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[pea tear griffin]

1) camping chairs restricted to behind the sound desk at pyramid and must be folded up when not in use.
2) brothers bar at the park
3) additional cost (£20) for wednesday entry to control numbers
4) more stewards controlling the queues to get in
5) more water taps

[LondonTom]

ThomThomDrum, on 06 July 2011 - 02:04 PM, said:

They dont bother me in the slightest. I can see the screens and hear the tunes. No biggy. Even when at gigs with little or no flags I am drawn to the screens, especially if not near the front........

Funny during u2 I was further back than I normally go and the flags alot of the time were in the way of the screens to...

[Breeze]

Steve P, on 30 June 2011 - 11:58 AM, said:

Personally i'd love to see the old cinema field come back. I always enjoyed sitting out and watching a film. Pretty sure a lot of the busiest areas at night would quieten down a fair bit if it was put back in place, as it could take a lot of people. The fact that you have to queue up and often not get in now to the tent has stopped me even trying to go.

Totally agree - don't often get to watch a film under the stars - back when the fest was quite quiet with little on Wed/Thu this was a Thursday night ritual for me - to watch at least a bit of a film.

[ovy]

Even though Queens of the Stoneage were loud as hell, I was pissed at the noisebleed from The Glade towards t'Other Stage.
That needs sorting.  Perhaps by a huge wall, or a curtain made of some sort of space age material which could absorb the...............zzzz

[Yesiamaduck]

My choice of getting rid of or moving special guest slots from the park isn't here

[Buzlightyear]

swede, on 06 July 2011 - 01:34 PM, said:

Its not on the list but they should do something about the family camping so there is more space near the kidz field. We took our kids, aged 2 and 4, to their first glasto this year, plus my in-laws who are both in their late 50's, also thier first, and once we got in at gate C the family camping near there was full. We then had to get our stuff across to Wicket ground to camp up. It took me and my father-in-law 2  roundtrips (a total of 10 hours) over two days to get our stuff to camp, plus the return trip on the Sunday. It didnt bother me but it really got to my father-in-law, who has said he hated the whole experience as he needs to go for an operation on his shoulder due to injuring it.

If the family camping was all in one place it would have meant an extra 10+ hours of time with my kids and easier access to the kidz field.

IMO there should be a section on the registration or ticket payment where you allocate how many children under 12 you are bringing, that way if they could suitably rearrange things they could allocate you a specific gate within decent distance of your allocated family camping area.

I first used family camping in 1998 and have camped there every year since with our son and now daughter. Each year this has become busier, this is due to more families, people with families and friends but also lots of none family camping too... There were lots of people in there without kids or camping inva party with children... This is ok, but what is annoying is how close together the tents are, there is no way you could get a buggy through the mass of tents - you could pre-super fence, and I have photos from 2003 showing lots of space. Plus since the tents are so close together the potential fire hazard is huge... Additionally the area/field size is reduced by a recycling centre and crew camping... I also remember one year the campsite crew vetting people who wanted to camp there, stopping none family related camping....
I think all families, those who want to that is, have access to a camping area near to the kids field... Plus a car park next door to the field.... Well that is probably asking too much. My main concern was how awkward it was for those with buggies to get through the tents, the fire hazard and those without kids or within a group with kids....

[Gnomicide]

happinessisawarmgun, on 06 July 2011 - 02:00 PM, said:

Am I the only one who doesn't get annoyed by flags?

They have their moments...

[Shutty]

I have no problem with chairs in front of stages but if you want to or need to use a chair then make sure you get to the performers you want to see well ahead of their start time and for headliners I'm probably talking a couple of artists earlier.
We'd stood and waited most of Friday knowing that to get a decent spot for U2 we'd have to commit to the Pyramid well in advance...  U2 come out and right on cue someone barges through my group and unfolds camping chairs right in front of us where there was obviously no space for them, I highlighted my feelings on these actions to him in the succinct way that a day on festival strength Brothers would deliver.
Now am I being unreasonable?  I think not.  I was told him and his group "so much for the Glastonbury spirit", does the 'Glastonbury spirit' involve on their part forsaking common consideration for others?
Rant over!

[cejx]

Couldn't choose one thing!

Less people Its fine
Lower urinal Lower loo seats for ladies hovering!
Alleviate Gate D queue Sort C queue out too.
Screens at The Park no
MORE entertainment on Wed/Thur deffo not.  
LESS entertainment on Wed/Thu deffo.  Bring it back to being a 3 day festival with wed and thurs making your own entertainment
Rearrange late night areas rearrange many areas.  Noise between other stage and Glade is a nightmare.  More non 'dance' on after hours.  Somehow split the late night, but there is licensing issues with after hours stuff being so close to Pilton.  No idea what the solution is, but it certainly can't continue.  The one way system was an idea, but not necessarily a successful one.  
Wider walkways not needed
Better Caravan/campervan facilities dunno!
More attention to green/alternative issues Absolutely.  Bring the festival back to being not only about 3 headliners and getting twatted.   The green message should be HUGE and glastonbury, is slowly disregarding its ethics, its in danger of turning even more into a Reading/V.  Emily needs to bring things back.
Licence to punch anyone who shouts "ALAN" And license to string anyone up who leaves the silver balloon canisters everywhere
Better security Never had an issue.
Nothing - its perfect the way it is far from perfect, but there's nowhere else I'd rather be.

[sifi]

What if someone is legitimately looking someone called Alan?

[Spindles]

**claire**, on 30 June 2011 - 12:07 PM, said:

I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who doesn't find the Alan thing funny...  

It's not just that it's not funny, it's that it's old, wasn't really funny in the first place and is just an example of the kind of thing that used to happen randomly at a festival but now everybody does because they saw it on youtube and think they are hysterical.

I voted for screens at the park, with repeater speakers for the hill please.  It's a sweet place to chill, that isn't the stone circle, isn't anywhere at the festival and it managed to attract steady numbers all week, I spent a couple of happy afternoons chilling there, screens and repeaters at the base of the hill would be great, doesn't need to be too loud, but it's a great place to just park your arse, the view is the best in the place and a screen would be the perfect finishing touch for an area of the festival that I really enjoy.