Munich Ready For Oktoberfest

Empty beer mugs are stored in the Lowenbrau beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany. The Oktoberfest, known as the biggest beer festival in the world, will start on Sept. 22, 2007.

Outside view of the Ammer Huehner- und Entenbraeterei (Chicken and duck roast) beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 in Munich, Germany. The Oktoberfest, known as the biggest beer festival in the world, will start on Sept. 22.

Outside view of the Hacker beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Outside view of the Augustiner beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

General view of the Wilde Maus roller coaster at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Outside view of the Braeurosl Pschorr beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

TV presenter Bettina Cramer wears a gemstone dirndl, called "The Billion Dollar Dirndl" in front of the Church Our Lady on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany. The traditional Bavarian dress was especially created for the 2007 Oktoberfest. The world's biggest beer festival has its ceremonial kick off on Sept. 22. The dirndl is set with 50,000 specially cut Topaz stones.

TV presenter Bettina Cramer models a gemstone dirndl, called "The Billion Dollar Dirndl" on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

The big wheel is seen during preparations for Oktoberfest in the southern German city of Munich Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. The world famous festival will take place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 7.

A waitress holds a beer mug with sausages hanging on it during preparations for Oktoberfest in the southern German city of Munich Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. The sausages, called Henkelwurst (handle sausage), are shaped in a way that waitresses can hang them on the beer mugs.

Gingerbread hearts are displayed in a shop at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 in Munich, Germany. The Oktoberfest, known as the biggest beer festival in the world, starts on Sept. 22, 2007.

A brass musician plays a trumpet during an Oktoberfest walkabout at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

A little angel points the way to the lavatories at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Outside view of the Winzerer Fahnd'l beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Christian Ude, right, Lord Mayor Munich and Christine Strobel, Mayor of Munich, test a new rollercoaster during an Oktoberfest walkabout at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 in Munich, Germany.

Traditionally dressed waitresses wait in front of the coffee house Kaiserschmarrn at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Outside view of the recently installed coffee house Kaiserschmarrn at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Brass musicians play during an Oktoberfest walkabout at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

A giant beer drinking lion is set in front of the Lowenbrau beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.

Outside view of the Lowenbrau beer tent at the Munich Oktoberfest on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Munich, Germany.