glasses bottles at the gates?

[scho]

do they take em off you completely or do you get the chance to put them into plastic bottles?

[StoneCircle]

do they take em off you completely or do you get the chance to put them into plastic bottles?

[precious_lillywhite]

Just don't take them in the first place then it won't matter

[scho]

yeah just wanted to open my spirits when i get there, but dont wanna risk it so will bring in bottles.

[posthuman]

You will be given the opportunity to decant anything in a glass bottle... but you will be responsible for finding something to decant it into.

[kaizr]

They quite rightly take them off you, some may give you the chance to decant into a plastic bottle if you have one, don't expect the guys on the gate to provide them.

However please don't attempt to bring in any glass, it pointless, stupid and selfish. :angry:

[cejx]

Bit harsh mate. But yeah it's common sense to not take glass in (but the poster may not have been to a festival before).

What I don't understand is, they won't let you take in glass but it's fine to start fires!

Edited June 18, 2011 by cejx

[Revol]

Don't risk it the security on the gates - they are very strict.Be on the safe side and put everything into plastic bottles - besides it will lighten your load.

[Bisque]

They quite rightly take them off you

[LostRiot]

However please don't attempt to bring in any glass, it pointless, stupid and selfish. :angry:

[StoneCircle]

Or just ill informed.

Not everyone who breaks the rules is actually trying to break the rules, its an easy mistake to make.

[StoneCircle]

Bit harsh mate. But yeah it's common sense to not take glass in (but the poster may not have been to a festival before).

[cejx]

Nothing harsh at all in my reply, the OP knows not to take glass and is asking what will happen if caught.

PS Why refer to me as mate?

[LostRiot]

If some asks 'Do they take them off you?' I see that as trying to breaks the rules - don't you?

[fuzzylogic]

What happens to all the glass bottles of booze? I'd hate to see them all go to waste. Do the stewards get to keep the contents and have a big party with the contraband?

[kaizr]

Nothing harsh at all in my reply, the OP knows not to take glass and is asking what will happen if caught.

PS Why refer to me as mate?

[DeadAmos]

Do they not sometimes search cars at the entry to the car parks as well

I know they do campervans

[Bisque]

What happens to all the glass bottles of booze? I'd hate to see them all go to waste. Do the stewards get to keep the contents and have a big party with the contraband?

[cejx]

Do they not sometimes search cars at the entry to the car parks as well

I know they do campervans

[Lilmiz]

But if you weren't searched what were you planning on doing with the glass once in the festival? Opened spirits don't spoil so it won't make a difference putting them in a plastic bottle at home or at the security gate, best off just decanting into mineral water bottles before heading off.

[wilko8]

At V festival they have stalls at the entry where you can donate £1 to wateraid and get a plastic bottle to decant your spirits into. Very good idea IMO.

[ukslim]

Pop bottles feel a bit more sturdy than water bottles.

To be fair, my first couple of Glastos, I willfully ignored the no-glass rule, on the grounds that I wouldn't break the bottle so it would do no harm. And indeed, that turned out to be the case.

But if 10,000 of us bring bottles, and 1% smash theirs by accident, that's still 100 broken bottles that cows can hurt themselves on, and decanting is so easy.

I'm decanting a nice bottle of Jura into an empty Sainsbury's Basics lemonade bottle tonight...

[jamms]

do they take em off you completely or do you get the chance to put them into plastic bottles?