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After fours hours in line to get in we arrived at exit 112 about 2:30pm Thursday. Our search was cursory, just a glance in the coolers. We were asked if we were carrying any explosives and then let in. I did not notice a police presence after entering Roo, but I did notice their seemed to be more mounted rent-a-cops and folks on golf carts. The only bad search I had going into Centeroo came Thursday night when I entered by the ferris wheel. Although I thought I had lined up in the fast moving line, I ended up getting serached by a rather large woman who insisted on feeling me up real good. I did not take that as a compliment, but as I was clean, nothing came of it. I avoided that woman for the rest of Roo. After that, I had no issues with security. My friend was approached by security and ordered to chug his Heiniken that he had brought into Centeroo, but that was it.
Post by oleander124 on Jun 21, 2007 9:38:52 GMT -5
As far as our search coming into the campgrounds, the dude only opened our trunk and shuffled things around a bit. He didn't even open our cooler. The guy next to us had all of his beer that was in glass seized. The search getting into the campgrounds was easier than the Centeroo search.
I only had problems with the lines coming into Centeroo. No umbrellas, no empty bottles (wtf?), plastic bags being considered paraphenalia.
My bf said he felt violated by the guy feeling up his nvts. That was weird.
As far as our search coming into the campgrounds, the dude only opened our trunk and shuffled things around a bit. He didn't even open our cooler. The guy next to us had all of his beer that was in glass seized. The search getting into the campgrounds was easier than the Centeroo search.
I only had problems with the lines coming into Centeroo. No umbrellas, no empty bottles (wtf?), plastic bags being considered paraphenalia.
My bf said he felt violated by the guy feeling up his nvts. That was weird.
Wow, some dude felt your bf up? Worst I had with that was a security dude who asked me to pull the front of my pants out. I said look man I'm wearin a swimsuit and thats just not happening, he waved me through.
We went VIP, so I'm sure we had a quarter of the troubles some of you had, but I did witness some things. I'm a first timer and based on what I've heard, things were a lot different. I went looking for glassware and had to say the right things to locate it, same with the search for party favors. Once I found what we called "Old Shakedown", out on Bushy Branch, things were better. I saw four mounties take down a naked guy who was raising hell running through the GA campsites.
Our search coming in was very cursory. He looked at my wife's camera bag and opened our cooler. Asked if I had any WMDs and that was it.
Entering Centeroo from VIP there were no checks. We had all kinds of drinks, etc. and no one said anything.
On Friday, after we and all of our neighbors had shared a large amount of party favors, I did see two mounties come through. Other people said they had never seen cops in VIP camping before.
Never saw anyone I thought was undercover, but did see a guy in the crowd at tool with a Manchester Police t-shirt on.
I didn't have any problems with searches (this year) at Roo. I'd always have the main compartments of my bag open and they'd look around in there and let me through. If any of them did want to be more thorough it would've taken some time with as many pockets as my bag has.
They did pull a small glass piece out of my wife's bag on Sunday, but they just put it back in her bag and let her through. They also took her glowsticks when they saw them, but never took mine.
i definitely noticed more cops than last year. we were searched by the police on our way into the festival. the guy was pretty nice, but you could tell he was also trying to be intimidating with the way he spoke to us. i was somewhat surprised b/c there were only three of us - two girls and a guy. we're pretty clean cut looking, drove a nice car, and in general don't really look like trouble. i guess it was random, but who knows.
at first, he told us that if we had anything in the car, we should go ahead and tell him. he said he'd just take it and let us go. but, he said that if we were not honest with him up front, he'd take us to jail if anything was found. he actually asked my friend who was driving if she were willing to go to jail for my boyfriend and i if he found anything in the car. my boyfriend was smiling the whole time, and the cop talking to us asked him why he was smiling. he told him, "just happy to be here". damn! we laughed and cracked a couple jokes, and two cops began to search the car. we were standing near the side of the car when we were instructed to stand in FRONT of the car. i felt like i was in an episode of cops.
of course, they didn't find anything because we didn't have anything, but when we got back in the car, they had completely trashed it. my friend's purse had been completely dumped and the contents were scattered across the front seat. was this really necessary?? i don't know, but it was a really sh*tty way to start the weekend.
oh, and we were also camped wayyyyy out in scott evil, and there were cops riding atvs all up and down the road just outside of the festival along the fence. mounted security hung out near the side of the camp grounds as well.
i also saw the huge balloon tank one of you guys were describing. it was along our walk to/from centeroo/camp. one afternoon, there were balloons laying all over the ground. i made some joke about it to my friends, looked up, and there was an undercover cop car parked along the way. they were still in the car, just checking things out. that was the first time i had ever actually seen a cop on the grounds with the exception of being searched on our way in.
