Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Post by gigglegirl on Jun 17, 2008 23:03:00 GMT -5
Here's a good vibe for the first time Rooer. We had no car search, lost a wallet full of everything which was turned into Lost & Found with all contents, and found everything we needed except corn was not really around. Not one single bad moment. Love the Roo.
I didn't see any busts at all... but I also wasn't looking for them. Our car didn't get searched AT ALL coming in. When I went through the lines at Centeroo, I learned that if I plopped my bag up on on the counter and said "OK, I have a lot of pockets" they wouldn't search. I had one guy that just said "Uh, it's ok, go on" without even glancing in the pockets. Guess they didn't want me holding up the line.
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Jun 18, 2008 11:33:06 GMT -5
i seen 3 kids wearing backpacks exchanging money but didnt see any "items" be exchanged, but yea the horses were there there to get them a few seconds later. sucked for them but they were too open about it
DTF had like 8 agaents search our 31' RV...had me really freaked, and we're not "crunchies"...all clean cut professionals pushing 40...needless to say, they still missed my lil' secret....but it makes me think twice about bringing anything next time....
Post by gijoekungfugrip on Jun 18, 2008 16:36:29 GMT -5
Across the street from Camp Inforoo a girl got busted selling her hash cookies and then 10 minutes later a neighbor a couple tents down had his bags searched but I am not sure anything was confiscated or not.... about 20 mins later there were a couple more "deals" going down on our side road too so I told them to be careful because of the 2 busts that had JUST happened... but they looked at me like I was an idiot and kept on...
My second roo and this was the first I had EVER seen or ANYTHING like this... nearly rooined my buzz!
Post by sthomas1312 on Jun 18, 2008 19:47:38 GMT -5
no busts, but I got pulled over turning onto Brushy Branch from Exit 111 by the 5-0. I wasn'y wearing my seatbelt, and the cops asked me if i had any narcotics or weapons in the car and I said no, he checked my license/registration etc, then said "OK get your seatbelt on, and enjoy the weekend"
Post by jayfiedler on Jun 18, 2008 22:12:17 GMT -5
Our car was not searched on the way into Bonnaroo. The tollbooth guy asked us two questions:
1.) Do you have any glass? -> I said no. 2.) Do you have a hammer? -> I said I think so.
In response to the hammer answer, he said "Alright, good enough," and let us in. No search. Maybe the hammer question was a test? Maybe they wanted to see if I was lying, since a hammer is a pretty important part to staking a tent. Hmmmmm...
Post by msfelithatsme on Jun 19, 2008 0:16:33 GMT -5
i was pulled over as i exited on the exit ramp of 114 on the way to the gas station to make one last pee before the portpottyroo experience. i was driving solo... cop said i was "following the car in front of me too closely".. BULL. after the whole license and registration thing.. cop number 2 shows up...i was told to step out of the car. asked if i had any drugs ..(i didnt) then asked if my car could be searched. i was interogated about a pill bottle containing advil and allergy pills in one container.. then asked "why am i so nervous?". also asked why my cooler was "packed so light?". then i was let go. no ticket. no nothing. \ UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. that sucked.
Across the street from Camp Inforoo a girl got busted selling her hash cookies
That's about ridiculous. I mean, I know they're just looking out for our best interests by making sure nobody could overdose on those ganja cookies, but Jesus.
they took a tube of 100 from me at the tollbooth but I still had 5 more stashed
you know how i did
Indeed, none were confiscated from me. I had a TON on me when I'd go into centerroo and just used the old, "They're just posters, man." It worked surprisingly well.
Also, I found that the more complicated and tightly packed your pack was, the quicker the security would give up on searching and wave you through.
Post by papernapkin on Jun 19, 2008 12:39:25 GMT -5
Funny thing is...this is the first Roo where the no-no word was not as blatantly sold. For the first time we didn't have a soul come through our camp selling.
Post by fallenangel on Jun 24, 2008 16:40:20 GMT -5
the security on the way in was easy...no problems...
although i think it was friday we were walking to centeroo and a few of the security officers were waiting for some guy to come out of the campsites to search him i guess...
There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard. No song that I could sing. But I can try for your heart Our dreams, and they are made out of real things Like a, shoebox of photographs With sepiatone loving Love is the answer
A little feeling in my gut that I get of late when I think about these cats running the world with hate
I'm a black guy. I got harassed a few times in camp. 3 times the cops ask to see my wristband and really inspected it close. It got annoying because after the first time I was in an altered state of consciousness. Even sober it would have irked me though.
