Any changes since 2010

[youngjods]

Going this year and haven't been since 2010 due to work or unable to get tickets. Any big changes?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Temperature.

[youngjods]

5 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Temperature.

Really?...haha

[stardustjunkie]

2010 was my first year and I have rubbish memory but the three things I thought of were:

Compost toilets (sounds silly but they make a big difference to the smell).

Dance Village is now called Silver Hayes.

The 'Naughty Corner' (SE corner). In my first year I remember it being there and watching Arcadia but I feel like it was nowhere near as busy or crazy as it is now? I might be wrong but I think it's become a much busier, bigger and exciting venue for late night fun if you like that kind of thing. I'd much rather be chilling out somewhere but it seems to be popular

 

[Woffy]

Yog's right. Far less sun. The festival is no longer the temperature of the planet Mercury.

[Mezhyp1]

They had to rebuild large parts of the festival after 2010, mainly due to the fact it all melted 

[Woffy]

7 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

They had to rebuild large parts of the festival after 2010, mainly due to the fact it all melted 

Bin Shade was a 'thing' in 2010.

[stuartbert two hats]

Not sure about big changes, but here are the smaller changes I can think of:

• Other Stage is all new.
• Strummerville has moved to somewhere that you could actually find, up between the Stone Circle and The Park.
• The Glade has added about three new venues.  Spaceport, Spike and another one I can't remember the name of.
• Pie Minister has gone.
• JP will be moved slightly up the slope to where hospitality camping is.  This is new in 2016.
• Arcadia now has it's own area outside of the SE Corner, just outside the bottom entrance to The Park.
• The Park has drainage at said bottom entrance.
• There are virtually no more portaloos. Loads more longdrops and compost toilets.
• There is a new tent between the Pyramid and JP called The Beat Hotel. They have DJs and sell cocktails + San Miguel.
• The sound quality at the Pyramid has been improved.  They're done some clever stuff with phase cancellation to stop the sound leaking as much offsite.  The result?  They can turn it up!  You'll notice this most during the headliners.
• The Growler stall has moved very slightly.  It's still on the right hand path of the Other Stage, but now on the left side of that path rather than the right.
• Getting into the SE corner doesn't involve queuing as such, but it does involve a humongous walk through the circus fields to get there.
• Worthy View is now HUGE.

[jackarmy]

10 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Not sure about big changes, but here are the smaller changes I can think of:

• Other Stage is all new.
• Strummerville has moved to somewhere that you could actually find, up between the Stone Circle and The Park.
• The Glade has added about three new venues.  Spaceport, Spike and another one I can't remember the name of.
• Pie Minister has gone.
• JP will be moved slightly up the slope to where hospitality camping is.  This is new in 2016.
• Arcadia now has it's own area outside of the SE Corner, just outside the bottom entrance to The Park.
• The Park has drainage at said bottom entrance.
• There are virtually no more portaloos. Loads more longdrops and compost toilets.
• There is a new tent between the Pyramid and JP called The Beat Hotel. They have DJs and sell cocktails + San Miguel.
• The sound quality at the Pyramid has been improved.  They're done some clever stuff with phase cancellation to stop the sound leaking as much offsite.  The result?  They can turn it up!  You'll notice this most during the headliners.
• The Growler stall has moved very slightly.  It's still on the right hand path of the Other Stage, but now on the left side of that path rather than the right.
• Getting into the SE corner doesn't involve queuing as such, but it does involve a humongous walk through the circus fields to get there.
• Worthy View is now HUGE.

Great summary, and looking at that I would say pretty much all of those changes have added a positive effect to the festival. Shows how often the Eavii get it right.

Regarding the South East corner, The Common now has a huge bullring like structure called The Temple which is a great venue, and Block 9 has a stage/installation called Genosys, which for me is probably one of the most impressive structures I've seen at a festival.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Maybe one of the big changes since 1997 you couldn't think of is that there is a new area called the park??

Wrong thread scruffmeister.  This is since 2010.

