Gate D Status thread 2017

[kalifire]

Cheers spreading through Gate D and people are standing up in the holding pen. 

Could it be?

[kalifire]

Steward just confirmed gates opening in 5 minutes. 

[airwaves]

 A security supervisor had just confirmed that the at gate security staff know that we've berm searched.

5 minute warning!!!

[Gibbons]

Yes! 

[kalifire]

We're moving! It's happening! YES!!!

[airwaves]

First through and in at gate D...

.again!

Security says there are body scanners at gate A and another gate!

[adequate8]

Any update from the zig zags would be appreciated, currently sat quite a fair bit back!

[brettredmayne]

You have to go through 3 zig zag pens , 3 stewards walk ahead of you and stop you every minute or so. 

I'm at the end of last 

[WillyC3000]

How long is it taking to get through once in the zig zags?

[One Tonne Baby]

Joined the queue at 4.30 and through to thr site at dead on 8. Fastest its been. We started moving at 7 so took an hour to get through zig zags ans security, which was spot checks, same as every year

[adequate8]

Here at 5 and stuck in 2nd zig zag, queue was speeding through but not anymore - any ideas why?

[kalifire]

I'm in and set up! Just waiting for lock ups to open at 11am. 

Don't forget the sunscreen, folks. 

 

Edited June 21, 2017 by kalifire

[Tdiz]

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Edited June 21, 2017 by Tdiz

[vintagelaureate]

Big queue - 2 hours plus wait we've just been told

[Kashkin]

It's now 4 hours since we parked and we are still queuing outside d.

[Plumb111]

Yup I've been in the queue for 4 hours and now in the zig zags which don't seem to be moving too quickly

[drunk pumpkin]

any more D gate updates please

 

[Plumb111]

Still here, unfortunately a few people passing out due to the heat which isn't good! Once you're through the little tent at the top of the slope the gates behind are about 2 hours, last ten minutes the pace has picked up though! 

[drunk pumpkin]

nightmare! stay safe all.

[cidy]

How's gate d looking now ?

[Laurawfc]

Anyone know what re-entry queues are like now at gate d?

[shoptildrop]

Took near 6 hours from pink to getting through gate d, still can't cool down as suffering Sun stroke

That was the worst queue ever not helped by 30 degree heat, people were really struggling tbh me included

[kalifire]

What was making it so long? Very early this morning the checks were nothing to speak of and once the queue moved it was pretty fast paced. Such a long queue with heavy bags in temperatures like this sounds horrible. Hope you're all ok out there. 

[arcade fireman]

Utter shambles. We were given very little idea of how long the queue was going to be - the zigzags seemed to go on forever. Very little in the way of stewards telling us both big queues would join up etc. Not enough water being handed out. Got to the wristband bit after such an arduous few hours and they had a shortage of wristbands which meant what seemed like ages longer waiting and queues all over the place in front of assistants who didn't have any wristbands.

Found out later from talking to a pair of people they managed to waltz up the re-entry line (they were entering for the first time), completely miss the zigzags and have their first entry within 25 mins. Pretty dishonest on their part but this should have been closed - who knows how many entered through this route and slowed it down. 

I appreciate the need for extra security but from what I read on here other gates (gate A at least) were considerably quicker. Was there an attempt to try and even things out and get some D people over to A? 

Of course security is important, but so is the health of attendees. The possibility of a terror attack should be considered and increased security measures considered, but when these queues were clearly resulting in people having heatstroke and passing out it should have been scaled back. And the overall organisation of the queue left a lot to be desired. 

[johntrfc]

Drove straight into the car parks at 12.30 on site by 1