Is it as special after the first time?

[Douzeper]

Enjoy it everytime I go, the only time I didn't have such a good time was when I brought friends who were not happy being there. They hated it and dragged me down as I was constantly trying to keep them happy. Gladly they had enough and left on the Saturday, leaving me to have a great time. That was 2007, perhaps they didnt like getting wet.

Not really spoke to them much since, think they blame me for taking them to a festival when they could of went to Spain! |TOUGH

[Steve P]

I went in 2000 for the first time and it was also my first festival. Although I enjoyed it I didn't really appreciate it. When I went back with a different group of mates in 2004 my eyes were truely opened to the awesomeness of it all. Since then I've adored every one, in fact I get more excited in the build up every year now. Having missed out last year due to the arrival of our daughter, I'd struggle to put into words how excited I am about going back this year

In short - yes it's still special!

[Deepsky]

It's what you make of it tbh.

Personally it turns me into a little kid waiting for christmas... I just can't wait for it to come and it's all i ever think about, talk about, dream about....

Even though i sort of know what to expect by now it's never the same. its always a different adventure.

[Goblinz]

Tis always special. This year will be my 8th and there's still stuff on site that i haven't seen or spent much time in. I really need to check out the circus, caberet and comedy stuff this time round.

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[Katster]

I was blown away last year at my first Glasto and while I'm giddy with excitement this time round, I can't help thinking it may not compare.

Some on here who have been a few times seem quite "meh" about it sometimes as if it's become routine and others have claimed to "done with it" and talking about being off to new pastures.

Can it be as special after the first, mind-blowing experience or am I creating an unreal expectation that will leave me feeling let down?

[Katster]

Enjoy it everytime I go, the only time I didn't have such a good time was when I brought friends who were not happy being there. They hated it and dragged me down as I was constantly trying to keep them happy. Gladly they had enough and left on the Saturday, leaving me to have a great time. That was 2007, perhaps they didnt like getting wet.

Not really spoke to them much since, think they blame me for taking them to a festival when they could of went to Spain! |TOUGH

[sifi]

The first time is always a bit of a mess, to be honest. You are too excitable to be enjoying it properly, and it's always over too quickly. The second time, it gets better especially if you are doing it with the same person - people! - you did it with before. Thereafter you start to branch out and do things there you didn't do before, trying more exotic stuff. I suspect Katsters only repriotised because she not as adventurous ; she's got certain limits. That's not to say she's stuffy or anything mind.

[ukslim]

Tis always special. This year will be my 8th and there's still stuff on site that i haven't seen or spent much time in. I really need to check out the circus, caberet and comedy stuff this time round.

[Sam Crawley]

First year is incredible. I think subsequent years you calm down a bit and enjoy the festival in a different way. You'll never forget the first though

[Breeze]

Is anything as special after the first time?

[IamChappu]

Been going most years since 1995. The 1st time there is something quite remarkable but each year it is as special as the year before but in different ways.

It's not perfect & there are times when I get a little fed up (more due to me than the place though!) but then every year I spend the months leading up to it obsessed with Glastonbury & always make my husband detour past the site on the Tuesday so I can jump up & down excitedly like a kid at Christmas at the sight of it!

[disasterplan]

I'm gonna build a bit on the relationship analogy - it's a bit like your sex life.

The first time it's equal parts terrifying and exciting.

Once you start doing it more regularly you start to know what you're doing - what you like and what works for you. You then look back at your first time and laugh at how ridiculous you were, with the benefit of hindsight.

Once you've been enough to call yourself a regular or a veteran, it's not as fresh or as overwhelming as it once was and you might have to try some new things to keep it exciting. But it's still as good as it ever was.

I think I prefer Glastonbury to sex, now that I think of it in those terms...

[shiveringsky]

I think I prefer Glastonbury to sex, now that I think of it in those terms...

[disasterplan]

But a combination can be best... unless you're in the next tent.

[Miesh]

I am almost crying reading about some of you crying! I just love all this excitement and build up.

My first year (2000) was mind blowing - I didn't really think much about it before we went (too busy finishing uni), and I went with a massive group. I was slightly more carefree/reckless then.

The other two since were calmer for me but still filled with lots of wow moments and incredible feelings.

Such as (2004) seeing my boyfriend finally understand what I had been going on about - as he went mental to faithless.

2007 and that mud was hard going sometimes, but the sun did shine sometimes(Marley brothers) and a marriage proposal at the stone circle at dawn was incredible.

Each and every Glastonbury is amazing, and special. I think that 2010 will be the best ever cause the others are treasured memories but this one hasn't happened yet.

That feeling, when you arrive and you get inside the fence, its being in another world and everything else fades away.

I so can't wait xx

[Mardy]

Got be honest, I can't remember that much about my first time (93), it's better now then then, I appreciate it more, back then, i just got f**ked up for 5 days solid, which was pretty much how I spent the rest of the year at that time in my life

I went for 3 consecutive years 93-95, then had a massive break till 2007. Coming back after a 12 year break was f**king brilliabt. I got there and thought, yeah, this has been missing from my life. Not ashamed to say I got a little bit emotional.

[4AssedMonkey]

The one time I've combined the two it was terrible. Found out afterwards it was her first time. It was awkward, smelly, dirty and I ended up cutting my losses after about 10 minutes. This was 2004, just after Sir Paul had done Hey Jude etc.

[Alzeefest]

Second time was defo the best, but I had become single about 6 months earlier so i had no one to answer to just went mental for 5 days, rrrr happy blurry hazey days!!!!

[Richk109]

Last time I went was 1992.

Returning after 18 years and I imagine Im going to be blown away.

Im older , no wiser and possibly on the verge of a midlife crisis !

Bring it on !

[Yokel Again]

It will be different, no doubt, but can be equal in its amazingness. I enjoyed last year (my 8th) more than any since my 1st, and there have been some great ones in between - all for different reasons.

Nothing can beat it.

[Jimages]

I think you dont get to see nearly as much as you want to on your first visit, so i dont think it gets any less special

[G1T]

This'll be something like my 13th I think, and I'm more excited about it than I was about my first or second festivals. That said, those two were the mud years of 97 and 98, so I did have to work at loving the festival for a while.

One thing I've noticed is that people who've been a lot often end up working there some how, kinda like moving from a 5 day fling into a more committed relationship with the place, if that's not stretching an analogy too far.

I'm not sure I'd much enjoy going as a punter any more, but I'm stupidly excited about getting stuck into this year's festival and meeting tons more awesome people.

[Sipperana]

I think it gets better, as you discover more of the things that you almost certainly don't get around to on your first visit, which is usually more or less dominated by the big stages. I find each time I go I'm less about the big acts and more about enjoying little random things.

[disasterplan]

You popped someone's cherry at a festival? Bet that took some wet wipes to clean up!

Edited May 20, 2010 by disasterplan

[kezffc]

My first time went way to quickly, I was nervous and really not sure what I was doing, I think the person I was with was very dissatisfied by it all. Second time around I felt so much for confident and new where everything was,lt was a far more satisfying experience, can't wait to come again this year