Early Entry Traffic?

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:43 pm

I got a pass to come in early this year to help out. The plan is to get in either Saturday or Sunday (23rd-24th). I've never done this before. I assume I go to the regular gate right? And will the traffic be hell from 10,000 other people waiting for the gates to open Sunday night?

Advice from people that have done this before?

Badger

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:54 pm

Oh, Shirley, do we have a very *special* gate for you.

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:09 pm

Bob wrote:Oh, Shirley, do we have a very *special* gate for you.

OK, ok... yes, that bit was a dumb question. ;P *chuckle*

Badger

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:17 pm

Is just like getting in after open gates..except you get a neato little wrist band, and you're allowed to leave the city without paying.

and it's alot quicker

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:07 am

badger?

you're not supposed to ask questions.
you just give answers. correct answers.
...stick with your role

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:09 am

thirt33n wrote:badger?

you're not supposed to ask questions.
you just give answers. correct answers.
...stick with your role

:wink: :P

yeah! stop making me look like the smart one!

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:57 am

TomServo wrote:
thirt33n wrote:badger?

you're not supposed to ask questions.
you just give answers. correct answers.
...stick with your role

yeah! stop making me look like the smart one!

Sorry! *scurries back into his burrow of knowledge*
hahaha I never claimed to know everything, just a lot.

Plus forewarned is forearmed.

Ok, cool. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to run into a huge backup on 447/34 while trying to get in. No point of being there early if a traffic jam is keeping me from getting to the gate.

Badger

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:47 am

nah..is easier getting in early. Though I found the Gate staff tend to be a little rude..

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:03 am

TomServo wrote:nah..is easier getting in early. Though I found the Gate staff tend to be a little rude..

Rude? Oh! No greeters. Of course.

Gate: "You can't come in!"
Badger: "Yes I can. Here's my ticket."
Gate: "You're too early!"
Badger: "Here's my early entry pass."
Gate: "What is that thing?!"
Badger: "My Mutant Vehicle. Here is the pass for that too."
Gate: "What's the average airspeed of an unladen swallow?!?"
Badger: "Depends on how hard you throw her while she's swallowing."
Gate: "Wait.. what?? Ewwww..." *Is flung into firey gorge*
Badger: *Drives on*

hehe
Badger

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:13 am

It depends on how "early" you are getting in. If you are on a list that gets you in before midnight on Friday/Sat am, there should be no line at all. There is a bit of a wait if you are in the group that is allowed in at midnight that Friday night, but it is NOTHING like the opening night crowd.

I've been getting in early for a number of years and I have never had anything but a great time with Gate staff - give them a beer and tell them you appreciate them, they have a really tough job this year.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:17 am

maybe I pissed them off, for having to search my 53 foot trailer

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:17 am

mojo wrote:It depends on how "early" you are getting in. If you are on a list that gets you in before midnight on Friday/Sat am, there should be no line at all. There is a bit of a wait if you are in the group that is allowed in at midnight that Friday night, but it is NOTHING like the opening night crowd.

I've been getting in early for a number of years and I have never had anything but a great time with Gate staff - give them a beer and tell them you appreciate them, they have a really tough job this year.

Good to hear. The plan is to get in about noon-ish on that Saturday.

Badger

Dato · Post by **Dato** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:22 am

Noonish on Sat should be no problem at all. That's about what time I've arrived the last few years, and I've yet to sit in much of a line. The sunday traffic is not there yet, so it's just the early arrivals. There's not that many, and tipically they know what they are doing, so it's a lot easier on the gate staff.

....Aside from the passless people trying to get in early, that is.

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:45 am

Dato wrote:
....Aside from the passless people trying to get in early, that is.

There is a "special" parking lot just for them. I had a several hours long experience there one year when one of the people riding with us did not show up on the list. It was like being exiled to Siberia.

Dato · Post by **Dato** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:58 am

Happened to us a couple of years ago too. No fun. I do like the new way of doing it - Scanable passes instead of name lists. Much more beterrer. *nods*

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:15 am

There were enough people in coventry last year that it was the best party going for awhile.

Little frustrating though.

Thanks to a bus adopting me, my ride could go ahead.
Didn't have to wait long, it turned out.

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:25 am

If your arrival time slips to after 6 or so look for me at the gate, CB, as I'll be working then and can always use a beer. ;)

Ron

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:38 am

Ron wrote:If your arrival time slips to after 6 or so look for me at the gate, CB, as I'll be working then and can always use a beer.

Ron

Got a preference in beers?

Even if my timetable doesn't slip (heh, That'd be a first), I'll try to head over to the gate around 6 to say hi.

Badger