Mad Cool 2019

[-Roger-]

16 hours ago, MikeyRolo said:

Line N2 regular bus takes us to plaza de Cibeles which is about 25 min walk from where I need to be, is that right?

One regular bus that runs every half hour or so, and tens of thousands of people who want to get back to the city. Good luck. Btw, the last bus that runs at 5:10 according to the Mad Cool web site is in the direction from Cibeles to Valdebebas. It's probably rather empty, but you don't want to take that one.

[MikeyRolo]

43 minutes ago, -Roger- said:

One regular bus that runs every half hour or so, and tens of thousands of people who want to get back to the city. Good luck. Btw, the last bus that runs at 5:10 according to the Mad Cool web site is in the direction from Cibeles to Valdebebas. It's probably rather empty, but you don't want to take that one.

Any reason why not?

 

Looks like taxis/Ubers are the only option

[moonraker76]

11 minutes ago, MikeyRolo said:

Any reason why not?

 

Looks like taxis/Ubers are the only option

I was advised by a friend who went last year to get the metro back into town then get a taxi/uber from there. I've read of other reports of this too. Anyone else heard of or experienced this?

[MikeyRolo]

1 minute ago, moonraker76 said:

I was advised by a friend who went last year to get the metro back into town then get a taxi/uber from there. I've read of other reports of this too. Anyone else heard of or experienced this?

metro only running until 1:30am according to the info they've put out

[moonraker76]

16 minutes ago, MikeyRolo said:

metro only running until 1:30am according to the info they've put out

Oh of course yes...

They promised transport improvements from last year. Let's face it, they haven't delivered. 

Options are seriously limited.

[-Roger-]

47 minutes ago, MikeyRolo said:

Any reason why not?

Because it's going in the wrong direction, unless you want to get out of the city.

[-Roger-]

The best options to get back into the city are probably taxi or to wait until the metro starts running again at about six in the morning.

[MikeyRolo]

10 minutes ago, -Roger- said:

The best options to get back into the city are probably taxi or to wait until the metro starts running again at about six in the morning.

Do you know approx prices/waiting times for taxis last year?

[-Roger-]

58 minutes ago, MikeyRolo said:

Do you know approx prices/waiting times for taxis last year?

Sorry, I don't know that. But I don't think it's comparable to this year anyway, since there actually were a lot of options to get back into the city last year (taxi, metro, shuttle buses to more centrally located places, own vehicles, etc).

[The Martini Police]

Wristbands arrived 5 mins before leaving for the airport. Better late than never! 

[Paddyc82]

I'll get mine when I come back lol

[Damon]

Anyone know if it’s cashless, is it card only? Accept cash? There seems to be no information I can find!

 

Thanks

[Paddyc82]

Going to be a nightmare getting back to the city centre, do you know if there is a taxi rank where the shuttle drops you or better off getting a taxi outside the gig

[-Roger-]

37 minutes ago, Damon said:

Anyone know if it’s cashless, is it card only? Accept cash? There seems to be no information I can find!

 

Thanks

They take both cards and cash, but if the network is knocked out as last year the card readers won't work.

[Rico_Pliskin]

Best of luck Ladies and Gents. 

See you on the other side. 

[Colouring Book]

Line N2 Cibeles- Valdebebas (stop Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas): Weekdasy 11:55pm – 05:10am. Saturdays 11:45pm – 7:00am.

 

Is that only one way? Is there no way to get back into the city centre bar taxi or uber?

[Hbn1]

3 hours ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

Best of luck Ladies and Gents. 

See you on the other side. 

See you there Rico!

[neacaisa]

cibeles is very close to my hostel but i think it will still be dreadful to catch a shuttle.

do i understand correctly and the N2 regular bus is separate from the free shuttle? i still think it will get very crowded. i just hope that some people will leave early or they haven't sold that many tickets.

i think i will skip the welcome party and arrive early on thursday. will definitely be up for a beer with anyone interested, as i traveled alone this year.

Edited July 10, 2019 by neacaisa

[Paddyc82]

Sure me too

[Calvin Klein]

does anyone know if they allow you to bring a reflex camera?

I'm on vacation with one so I'd like to be able to carry it with me ?

[Calvin Klein]

the way back to madrid city centre is looking like a nightmare.

[Yelo, the Parmiggiana]

1 hour ago, Calvin Klein said:

does anyone know if they allow you to bring a reflex camera?

I'm on vacation with one so I'd like to be able to carry it with me ?

I am not sure they will allow it, for copyright reason (should fall under the pro- category). Moreover, I dont think you want to bring with you that piece of work at a music festival, could be the last place where you bring that to

[Mark Moran]

I just got an email from festiticket saying everything I need to get in has been dispatched today and will be with me in 2-3 days. I'm only going tomorrow so I'm not sure why they bothered. 

[Mondo-kun]

If you ordered your tickets from Festicket I recommend you to come and change your wristband earlier.
My friend is staying in line of about 200 people because there is some problems with Festicket and their tickets can't be scanned. Don Broco will start in 10 minutes, and he's kinda nervous about it.
Another friend got her's from Ticketmaster and everything was alright.

[Paddyc82]

Got mine and I'm in