We waited 10 years for this big event.
So far, only
about half of the opening day visitors to
the World's Fair were from New Orleans.
Most residents simply couldn't wait
another minute to get inside the gates.
They wanted to see how the once blighted
warehouse riverfront section of town had
been transformed into an enchanting,
colorful, exciting World's Fair
site.
Well, I'm pretty impressed.
I thought I'd heard a lot that it wasn't
quite finished, but actually
there's a lot of a lot of interesting
things to see and do around here.
It's hard to see everything the fair has
to offer in one day.
So most people weren't too concerned
about the unfinished parts like some of
the exhibits in about half of the rise.
Most visitors seem to just ignore the
debris that is still scattered around.
Despite all this, the World's Fair
president says the 1984 World
Exposition is better than the last
World's Fair in Knoxville.
If I had a complaint about the World's
Fair at Knoxville, you didn't hear
applause. There was a lot of good show
there, but you didn't hear that little
extra that takes.
And this aquacade is a pretty good
example of how people are going to be
stimulated into applauding.
The Aquacade is the location of a
colorful extravaganza featuring swimmers
and divers.
This is free to fair visitors.
So is the water garden the place for
kids?
The kids wash is a favorite.
It's where the little ones can get
scrubbed, polished and cool down.
There are water gardens too, but these
were abused on opening day and are
already in need of repair.
Despite the minor shortcomings, the
world's fair is interesting.
It instills excitement and fascination.
We're trying to get to that monorail.
They want to go on the
gondola.
And all I want to do is look,
I saw cocktails and I thought I'd go get
me a cocktail bar to find me and going
around some.
So there you have it.
The New Orleans World's Fair, a
place the Texans, with the time and the
money, should consider visiting
Linda Frederick, Channel 5 News in New Orleans.