well I guess no matter how many/few come to view the parades you've made up your mind anyway.

Silentcorner

chicorytip wrote: »

Macnas and Bui Bolg have been doing
this kind of thing brilliantly for years on a
smaller scale,admittedly.Limerick has been designated as the nation's capital
of culture for the year 2014.Would it not be more appropriate,therefore,to highlight
and promote genuine and worthy local and,indeed,national talent rather than the
egotistical follies of some self-proclaimed
French "genius".

You do realise that this is just one of 340 plus (and counting) LCOC events this year right, the program is rammed with genuine/local and national talent, I've been to about 40 different events already this year...this was one of the headline events, and to be fair it was justified, if it were not for this event the rest of the country wouldn't even know the City of Culture was happening....

I'm at the stage where I do not care what anyone thinks of this city anymore, what I seen is enough for me, this is one of the most culturally diverse/talented cities in the country...

The decision to go ahead with this has demonstrated real ambition and I for one take my hat off to them, there are a lot of factors that they have no control over (weather, press coverage, attendance etc) so it really is a gamble...I hope it goes well for all parties concerned, this year has been a revelation they deserve it.

Any way of finding out where she'll be at approx 6:30 tomorrow? Myself and a few friends are heading to the match and want to have a look on the way in. Peoples park area maybe?

ComputerKing

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Any way of finding out where she'll be at approx 6:30 tomorrow? Myself and a few friends are heading to the match and want to have a look on the way in. Peoples park area maybe?

All the info and her paths are on the website.

ComputerKing

ComputerKing wrote: »

All the info and her paths are on the website.

Ya I looked at that. I'll be in town at 6:30 so trying to judge her whereabouts at that time. Suppose she wont be too hard to find :pac:

pigtown

Keep an eye on the City of Culture Twitter feed, it will let you know.

pigtown

pigtown wrote: »

Keep an eye on the City of Culture Twitter feed, it will let you know.

Oh yes good call pigtown! It'll probably be the only time I'll ever get to use my Twitter account for something useful. Cheers

Kess73

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Ya I looked at that. I'll be in town at 6:30 so trying to judge her whereabouts at that time. Suppose she wont be too hard to find :pac:

Well she is to be at Sarsfield Barracks at 19:00 and her route just before that will be Barrington Street, Pery square, Mallow street and then up the Yellow Road/ Edward street until she gets to the barracks.


So your best bet around 18:30 would be somewhere along that route.