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Post by jackattack on Mar 11, 2013 18:10:48 GMT -5
I haven't been able to find info on this so help me out. I am going for the first year this year along with about five cars packed full of my buddies. We did not get group camping, and I'm afraid we will get separated. Will we? We plan to all get in line together and we will all have matching flags. Any advice on bow we can stick together so we get all our of our camping sites next to each other?
Welcome aboard! Wish I had some advice for you but I have never done what you are attempting. I will say what you have probably read already get on the group camping waiting list today if you have 24 people and stay in contact w them. If you can get group try to wait for every one to get through the check point, this may be difficult especially at peak times as the attendants will yell at you. Perhaps arriving at off peak times Wednesday nite Thursday morning would alleviate this. Good luck and I will see you there at bonnaroo!
Last year we had 7 cars and we ended up in 3 different toll booths...we let everyone we saw know that we had a group. They let the first cars through pull to the side and wait for the slower lanes to catch up. They were pretty nice about it but I can't guarantee they'd do it again...
Post by plasticpepper on Mar 11, 2013 19:02:15 GMT -5
We've done almost exactly that the past two years, and I've arrived with smaller groups (~3 cars) in the past as well. It's not usually that hard to stay together - sometimes you will get a real jerk of a volunteer who won't let you wait for each other, but most of the volunteers are cool about it. You've got the right idea with the matching flags - when there are cars EVERYWHERE it helps a lot to have something to identify your caravan like that.
Basically, when you get up to the "tollbooths," the line will split into many different lines, so each of your cars will get directed a different way at that point. Try to keep an eye on each other as much as possible, but apart from that don't fret about being split. Once the lines get past the tollbooths, things will get a little zooey because there are so many groups trying to do exactly what you're doing. Just ask where you should go to wait for the rest of your group - they'll typically direct you off to the side. For us it usually ends up being along a fence, but I suppose the situation is probably different at other entrances. Then just hang tight until all of your cars make it through - keep in touch via cell phones so you know where everyone is. That's the only hard part - after that everyone will get funneled back into one line, so the important thing is just to end up all in a row at that point. Keep telling every volunteer that you come to that you're in a group with all of the cars with the matching flags. Again, most people will be good about keeping you guys together as long as they know what you're trying to do.
One thing to keep in mind, is that it's very likely you will be parked like this: x x x 1 3 5 2 4 6 x x x With the "x"s representing the camping space that goes with each car. Last year we got lucky and ended up 1 2 3 4 5 6 so we were able to have one big long space, but the year before we got parked like my little diagram above so we basically had two separate areas. Not a whole lot you can do about it if it happens - you could try to get the parking people to park you differently, but I wouldn't be too optimistic about that working. So just be prepared for that - it's not a big deal if it happens, you just end up with a few people whose bedrooms are a little farther away from the kitchen/living room.
If you go through separate toll booths, it doesn't make a difference. When you pass the checkin, simple pull to the side and let other pass until all your group are through, then pull back onto the "road" together in line.
Opposed to what is stated above, you will not be parked like this (although it would be ideal) x x x 1 3 5 2 4 6 x x x
You will be parked in line 1 2 3 4 5 6
We've done this during both slow and peak entry times.
Opposed to what is stated above, you will not be parked like this...
Okay, if you wanted to take exception to my "very likely" I wouldn't care, but our group has definitely been parked the way I described it above, so there's no need to basically call me a liar. Just because you personally have not had that experience doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Opposed to what is stated above, you will not be parked like this (although it would be ideal) x x x 1 3 5 2 4 6 x x x
You will be parked in line 1 2 3 4 5 6
You could be parked either way. Out of the 4 years I went GA car, we were parked like the 1st example twice and in a line twice. I don't know if this matters, but both the times we were parked like the 1st example, we were in Pod 1 BFE.
Last year my group got what I would consider to be ideal for 4 cars:
1 2 x x x x 3 4
Oh yeah, and we did the matching flag trick also; worked great. My car (only one of the four) even had to go to the police search area which took about 15 or 20 extra minutes. AND one guys wristband from a different car was put on wrong and he had to get it replaced which took extra time. Even with all of this, we were able to pull to the side and all get in a line after the search/entry area. The workers were very accommodating.
I've told the people working the toolbooths that I'm in a caravan and if I could wait for them, they never had a problem with me waiting off to the side after being checked for the other cars, as long as you're not in the way of other people passing you. Just be friendly and smile, they won't have a problem working with you.
Yeah like others have said if you're caravanin' just try and be as nice as possible to the volunteers doin' the tollbooths/parkin'. Chances are they're tired and overworked!
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