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Post by Kanye West on Jun 15, 2009 14:56:01 GMT -5
I got there around 9 pm thursday coming from the west on 24. We saw a huge line across the road at 111. They sent us up to exit 127, but by the time we came back around the line was gone and we got in without a wait/
Post by captmonkey on Jun 15, 2009 15:16:22 GMT -5
We got there about 2pm Thursday at the northwest gate (Highway 55 / exit 111) and it took us about 2 hours to get in. It looked like the line was forming just as we got there, so it seems if we had arrived an hour or two earlier, the line would have been significantly shorter.
Got there at 5 AM on Friday morning and actually had a wait of about 45 minutes. I've arrived at similar times the other two Roos and I've never had more than one car in front of me. I think it was because of all mud. They were having to push people through the gates. It was insanity.
I got there around 9 pm thursday coming from the west on 24. We saw a huge line across the road at 111. They sent us up to exit 127, but by the time we came back around the line was gone and we got in without a wait/
About a half hour later but the same luck, snuck right in and a great spot only about 10 minutes or so from Centeroo.. crazy considering a buddy of mine left at 9 am to our 530 pm and didnt end up getting in until 2 am ish.
I arrived around 9:30 am thursday and waited in line for about 30 minutes (but that was due to the thunder storm that morning). Camped @ the corner of 'shakedown' and bushy branch
We started at 6:20 am I was so pissed about the line. We were in exit 112 line getting close then state trooper made get out of line drive around back to a new line. We were going to access and was in that line then another cop rerouted traffic again to a back entrance in BFE. We waited in line for ever and then was told once we got in to the toll booth "we dont take handicap or RV's hear" get out of line and go some where else I told the guy that I am getting pissed about this and I am not moving until I can talk to someone who knows whats going on. The toll booth guy got mad and told us to out of his lot, I told him no he called the police then a manchester city police came and was pretty angry about the entire thing and was understanding towards us. Apparently Bonnaroo staff was not communicating to anyone this year. He took us out and stopped traffic and got us in the bushy branch road so we didn't have to start back in the beginning and got in around 11 am. So almost 5 hours of changing lines..
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Got into line on the shoulder at about mile marker 115 at 8:15 on Thursday morning. I was in line for about 7 hours. At one point I moved about 50 feet in an hour, which sucked since I was parallel to Bushy Branch Rd where it runs next to I24 and I could see everyone else heading in. I ended up parked in Camp Roger Murdock but hiked to tent only and camped in Camp Thunderlips. Nice and close
As a Noob, I just took Mapquest directions to Manchester TN and think I wandered 41 for about 20 minutes until I caught up with 24 again and found a line of cars and figured "this is it!". I think it was around exit 112 on 24 and we were directed onto the expressway, down the shoulder and into a side entrance to the farm. We waited about 2 hours in line, as they were thoroughly checking each and every car at the tollbooths. We left Dexter, MI around 8PM Wed. night and found the line to the entrance around 6:30am Thur. morning and had our spot at the Ferris Bueller campsite set up by 9:30 AM. Keep in mind, we lost an hour on the way...
Post by mphsvoodoo on Jun 16, 2009 12:04:22 GMT -5
We came in on 55 from Rock Island this year (about 7am Thurs) and entered the Bushy Branch exit. Only waited about 45 mins to get in, but were parked back in pod 1. Was OK though, cause we dropped all our stuff off as we got close to tent only and didn't have to hike it all the way in, only 2 blocks. Definitely taking this route again next year.
almost 2 hours from Walmart to camp at east 1st street and 4th Ave, using the makeshift exit (I think 112) The trooper tried to send us down to the next exit but I showed him my arm cast and told him I needed the handicap exit, so he let me in there.
Got in line at 11:00 thursday morning, and didn't get in till 7:30. Once we finally did get in we were stuck in BFE, randolph duke, 35-40 minute walk to centeroo.
Post by beholderseye on Jun 16, 2009 13:11:24 GMT -5
You guys are going to laugh at this. I got in line off the interstate at around 5:00. The line was long as hell, but the policeman waved us down a little side road and said, "it'll be faster if you go this way." He picked us out of like, 50 people that went before us to do this to. We still have no idea why. However, we went down the side road and it brought us to the back entrance of the 'Roo! There was a cutoff spot that basically let us cut in line (Not my choice, but I wasn't complaining. We were sent there after all) and let us go straight to car search. The car search lasted all of 25 minutes.
so about 30 minutes in line total, when those in front of and behind us were waiting 8 hours.
We took highway 41 in and hit highway 55. There was hardly any line at that point. We waited in line for around an hour beginning at 8:30 on Thursday morning. But as my car got through the security checkpoint, the thunderstorm came through and they closed down the checkpoints for about 45 minutes. The rest of our caravan wasn't through yet, so we all had to wait almost another hour. It took another 30-45 minutes to get parked. Could've been worse, so I won't complain.
Post by jcastillo81 on Jun 16, 2009 15:16:29 GMT -5
Got to Manchester around 11:30 AM, the cops told us we had to go up to exit 127. They sent us on some ass-backward route. We set up camp aroun 8 pm. It was a nightmare. It's rather infuriating to hear that other people that got there around the same time as us were setting up camp an hour or two later. It's absolutely unacceptable that my friends and I planned ahead, got there rather early and by pure bad luck got placed in the line that took 8 hours to go through. That just shows that there was little to no planning in getting people in as quick as possible. I don't know if this is the Bonnaroo staff's fault or the police or a combination but if Superfly wants to continue to grow the Bonnaroo name they need to do something about this. It was also incredibly frustrating to have to have the entire contents of my car opened and searched through as if I was a criminal. My line was especially slow and I watched 3-4 cars go through the other lines in the time it took for 1 to go through ours. I know they want to keep people safe but there has to be a more efficient and less evasive way to maintain security. I really hope the Bonnaroo staff reads these posts because I want 'Roo to be something that I can go to for many years to come. But if entering the park and security issues continue to maintain "clusterfuck" status that won't be happening.
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Post by funkblastin on Jun 16, 2009 21:20:53 GMT -5
Got in line at mile marker 118 at 7:00am. Waited in line for 4 hours just to get to Exit 112. Security took 10 minutes maybe, and then no line at all once we got in. Ended up in Camp Darth Vader 11:30am.
Post by popsicle sarah on Jun 16, 2009 22:33:22 GMT -5
went in 10pm wednesday night. no line.
edit: oh and moved our stuff to tent only thursday morning. camped in "pauly" although all weekend we all thought we were in "clubber lang" (i think we need map reading class!)
