Just got back.
The tickets I bought included dinner first in the castle.
They served a very nice roast beef with roast potatoes, carrots, zuchini and peas along with Yorkshire Pudding along with wine and champagne.
I don't normally drink scotch whisky but couldn't resist trying some. This is not part of the ticket price ($400) but only 3.75 pounds. Although scotland is part of the UK you sometimes get change in notes issued by the Bank of Scotland.
It started to rain during dinner but eased off later on except for about five minutes with light drizzle. Luckily the woman at the ticket office recommended I take a coat. We also got a rain poncho as part of out ticket so didn't get wet.
We were escorted down to our seats which were in the stands facing the castle entrance itself. This year they dedicated the event to the 60th aniversary of the Korean Conflict and the 500th aniversary of the Battle of Flodden.
It was a great show. The Master of Ceremonies went through a list of countries and asked who was from them. It seems Australia is well represented (about 5%) with the US and Scandinavia also well represented.
They use the castle as a screen for what must be a very large video projector as it mounted above where I was sitting but the image was bright and clear.
The only annoying thing is people who don't know how to turn off the flash on there cameras. There was plenty of light to take photos without flash.
The only thing we didn't get tonight was the RAF fly past but you still hear the sound effect.
The fireworks at the end were great.
The national anthem at the end. I am amazed that I still remember the words to God Save the Queen from school assemblies.
How did they handle the 8000 people that the seating holds. Very Well. They managed to marshall the 8000 people out of there seats and out through the castle entrance into High Street in about 15 minutes. There are some other events I have been to which didn't do any where as good as that.
The DVD release should be available in October. It is produced by the BBC and I am definitely going to order a copy.
Every large souvenir I have looked at buying is also available by mail order so I might wait until I get back and order a few things. I even looked at a kilt but didn't know when I would wear it.
Some of the photos from the Tattoo
The view from the Jacobite room where we had dinner before the Tattoo.
After dinner we walked across the drawbridge to our seats which were directly opposite looking towards the castle gate.
The view from my seat (Section 8 Row V Seat 9)
Going on a sight seeing bus around Edinburgh tomorrow and then a Loch Ness and Highlands tour on Friday and back to London on Saturday before flying out to Chicago on Wednesday.
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