Monday Queueing?

[xini]

Hiya peoples

I'm trying to be greener this year and getting the coach.

It'll leave the festie at 7.30am on the Monday. Does anyone know what the queues are like on an early Monday morning?

Should I aim for more 5ish or 7ish?

Much appreciated

[nina3d]

Hi Xini,

I did the coach last year, and after hearing stories about people queuing for hours for their coaches, I went up for about 6:30am for my 9am coach!! (mainly cos I needed to be back in London earlier than previously planned) - but they were doing a new system with different queues for different ticket times - so regardless how early you turned up, if you had a 7:30 ticket you were put in the 7:30 queue, if you had a 9am ticket you were put in the 9am queue. And the coaches seemed to be leaving pretty much on time.

[HurrahBrother]

Going on last year, a lot more organized (and civilized) than the traditional free for all scramble. If it a specific booked time of coach they will have a dedicated fenced off area for each coach leaving at that time for that destination. One of the stewards should point the right place and there is usually someone shouting as each one is set up.

[belthazor]

i got the 7:30am coach last year and the queues were quite small most people were still asleep. i have had bad experiences queing for the coach at later times at past festivals, compared to them last year was a breeze

[pootle77]

Not sure if the posts above are talking about the See coaches or National Express. I have been with National Express for the past 3 years and will be going with them again this year. We've basically turned up about 30-40 mins before departure (our bus last year left at 8.45am) and not had to wait long before getting on the coach. From what I gather, See coaches were a lot more complicated.

Edited June 14, 2010 by pootle77

[bigtitt]

Hi Xini,

I did the coach last year, and after hearing stories about people queuing for hours for their coaches, I went up for about 6:30am for my 9am coach!! (mainly cos I needed to be back in London earlier than previously planned) - but they were doing a new system with different queues for different ticket times - so regardless how early you turned up, if you had a 7:30 ticket you were put in the 7:30 queue, if you had a 9am ticket you were put in the 9am queue. And the coaches seemed to be leaving pretty much on time.