Post by areyoukind on Jun 21, 2007 12:57:51 GMT -5
we had some green in a cig box on thurs. night that got taken, and on sunday i was pretty drunk and had a glass beer in my hand when i went thru, but i chugged it while i was getting searched (oatie stouts aren't good chug beers)
otherwise i made it thru with multiple water bottles, full camelbaks (water tho) and plenty of stuff everytime
and getting into the grounds we had to take a few bags out, and let him check hte cooler
*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.**
We had a cursory check-in when we arrived. Sweet girl asked the right questions, only looked in 1 of our coolers.
We saw many Rooed-out vehicles getting pulled over heading to and leaving bonnaroo... even in Virginia. It was always RVs, dusty cars written all over and cars with Bonnaroo stickers. This year we went in a Ford F150 with a tarp over our stuff in the bed. I would SO go that route again next year because we looked like a regular guy with a regular load, even with Maryland plates.
When we came in the What Stage entrance I got thoroughly checked once, but otherwise barely touched. ladies good idea - buy one of those PStyle things and put it in your bag - NO ONE wants to dig around in there, even the guy using a glow stick as a wand. Security saw that and said "go ahead" all grossed out (even though it was clean).
The day of Tool when they suddenly said no cameras, I was speaking top a bald main security dude at the What Stage entrance and he said he felt bad because they kept getting mixed messages about what was allowed and what wasn't and his people were getting pissed at him for changing his mind, but he was just doing his job. I felt bad for them, my husband thanked him for trying to keep the place safe or something and the security guy took my husband in a big bear hug - guess they didn't get many thanks over the weekend. Quite a funny sight.
I never saw cops, but then I personally never made any purchases. The only thing I sneaked into Centeroo was a camera on the Tool day, but the rest of my friends snuck in all sorts of things with no issues at all. The only time I used the arch entrance, there was such a backup they let us all run in no checking.
funny - i had no issues getting my camera into tool. unfortunately, i wasn't close enough to get a good shot, but i got some great audio!!
Yeah I don't think they cared about my camera, but told my sister in line behind me she had to take it back to camp. So I met her on the side fence and we slipped it through the bars and put it in my bag.
Security was tighter, I know this because my bag got searched and I NEVER get searched. It was all workable... nobody touches my boobies, unless invited to do so!!!
We had barely any search getting on to the farm. "Do you have any glass?" and a quick look in the back of the car and that was it.
Post by spookymonster on Jun 21, 2007 13:37:01 GMT -5
I had one incident when walking thru the GA instead of VIP entrance. The guy searched me, found some...ahem.... glassware I'd just bought, and told me, "you can keep your stuff, but I gotta take this." I just shrugged, told him I didn't have any stuff, and mentioned I'd just bought the glassware. He looked at it and said, "hmmm... yeah... never been used... Merry Christmas!" and packed it back in my bag.
funny - i had no issues getting my camera into tool. unfortunately, i wasn't close enough to get a good shot, but i got some great audio!!
Yeah I don't think they cared about my camera, but told my sister in line behind me she had to take it back to camp. So I met her on the side fence and we slipped it through the bars and put it in my bag.
i didn't have much problem getting through.. i would make sure i had my bag open before getting to security to make it easier for them. of course, they never bothered to look into my bag when i did that. I was kicking myself for not bringing in beers with me because I could have brought quite a few in my bag.. oh well. The main entrance was difficult to get through - i saw the lady who was thouroughly searching bags -- i couldn't believe my eyes. I've been the last 3 years and this year definitely had the worst lines getting into centeroo.
Yeah I don't think they cared about my camera, but told my sister in line behind me she had to take it back to camp. So I met her on the side fence and we slipped it through the bars and put it in my bag.
what a GREAT idea!
I'm the sister and when I went to get back in line, I then went to the fastest moving one and they didn't even look in my bag.
