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[musiclove123]

rave machine, on 15 September 2010 - 12:53 PM, said:

Is there any reason it's on the Isle of Wight? Just seems like a massive pain in the arse to me. Totally worth it of course..

Yeah-this is what is putting me off. The massive journey down and ferry. I would need to know if was worth it

[Paul ™]

Ferry takes 1hr or faster if you get the fast cat... been the last 3 years and it's quicker for me to get there than say Loopallu or Glastonbury.. and worth it!

[rave machine]

Well I think travelling there is only gonna get worse as it gets more popular, they'll have to move it eventually as it grows i'd have thought.

This was my first year too and it was the best festival i've been to. My only problems were how ridiculously crowded it was, I just felt like human traffic at night. Also drinks were a bloody rip off!

[Mackem]

rave machine, on 16 September 2010 - 12:41 AM, said:

Well I think travelling there is only gonna get worse as it gets more popular, they'll have to move it eventually as it grows i'd have thought.

No offence but am I the only person who thinks the idea of moving the festival because it's tricky to get to is funny? I mean I've not been yet but I'd assume that part of the magic of the festival is the location - if you put it on Capham Common so it's easier to get to it wouldn't quite be the same, would it? You wouldn't suggest moving the Isle of Wight Festival, would you?

rave machine, on 16 September 2010 - 12:41 AM, said:

My only problems were how ridiculously crowded it was, I just felt like human traffic at night. Also drinks were a bloody rip off!

Is there any ale?

[rave machine]

Mackem, on 16 September 2010 - 10:05 AM, said:

No offence but am I the only person who thinks the idea of moving the festival because it's tricky to get to is funny? I mean I've not been yet but I'd assume that part of the magic of the festival is the location - if you put it on Capham Common so it's easier to get to it wouldn't quite be the same, would it? You wouldn't suggest moving the Isle of Wight Festival, would you?

If you're suggesting Bestival gains anything from being on the IoW then I can't agree, the only difference is that there is a stretch of water between it. There are plenty of places in the mainland countryside which are just as nice!

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Is there any ale?

There may have been but getting anywhere was a trek so it was easier just to stick to the illegal drugs!

[kerplunk]

Bestival review:

http://www.efestival...0/reviews.shtml

and a sackful of pics...

http://www.efestival...galleries.shtml

[kerplunk]

eFestivals, on 15 September 2010 - 12:52 PM, said:

The ferry will shaft you for as much as they possibly can.

I made a late booking (on the Thursday or Friday) to go out from Soton to East Cowes on Sat lunchtime and back 8:30pm Sunday, and it cost about £55 going out and £30 coming back (for a car + 2 adults).

If I'd have wanted to go on Thursday or Friday and come back Monday, it would have been double that, with crap availability of sailings.

The best timed sailings get booked up early, meaning that only crap timings might be available - the guy who's been covering bestival for a number of years for efests has come back on a 7:30pm or 8:30pm Monday sailing as that's the earliest he's been able to get. Which means a day stuck on the island, a pain if your time is valuable to you.

I'd guess the site is around 10 or 15 miles from Cowes (just about right in the middle of the island), it's not a big drive.

7.30pm wasn't the earliest I could get but it was one of the cheaper crossings. I booked a couple of months ago and could have booked an early morning job for the same price (in fact I did at first - 7.30am - but then decided I didn't want that crimp on my Sunday night shenanigins so changed it for a late one! ). Cost was £78 return this year so still not cheap but I pad more last year (20% off this year if you used the bestival code..)

[kerplunk]

rave machine, on 16 September 2010 - 12:41 AM, said:

Well I think travelling there is only gonna get worse as it gets more popular, they'll have to move it eventually as it grows i'd have thought.

This was my first year too and it was the best festival i've been to. My only problems were how ridiculously crowded it was, I just felt like human traffic at night. Also drinks were a bloody rip off!

I thought it was overcrowded this year tbh. If the site isn't at capacity now then the transport systems (ferrys, roads buses etc) surely are so I don't think it can get any bigger now. They're in danger of diminishing returns due to the amount of people put off by the hassle getting on/off the island. The bulk of the crowds are usually shipped out by Monday evening but this year it took me 2 hours to drive the 4 miles from Newport to East Cowes, missed my ferry and only managed to get on the next one as a 'stand-by' presumably because the some of the folk booked on that one were still stuck in the queue behind me!

[kerplunk]

Mackem, on 16 September 2010 - 10:05 AM, said:

Is there any ale?

Yes, two - Betivale (4%) and Wight Knight (4.5%) both £3.90/pt. Not available at all bars so not always easy to hand, though more available than previous years when it was only one bar on site selling it (and it didn't run out - hurrah!)

[Mackem]

kerplunk, on 16 September 2010 - 05:46 PM, said:

Yes, two - Bestivale (4%) and Wight Knight (4.5%) both £3.90/pt. Not available at all bars so not always easy to hand, though more available than previous years when it was only one bar on site selling it (and it didn't run out - hurrah!)

Well better than Tuborg then, at least  

[buffystar]

2011 early bird tickets on sale now get them now before VAT raise later this year

[Paul ™]

Few videos

[Paul ™]

Bestival TV specials (all Channel 4)

Tuesday 19th October 12.30am - Hot Chip
Tuesday 26th October 12.30am - Flaming Lips
Monday 1st November 11.45am - Dizzee Rascal
Friday 5th November 12.30am - Ellie Goulding

[Hdtrower]

Hello there, my name is Harriet Trower and I'm a third year student at the University of Leeds studying Human Geography, for my dissertation this year I am researching into sustainable music festivals with Bestival being my main case study.

Anyone who attended THE YEAR OF THE FANTASTIC could you please spare a few minutes to fill in my dissertation survey. Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much!



http://www.smart-sur...sp?i=27415rqddn

[Paul ™]

Done

good luck

x

[Joe-]

Think a Bestival 2011 thread must be made  

[FunkyDenz]

Hdtrower, on 21 October 2010 - 05:01 PM, said:

Hello there, my name is Harriet Trower and I'm a third year student at the University of Leeds studying Human Geography, for my dissertation this year I am researching into sustainable music festivals with Bestival being my main case study.

Anyone who attended THE YEAR OF THE FANTASTIC could you please spare a few minutes to fill in my dissertation survey. Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much!



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There is no comments section on your survey.
For example, reason why it took me 11+ hours to get to festival from my door, was that I went to work, then to the IoW, camped overnight then went to the festival the next morning. Similarly it took 11+ hours to get home, because I went from festival to B&B for 2 nights to ferry to home.

Q19 - Food Stalls should use re-usable crockery and cutlery instead of disposables, for a small deposit. (£2)
Some of the stalls already do this with coffee mugs, and it works well for them. My main concern is that people wouldn't care about the £2 deposit. I base this on having seen the amount of litter generated, including the huge numbers of tents just abandoned, or unpegged and left to blow away in the wind. People were effectively throwing money away. This could generate more waste, not less.

21)    I would be happy to put down a small deposit of around £2 on reusable beer cups.
I think £2 would be excessive for a deposit, especially as the beer cups are often cheap and crack. £4 a pint was already too expensive for a lot of people.

22)    I separated my rubbish at Bestival into Plastic Bottles, Cans, Paper and Cardboard and General Waste.
Although I wanted to do this, it was hard to find the recycling bins, especially in camping areas. In the end I often gave up looking, putting things in the main bin. This was better than what most of the people I was camping near did, which was to leave things where they fell.

Hope these comments help.