Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Post by mrmonotone on Feb 10, 2012 12:22:24 GMT -5
I beleve roll like a rockstar was the original name of the package. It was first offered to American Express cardholders only in 2008 and 2009. Then to the masses in 2010.
Providing an outlet and a voice for music lovers to unite under the common theme of music for all. Join The Pondo Army to show your allegiance to musical freedom! Fighting for no censorship of the arts & music education in schools, The Pondo Army will triumph! The Pondo Army Movement
Follow me on twitter@Pondoknowsbest
Post by scalabrine on Feb 13, 2012 22:15:43 GMT -5
I always roll like a rockstar at roo. All you need is an admission pass (if that), a tent, some party favors, and the know, if you have all those things then bam your a rock star... maybe a cool hat too!
About the all access thing... I think its pretty lame to be honest. Makes us GA people feel like peasants. The VIP people pay a bunch of money and now they arent even VIP, just middle class citizens? Really the All Access was the only thing that pissed me off last season... im trying to get into the pit on the main stage and I cant because 5 people in all access need to be able to lay out there blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy the show... if thats really what they want to do let them do that in the back, its not like they arent just looking at the giant screen anyway! Let the people that want to rock, rock, let the people that want to buy there way to rockstar status buy a backstage pass!
There were no blankets or lawn chairs in the Total Access pit last year. And that pit has no bearing on the GA pit. I dont think GA people feel like peasants. Bonnaroo is what you make it.
Post by mrmonotone on Feb 17, 2012 23:33:56 GMT -5
hey gardenfresh I've recieved a few e-mails about RLaR and the last 2 both mentioned you by name. They said they were so impressed by your review they wanna do it now. So thank you again for that. I was there and couldn't have described it in such detail.
hey gardenfresh I've recieved a few e-mails about RLaR and the last 2 both mentioned you by name. They said they were so impressed by your review they wanna do it now. So thank you again for that. I was there and couldn't have described it in such detail.
It was my pleasure. Feel free to have them share that with Dan when you are over there Maybe he'd thank me with some "That Pass" laminates. Doubtful but I guess in a way I'm advertising for the Roll Like a Rockstar package. I was just trying to unblanket the mystery behind total access because it was something often talked about but never really had questions answered.
edit: i just really wish I could afford it. the fact of the matter is I don't make enough money to ever be able to afford this, at least not for the next several years.... let me know if u you see an extra $3250 I'll gladly sell myself to slavery for a Roll Like a Rockstar bus spot.
Gardenfresh...i'm curious about something and i'd like your input. I read your well-documented review a while back and really enjoyed it and I have the money to do this package, but I just don't feel right about it. It may be an awesome experience, but it just doesn't seem like "Bonnaroo" to me. Although I semi-cheat and get an RV, i'm still in GA with the masses and to me that is half the experience...there's something to be said about camping for 4 days with 80,000 people on a big farm in the middle of nowhere and playing cornhole with all your neighbors.
Gardenfresh...i'm curious about something and i'd like your input. I read your well-documented review a while back and really enjoyed it and I have the money to do this package, but I just don't feel right about it. It may be an awesome experience, but it just doesn't seem like "Bonnaroo" to me. Although I semi-cheat and get an RV, i'm still in GA with the masses and to me that is half the experience...there's something to be said about camping for 4 days with 80,000 people on a big farm in the middle of nowhere and playing cornhole with all your neighbors.
Did it still feel like Roo to you?
It was different. This was the reason I stopped by camp inforoo the few times that I did-- sanity breaks. The community aspect that the GA and VIP campgrounds possess were one of the biggest draws for me, and one of the biggest reasons I fell in love with Bonnaroo so much.
Most of the Total Access (Roll Like a Rockstar) guests were affluent corporate type: people from a certain company that probably invited a client or two so they can expense the trip, upper management, affleunt rich quacks (I saw a couple busses with only two people in it. Doesn't cost any less). Sharing the experience felt weird with them. They didn't seem to "get it". None of these types seemed to really understand everything that this package had to offer. There was also a rich family who's group of teenagers were over being there by Friday afternoon. From what the staff told me, they insisted a satelitte tv be put in the bus for the kids and the kids stayed at the bus compound all day and night while the parents were out enjoying music.
In GA, in one round trip to the bathroom, I probably put my fist in the air and said "Bonnarooo!!!" to somebody around 10 times. In Total Access, some people wouldn't even nod their head when I said "Good morning" to them while I was walking to the shower. For this reason, I felt out of place.
HOWEVER--- that's not to say there wasn't a handful of groups in the compound that really did know how to party. There was one bus full of a team pro hockey players, another bus of contest winners that was done by an international Facebook contest, and then the mrmonotone facebook/inforoo bus, plus my group, we all had a blast.
I've thought extensively about trying to carry the Total Access experience out to GA, but the more I think about it the more it can't be done. The golf cart drivers, the stage access, the meals, drinks, and the no hassle sleeping/living arrangements really can't be matched no matter how hard you work at it.
You won't get the same community aspect, but honestly once your in the mainstage pit area with an ice cold drink in your hand, you'll forget all about it.
Edit: So to answer your question, YES of course it still felt like Roo. It NEVER stopped feeling like Roo. It's just a verrryyyyy different much more privileged way to experience it. Like mrmonotone says, Roo is what you make of it. I didn't let the lack of community bother me, the Roo community was still out there and I still found it and it was still amazing experience.