Post by fenwayfrank on Jun 25, 2008 14:09:17 GMT -5
It was kinda wierd going into Centeroo from GA. The guys kept asking me what KIND of drugs I had. Like because I am a 43 yo guy, I would have something really wild. I was in Guest Camping and they didn't check you coming in unless you had a can or bottle.
Ok to start off i took my 3/4 ton truck, at the gate they looked through EVERYTHING, i had 1 other person riding with me plus i hauled stuff for other people, so i had 15 cases of beer plus 5 easy-ups. 6 tents, a bunch of tarps, air matresses, etc... not counting the luggage for 8 people. ok the guy asked me a million questions then finally let me throught.
Then on friday i was sitting around "relaxing" and out of nowhere 3 cars of DFT agents jump out and jack this guy across the face. just plain blindside him, the guy starts screaming help so when i saw the agents i just hid the party favors. apparently these fellers were distributing out of this old chevy van. not selling, distributing, guys in backpacks would get in the van for like 10 minutes at a time then they would be gone for a few hours. seemed to me like a pretty heavy operation. kinda makes a person nervous when you see someting like that happen 20 FEET away from your tent...
they took a tube of 100 from me at the tollbooth but I still had 5 more stashed
I had no problems until Saturday night. The dickhead told me I could walk them back to the tent or he could take them. I said he could have them obviously, but after I cleared up and changed state of mind I decided next year if it happens I'm going to crack them all in line right therea nd just chuck them as far forward as I can. Then pick them up when I get through.
Post by handgunhipster on Jul 2, 2008 7:18:12 GMT -5
The kids that camped.. well, I don't know where they camped but they set up the shade tent in the road in front of us--
Some of the kids had VIP bracelets, while others didn't have any-- they we're coming around trying to cut the ends of peoples wristbands off to make GA bracelets. But they had.. everything under the sun and the mounted cops came on Saturday and completely ransacked their tent. They took everything they had.. but let them all go.
Was talking to a vendor on shakedown when a large, muscular security guard had some guy's arm twisted around his back walking through saying "yea, you aint runnin' now, are ya?" Was a pretty big ruckus, I think he got busted for selling some shrooms.
Then, a day later some buds and I were chilling/smoking at our campsite when a skinny guy with dreads came running through the camp with a cooler and ditched it as soon as he got behind a car. A pig then cam running through and proceeded to play cat and mouse faking back and forth around the car with him until the guy with dreads sprinted off. Thankfully I don't think he was caught as he got a pretty good head start.
they took a tube of 100 from me at the tollbooth but I still had 5 more stashed
We managed to keep all our glowies. I was pretty afraid the security would have a problem with my poi, since I'm not sure about the policy on that, but none of them seemed to understand what it was. Its a good thing, cause at Pod 8 in BFE that would be a drag to walk all the way back to camp to put it away.
As for glowsticks, my weird friend refuses to wear sandals, and security never made him take his shoes off.
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Post by rideincircles on Jul 2, 2008 21:56:49 GMT -5
I had two things taken away from me this year.
I had a bubble wand confiscated at the centeroo gate. No bubble wands allowed in centeroo, you might hurt someone.
And, I was bringing in 2 beers in at a time in my back pockets, and I just pulled one out and started drinking it walking around towards the merchandise tent. Well the guy who was in charge of giving out the poster tubes saw it, and looked through my bag and asked if I had any more, and I said I had one and gave it to him. Then he gave me 10 seconds to finish my first beer, and counted down while i chugged it. I did. That was a great Bonnaroo moment for me. No problems in getting in glowsticks or any other contraband though.
Post by candyflippedaround on Jul 3, 2008 0:42:02 GMT -5
i think the sketchiest thing i did/saw/heard was after leaving centeroo quite put off by kanye. 5 of us were roaming the campsite trying to hear a sound, some of you may know what im talking about. it sounds like rushing air anyway, we found the friends we were looking for, and hid out behind their van as they refilled us. well before things got to sketchy i went bouncing (literally, i felt like i was jumping 5 feet into the air with each bound. as my friend put it so eloquently "someones got a case of the bouncies" and oh boy did i) off back to their campsite. when we got there my other two friends who stayed behind to get a bit more came running back to camp all sketched out. apparently some dude demanded these guys give them 3 for 10 and the guys wouldnt do it, so the douchebag claimed he was gonna bring "a wrecking crew" to these guys and the two dudes went sprinting off through the campsites. after the hippy crack madness i walked back to my own campsite singing "why go home, why go home" remembering how great pearl jam was. i want to bounce again lol
anyway, we found the friends we were looking for, and hid out behind their van as they refilled us. 