On the way into the grounds on Thursday morning, we got the absolute worst checkpoint line at Bonnaroo. These two chicks who couldn't have been 16 COMPLETELY emptied our car. And that's not the sh*tty part. After they unloaded everything they just walked off to check the next car. So here we are standing with all our belongings on the ground and some Safety guy comes up and says "You guys need to go!" I was pissed now so when one of the girls that emptied our car TOLD me to hold her flashlight, I threw it on the ground and broke it. That's how I roll. And as we were leaving we all gave them a nice proud finger. Fortunately, that was the only negative part of our entire Bonnaroo and I had my favorite Roo in 4 years. See all you freaks in '08.
Security was tighter, I know this because my bag got searched and I NEVER get searched. It was all workable... nobody touches my boobies, unless invited to do so!!!
We had barely any search getting on to the farm. "Do you have any glass?" and a quick look in the back of the car and that was it.
This is how I knew security was tighter too, but it's because I actually got a pat down from a guy (front pockets of my jeans on Friday) and I freaked out. My boyfriend was like "welcome to guyland" and laughed, but it's not like my jeans were baggy or anything. not cool.
Post by bamadancer on Jun 21, 2007 16:56:48 GMT -5
mo said:
alyroo said:
Security was tighter, I know this because my bag got searched and I NEVER get searched. It was all workable... nobody touches my boobies, unless invited to do so!!!
We had barely any search getting on to the farm. "Do you have any glass?" and a quick look in the back of the car and that was it.
This is how I knew security was tighter too, but it's because I actually got a pat down from a guy (front pockets of my jeans on Friday) and I freaked out. My boyfriend was like "welcome to guyland" and laughed, but it's not like my jeans were baggy or anything. not cool.
Yeah, I'm not exactly keen on a security guard touching my goodies. Fortunately, I never got a pat-down at all!
Security was tighter, I know this because my bag got searched and I NEVER get searched. It was all workable... nobody touches my boobies, unless invited to do so!!!
We had barely any search getting on to the farm. "Do you have any glass?" and a quick look in the back of the car and that was it.
This is how I knew security was tighter too, but it's because I actually got a pat down from a guy (front pockets of my jeans on Friday) and I freaked out. My boyfriend was like "welcome to guyland" and laughed, but it's not like my jeans were baggy or anything. not cool.
Post by tok4nug2nati0n on Jun 21, 2007 17:21:13 GMT -5
Yeah, this one guy went through my guitar case and said "Is this where you keep the drvqs?..." and smiled, then I chucked and went "nah" and smiled back, then he goes "Good, 'cause that's where I keep my drvqzes... have a nice day"... r0xorz!LOL!!!1
He did confiscate some bottles of mocha coffee that I had... but he forgot one and I drank that, the next morning.
Thanks dude.
Like I'm taking any chances--anything important shalt go in the undies.
Little did they know, I found three Nifez in my car later. They were put to good use, though... for tent rope and whatnot, cooking, etc. and kept out of sight.
When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon round When they come to call on you and drag your poor body down Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling sugaree Shake it, shake it sugaree, just dont tell them that you know me
Post by pavoroyale on Jun 21, 2007 18:36:36 GMT -5
Security was reasonable for us, but I did get my helium tank confiscated. I was so bummed, I had brought one of those disposable single use helium tanks you can get at party stores, in the original packaging. (I have these really cool tiny LED lights you can put in balloons that turn them into floating glowing orbs -- I figured it would be fun to mark my camp site and wear above my pith helmet to night shows. I had about 35 lights)
Anyway, they were of course all concerned that I was trying to sneak in NOs, but I figured if I didn't hide it and just I could clearly demonstrate it was helium and nothing illicit.
I mean looking at the tank you could see it was not refillable, there are only 2 gasses that float, and only helium makes you talk funny.
Unfortunately I got some ignorant hilljack who was not interested in any push back from "Mister Science".
Ironically, since they "caught me" with a completely legal non-controlled substance, they didn't bother to search anything else.
This is how I knew security was tighter too, but it's because I actually got a pat down from a guy (front pockets of my jeans on Friday) and I freaked out. My boyfriend was like "welcome to guyland" and laughed, but it's not like my jeans were baggy or anything. not cool.
you freaked from some guy patting your legs, wow
my my aren't you snarky? was this your first roo? because basically i was just startled at being touched by the security people, since it hasn't happened for 5 freaking years. i think that most girls can attest that they aren't used to having a guy pat them down uninvited