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Post by fromthebark on Mar 3, 2012 17:21:30 GMT -5
Hey yall. I dont think i've posted yet, maybe once last year. Either was i'm a lurker. The name is Chris. I havent been to bonnaroo until last year, when I won VIP tickets from my local NYC radio station which has since been converted to an all news station. Before then, bonnaroo was just a pipe dream that i figured id probably never make it to. Well, all that changed when I went last year, and realized this was probably what heaven looked like, only 3 billion times better.
Well, I made a vow on the way home last year, that I would be going again, no matter what it took. When I realized two days ago that I was severely slacking on buying tickets, its basically been consuming my being since then, trying to figure out how to fund my trip, and how to do it asap. I decided I will only go VIP, mainly because I got spoiled last year, realizing how unbelievably clutch the taking a shower at any given point of the day was.
I have a friend that said they will go with me, but due to their DWI, they are really short on coming through with cash at the moment, although I know they will have it eventually. So what am I doing? Well I have put about 18 random things on ebay over the last 2 days, all to fund the down payment for 2 VIP tickets to roo! random guitar pedals that I dont use much anymore, and a bunch of really cool vintage tonka trucks I found on a basement remodeling job I am currently on.
Just thought i'd share that story, and introduce myself, being that i'll probably be posting more in the future.
I'll keep you updated on how the ebay funds are coming.
PS - if anyones interested in some cool guitar pedals, ill give you my ebay seller name. (i'm a total gear slut, its all really good stuff).
I agree with Phi. Do you REALLY need to do VIP. GA would be much less expensive, and you'd be able to spend some of the money you saved in the Broo'ers tent, etc.
I can afford VIP, but miss all the GA fun....not a chance.
I shower daily, when I want....I can find all that I need....oh yeah, the portable toilets are bad, but they clean them several times a day....try to go soon afterward. And to top it all off, I have a fun walk to and from Centeroo......nope, I'll do GA every time.
Post by synethstesia on Mar 4, 2012 2:06:59 GMT -5
Go GA!! Its much more for the money you're spending, and you can take a shower any time of day for 7$... or is it $10 now? Anyhow, much cheaper than VIP. Not to mention you get to mingle with all the crazies like me : )
Unless the price goes up the showers should still be $7. Or you can use the water stations in the camprounds, or spend a little extra $$$ on a shower tent fer your campsite, or refresh with baby wipes, or be darin' and hop in the fountain. That last one's always free.
I don't know what VIP is like, but I think GA is heaven. So much fun. I always decided that if I won VIP tix, I'd unload them here for a mad discount and take that cash and buy more GA tickets for friends.
Post by fromthebark on Mar 4, 2012 10:19:05 GMT -5
well what i didnt mention is.. I was going to sell all this stuff anyway. I just was totally procrastinating. See I had one of those big green Line 6 DL-4 delay pedals, but i just recently bought the uber insane Line 6 M13, which has that pedal and like 5 more in it, so i obviously dont need it anymore. Well.. Bonnaroo comes along, and now i finally have a reason to get off my ass and sell these things finally.. and if I had the money anyway, id use it for this. So its not like im losing in the end, or pawning my Families television or anything.
And showers arent the only reason.. even tho im 31 I have all kinds of ridiculous back issues, and I would rather have the shortest walk possible. I work construction and I have either a dislocated rib or a herniated disc in my neck like literally every other day.. my chiropracter could feed his family and pay his mortgage on me alone.
well what i didnt mention is.. I was going to sell all this stuff anyway. I just was totally procrastinating. See I had one of those big green Line 6 DL-4 delay pedals, but i just recently bought the uber insane Line 6 M13, which has that pedal and like 5 more in it, so i obviously dont need it anymore. Well.. Bonnaroo comes along, and now i finally have a reason to get off my ass and sell these things finally.. and if I had the money anyway, id use it for this. So its not like im losing in the end, or pawning my Families television or anything.
And showers arent the only reason.. even tho im 31 I have all kinds of ridiculous back issues, and I would rather have the shortest walk possible. I work construction and I have either a dislocated rib or a herniated disc in my neck like literally every other day.. my chiropracter could feed his family and pay his mortgage on me alone.
Well then, going VIP will certainly shorten your walk to Centeroo - and I think I've seen a massage therapist in the air-conditioned tent in VIP before. (I've gone VIP the last few years. My wife wouldn't have gone if we'd gone GA. We're both in our 40s).
I've never showered at Roo. I use baby wipes to clean up a little, but usually its just four days of funk.
Baby wipes all the way. I agree with everyone else. GA is all I've ever done and I love it. I don't know about ALL the perks with VIP but I wouldn't be selling my stuff just to get in VIP. Its the same festival with either ticket.
1 or 2 travel bottles of soap, and a water bottle to the troughs is a MUCH better wash-up then people give credit for... My other tip is a zip up pouch that's kind of water resistant (mine is a pencil case actually but they sell all types of small cases at Walgreens/Duane Reade/etc.) - keep your soap and toothbrush/paste in there.
I never get any complaints, nor ever really felt dirty-dirty all weekend. and it's FREE(-ish)
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Post by pondo ROCKS on Mar 6, 2012 11:25:59 GMT -5
On the handicap access front...
You need to go to your doctor and have him administer a handicap placard for your vehicle. If you have one of these, you can camp in Access, which is fairly close to Centeroo. My left leg is pretty bad off so i get to cam p in Access and it is really convenient because of my leg. You need to look into this if you are gonna go GA.
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For all those people who don't shower at Bonnaroo because "you're just going to get sweaty/dirty again," do you carry that same view in the rest of your life? Like, do you wake up Monday morning and say ah, f*ck it, I'm just going to have to shower tomorrow again, why bother? I'm just curious.
Also, being a year a half half sober, I think id find it much easier to deal in vip
Just the opposite from my experience-- VIP is a free-for-all as far as the partying and freebie offers of temptation go.
I've camped by up-all-nighters in VIP and by people who appeared to be in bed every night by 11 p.m., if not earlier. I think it's pretty random. I did hear someone last year say they camped next to Amy Grant and her step kids in VIP. I would have to think that wasn't exactly party central.
im also from nyc, 21 years old. Me and my girlfriend are looking for some people to carpool with, deff not spending the money on VIP, but let me know if your interested!
