Party Scene at the ROO for a first timer...

^^ This! When we get up in the morning, we have maybe 2 bloody marys before 10am. After that it's 2-3 waters for every beer until night fall. You don't realize how tired you get from drinking alcohol until you are sitting against a tree in 100 degree heat at 2pm just trying to hold your eyes open.

A good tip is freeze a TON of grapes and orange slices before you leave for the Farm, keep a little bag of those on you while in Centeroo, whenever you feel drowsy (from booze or heat), eat a couple. The sugar and vitamins will help pick you up until you get a second wind. The frozen lemonades do the same thing, and are damn tasty!

Bonnaroo is like one huge party with all your best friends. Take everyone's advice about not drinking so early. As for the drunken rowdy part, its all good, no one will shun you for having a good time. However, dont be a drunken asshole. then youll have problems. just remember everyone is there for one reason: to have a good time, possibly even the best time of their lives. why should anyone screw up someone elses favorite weekend of the year? not to be tacky, but it would almost be like ruining christmas for a child on xmas morning.

So yea, just be cool and play it safe and youll have the best time ever, i promise

^that is the best feeling in the ENTIRE world. Good advice, as well.

Makes me feel all warm and nice and gives me total chills at the same time.

Karma for that little reminder, when I can.

yeah..late nights where its at..not to mention, the shows are better late night (its a fact that i have proven myself time and time again).i save my drinking for the closing shows on sunday unless i have to leave right after. it makes you forget bonnaroo is about to be over which is one of the very few shitty parts about Roo..having to go back to reality

i have no problem getting up at 6, 7 am and drinking all day and into the late night... in ohio...

at bonnaroo, like many have said, its a completely different story.....

i remember almost passing out at nickel creek in 06, and my friend almost passing out last year during two gallants because she didnt listen to my warning....

like everyone has said, take it easy during the day...

at night, well, anything goes....

I plan on just sticking to lots of corn thursday and sunday with a few beers and taking some other pharmacuticals (sp?) on friday and saturday.
This is my first time going so I don't want to get too crazy too soon, and I don't want to be feeling like poop when it's time to leave early sunday.

so far this has all be good advice, listen to it.

Last year I found a pretty good balance that allowed me to keep that perfect buzz (ya know, when everything feels all warm and fuzzy ) pretty much all day with enough energy to party during the latenight shows.

I took in approximately one bottle of water for every two beers. Slightly more water during the middle of the afternoon, when it's hottest. A steady filling of corn all day long was fine, but not so much that all I wanted to do was take a nap. That part is simply knowing your limit, there's no trick to it or anything.

I'd usually mix a small amount of some very good fungus that was floating around the campground into my lunch (mmm, pep and mush spicey pie ). That helped with the energy. It usually wan't too much, but enough to make things interesting

Right before the headliner, I'd go to my tent and mix my first really stiff drink. I'd get that in me, grab some more fungus and head to the main stage. I'd either re-fungify myself right as the headliner was coming on or around the mid-point of the set. Perfect timing for the latenight sets.

During the headliners and latenight shows, if I felt like a beer, I'd have a beer. I didn't worry at that point about the hydration factor. Once the sun is down, everything's groovy.

Here's a few other things to keep in mind.

1) Water before bed. Make sure you hydrate yourself before you turn in for the night. Your tent will get really hot in the morning and if you didn't drink any water before you went to sleep, your hangover is going to be killer

2) Remember to eat. An empty stomach can really drag your energy down, not to mention make you feel sick.

3) If you start to feel crappy, don't just ignore it. Take it easy for a while, get some water and something to eat. You'll be thankful later

I'm coming into the discussion a little late but one thing that catches 1st timers is the lack of recovery time. The shows can go til 3-4 am and once the sun comes up ~7 am your tent will turn into a sauna. Even if you find shade during the day, the heat can make napping difficult. So just factor in that it may be hard to "sleep it off".

once again, don't get wasted early on, save energy for the late nite's .
in 07 i thought i would be cool and wake up and start drinking and eat goo balls, I missed ben harper because i had to sit in the car w/ the air conditioning running for like 3 1/2 hours

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Oh man... With any group of 80,000 people together, you're going to have your good and bad people. No matter how many good people there are at Bonnaroo, there will always be a few bad seeds out there. Be careful. Bonnaroo's only as safe as you make it!

Yeah, that's what I figured.

Thanks to both of you.

I just dont do ANYTHING before sundown. After 2006 (my first year) missing EVERY latenight, I learned my lesson and will not take any risks. Wait till the sun goes down, that's my best advice.

Also: WATER WATER WATER, food (you may not want to eat but you NEED the energy), and rest when you need to. Don't be afraid to watch a few shows sitting down. It will make all the difference!

I would have to agree. The likelihood of someone paying ~$300 to get into Bonnaroo and then going to the trouble of lacing something, thereby incurring more costs on their part and less payout, is highly unlikely. But hey, if you don't feel comfortable, don't buy it.