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2011.03.19 [LA] INSOMNIAC : Beyond Wonderland 2011 @ Nos Event Center (pg. 33)
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| bscarbro |
I live about 20 minutes West of San Bernardino and it was raining pretty good on my way to work this morning. Hopefully it stays dry for the most part this afternoon/evening.
regardless.... I'm looking forward to tonight!!! :D |
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| in2muzikk |
| If you have an iPhone, download the Beyond Wonderland app. Search for Beyond Wonderland in the app store...has a festival map, lineup times, event info, etc. ...pretty cool! :) |
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| Contrasts |
| quote: | Originally posted by in2muzikk
If you have an iPhone, download the Beyond Wonderland app. Search for Beyond Wonderland in the app store...has a festival map, lineup times, event info, etc. ...pretty cool! :) |
What about an object to throw at the stage when showtek and infected mushroom are on? |
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| in2muzikk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Contrasts
What about an object to throw at the stage when showtek and infected mushroom are on? |
:haha: |
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| sweetcandy girl |
| quote: | Originally posted by Contrasts
What about an object to throw at the stage when showtek and infected mushroom are on? |
I am sure some crazy person will try to get on stage when infected is on! Seen it before! :haha:
Anyways... I am super excited about tonight! I am still going to rock my outfit despite the cold and rain!:disbelief |
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| dashdash |
| Anyone have a ticket for sale? Please PM me if you do pls. |
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| Paul Anthony |
| wow! the only vip w free booze is the one in the entrance. what a rip off. shady |
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| Quazar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Paul Anthony
wow! the only vip w free booze is the one in the entrance. what a rip off. shady |
haha, not even the house stage has it this time?
I'm telling you, the 18+ thing is hitting Insomniac's wallet and they're having to cut back, whether they say so or not.
EDC Vegas will probably be ridiculous, though. |
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| Paul Anthony |
| yeah vip areas in the main room but u had to buy the liquor lol the only vip w booze was in the entrance. one drink minimum long ass line. who the hell goes to a party to drink in the front entrance. FAIL |
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| fantasyexctasy |
you insomniac you crooked pieces of , i'll never attend another one of your events, 5 bartenders total for vip for the entire event, you, I want my money back, bunch of shady pieces of . Pasquale if you read this you and your piece of company. I left because of how poorly the vip area was orchestrated. The music sucked other than the techno and dnb, ridiculously good. I'll stick to clubs from now on, no matter how good the lineup is.
Ps you insomniac |
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| trance_seeker |
Yeah, VIP was totally not worth it. At Nocturnal there were maybe 1 to 2 people in line in the front VIP area for drinks. For Beyond, the drink lines were terribly long. I was also in shock when I found out that the drinks in the VIP area in the Queen's Domain were not free. Plus the VIP area was so far back it didn't really give that great of a view.
Short review -
Bad:
- Only VIP drinks in the front area, which is not close to any stages and long drink lines.
- They closed the Madhatter's Castle at 10PM(?). I left Christopher Lawrence to go check out Dirtyphonics and then when I came back to check out Cosmic Gate they weren't letting anyone in.
- The sound in the Madhatter's Castle was way too loud. The bass was ear damaging even with ear plugs. Even the Drum and Bass stage didn't have that much bass. Maybe it was the songs CL was playing in the beginning, but besides wanting to check out Dirtyphonics, I had to get out of that stage because of the sound. I would have stayed though if I knew I wouldn't be able to come back :(
Good:
- There was no VIP entrance line at 5:30PM while the GA line looked kind of huge. I don't know how long it would have taken to get in from the GA line.
- I thought the production of the stages was okay. At least they made the trance area a little more impressive than at Nocturnal. At Nocturnal it was such a huge difference between the house stage and the trance stage.
- There were enough DJ's to keep me busy while I couldn't get back into Madhatter's Castle. |
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| in2muzikk |
I was having a great time until a little before 10, was checking out Paco Osuna's set and came back to the mad hatter stage for Cosmic Gate, but the entrance doors were locked shut. Waited a half hour and then they put barracade fences up, and kept telling everyone to move back. Problem is when you moved back, other people would squeeze in front of you.
At one point, this lady security staff yells out "you must form a single line," and everyone's looking around like wtf, as the crowd is 100 people across and 200 people deep! Then after I was two people from the front on the right, they opened the barricades on the left. Another 15 minutes and I was literally next to go in, when the security guy pushes me back, and they closed the barricades and shut the doors again. At that point I left since CG would only be on like 10 more minutes, and it felt unsafe being in that area anymore (images of Love Parade 2010 came to mind).
From that point on, I never heard any music that could keep me in a stage for more than 10 minutes. Still can't figure out why people go so crazy over Kaskade. Oh, the madhatter stage was practically wide open again when Infected Mushroom was on, and there's a reason for that! Wasn't impressed with Show Tek either.
On the good side, I did not buy a VIP ticket this year, and the bars were serving premium alcohol for $2 more. Fair enough, premium drinks were the same price as in a nightclub. The reusable water bottles were great too, and good for the environment.
Insomniac needs to realize that Trance has a much larger following than they allow space for. The Techno stage and Trance stage should have been switched imo, I don't think I ever saw the Techno stage more than half full. Not knocking Techno here either, I like a lot of it.
EDC Vegas? Maybe. Show me a solid Trance & Progresive lineup devoid of zombies singing into the mics all night. Maybe. |
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