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Have me not wait in line for 11 hours would be an amazing start. Not having a 45 minute line for the filtered water on Friday would have also been nice. More filtered water stations would be rocking.
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Make sure all the POD lights work the whole time. It's not easy navigating the grounds without them. Also along with the POD situation, I know they have more than 9 balloons. They replaced 9 with 10 after Thursday. And yet POD 6 had to care for over 15 camps, while 7, 8, and 9(10) were all right next to eachother. I think having one over by the south tollbooths would have made things easier for the people camped there.
Go back to the old taxi system! Being able to only pick up and drop off at specific "taxi stands" made it very inconvenient.
I also think more than 1 cell charging station would be helpful, as the line always seemed to be massive. Thankfully my little phone kept charge all weekend, but I felt bad for the people waiting.
yeah, the taxi system was good, but not super convenient. when we got in from the shuttle there was not one taxi that would give us a ride to tent only, so, with all the bags we just dropped off at the james bond section. kinda good/ kinda lame.
if there were more phone charging areas, or even add an ipod charging dock with the phones i thought would be a cool idea. i had my itouch for some wireless internet but, it died shortly after friday, and it sucks trying to charge it on the laptops at the fuse barn or scratch tent. thought the ipod came in handy cause some people didn't know the bands they were seeing, so i would give them a taste before the band started up.
also, i know its been said, but, more screens! screens at which stage, maybe in some of the tents too. especially when things like girl talk or mgmt fill the tent plus all sides and the back, it'd be cool to see whats going on with a screen.
other than that, i loved everything, it was my first roo, but, not my last.
Post by nodepression on Jun 16, 2009 21:11:34 GMT -5
More phone charging stations and filtered water stations. Also give a warning about the pesticides on the grass. My ankle swelled three times its normal size on Saturday due to an allergic reaction causing me to be unable to enjoy late night Saturday. Give warnings ahead of time so I can know to bring long socks.
Post by captmonkey on Jun 16, 2009 21:31:12 GMT -5
I think more screens would be a big plus. The Which Stage certainly needs them and you could probably even put them in the three big tents without too much effort. Heck, if Of Montreal can bring their own screens to This Tent, Superfly can put some up too. Stop being so cheap.
I really didn't see it as much of an issue until this year. I normally go to the Roo solo, and I'm pretty tall, so I can generally get a good spot to see for any show I try to see. However, this year I brought my girlfriend, who is pretty short. I kept feeling bad because she was having trouble seeing the performers at most of the shows. Screens would be a big plus for both the people sitting far back and those too short to see over the crowd.
Post by makisupamerican on Jun 16, 2009 21:35:11 GMT -5
RV electrical hookups. The wasted fuel and fumes spewed into the air sucks. In VIP they already mark the plots, it may cost a buck or two to lay wire and such, think of the improvement in air quality. They get plenty of sun on that farm all year, time to go green, set up solar/wind turbines, something, store the energy all year, and have at it for the weekend. I am sure they could hook up to a local source just in case. Its a shame breathing in carbonmonoxide for four days.
Post by Fishing Maniac on Jun 16, 2009 21:36:33 GMT -5
Take half the effort applied to maintaining the porta-potties and apply it to cleaning up all the horseshit. I can't believe you people wear sandals there. Besides, manure could be sold for a profit. It's a win win for everybody.
Post by dukeblue666 on Jun 16, 2009 21:39:05 GMT -5
How about making the water drinkable? I was told to pour out the water in my camelback to go wait in line and get water that tasted like sulfur. It basically contaminated my camelback the first night.
Someone said something about pesticides and swollen ankels. Myself and 2 friends had the same issue but did not know the cause. If pesticides are the case, then ya, I'd say that should be changed.
Lastly, I agree there should be a screen or 2 at the Which Stage. It was sooo crowded at NIN it was tough to really get a good idea on what was happening, and I left immediately after Bruce.
make it easier to walk by a tent and see who is playing. the shadows on those signs made it too hard to read from a distance.
I agree, in the past they have had the signs way out in front of tent with the current act and later acts posted. The stage signs were not helpful.
I liked the stage signs, but agree that they could have been easier to read from far away. The posting of schedules was nice in the past, but I like how they don't have both. You can't know everything that's gong on - it's bonnaroo.
Some sidewalks on the roads into centeroo! The wooden walking bridge that takes you out to BFE just isnt cutting it anymore, it is falling apart. Oh, and maybe some cheaper prices on beer
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 16, 2009 23:05:42 GMT -5
My first 'roo was 07 so obviously I didn't deal with any mud then, which was great. This year I got to experience what a muddyroo is like, and this was fairly mild - if it had kept raining the way it did Thursday and Thursday night the mud would have been ridiculous. So something to help with the mud would be great. I don't know what it would be....I don't think I want to see paved walkways, but maybe there's something they could do. They tried throwing down a ton of hay this year which just made it work in my opinion. The hay just masked the mud so you'd pick up a good place to put your foot and then SPLOOSH, your foot sinks in about 5 inches and the mud comes up through the hay and soaks you anyway.
And I agree that the old signs that used to tell you what bands were coming up were nice. I really like the new neon signs on the tents, so I think they should just add a row of LEDs under them so they could have a scrolling sign that would list the rest of the shows for that day with times. It doesn't seem like that would be terribly expensive or difficult to implement and it would be quite helpful.
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put horns on the taxis. yelling doesn't really work that well when theres a nuts ton of people.
The taxis did have horns. they just werent allowed to use them after friday afternoon. Im not entirely sure why but thats what one of the taxi drivers told me while I was riding.
Post by tatphishgirl on Jun 17, 2009 1:17:18 GMT -5
I think the biggest problems for us were getting in, our pod didn't have much, no booklets, lines for the water, and some long lines to get in - however, there were times the water situation was okay and I was happy it tasted fine. The long lines to get in were usually relieved when the head of security told them to just let everyone in without searching. I saw one security person get yelled at to get out of the way. Thankfully I had printed out multiple schedules so it wasn't a problem. But there are important details and info in the booklet we would have liked. We got out of our camp in like 5 minutes no worries there.
Post by rpowell0026 on Jun 17, 2009 2:16:41 GMT -5
First off, I basically just had one of the greatest weekends of my life (much better than my first 'roo in 06). But they could change a few things:
1. Bring Animal Collective back and let them play at a more appropriate time. I'm thinking a late night tent set. Seeing them in 90 degree weather at two o'clock seemed a little off.
2. The taxis coming every two seconds is really annoying, especially when the people driving them are very rude about asking you to move.
3. The lines to get in Centeroo were rediculous at times.
4. Bring TMV back and let them do a 3 hour late night set, please!
Post by lesullivan27 on Jun 17, 2009 8:21:14 GMT -5
i thought the phone charging line was out of control (at times it was longer than the lines into centeroo), and good thing i brought a backup camera because mine died friday morning and fuse barn couldnt charge it. they need a wall of plugs or something for people with more than just cell phones.