Family Camping

[t8yman]

How much are they?

[gjammer]

What do you get for a guest bar pass?? My better half tolerates these festivals with me so might get one if good to sweeten the trip

Edited March 29, 2012 by gjammer

[t8yman]

What do you get for a guest bar pass?? My better half tolerates these festivals with me so might get one if good to sweeten the trip

[gjammer]

Just offered to buy...girlfirend doesn't want!!! Saves me £200 and I will will blend in nicely with the grubby hoi polloi!

[biffoire]

You get a cash bar to the side of the main stage with a massive picnic area and a huge fancy tent full of beanbags, settees, barstools etc, fantastic toilets, dedicated BBQ stand cooked to order, a dedicated entrance and exit to the arena (no queueing!) and a really really chilled place to hang out and watch the world go by. Bands pass through, media types sip lattes whilst writing w*nk on the MacBooks, and if you don't fancy any of the stages it's a great place to spend a coupla hours. This will be my 3rd year in there, I wouldn't go without again.

[AcademicPistol]

Just offered to buy...girlfirend doesn't want!!! Saves me £200 and I will will blend in nicely with the grubby hoi polloi!

Edited March 30, 2012 by AcademicPistol

[Old Mosher]

You get a cash bar to the side of the main stage with a massive picnic area and a huge fancy tent full of beanbags, settees, barstools etc, fantastic toilets, dedicated BBQ stand cooked to order, a dedicated entrance and exit to the arena (no queueing!) and a really really chilled place to hang out and watch the world go by. Bands pass through, media types sip lattes whilst writing w*nk on the MacBooks, and if you don't fancy any of the stages it's a great place to spend a coupla hours. This will be my 3rd year in there, I wouldn't go without again.

[devilman]

See you in the peasants sector!

[2rare2die]

£100 for admission to a bar in a field?! I'm sorry, but that just sounds crazy to me!

[kev1664]

£100 for admission to a bar in a field?! I'm sorry, but that just sounds crazy to me!

[devilman]

Yep exactly, paying that to be able to use a bar that you can use cash in? And some cleaner toilets and a place to sit. Proves people have more money than sense.

[AcademicPistol]

Agree. That's a lot of beer tokens wasted on the chance of hobnobbing with a load of up their own arse hanger onners.

[t8yman]

Yep exactly, paying that to be able to use a bar that you can use cash in? And some cleaner toilets and a place to sit. Proves people have more money than sense.

[gjammer]

I personally need somewhere to sit down for a breather every now and then as usually up on my feet early and it can be a long day!. Most places I go to have this (covered bars eg) but Sonisphere had nothing up by the main stages and it rained later on the last day (so the floor was not an option). Does Download have anywhere or are the bars total front facing with no cover as per Sonisphere (apart from th small stages of course).

[2rare2die]

Non of the bars are covered and it's miles back to the campsite, so i'd suggest a good set of waterproofs and a decent poncho if it does look like rain

[luckysalt]

Isn't there a bar in the 3rd stage?

[devilman]

Didn't go in last year but there wasn't in 2010. there's one just outside though.

[neilloggie]

there is the outside bar with seating between the 2nd and 3rd stages if the weather is good

[luckysalt]

The Oracle on Download Forums, admin, in charge on many things including tickets, and sees ticket sales and studies the pattern of sales etc, says he expects camping tickets to sell out in 2 and a half weeks.

So anyone who hasn't got a ticket yet, and wants to go. I wouldn't leave it much longer.