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i was in a group of 9 this year. the first thing i'd say is... don't camp. too much shit to carry around, no guarentee of a decent rest before the saturday, tent getting soaked & muddy in the case of rain again... granted it wouldn't have been half as bad if the weather was nice but fucked if i'm taking that risk again, hated it. and the friday wasn't nearly as impressive as the saturday anyway.
if you book flights early enough (around feb/march when the dates first get revealed) you should be able to bag them online for around £40 each inc taxes, through ryanair/easyjet/bmibaby etc. the prices go up fairly quickly though. we flew straight to amsterdam this year which was pretty much ideal, however last year we got a cheaper deal to eindhoven... involved a long train-ride though
ideally you want to be staying somewhere in amsterdam, since it's fairly near to the event and gives you plenty to do/see the night before/day after. there are shitloads of hotels there; i found one this year by searching for 'cheap amsterdam accommodation' in google  .. and ended up booking through this site. you're looking at around 30-35 euros a night, for somewhere bugdet yet semi-decent.
once that's sorted, getting to/from the event is a piece of piss. plenty of free buses run to & from Amsterdam Sloterdijk station, which is a 10-min train journey from the central station bang in the middle of the dam. just be sure you don't hang around too much & miss the last bus home like we did, the taxi fare is steep
as for drugs... they weren't allowing weed in there this year, dunno what the deal with that was. everything else should be easily obtainable by approaching any black man on the streets of amsterdam (not wanting to sound racist but it's true.. lol). i recall they being pretty hard to come by inside the actual event.
hope that helps 
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