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45 minutes ago, jackarmy said:

Anyone wanna have a go at a clashfinder?

On a related note, that's got to be the earliest I can remember them announcing the day/stage splits in years.

Must still have plenty of tickets to shift! I'm still undecided weather to go..!

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3 minutes ago, ConorC said:

Is there a shop on site to buy big bottles of mixer? Or at least was there at the old site?

Boomtown had an alcohol limit and all you could buy were 500ml bottles to mix with.

You can order click and collect from bargain booze and you can just take from there when you need it? A case of 10 cans of coke costs about 49p per can. Other than that I can't remember seeing any big bottles, just cans and 500ml

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4 minutes ago, mexjon said:

You can order click and collect from bargain booze and you can just take from there when you need it? A case of 10 cans of coke costs about 49p per can. Other than that I can't remember seeing any big bottles, just cans and 500ml

Tempted to just bring all my own mixer in my bag but do you reckon security would think that's a bit dodgy?

8L of mixer for a 70cl bottle of rum and 2L of 'water'...

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3 minutes ago, ConorC said:

Also if I order a crate of beer off the click and collect thing does that take away from my allowance of alcohol that I'm allowed to bring in? Or is that separate to my allowance?

I don't really think there is an allowance. I took multiple big bottles of spirits and mixers and it wasn't a problem. They don't have a limit but they don't allow you to take multiple trips because then they know you're probably going too far. I don't they'll be able to know who has bargain booze orders either so that shouldn't be a problem. Can't imagine they'd be cross referencing what you have in your bag with what you've ordered online haha. The bargain booze is on campsite and the security as yore going in are fairly lax, they just give your bag a shuffle to hear for glass and send you on your way

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1 minute ago, ConorC said:

Also if I order a crate of beer off the click and collect thing does that take away from my allowance of alcohol that I'm allowed to bring in? Or is that separate to my allowance?

Separate. The collection point will be somewhere in the campsite area, so it's after you've already been checked and they won't know* what you initially brought in. That's the way it worked last year anyway and I can't see it changing.

* they probably could connect the 2 if they really wanted, but to do so would require so much admin I can't imagine they would even consider it.

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Did anyone go to Camp Bestival and have an inkling of what the bar prices will be this year? (as you can't usually take booze from campsite to arena at Bestival events) 

I'm placing my bets of £5+ for a little can of beer/cider this year...

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On ‎18‎/‎08‎/‎2017 at 9:11 PM, Muppetmark said:

i think he's saying it might be the last one.

Rob da Bank has posted something on Twitter about his son planning the line up for Bestival 2018 (it's a jokey thing mentioning Kanye, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran) but still, the fact he's mentioning Bestival 2018 suggests he's thinking about it and this won't be the last perhaps?

 

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On 18/08/2017 at 9:11 PM, Muppetmark said:

i think he's saying it might be the last one.

See because it was about tickets I would assume he meant it's the last chance to get tickets as the festival is in a few weeks.. makes more sense than out of the blue suggesting it'll be the last bestival 

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1 hour ago, mexjon said:

See because it was about tickets I would assume he meant it's the last chance to get tickets as the festival is in a few weeks.. makes more sense than out of the blue suggesting it'll be the last bestival 

It's not completely out of the blue with the poor sales last year and the fact theyve downsized and moved venue this year. It seems like it could be one last roll of the dice

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On 18/08/2017 at 8:27 AM, jackarmy said:

Anyone wanna have a go at a clashfinder?

On a related note, that's got to be the earliest I can remember them announcing the day/stage splits in years.

I think someone has already started doing a clash finder. Although not really sure where people get their times from when they do these things without inside knowledge.  Surely must be all just guesswork.   Electric Picnic had an app last year - that was quite good...

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On 9/1/2017 at 9:50 PM, mexjon said:

Can't remember where the post was, but these are the official limits for alcohol.. although I still maintain that if hidden properly it shouldn't matter

 

Bestival seems to be getting more like V-festival, suprised the entertainment isn't stopping at 11pm

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Just now, micropizza said:

I bet Bestival have downsized the main stage again due to poor ticket sales...

My guess on the size of the main stage this year will be that it will be the same as Camp Bestival's main stage - which isn't as big as the main stage when Bestival was a 50,000 capacity stage.

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They're plugging it on the site as if its the brilliant big one, before they ballsed up isle of wight last year and downsized, but have always assumed it wouldn't actually be this one really. 

Nice bit of false advertising to try sell tickets though

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this looks like what they've got this year (just found on Robs IG)

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bigger that last years IOW one at least B)

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