And to think that having missed the opening of Suvarnabhumi by a few weeks and thus flown in to and out of Don Muang, I was mildly disappointed!
As an aside, I flew out of Don Muang with BA a couple of nights after the "foiled liquid bombs plot". Having reassured myself that the a/c, ex-Oz, would have left LHR outbound prior to the grounding of flights and thus be on time (it was) I still expected security related check-in mayhem. Whether it actually improved security I know not, but I must say that the coordinated army of security personnel thrown at the extra x-raying and searching made pre-check-in a complete breeze.
When it came to check-in itself, I travel worldwide frequently to conduct my work, and the Thai lady who handled me in was the most pleasant, efficient, and fastest, by some margin to date for any long haul, "with hold baggage", flight. No smarm, no false smiles, just genuine, excellent, professional, friendly service.