The Glastonbury 2013 Monorail

[xploit]

Just seen this advertised on Facebook - would be an amazing addition to the monorail for Glastonbury in 2013

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20120719/london-underground-tube-tent/

[markeee]

haha that's awesome..fits 72 people or sleeps 16 comfortably just LOL if you saw one slap bang in the middle of one of the camping areas

price is a bit expensive..for me at least 1999 :|

[Bathimp]

Do you think I could get into the camp van field in this?

[formed a band]

The monorail thing is an urban legend

[LondonTom]

....mind you would have to get acts early in case of delays to signal failure

The monorail thing is an urban legend

[eFestivals]

I have the beginnings of a plan for that tent. It might even be a cunning plan.

What do you reckon to the chances of getting 72 people to chip-in to buy one?

It would be £27 each at full price, tho I reckon it's possible I might be able to negotiate a significant discount.

[eFestivals]

I have the beginnings of a plan for that tent. It might even be a cunning plan.

What do you reckon to the chances of getting 72 people to chip-in to buy one?

It would be £27 each at full price, tho I reckon it's possible I might be able to negotiate a significant discount.

It's a cunning plan that the makers of the tent like - a lot.

Now all I need to find out is how their big liking translates into a discount for the tent.

[5co77ie]

I'd be up for that (ticket depending) add a soundsystem and it could be a bit of a mobile micro venue. like the portable turdis disco

[eFestivals]

a soundsystem is a great idea, but quite how it might be supported inside the train or how it might be powered (cos it'll need to be loud) are problems I can't think of a solution for right now.

[eFestivals]

if the makers say it has room for 70 people, don't you have to almost halve that to be realistic?

yeah, quite possibly.

But lets see what I might be able to do with the price before worrying too much about the details that come off the back of that price. If I could manage to wangle it for free (not impossible, hopefully) then numbers of people doesn't matter aside from the numbers who can be inside at one time - when it's full it's full.

[The Nal]

Where would you pitch that? Camperfield?

[eFestivals]

Where would you pitch that? Camperfield?

the cunning plan doesn't have it having a pitch.

[The Nal]

the cunning plan doesn't have it having a pitch.

[eFestivals]

pretty simple really. The tent gets modified so it can be erected but then picked up and carried ... so that it goes around the site as a train, with people getting on and off. The people who get on help carry it until they get off.

Edited July 20, 2012 by eFestivals

[dingbat2]

I am in, where do I send my £27 cheque to?

I am sure someone had one of these last year, it got trashed by the T in the Park crowd, then thrown against the wall of one of the buildings in Block9 and got stuck. I think its been there ever since

[Mark E. Spliff]

Good idea. I'd pay to watch it go round Glastonbury. I love caravan racing me.

[LondonTom]

pretty simple really. The tent gets modified so it can be erected but then picked up and carried ... so that it goes around the site as a train, with people getting on and off. The people who get on help carry it until they get off.

[eFestivals]

Brilliant!

i think it would look great being walked about the site, and I reckon it could perhaps have a life of it's own that lasted for the whole festival.

[Bathimp]

Will it run up and down the railway line between Steanbow and Shangri-La?

[AcademicPistol]

I bet it will be constantly delayed due to signal failures.

[eFestivals]

Will it run up and down the railway line between Steanbow and Shangri-La?

it could. It could also run scheduled services between any two points on the site. It could run a night-train from babylon up to shangri-la.

And it should of course get priority entry into Block 9.

[LondonTom]

i think it would look great being walked about the site, and I reckon it could perhaps have a life of it's own that lasted for the whole festival.

[rexclark]

Sounds like a pretty cool idea.

[K8P]

Poooob pooob all aboard mind the gap

[Ricochet]

All services on the Arcadia Line are presently suspended due to a body on the track.

Services will resume when they sober up.

Sounds like a great idea Neil.