Originally Posted by auh2o

I had the best seat of all! I was in seat 1A on UA890 which was the plane that landed right before the A380. We taxied and the pilot turned and stopped parallel to the runway. We watched the A380 land and then taxied right by it.

The views of the crowds were equally impressive. People packed on all of the roofs of all the buidings and hotels and stands along the runway.