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Why would London be "crazy" a month before the Olympics?
The bits visitors go to are almost completely insulated from the games, and the Diamond Jubilee (which will attract far bigger crowds, and into the centre as well) will be well over.
As Miss Prism says, the likelihood is that tourism will decline anyway, so if anything the tourist bits will be emptier. Few tourists ever bother with decent theatres and restaurants, so they'll be as full as ever (the real business of London is utterly unaffected by a sporting event) - but the "Wicked" and "Les Mis" kind of theatre will probably be easier than usual to get tickets for.
There'll be a bit of Olympic preparation-linked traffic disorder round The Mall and its approaches, and the serious construction work in the centre, unconnected with the Olympics, will be ongoing till 2016. But some traffic disruption's pretty standard all year round anyway.
The bits visitors go to are almost completely insulated from the games, and the Diamond Jubilee (which will attract far bigger crowds, and into the centre as well) will be well over.
As Miss Prism says, the likelihood is that tourism will decline anyway, so if anything the tourist bits will be emptier. Few tourists ever bother with decent theatres and restaurants, so they'll be as full as ever (the real business of London is utterly unaffected by a sporting event) - but the "Wicked" and "Les Mis" kind of theatre will probably be easier than usual to get tickets for.
There'll be a bit of Olympic preparation-linked traffic disorder round The Mall and its approaches, and the serious construction work in the centre, unconnected with the Olympics, will be ongoing till 2016. But some traffic disruption's pretty standard all year round anyway.





