I remember getting to North Greenwich (grenich) train station and seeing how modern the station looked. All the walls in the train station were covered in Chrome panels and the station was very deep underground. I think the train station and the Jubilee train line extension were also built at the same time as the Dome so the Train station was as new as the Dome.
I walked out of the chrome plated train station and out onto the concourse. I remember that it was a very big open space and there was lots of canopies to cover your head if it was raining. There was a large screen made with L.E.D lights and a vertical drop ride. I saw lots of small vendors selling snacks and merchandise. The whole place was so big and the Dome looked so modern. When I walked through the ticket gate, I was given a Marconi voting card and a map of the Dome attractions, there was Marconi voting machines throughout the Dome and one side of the card said yes and the other side said no. You would put the card into the terminals to give your opinion. The inside of the Dome was so big, I couldn't believe it, to me it was impressive. The roof was so big that it looked like a beige sky from another planet. I saw lots of buildings inside that were little museums, there was a body zone. The planet ride. I think there was an exhibit for money and travel in the future. They were all amazing in their own way. There was a meditation mini dome inside, a dome in a dome where you could just sit about and look at mood lighting. I remember there was a exhibit with a small beach inside and even a large football table. Some of the exhibits looked a bit rushed. Others were well made. I remember there was a model of the Starship enterprise from star trek inside the travel exhibit. There was lots of things to see there.
I later learned that the Dome failed to make back all the money raised to pay for its construction. They didn't get 12 million visitors within the whole year so they made a loss. I think it was sold off and turned into the O2 arena some years later. The press was calling the Dome a white elephant at the time because it wasn't doing very well. I think it should have stayed open for five years and the tickets should have been just £15 each, Then they would have made back the cost with profit. It wasn't like that for them, they only opened for one year and tried to make all the money back in 12 months.
I will remember the Millennium Dome as an amazing failure that I was able to visit.
