Benicassim essentials!

[Dellbhoy]

Loving this thread great idea.

This will be my first year at Beni too. But we decided on a hotel in Oropesa. Does any one have any must haves, don't do's when staying that little bit away from the main area.

In my head the only problems I can think of is missing/ queing for our bus to the arena in the evening.

Also a bit concerned we might miss out on some of the shenanigans that go down in the afternoon in the camp-sites and Beni beach.

[moorz]

Cheers for the info, can't wait now, although i'm kinda dreading camping in that heat, will have to keep myself well hydrated with beer and JD!!

[sproston_greeen]

this is a must......get yourself to the silent disco!!!

for everyone who's getting a cool box, they sell bags of ice at the campsite bar, saves you lugging ice all the way from the supermarkets. and it's always a good idea to keep a bottle of water in it overnight to have a cold drink in the morning

[dande]

Silent disco is great fun.

Also that little pool in the red bull area is cool - well early evening it's cool - late evening it's usually full of people wrestling in there, and the water is minging.

When eating the pizza's from the tent on the campsite - be careful not to lose the top of the inside of your mouth, as the Pizza's are always 1,000,000,001 degrees.

[sproston_greeen]

Silent disco is great fun.

Also that little pool in the red bull area is cool - well early evening it's cool - late evening it's usually full of people wrestling in there, and the water is minging.

When eating the pizza's from the tent on the campsite - be careful not to lose the top of the inside of your mouth, as the Pizza's are always 1,000,000,001 degrees.

[stubbs]

this is a must......get yourself to the silent disco!!!

for everyone who's getting a cool box, they sell bags of ice at the campsite bar, saves you lugging ice all the way from the supermarkets. and it's always a good idea to keep a bottle of water in it overnight to have a cold drink in the morning

[LickleMissDiva]

Hello all...... not long now, im so excited.

As i am a first timer i wondered where the silent disco is and also any other things or places to go to that you can think of???

Thanks

[olly236]

Hello all...... not long now, im so excited.

As i am a first timer i wondered where the silent disco is and also any other things or places to go to that you can think of???

Thanks

[vintage]

top thread.. some great info first timer here.. we'r stopping a couple of days either side of the festval, how much spending money do you think is required? will 500 pound be enough? also what are the prices like for alcohol etc in the festival? thanks

[Jambo234]

Overall, including travel in Spain I reckon I'm spending about 400.

50 quid: Barca to Beni / vice-versa train

150: Alcohol (100 out of arena/ 50 in)

100: Food

100: Night out in Barca/ possible extras

I'm curbing some of the costs by bringing breakfast bars/small meals like cereals. Other festivals I've gone to I've just spent a fortune on overpriced meals at stools.

I hope I'm not bringing too little but it's just about as much as I can bring!

[olly236]

500 will be plenty, i spent 500 last year and spent way too much on drink in the arena, and wont be doing that this year. food from supermarket is cheap, i remember eating peanut butter sandwiches and massive bags of cheetos every day and it kept me going fine!

[LandanTan]

How much is entrance to the water park? And does it get busy? Like do you have to que up for the shoots etc? I've been told about it, good place to get shade and a shower and a sunbed to lie on, but is it really worth it?

[sproston_greeen]

How much is entrance to the water park? And does it get busy? Like do you have to que up for the shoots etc? I've been told about it, good place to get shade and a shower and a sunbed to lie on, but is it really worth it?

[moorz]

Does anyone know if you can get anything that would help reflect the sun from your tent!? Would one of the things they put on the windscreen of cars over there maybe help or would it just get nicked!??

And how's the beach for grabbing a bit of shade and catching up on some zzz's, would you have to get there early to get a good spot. Wouldn't pay for the waterpark everyday.

Also, is there much to do during the day or is that strictly for recovery from the night before!!?

[K-Rod]

Not long to go now :angry:

So i thought a wee thread for people to suggest stuff that is needed or useful to take or buy when you get there to survive camping in that heat!!

So i'll start with....

• Suggesting not too bring too many clothes, you won't need more than 1 pair of jeans, shorts and swim shorts. travelling light will help you when you've got a tent to cart through the town

• Shower at the waterpark or on the beach to beat the queues at the campsites

• If you're there early enough to buy a cool box - DO IT!

• Sleep outside on a li-lo or if you can get 2 trees, a hammock. It's too hot to sleep in the tent, use the tent for storage

So what are you bringing that you think you just can't do without?

[mileage]

Does anyone know if you can get anything that would help reflect the sun from your tent!? Would one of the things they put on the windscreen of cars over there maybe help or would it just get nicked!??

[aka-andrew]

Last year we brought a lightweight tarp, some parachute cord + few bungees to tie it to the trees with.

We could sleep off a hangover in the tent all day without being cooked in the sun!!!

A bloke in Thailand sells them on ebay, Search for: travel camping tarp

[CmdrGravy]

3 years ago there was a hardware shop on the main street which sold cord and large gauze sheets 4M x 4M which did a brilliant job fending off the worst of the sun if you string it up between the trees. It's a bit of a ball ache actually stringing it up but once you do it pays off in spades, so much cooler, so much shadier ! The 4x4 Metre one covered our 5 tents and the space in middle easily.

If the shop is still there it's towards the festival end of the main street, left hand side ( as you look toward the arena ) a bit before the Irish bar but they do seem to be on a semi permanent siesta and are open for an hour or so in the morning and then again in the late afternoon.

Edited June 30, 2009 by CmdrGravy

[st00ka]

Bongos. Everyone needs bongos. I know Captain Gravy would appreciate everyone bringing BONGOS.

[timlovatt]

What are you allowed to take in to the campsite, and what do they take off you? and how strict is it?

For example can we take in gas cannisters for camping stoves etc.?

Thanks

[sproston_greeen]

What sort of tent do people use? Is it best just to use those tiny festival tents? Can you really fit 2 people & luggage in there? Will a double airbed fit in one?

[moorz]

I've been reading up about the camping situation and am starting to realise how screwed i'm gonna be arriving on the Thursday morning and trying to get a spot. Is it really that bad??

[Jambo]

I'm not sure about all the campsites but in Bonet/Benicamp there aren't any spaces left by Tuesday morning. Don't think the others are quite as bad though

[moorz]

So is there just the 2 official campsites, Benicamp (Bonet) and CampFIB?? Or are these just the 2 most popular??

[Doohicky]

3 years ago there was a hardware shop on the main street which sold cord and large gauze sheets 4M x 4M which did a brilliant job fending off the worst of the sun if you string it up between the trees. It's a bit of a ball ache actually stringing it up but once you do it pays off in spades, so much cooler, so much shadier ! The 4x4 Metre one covered our 5 tents and the space in middle easily.

If the shop is still there it's towards the festival end of the main street, left hand side ( as you look toward the arena ) a bit before the Irish bar but they do seem to be on a semi permanent siesta and are open for an hour or so in the morning and then again in the late afternoon.