85 replies to this topic

[Spliffman]

Why not charge people more to come in on the Wednesday?

e.g.   £250=Wed.
        £200=Thur.
        £150=Fri.

I think that this would work, what about you?

[Ashaz42]

Spliffman, on Feb 28 2010, 02:34 PM, said:

Why not charge people more to come in on the Wednesday?

e.g.   £250=Wed.
        £200=Thur.
        £150=Fri.

I think that this would work, what about you?

What?! No! Absolutely not. That's a ridiculous idea. How about the same prices for everybody? That works.

[ben dover]

SSSSSHHHHHHH!

You mean reward those who come later

i.e.


Wednesday - £185
Thursday - £165
Friday - £155

[Ashaz42]

ben dover, on Feb 28 2010, 02:44 PM, said:

SSSSSHHHHHHH!

You mean reward those who come later

i.e.


Wednesday - £185
Thursday - £165
Friday - £155

This idea I could get my head around no problem.

[crimsonking]

Spliffman, on Feb 28 2010, 02:34 PM, said:

Why not charge people more to come in on the Wednesday?

e.g.   £250=Wed.
        £200=Thur.
        £150=Fri.

I think that this would work, what about you?

The popuation equivalent of a medium size town is descending on a few small fields, there will be traffic jams, get yourself  few good CD's and get over it!

[BlackHole2006]

That's the worst idea I have ever heard. Congrats.

[jamiejc]

Spliffman, on Feb 28 2010, 02:34 PM, said:

Why not charge people more to come in on the Wednesday?

e.g.   £250=Wed.
        £200=Thur.
        £150=Fri.

I think that this would work, what about you?

No No No. Get it?

[dan05delaney]

erm.... no, is this officially one of the most stupid posts going??

[BlackHole2006]

Of all the terrible ideas in the world this one has to be the most heartbreaking.

[alframsey]

OK, calm down......get off the lads back!!! It's only an idea, a suggestion...

[BlackHole2006]

alframsey, on Feb 28 2010, 03:41 PM, said:

OK, calm down......get off the lads back!!! It's only an idea, a suggestion...

Who would even suggest something such preposterous!  

[Laura_Babs]

Well I'm not sure if it is a good idea or not. But I would find the money to come early, as I think many others also would because it is about being their for the whole festival for me. I can imagine it would be good e.g. for teachers who can't come on the weekdays!

[BlackHole2006]

Laura_Babs, on Feb 28 2010, 03:50 PM, said:

Well I'm not sure if it is a good idea or not. But I would find the money to come early, as I think many others also would because it is about being their for the whole festival for me. I can imagine it would be good e.g. for teachers who can't come on the weekdays!

It's a crap idea. I am deeply offended by anyone who reckons it's a good idea.

[Spliffman]

It use to be that you could turn up at Glastonbury on friday morning, park up and get set up with very little fuss
   then as the festival grew year on year, you had to turn up on thursday. Then wednesday. Now tuesday...... all this has been allowed to ease all the congestion that so many people can cause by arriving all at once.
  you can not keep opening earlier and earlier.
  
  So if traffic continues to cause problems, what you gonna do?
  Limit the number turning up on any given day!
  How? Stagged entry!

[Laura_Babs]

BlackHole2006, on Feb 28 2010, 03:51 PM, said:

It's a crap idea. I am deeply offended by anyone who reckons it's a good idea.

Well I wouldn't go so far to say I'm offended by it but then it takes a lot to offend me and someone suggesting an alternative payment structure for Glastonbury whether I agree with it or not would be very far away from offending me!

[Laura_Babs]

Spliffman, on Feb 28 2010, 04:12 PM, said:

It use to be that you could turn up at Glastonbury on friday morning, park up and get set up with very little fuss
   then as the festival grew year on year, you had to turn up on thursday. Then wednesday. Now tuesday...... all this has been allowed to ease all the congestion that so many people can cause by arriving all at once.
  you can not keep opening earlier and earlier.
  
  So if traffic continues to cause problems, what you gonna do?
  Limit the number turning up on any given day!
  How? Stagged entry!

In all honesty I don't see the congestion as that much of a problem. Yes it is busy but in general any big event tends to mean that the roads near by will be busy. It is a moment in time - a period of a few days. Does it really matter?

I think a far better idea to ease congestion would be to make it logistically easier to use public transport. Give people a reason to use it. Make it a reasonable price. Put on more of it. But then it would probably require subsidies and I don't think that the congestion is enough of an issue to warrant that kind of investment.

[BlackHole2006]

I don't think I can get over this idea tbh.

[Spliffman]

BlackHole2006, on Feb 28 2010, 04:21 PM, said:

I don't think I can get over this idea tbh.

Why?  It's not Rocket Science!

[grrrraeme]

Spliffman, on Feb 28 2010, 02:34 PM, said:

Why not charge people more to come in on the Wednesday?

e.g.   £250=Wed.
        £200=Thur.
        £150=Fri.

I think that this would work, what about you?

This is so funny - ha ha ha - obviously this idea came to you after spliffing a little too much?

[LondonTom]

It sounds like a good idea but its remarkably unfair, given the ethos of the festival its like saying the richer you are the more you can enjoy. The way it is now apart from hospitality everyone is pretty much the same, which is the way it should be. (Obviously outside of this there are other limiting factors) and if the price increase is only minor and not prohibitively expensive then it won't cut down enough anyway.

The only real way to cut congestion is as mentioned before and countless other options is to make public transport the number 1 way to travel.