Rock Werchter 2018

[lagerlout]

Do most people buy drinks vouchers up front?  No idea how many I'll need, I'm guessing you just queue to buy them there otherwise?

[hfuhruhurr]

22 hours ago, strummer77 said:

First time this year and camping in the Hive... so the question for those of you who have been before is what are the general tips and recommendations of things to do etc? 

We did Hive myspace last year - basically reserved camping space.

Last year, I reckon the "normal" Hive was packed - so we were glad of the myspace thing. We bought a bigger space this year since the people around us were very rules based - tent needed to be within the lines!!

Compared with UK festivals, the facilities are absolutely fantastic - clean loos, places to wash/clean teeth, showers!!

They run a voucher system for everything - buy them in advance it'll be way cheaper than on-site. It's one per drink and 1-2 per meal (can me more).

If you're camped close to the Central Park thing, you'll need ear plugs - it's blasting until 4am.

On arrival, the queue to get through security and into the Hive is long - about an hour at least - so have a few drinks with you.

Everyone is mega friendly - you'll have a fab time.

[hfuhruhurr]

20 minutes ago, lagerlout said:

Do most people buy drinks vouchers up front?  No idea how many I'll need, I'm guessing you just queue to buy them there otherwise?

Definitely - buy up front, it's way cheaper. Although you might want to buy a few on site since the queue to trade in vouchers on the first evening is barking. The credit card queue was empty.

1 voucher per 33cl beer I think. 2 for most food.

You can carry your own booze into the camp sites, but we're stuffed with carrying our kit from the train so will be light on booze.

There are 3 of us and so we've estimated 160 vouchers needed - we'll get 120 in advance and buy 40 when we get there (20 first night, 20 contingency, just in case our livers rebel).

[santowhir]

I've got 120 between 2. Which equates to 15 per day, which then doesn't sound like that much.

[lagerlout]

I'll be staying fairly sober in the day, too many gigs I've been way too drunk to appreciate.  I guess at 33cl one an hour will keep me on an even keel, so 15 a day seems fine apart from eating.  I'll probably pre-order 40 and see how I go though.

[micvet]

7 hours ago, hfuhruhurr said:

Definitely - buy up front, it's way cheaper. Although you might want to buy a few on site since the queue to trade in vouchers on the first evening is barking. The credit card queue was empty.

1 voucher per 33cl beer I think. 2 for most food.

You can carry your own booze into the camp sites, but we're stuffed with carrying our kit from the train so will be light on booze.

There are 3 of us and so we've estimated 160 vouchers needed - we'll get 120 in advance and buy 40 when we get there (20 first night, 20 contingency, just in case our livers rebel).

A normal beer at the regular stands = 25cl = 1 voucher.
At the Apero the size can be 33cl for some special beers.

[idioteque87]

The weather is looking it's going to be awesome! Providing it stays as forecast!

Fingers crossed.

[santowhir]

2 hours ago, idioteque87 said:

The weather is looking it's going to be awesome! Providing it stays as forecast!

Fingers crossed.

I don't trust any forecasting but fingers crossed.  

[idioteque87]

EDIT

Edited June 20, 2018 by idioteque87

[idioteque87]

24 minutes ago, santowhir said:

I don't trust any forecasting but fingers crossed.  

haha yeah same. Was weird last year. Hoping for more sun. 

[Diamond24]

The forecasts I've looked at have it as raining most days! Too early to tell though really. 

[SonicSleuth]

I can't be alone in absolutely loving a good festival storm now and again. Foo Fighters in the torrential downpour was amazing. Same with Queens of the Stone Age at ACL before they shut the whole thing down. (That part isn't great.)

[Diamond24]

It's the mud for the 5 days that is the bad bit! Although I've never been to Rock Werchter before so it may not suffer with mud as badly as some other fests.

[McCallion]

50 minutes ago, Diamond24 said:

It's the mud for the 5 days that is the bad bit! Although I've never been to Rock Werchter before so it may not suffer with mud as badly as some other fests.

In 2016 there was a downpour and the festival dealt with it soooo well. Sand all across the festival site so the mud didn't become a problem. They handled it really well

[McCallion]

Good news for some people here I think:

NEW! After the end of every festival day, a shuttle bus runs from the Leuven train station to the Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels South (Midi) train stations. The shuttle bus leaves every night at 2.30 a.m. Book your tickets in advance: https://goo.gl/crfgFd  #RW18

Man, that bus is gonna be a shit show! Haha!

Edited June 20, 2018 by McCallion

[Tremousse]

Got good news : after the cancellation of my presence at Beauregard Festival caus emy friend can't attend it, I bought a last minute ticket for Rock Werchter ! But of course, it's late, and the only campsite available was ... C7 x) (I've been to The Hive and A1 in the past, but never so far away) Have you ever experienced it ?

 

[e2p2]

45 minutes ago, Tremousse said:

Got good news : after the cancellation of my presence at Beauregard Festival caus emy friend can't attend it, I bought a last minute ticket for Rock Werchter ! But of course, it's late, and the only campsite available was ... C7 x) (I've been to The Hive and A1 in the past, but never so far away) Have you ever experienced it ?

 

I cant help with C7 experience, but Im glad you managed to buy a combi ticket before they're sold out. We'll meet for a beer then! 

[RUMINE]

Anyone ever camped in A1 before? missed out on the Hive and was curious if the 'clean loos, places to wash/clean teeth, showers!!' aspect of the Hive was still present in A1?

To be fair, I'm used to going to Leeds Festival so any half decent facilities will to be better than that.

[Tremousse]

1 hour ago, e2p2 said:

I cant help with C7 experience, but Im glad you managed to buy a combi ticket before they're sold out. We'll meet for a beer then! 

Oh yes mate!!!

If I remember well, showers and toilets (for poo) are not free in A1, something like cts.

There's a little pub with a great atmosphere at the entrance of the campsite (inside it) and it's really different from the Hive. There are no Playstations, crowds etc but I find that you create easy links with people there. My only advice is : don't set your tent too close to the entrance cause it's noisy (because of a pump linked to showers, + the pub+ à group who comes there every year and turn the music loud) 

[Diamond24]

21 minutes ago, Tremousse said:

Oh yes mate!!!

If I remember well, showers and toilets (for poo) are not free in A1, something like cts.

There's a little pub with a great atmosphere at the entrance of the campsite (inside it) and it's really different from the Hive. There are no Playstations, crowds etc but I find that you create easy links with people there. My only advice is : don't set your tent too close to the entrance cause it's noisy (because of a pump linked to showers, + the pub+ à group who comes there every year and turn the music loud) 

They have PlayStations in the hive!?

[Tremousse]

12 minutes ago, Diamond24 said:

They have PlayStations in the hive!?

And FIFA !

[Dan12345]

On 6/19/2018 at 3:38 PM, hfuhruhurr said:

1 voucher per 33cl beer I think. 2 for most food. 

I wish I'd have seen this before I bought them. Might have gone a tad overboard with 160 for myself ....

[santowhir]

13 hours ago, Dan12345 said:

I wish I'd have seen this before I bought them. Might have gone a tad overboard with 160 for myself ....

Looks like the drinks are on you ?

[micvet]

Tip: don't believe any weather forecast before Sunday 1st of July :)
We have 17°C (+ had some rain in the morning) today and Wednesday it will be 29°C. Some things can change very fast :)
Check www.meteo.be (national weather service) a few days before the festival.

[idioteque87]

20 hours ago, Diamond24 said:

The forecasts I've looked at have it as raining most days! Too early to tell though really. 

Turns out I was looking at the wrong week ha!