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Post by TheCarderCamp on Feb 25, 2008 20:54:30 GMT -5
I want to leave wednesday and get there around 8ish to just get settled in, setup camp, and skip the insane traffic but bonnaroo is not going to open the campgrounds until thurs at 7am.
I really think bonnaroo should open the campgrounds wednesday starting at 6 or 7pm. They dont have to open centeroo or any of the stages, just the campgrounds.
1. Will decongest traffic 2. Wont miss any of your favorite bands on thurs 3. The Bonnaroo economy will grow
Thursday gets bigger and bigger every year especially now with Kanye West scheduled for thurs and i just dont want anybody to miss something. I mean, I missed stuff thurs last year i really wanted to see due to traffic and i was kind of pissed.
Come on bonnaroo please open the campgrounds wednesday!
Post by TheCarderCamp on Feb 25, 2008 20:59:42 GMT -5
what is BFE?
This is what the general FAQ says:
"The parking lot and campground will open at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 12th, 2008. The parking lot and campground will close at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 16th, 2008."
Officially, the campgrounds don't open until Thursday morning, but they always start letting people in on Wednesday night. In '04 we were inside by 7 Wednesday night, but it was a hike to centeroo.
Post by Sköldpadda on Feb 25, 2008 21:04:03 GMT -5
The general FAQ don't necessarily mean nothin'...
There are lots of people who get in Wednesday night. You can party it up, but there's not much else to do, and they stick you way out in the back of the campgrounds, FAR away from Centeroo...that's BFE (Bum F*ck Egypt).
You can totally get in, but if you're not camping in tent-only, it's generally best to get there Thursday morning.
Yea last year the company I worked for had a shift that started at 7 pm on Wednesday. They just don't have as many people for that shift than Thursday morning, so they let in a significant less amount. Forget what time the shift ended, but I'm assuming around 4-6 AM considering the next shift is at 7. Don't bank on it though, they tend to stop unexpectedly/whenever they feel like it on Wednesday. And yes, you get parked in BFE. I advise against it.
Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Feb 25, 2008 22:47:34 GMT -5
You're better off to try to time it to get there around 0700-0800 Thursday AM in my experience. If you tent-only then you're relatively close to that section. If you car camp you're fairly close to Centeroo.
I've heard that you get funneled into BFE early Thursday morning as well. I've gathered that an 11-12 arrival time Thursday afternoon is your best shot at being relatively close to Centeroo.
Where is BFE in 'roo terms? What's the name of the campsite? I was in Pod 1 or Pussy Galore in '06 and even though it was quite hike to Centeroo, it was a pretty rad place.
ive got in twice thursday between 4 and 5 am.(05,07)and camped over the bridge.bfe it takes a long time to get back after they close the what stage.but were on the wodline.so we got to sit in there every morning when it was really hot.but the walk sucks at 6am.its like 40 minutes back.my bad it was around 7 am in 07
They have to fill up the BFE that is through the woods off to the right on the map before they let VIP's into their area so this has to be the first place they fill up Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The reason for this is that they have to free up Woodland Ave, which leads to this camping area, so the VIP's can enter through this same road but heading in the opposite direction.
After this BFE is full then they start filling the main parking areas. They fill these from front to back in columns starting from the tree line and heading toward the interstate. This pattern is why getting a camp site up close is such a crap shoot. You never know where in the pattern they may be at any given time so someone who comes in before you may be in the back but you could end up in front next to centeroo on the next column.
hmmm i always figured that BFE was just anything on the other side of bushy branch road.......about when do they get to they start filling the spots at the top of the map on the other side of bushy branch road?
Post by candyflippedaround on Feb 26, 2008 19:00:43 GMT -5
does there happen to be a bridge around where youve circled BFE? maybe its another BFE spot but my friends were talking about a certain bridge in BFE where "shit goes on" if you know what i mean lol
The bridge is in that open area just to the left of the circle and right of the orange area. That line is a creek/drainage ditch. The circles BFE extends off the map to the right. This BFE is filled first so as not to be driving traffic through all of Roo.
There is another BFE at the top right. It usually fill up Thurs PM or Fri. but it can vary.
Either can be as long as a 45 minute walk to Centeroo (or more) but the lower BFE has at least has LOTS of shade.
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
oh yeah and you had to around the yellow area! They only opend what seemed like a logical path every now and then so add an extra 15 to your already loosing buzz. Hell we would take a few beers and then by the time we got there the beer was all gone....had to go back!
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
Post by Sköldpadda on Feb 26, 2008 23:49:00 GMT -5
malo said:
troo said:
Here's BFE, where they fill up 1st. Wed night you WILL be here. Thursday AM you risk it until it fills up.
yup that was me and we got alllllll the way to the tree line, only plus was a great crowd and shade tilll about 9. BFE to go back and fourth!
We were there in '06, and it wasn't that bad. The bridge is interesting...they have this wooden walkway going through that area, and over the course of the weekend boards start breaking. It has a lot of give to it, too...the first time I set foot on it I had a rather...disorienting experience. And it's always fun to try to predict whether or not a board is going to break.
We were near the woodline, too, and it provides a nice refuge from the heat during the morning. There were plenty of people that just moved their tents into the woods. The walk, however, SUCKS. If you're the type to load up a backpack and go to Centeroo all day, it's really not a problem, but if you like the back-and-forth, you will suffer.
Post by hoosierrooster on Feb 26, 2008 23:50:46 GMT -5
I've driven on wednesday evening. My guess is that they are required to open up at some point so there is not a ridiculous 15-20 mile backup on the highway. If you go wednesday, you WILL be in BFE. As others have pointed out, the bottom right of the map as well as top right (Austin Powers). we've camped in both spots. i actually think that the walk from austin powers is longer than the "woods", plus you do get quite a bit more shade down there in the trees.
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This is one thing that I enjoyed from my 06 trip, we camped very close to centroo. I could see the main stage from our campsite, and hear everything pretty well also.
I really dont want to get put in BFE this year so we will do everything we can to keep away from there.
Other then the walk - I enjoyed BFE the past two years - and truthfully - for anyone who is healthy and does not have ankle, knee or foot probs - it is not bad - I did come home with a stress fracture last year from so much walking tho
If I remember correctly, someone posted that they RV'd in Wed and got a pretty good spot. But since there is no real reason to put RV's in a specific area (unlike the need to fill BFE first) I'd think it could be anywhere.
They may put you waaay out, as Meg said, to discourage people from showing up early, though.
the only way to avoid BFE on wednesday night is to come in an RV. I know, it happenned to me twice (until the next year whenthey started sectioning off the RVs from general camping).
Post by spencet2001 on Feb 27, 2008 14:22:20 GMT -5
Hmmm. I was thinking of coming Wednesday so me and my friends could stop in D.C. and Philly (coming from NY) and then we could just hike over to tent only Thurs. morning, is this a bad idea? First 'Roo btw.
