Pop Bottles Cape Town-an epic fail

On the 30^th of September, Cape Town had its 4^th Pop Bottles party and it everything but “popping”.  The age ranges from 21-31years old. “The previous Pop Bottles Cape Town parties were held Casablanca, Azura, St Yves, Constantia, and they received OK reviews” says Thuli Luthando an avid attendee. Attending the event proved to be disappointing and wasteful. Most people were excited about Pop Bottles coming back to Cape Town because Pop Bottles Johannesburg is always a success. Johannesburg receives so much success because of its appeal to the young and fresh crowd.

“The Cape Royal Hotel Penthouse was not the appropriate venue for an event of that size and magnitude” said a blogger. Not only was it a nightmare trying to get to the Penthouse, it was impossible trying to get wristbands to get access to the Elevators leading to the event on the roof. The venue was not given much thought and the planners focused on the exclusivity of the venue rather than the logistics of it.  On Arrival at the Penthouse using one of the 4 very small elevators, attendees were greeted by 50 other attendees blocking the entry way, that had no tables or place to stand accept for that one entry way. Manoeuvring through the crowd was impossible and the 3 bar areas that were there, were either too small or short staffed. On entry, a ramp to the middle of the rooftop you were greeted by two pools on either side as one walked that did not have fencing around. At an event with hundreds of people and alcohol being served, it was inevitable that someone would take a spill, fortunately the girl did not get hurt but was drenched forcing her to leave the event early.

On top of the crowded entry way, there were only 3 bathrooms available to the attendees, 2 at the rooftop area floor an d 1 up stairs at the second penthouse suit that was used by the gents. The line to the bathroom was longer than the queue to enter the Elevators and they did not have cleaning ladies stationed at the bathroom, leaving the toilets dirty and in no state to use. To add insult to injury, they had a coupon system to purchase alcohol at the bar, which you had to go back downstairs to buy. As beautiful as Cape Royal is, by the end of the night the toilets looked like Public Train Station bathrooms and smelt as equally bad.

Next Time, go with Kirtsenbosch Botenical Gardens. ©