[shuttlep]

Block 9 is amazing  now, I was dancing there on Friday afternoon to some techno and the sun came out. Not many peopel were there it was awesome

[youngjods]

4 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Not sure about big changes, but here are the smaller changes I can think of:

• Other Stage is all new.
• Strummerville has moved to somewhere that you could actually find, up between the Stone Circle and The Park.
• The Glade has added about three new venues.  Spaceport, Spike and another one I can't remember the name of.
• Pie Minister has gone.
• JP will be moved slightly up the slope to where hospitality camping is.  This is new in 2016.
• Arcadia now has it's own area outside of the SE Corner, just outside the bottom entrance to The Park.
• The Park has drainage at said bottom entrance.
• There are virtually no more portaloos. Loads more longdrops and compost toilets.
• There is a new tent between the Pyramid and JP called The Beat Hotel. They have DJs and sell cocktails + San Miguel.
• The sound quality at the Pyramid has been improved.  They're done some clever stuff with phase cancellation to stop the sound leaking as much offsite.  The result?  They can turn it up!  You'll notice this most during the headliners.
• The Growler stall has moved very slightly.  It's still on the right hand path of the Other Stage, but now on the left side of that path rather than the right.
• Getting into the SE corner doesn't involve queuing as such, but it does involve a humongous walk through the circus fields to get there.
• Worthy View is now HUGE.

Pie Minster has gone OMG!!? Brothers Cider still at West Holts? 

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, youngjods said:

Pie Minster has gone OMG!!? Brothers Cider still at West Holts? 

Yes, but the sign is slightly different!

[shoptildrop]

5 hours ago, Woffy said:

Bin Shade was a 'thing' in 2010.

lol it was indeed, we found the slightest scrap of shade from a small picket fence, it was bliss

also, following a bloke carrying a massive table parasol across the other was another he was well pissed people were walking behind him within the shade, such a grumpy bum 

[pie_and_a_pint]

I've never seen so many people huddled in the tunnel under the railway track as in 2010. Not very interesting place to be, but shady and cool as fuck.

[sime]

There are more people with chairs and picnic blankets. There are more people, full stop. There is a lot more to do in an ever growing site. There is a lot less public nudity, (sad face).

One thing that hasn't changed between 2010 and 2016 is Muse headlining.

[Michaels denim shorts]

4 hours ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

I've never seen so many people huddled in the tunnel under the railway track as in 2010. Not very interesting place to be, but shady and cool as fuck.

I've been 5 times & seen it in photos but where is that tunnel?

[Crazyfool01]

25 minutes ago, Michaels denim shorts said:

I've been 5 times & seen it in photos but where is that tunnel?

if memory serves me correctly (forgive me if its a little hazy !!) just walk up past the greenpeace boat and its just there !!

[shoptildrop]

27 minutes ago, Michaels denim shorts said:

I've been 5 times & seen it in photos but where is that tunnel?

its at the bottom of green future under the railway line towards green peace field, it quite easy to find

[Michaels denim shorts]

9 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

its at the bottom of green future under the railway line towards green peace field, it quite easy to find

Thanks, I've never really looked for it just wondered where it was

[shoptildrop]

3 minutes ago, Michaels denim shorts said:

Thanks, I've never really looked for it just wondered where it was

it had pretty lights last year, the time before it had glasses you could make sounds with, it's a nice little shortcut

[mandolin]

12 hours ago, Woffy said:

Bin Shade was a 'thing' in 2010.

I still smile whenever I remember a guy trying desperately to get some shade from a bicycle wheel.  And the ladies on stilts with water pistols were the most popular people on site.  

[Curlygirl]

Loved 2010. Even the police were cooling people down with water pistols! And free water in the Q to get in. Fab year. Wasn't the beat hotel there then? I remember hiding in the shade at a fence there but can't remember the beat? A fairy on stilts put a peg on my hat that says 'May all of your future wishes come true!' I still have it. Let's hope for a replay of the sunshine

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think The Beat Hotel was there in the guise of something called Cocktails & Dreams.

Edited March 11, 2016 by CaledonianGonzo

[Curlygirl]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

I think The Beat Hot was there in the guise of something called Cocktails & Dreams.

That's right! I remember now thanx