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Mysteryland USA review (pg. 3)
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| monks2617 |
I dunno - seems like the author had a vendetta against the entire festival in the first place. People like that only nitpick about the negatives. I guess that's what you do when you review events or write for a publication
I didn't camp because...well, I wanted a bed and not slum it up for 2 days lol.
The charging station didn't affect me but seriously though, that's one major issue with the "scene" is that people are too busy taking pictures and posting on social media to really take a step back and enjoy the whole experience.
The line to get in Sunday could have used some work for sure. Sunday was packed in general and they separated the line into boys/girls. I believe they had like 3 per line checking bags and patting people down...that's just stupid and created a huge bottle neck. Need more security up front.
The sniffing dogs didn't bother anyone and looked more for show than anything.
Some of the cashless systems were down but just go to another station. The Sunday School tent had a full bar all the way to the far right that I didn't even know about until Sunday...that was a pleasant surprise with zero lines.
And from reading the article, seems like he stayed at the mainstage the entire time...of course the music is going to be dog sh1t.
No event will be run flawlessly let alone the inaugural year.
Acoustically - no issues in sound and no sound bleeding from tent to tent. Vinyl Tent and Speigel tent had some pretty amazing vibes throughout the weekend.
Solid music in the Sunday School tent. Saturday was packed but it really opened up on Sunday.
Now - if they can't fix the issues next year...that's really where your problem is but you would seriously have to be a uptight, jaded fck or a narc to not have fun at Mysteryland this year.
And compared to what EDC or Ezoo was last year, 10x better. The 21+ age works wonders... |
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| gimmebeatz |
the only improvements i feel that needed to be made were all written in my review in this thread and all of which are easily fixable. shower lines were long if you showered after 8am. they had approximately 15 showers per gender. definitely not enough for 7500 campers. simply put they need to double or triple that for next year. food lines were very long in the morning for breakfast if you wanted to eat. again, easily solvable with more staff for morning hours. and yes, charging stations were not working if you had an iphone 5 which caused a lot of people to be without phone power. thankfully i still have an iphone 4 which worked all weekend. the cashless system did fail a few times over the weekend but seriously, its the first time this event has ever happened here. there will be some technical issues to fix for the 2nd time around. my wristband worked all 4 days with not a single issue. i never had to use an ATM but my friends and i thought 4.95 service fee actually wasnt that bad. we expected worse.
whoever wrote this article is an , because the line going from campground to festival through the search could not have been any more organized or swiftly moving for the amount of people. we were in within 15 minutes and the line was hundreds long, we all walked in with camel backs and backpacks without a single issue for anyone and they barely even searched you. they "looked" in your bag and you kept it moving. if you didnt have a bag, you simply walked in with your arms in the air and didnt even get touched! the line to get in if you did not camp through the main gates did take a long time as my friends were in that one coming for only sundays session.
food options were a plenty and alcohol was VERY fairly priced! only $7 for a 16 oz heineken!
so were there some small problems? yes. again all of which are easy to improve upon for next year. there was not one serious major complaint i had about this festival all 4 days.
already looking forward to next year! |
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| gimmebeatz |
| quote: | Originally posted by monks2617
I dunno - seems like the author had a vendetta against the entire festival in the first place. People like that only nitpick about the negatives. I guess that's what you do when you review events or write for a publication
I didn't camp because...well, I wanted a bed and not slum it up for 2 days lol.
The charging station didn't affect me but seriously though, that's one major issue with the "scene" is that people are too busy taking pictures and posting on social media to really take a step back and enjoy the whole experience.
The line to get in Sunday could have used some work for sure. Sunday was packed in general and they separated the line into boys/girls. I believe they had like 3 per line checking bags and patting people down...that's just stupid and created a huge bottle neck. Need more security up front.
The sniffing dogs didn't bother anyone and looked more for show than anything.
Some of the cashless systems were down but just go to another station. The Sunday School tent had a full bar all the way to the far right that I didn't even know about until Sunday...that was a pleasant surprise with zero lines.
And from reading the article, seems like he stayed at the mainstage the entire time...of course the music is going to be dog sh1t.
No event will be run flawlessly let alone the inaugural year.
Now - if they can't fix the issues next year...that's really where your problem is but you would seriously have to be a uptight, jaded fck or a narc to not have fun at Mysteryland this year.
And compared to what EDC or Ezoo was last year, 10x better. The 21+ age works wonders... |
absolutely dead on! couldnt agree more. i had the time of my life and this was by far the best camping rave ive done out the numerous ive attended! |
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| CarS |
| quote: | Originally posted by gimmebeatz
whoever wrote this article is an , |
Rolling Stone, what surprise...
and yes, ROFL at the music being mentioned (and not mentioned).
Best part was that Koelsch comment, nerd-out to minimal.
As a proud subscriber to this rag (:( forgot to uncheck the "automatic subscription" box on a TM purchase... fuc-kers), it's nice to see how every issue seems to get thinner than the one before it. Won't be long now...
| quote: | ...food lines were very long...
...charging stations were not working...[]
...without phone power...
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somehow, this article, and maybe a lot of the attendees, were more EZoo-type festival attendees, 'cause they sound like camping festi noobs. (not saying you, just those raising these issues).
At long standing festis like this around here (Camp Bisco, or Chill, just to name too), no one would complain at all about either situation, it would be totally expected, and even if just 2 showers and one power-strip charging station were available, it would be like:
"cool, they have a shower and a charging station".
Major self-reliance should be the norm at camping festivals.
Charge your phone in your car, duh!
I know the car was not right there (no car camping IS a major turn off for me), so ing walk if it's that important. It's not like that needs to be done more than once a day.
or buy a solar phone charger, again, duh.
At Chill, there is no reception anywhere on the grounds, people deal...
