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I've seen several attempts to nail this down in the past, but I think this multi-variable approach could provide a little more insight into the arrival time/campsite matter. Hopefully we can make more direct comparisons based on times and routes.
For the purposes of the poll, we'll define BFE as a 30+ minute walk to Centeroo.
Also, when putting in your arrive time, put the time you pulled into LINE...not the toll booths. Since waiting times can vary, it's more informative to put down when you got into line.
Finally, I respectively ask those who went VIP or had some kind of special circumstances (media, handicapped, etc) abstain from the poll, as to not skew the results too heavily.
I always arrive in line about 8am Thursday. Last year I was less than five min from Centeroo. But I should add that most of the line I was in was sent to Brushy Branch and had a 20-30 min walk. By sheer luck/karma, myself and a few others were pulled from the line to fill an area behind That Tent.
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Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 24, 2008 7:04:12 GMT -5
I came in off 24 from Mal-Wart Thurs. afternoon last year. very short, quick drive, and got parked about as close as Camp Inforoo, but on the opposite side of the ferris wheel.
I think we finally got in line about 11 or so on Thursday, waited 3-4 hours, and had a very decent spot in the middle of camp Han Solo, ten or fifteen minutes to the Centeroo entrance by The Other Tent.
we arrived in manchester around 5 PM, waited in line for hours on bushy branch backroads, and were in the austin powers section, i think... upper right corner of the map... far far away... finally got set up around 11 PM
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Post by BonnarooDetective on Mar 24, 2008 15:56:34 GMT -5
This part is always so complicated, and people's experience tend to vary. Greater numbers of people have been arriving between 7-9 am every year. For instance:
In 2005 I got to Manchester around 10 am. We were in line for 2 to 3 hours, and when we got parked we had about 15 minutes or so to Centeroo. In 2006 I arrived somewhere between 5:30 and 6, I was in line for 45 minutes, I had a 5 minute walk to Centeroo, life was perfect. Last year I arrived between 6 and 6:30, I was in line for maybe an hour and a half, I had a 10 minute walk to Centeroo.
I added a graph I did of this last year and plotted the limited data so far in red. Your poll seems to be following mine so far (except the late arrival data is so limited, one BFE skews the odds too high)
Post by erscott420 on Mar 27, 2008 18:55:55 GMT -5
last year me and my crew pulled into the cracker barrel at 6am at the tiftonia exit off 24 in Chattanooga.ate heartily,made one last civilized bathroom break,then went to the convenience store for last minute essentials(topped off gas,bought ice,corn wraps,cigs,whatever) consumed a corn snack whilst having a driver safety meeting,and was on the road by 7 15 am...from there its about 20 miniuts before you cross into central time zone,so it went from 730 am back to 630 am..so by about 8-830 am central we were sitting in roo traffic on the side of i 24...abiout an hour later,we were off 24 in the queue to get searched/wristbanded.the from there ti was another 20 min or so till parking,and we were parked about a 10 - 15 min walk to centeroo.. pretty sweet..hope we ge to pull it off agian this year.
Post by electraonyx on Mar 31, 2008 16:40:30 GMT -5
It looks like the I 24 exit is one essential ingredient to a good spot. The last time I looked at the map though it seemed like the majority of the campsites should be within a 15 to 20 minute walk to Centeroo simply because the central camps are so much bigger than the ones in BFE. I feel those people in the boondocks though...it would definitely dampen my mood!!
On I-24 from Chattanooga, we arrived to the "interstate line" at about 11am and spent 2 1/2 hours before we got to that special exit 112 (I think it was 112) We got put right in the middle of the RV section...15 min walk to the Other Tent entrance of Centeroo
Post by experiencehaze on Apr 4, 2008 21:39:02 GMT -5
Should this thread be stickied so everyone sees it and knows, approximately, when to get in line? And also so everyone answers to we have more accurate results.
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Post by inertiaticc on Apr 4, 2008 22:50:21 GMT -5
experiencehaze said:
Should this thread be stickied so everyone sees it and knows, approximately, when to get in line? And also so everyone answers to we have more accurate results.
i think you're right about it being stickied. i think if it were, more people would answer the poll and discuss
^ Yeah, last year there was a single RV campsite all the way in the back, on Brushy Branch.
last year, me and dirty ernie had a companion pass to an RV. We were horrified that, since we arrived very early (got in line as soon as they started letting people in), we would end up in that random spot way the funk back in BFE.
Fortunately, we ended up in Camp Party McFly. A, uh, ten minute or so glide into Centeroo
