Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
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Gotta say, I think they keep honestly trying to improve things and I keep having a total blast. I have now gone regular camping 02,03, Hotel 04, VIP 05, (missed 06 due to new baby boy;^), and VIP 07.
For the folks that wanted to be carried in from the HI checkout area to their tent, be fed with grapes and fanned the whole time, and never wait more than an hour for anything, I guess vip roo is not for you. I remember 15hr waits in 02, crazy mud floods on other years, and heat that made this year seem like winter.
Yes there were logistic issues here and there, but you have to realize that they have a lot of other issues with so many inebriated hippies that make this festival even harder to run (herding cats principle).
We arrived thurs afternoon, and from rolling into the hotel to setting up camp was maybe 2 hrs total. We were in the back of vip, but still the walk was not that bad. There was zero crime around us, even with everyone leaving their beer coolers out in the open all the time.
we paid extra $$$ to have easy entrance to the roo, and short walks, which is what we got, and at that price was a bargain. The fact that we got free food (we actually liked the food and the lines were not that long, although the corn-only menu friday afternoon was weird) and somewhat cheaper beer was just gravy. The bleachers were just gravy, the free poster and tshirt was just gravyy. The air conditioned bathrooms were clean for this kind of festival and the 5pm shower was the real ticket for letting us stay up late each night -and- go the first acts in the am.
All in all, if you wanted to have a super-pampering existance, then no version of bonnaroo is for you. If you want your adventure more secure and with better odds of seeing a ton more events, then vip is the only way to go, imho.
