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Latest post on 01 January 2011 - 12:04

I was at the Dubai Mall Metro Station right before midnight and it was beyond chaos!!!! I thought at any moment I could be squished or trampled to death, luckily I made it out by having to climb over a wall before midnight, I can only imagine what it was like inside when the fireworks began and everyone wanted to get near a window to see…..I will never take the metro to a major event in Dubai again, it was very scary!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then finally meeting up with my SO who was working and leaving at 2am to go home which is normally a 6 minute drive took us an hour :( not the best was to bring in the new year!!!!!!!!!! edited by calimom on 01/01/2011 We took the metro from Nakheel Park and Ride and thought what a great idea it was as we would not get stuck in traffic. This was at 9pm. By the time we got to the MoE station, the entire Gold Class carriage was packed to capacity. We quickly realised that this was not the greatest idea. When we got off the train, there were hoards of crowds from the previous trains still walking down the staircases and the escalators. They were all pushing to move forward and it seemed as though the security guards were trying to control the movement as the barriers were open. We got down finally (with stroller down the stairs because the elevator was not working as well) but then decided not to exit the station as there were huge crowds of people standing outside waiting to get into the station. They were not allowing anyone back in. So we decided to brave it out and get back up the elevator facing the oncoming crowds to get back into the next train going to Jebel Ali. We finally got back to Nakheel Park and Ride at exactly midnight so not the best way to bring in the new year but I am sure better then trying to get to see the fireworks. I don't know how those that finally got out managed to get home?

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