Rock am Ring 2009

[JoshBosh]

as far as i remember there are no weight restrictions on eurostar for luggage

[jimbot272]

as far as i remember there are no weight restrictions on eurostar for luggage

[Azzabaijan]

That's pretty cool. How long does the train ride take?

[Chris12345]

Its 5 hours to Koln from London. And then you catch a connecting train to Koblenz which is about an hour.

[doyley]

Can't find the link to the english section - or at least I can't understand it if it is there!

thx for the help

;-)

http://www.ringrocker.com/modules.php?op=m...d+Questions#104

[Azzabaijan]

How much would that cost? It beats flying by a long way! Nice and relaxing as opposed to the mentalness that is Stansted+Ryanair (but then it is cheap)

Edited February 19, 2009 by Azzabaijan

[jimbot272]

If you book ahead, should come to just over £100. Including the extra trip in Germany. Problem is Eurostar aren't booking that far in advance for Koln.

But yes really does beat Ryanair. Plus the cost is pretty good if you consider the extra cost of getting to and from both airports.

[Azzabaijan]

I'd definintely consider it Iif I was travelling from the U.K. Coming from Ireland Ryanair is the best option. I got a return flight from Dublin for 20 euro, Wed 3rd - Tues 9th

[evilhasnever]

I just bought ryan air flights to london and they convienately added 20quid for using a Credit Card.

Thanks for the tip bout the vouchers....

And cool advice about the train..... i flew to hahn last year for RAR and got charged 48 quid for being 4 kgs over baggage..... its hard though trying to carry tents and what not!

Well going to look into the train, i wanna take a bit of a carryout over.... i cant drink beer all the time! ceeder would go down nice and easy

[jimbot272]

I'm seriously getting excited for Rock am Ring. First time so just can't wait for June to come around.

[Azzabaijan]

I just bought ryan air flights to london and they convienately added 20quid for using a Credit Card.

Thanks for the tip bout the vouchers....

And cool advice about the train..... i flew to hahn last year for RAR and got charged 48 quid for being 4 kgs over baggage..... its hard though trying to carry tents and what not!

Well going to look into the train, i wanna take a bit of a carryout over.... i cant drink beer all the time! ceeder would go down nice and easy

[JoshBosh]

For me a road trip is the way to go. You can take more with you, share the driving if wanted.... or just have some stupid sod like me willing to drive the whole way so others can drink.

[alexmole]

For me a road trip is the way to go. You can take more with you, share the driving if wanted.... or just have some stupid sod like me willing to drive the whole way so others can drink.

[Superdan]

Haha, that sounds brilliant! I fly into Nice the day before the GP, so i'll be there with ya!

[Noodelicious1]

I know I may be sort of repeating myself here but... Having our backpacking backpacks in our tents... Will this be a security issue? I'm really afraid to get robbed of all my stuff. Do people break into tents often? It's not like they really have much security to them (the tents)...

I'm thinking about storing our things somewhere in Korblenz but am a little worried that the options may be limited due to the large number of people going through the area...

Help?

[Squig]

There are repeatedly reports of theft at RaR, even though I personally never witnessed anything. As a general rule, don't have a wallet full of credit cards, cameras, passports and MP3 players flying around in the tent, then you should be fine. And don't put a lock at it, that only increases the risk of something being stolen.

It is vital to become friends with the groups camping around you, so they have an eye on your tent as well. Maybe after day one they even let you put your belongings into a car of theirs, for the payment of some beers or so. As I said, with keeping those precautions at mind, nothing happened to me, and I have been 3 times.

[jimbot272]

In my experience of festivals it's good practice to put a lock on your tent, just lock the zips together with a suitcase style pad lock. If a theif is wandering around a camp site he/she will have literally thousands of options and will probably go for a tent that does not have a lock on it before one that has. My tent has inner rooms and we put locks on them aswell. The important thing is to not make it blatently obvious that you are locking your tent, do it covertly and try to hide the lock from view if possible. If you do that you can head off for the day with little worry (not that you should be worried if you dont have a lock on your tent - in general thefts from tents are rare at these type of events. Just be smart and dont leave your tent wide open.)

Edited February 20, 2009 by jimbot272

[Azzabaijan]

For me a road trip is the way to go. You can take more with you, share the driving if wanted.... or just have some stupid sod like me willing to drive the whole way so others can drink.

[Squig]

carsharing. Last year we even rented a car.

re locks: I think a thief would figure that you wouldn't lock your tent unless you had something valuable in it. I just leave my tent a mess, and don't leave anything of value in it. Usually works. But then again our group was 50+ people last year with a wast variance of music tastes, so there was always somebody to watch our tents.

[Azzabaijan]

carsharing. Last year we even rented a car.

Edited February 20, 2009 by Azzabaijan

[mt96djc]

I want some more bands announced godammit! I wish more festivals announced bands like download - just throwing a couple of names out there every few days.

[Azzabaijan]

I want some more bands announced godammit! I wish more festivals announced bands like download - just throwing a couple of names out there every few days.

[mt96djc]

I've got my ticket I just want to know more bands that are playing so I can put some CDs together for the Road Trip!

I also want to know if one band in particular are playing but I fear I won't know for sure anytime soon...

[Azzabaijan]

I've got my ticket I just want to know more bands that are playing so I can put some CDs together for the Road Trip!

I also want to know if one band in particular are playing but I fear I won't know for sure anytime soon...

[Squig]

Wacken is the ultimate 'we throw bands out as soon as we have them' festival. And, if you like metal, it's the best big festival in Germany hands down.