1) Commonly Reported Memories of Expo 70
Line-ups and Crowding
It is little wonder with an overall attendance of 64 Million visits over a six month period,
that visitors most commonly recalled experience of Expo 70 were the extent of the crowds and
line-up they had to endure as part of the visits. Eighty-three percent (83%) of participants
spontaneously discussed the line ups and crowding at Expo during their interviews. Most of
these discussions centred on frustration in not being able to see pavilions or exhibits that
participants had planned to see, or on feelings of discomfort and trauma of the experience.