Gate with the shortest queue

[Avalon_Fields]

All please go for Gate E. I guarantee absolutely no queue.

I'll suffer on my own at Gate C

[incident]

All please go for Gate E. I guarantee absolutely no queue.

[Cheesey]

Problem? No. It's by design, and it's that way every year. Public Transport users get priority over people coming from the car parks, and I don't think it's just a crowd management issue.

[incident]

It was definitely worse than normal in 2011. We used Gate A in 2010 at around the same time (mid-Wednesday) with no issues whatsoever.

I agree they can't have people backed up into the coach area. But something definitely made it worse in 2011. The car park queues literally got no turns at all for several hours straight. With hindsight it could well have been the quagmire the other side of the turnstiles.

[Anderson19]

Anyone have any experience of gate a from

Car park point of view in 2013? Most of

The stories seem to be from 2011. Any better or held back for ages?

[frostypaw]

Basically everyone here can only have been through one gate on any particular year so noone has a single clue what it was like at any other gate. People even have wildly different experiences at the same gate.

Beyond that if there really was an answer to your question don't you think Everyone would want to head to the magic no queue gate?

Just turn up, park and go to the nearest gate. Stop trying to give yourself some advantage

[Duncan Doughnuts]

Just turn up, park and go to the nearest gate. Stop trying to give yourself some advantage

[glasto-worker]

play the video - what happened last or previous years does not matter - you make your choice and its all a matter of luck

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349467/Glastonbury-2013-weather-Showers-hit-festival-dont-worry-sun-way.html#v-2507823005001

[rischbrit]

Potentially Gate A will be the busiest as this is where the coaches/shuttle buses all drop off but if you time it just right i.e. before the buses get there it could also be the quietest

[SonOfTroyMcClure]

There does seem to have been a bit of an arms race over the last few years to get there earlier and earlier.

The car I was in arrived on the Tuesday evening when the car park opened - and we all decided to kip in the cars.

I woke up at 3.30am to see the queue was already snaking past where we were parked. The lesson for this year? We're not messing around in the car park overnight this year, we'll just sleep in the queue if we have to.

[dan05delaney]

I'm just a weakling and have a bad back the hanging round in the que can be funny! But painful for me

[Dr Glasto]

Anyone have any experience of gate a from

Car park point of view in 2013? Most of

The stories seem to be from 2011. Any better or held back for ages?

[malcombe]

I worked on the gates last year, and except for first thing Wednesday morning, it was very quick.

I believe also queing time were significantly reduced in 2013 than before.

Hopefully we'll be even better this year.

[fur_q]

I've always made a point of trying to get their as early as possible, when i started goininf there was bearly anyone arriving on the wednesday morning. Last year though I arrived at about 5:30 didn't see a single car on the A361 and walked straight through the gates, the wriatbanders looked board and seemed pleased to have something to do. Still got what I thought was a great camping spot too.

[nicknickmm]

Just thinking, since they have so many extra staff this year (they have right?) will they have bigger wristband/entry area with more staff? If so there might not be many queues at all! Wishful thinking

[jed123]

Avoid the gate which connects to the coach drop off point, they let people through in batches and it took forever in the pissing rain in 2011 as there's also all the people getting of the coaches at that gate too.

Edit: It looks like other people had the same problem! It was my worst Glastonbury experience I reckon.

[sedra]

Last year was much much better than 2011 and 2010 as they had a proper queuing system set up. We arrived parked at 8.30am and we were in by 9.30am and camped by 10am. Blue route and hill of death.

[glasto-worker]

Just thinking, since they have so many extra staff this year (they have right?) will they have bigger wristband/entry area with more staff? If so there might not be many queues at all! Wishful thinking

[Hello... I'm Johnny Cash]

Random chance in my experience.

Best tactic IMO is to queue for entry without any of your stuff and then go back to your car once you're in.

There's never a queue for re-entry.

[bexj]

Gate D 9am, walked straight through in 2013, but On, it's a complete lottery. Absolutely no point in planning it to the nth degree, arrive when you arrive, find the nearest gate and you might queue, you might not.