Reopening of Fast Admissions to Spain Pavilion Expo 2010

Madrid Case Pavilion stamp

The Spain Pavilion, located in the Pudong section, is a popular attraction in Shanghai Expo 2010. Please refer to my video gallery for its videos. Due to its popularity, the admission queue is always very long. As mentioned in my previous blog dated August 13, 2010, visitors could skip queuing by going through the fast track channel with the required passports. To be eligible for the fast access, visitors have to collect a total of 3 stamps from the Case Pavilions of Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao in the Urban Best Practices Area in Puxi. Stamps have to be chopped on the souvenir passports. Due to the problems of fake stamps and passports, the channel was suspended for a period of 2 weeks starting at the end of August. To cope with the problem, a new set of stamps has been issued. The collection of stamps has now resumed and the fast track channel reopens for the Spain Pavilion.

The Spain Pavilion is one of my favorite programs in Expo 2010 Shanghai. It is worth visiting.  At the time of our visit in May 2010, the fast track channel for Spain Pavilion wasn't yet available. We went through the general admission route and spent 40 minutes on the waiting queue in the peak-time early afternoon. Comparing to many popular pavilions in Expo 2010, the queue-up time was not too bad at all. Although the queue was long, it moved fast.

Update on the Official Expo Online Lucky Draw

Ten visitors who had been to the Italy online tour at http://en.expo2010.cn won a lucky draw of a VIP tour at the real Italy Pavilion on September 9, 2010. Each of them also received a gift set including a flute concert ticket, a bottle of Italian red wine, and a souvenir pavilion pin. For the forthcoming lucky draw from the official Expo online offer, people who visit the virtual Australia online pavilion between 10:00am and 2:00pm Shanghai local time on Monday, September 13, 2010 will have a chance to win one of the 20 fast-access passes to the real Australia Pavilion.

Update on the Visitor Count

Since the opening of the Expo 2010 on May 1, 2010, the visitor count has accumulated a total number of 50 millions on the 133rd day yesterday, September 10, 2010. The Expo 2010 will run through a course of 184 days till October 31, 2010.