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I'm not as much of a A380 external profile hater as Patrick -- for me it's a case of A3-bland-0.
What makes me hesitate is the seat configuration. Getting past one sleeping person you don't know is barely tolerable -- but getting past two!?
All of the main-deck configs I've seen in economy for the A380 have 3-4-3. Which means in every single row, two poor suckers have to get almost intimate with two total strangers to, say, take a bathroom trip.
It's the worst part of long-haul -- and the A380 does nothing whatsoever to alleviate it. I understand I'm flying cattle-class, so squeezing past one person is probably required, but must inconveniencing a majority of your row-sharers for your own convenience be compulsory?
Is there anything besides tradition stopping a 2-3-3-2 layout (three slightly narrower aisles) on this huge plane? Food service would be faster, getting on and off less painful, and you wouldn't have to give two just-rudely-awoken strangers a lapdance to use the head...