As to food, people bring their own to camping. I have never been to a festival, where any major wait for food was an issue, because for a lot of people, it was just an addition to their own stash.
Besides, who needs food, enough K plus the rest takes care of that feeling pronto.
Ditto booze: you bring your own to the campsite, pre-game, so the inside buying can be kept to a minimum.
And I did have to laugh at the bed comment above:
though I do understand it, the extra hassle just for the travel and all isn't worth it IMO.
With proper gear, you can be very comfortable, I've seen a lot of people bring mattresses of various types, and so on. |
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| Logos |
Not trying to knock the festival or anyone down in general, and I had a stellar time, was totally zonked for 3 or 4 hours in Spiegeltent when visionquest was going off, probably the best vibing crowd and sick groovy tunes putting me in my place ever.
However, somewhat expectedly, Sunday evening on my way to catch a little mainstage sort of near the end of Moby saw some bigger maybe 6'0+ pretty thick dude od'ing or reacting badly to something because his friend was behind him and looked like he was heimliching and dragging him out of the crowd from behind at the same time. The guy was dryheaving HARD and definitely not functioning and I saw a few other people rushing over to assist when they put him on the ground. It was pretty shocking and kind of harshed my state of mind a bit |
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| gimmebeatz |
| quote: | Originally posted by CarS
Rolling Stone, what surprise...
and yes, ROFL at the music being mentioned (and not mentioned).
Best part was that Koelsch comment, nerd-out to minimal.
As a proud subscriber to this rag (:( forgot to uncheck the "automatic subscription" box on a TM purchase... fuc-kers), it's nice to see how every issue seems to get thinner than the one before it. Won't be long now...
somehow, this article, and maybe a lot of the attendees, were more EZoo-type festival attendees, 'cause they sound like camping festi noobs. (not saying you, just those raising these issues).
At long standing festis like this around here (Camp Bisco, or Chill, just to name too), no one would complain at all about either situation, it would be totally expected, and even if just 2 showers and one power-strip charging station were available, it would be like:
"cool, they have a shower and a charging station".
Major self-reliance should be the norm at camping festivals.
Charge your phone in your car, duh!
I know the car was not right there (no car camping IS a major turn off for me), so ing walk if it's that important. It's not like that needs to be done more than once a day.
or buy a solar phone charger, again, duh.
At Chill, there is no reception anywhere on the grounds, people deal...
As to food, people bring their own to camping. I have never been to a festival, where any major wait for food was an issue, because for a lot of people, it was just an addition to their own stash.
Besides, who needs food, enough K plus the rest takes care of that feeling pronto.
Ditto booze: you bring your own to the campsite, pre-game, so the inside buying can be kept to a minimum.
And I did have to laugh at the bed comment above:
though I do understand it, the extra hassle just for the travel and all isn't worth it IMO.
With proper gear, you can be very comfortable, I've seen a lot of people bring mattresses of various types, and so on. |
I agree pretty much with everything you're saying. Few things tho. Once inside you cannot leave at all so charging in a car is no option. Food. We had one solid meal a day and lived off fruit, power bars, and chips. Not being allowed grill sucked for getting decent meals in but oh well we dealt w it. And the alcohol, they had limits on what you could bring in initially but didn't enforce it so I'm making a note of that for next year to bring a lot more. |
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| Sbliss22 |
| quote: | Originally posted by CarS
somehow, this article, and maybe a lot of the attendees, were more EZoo-type festival attendees, 'cause they sound like camping festi noobs. (not saying you, just those raising these issues).
At long standing festis like this around here (Camp Bisco, or Chill, just to name too), no one would complain at all about either situation, it would be totally expected, and even if just 2 showers and one power-strip charging station were available, it would be like:
"cool, they have a shower and a charging station".
Major self-reliance should be the norm at camping festivals.
Charge your phone in your car, duh!
I know the car was not right there (no car camping IS a major turn off for me), so ing walk if it's that important. It's not like that needs to be done more than once a day.
or buy a solar phone charger, again, duh.
At Chill, there is no reception anywhere on the grounds, people deal...
As to food, people bring their own to camping. I have never been to a festival, where any major wait for food was an issue, because for a lot of people, it was just an addition to their own stash.
Besides, who needs food, enough K plus the rest takes care of that feeling pronto.
Ditto booze: you bring your own to the campsite, pre-game, so the inside buying can be kept to a minimum.
And I did have to laugh at the bed comment above:
though I do understand it, the extra hassle just for the travel and all isn't worth it IMO.
With proper gear, you can be very comfortable, I've seen a lot of people bring mattresses of various types, and so on. |
Like Gimmebeatz said and I'll reiterate it doesn't sound like this was the same kind of festival as camp/vibes etc. Not having the ability to bring a grill/have a car nearby is a major turn off. I get it helped preserve the grounds more so than if these things were allowed, but it makes the experience that much easier for most.
I also think Mysteryland lucked out big time with the weather because as you said, it seems that this may have been the first camping festival for a lot of people and they would have been in an absolute state of shock and despair if it poured like it has every year at camp bisco. For most the enjoyment level gets flipped on its head reallll quick. Countless times at things like this Ive humped it back into the car when the weather turns south. Sometimes you just have to. |
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| CarS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sbliss22
Like Gimmebeatz said and I'll reiterate it doesn't sound like this was the same kind of festival as camp/vibes etc. Not having the ability to bring a grill/have a car nearby is a major turn off. I get it helped preserve the grounds more so than if these things were allowed, but it makes the experience that much easier for most.
I also think Mysteryland lucked out big time with the weather because as you said, it seems that this may have been the first camping festival for a lot of people and they would have been in an absolute state of shock and despair if it poured like it has every year at camp bisco. For most the enjoyment level gets flipped on its head reallll quick. Countless times at things like this Ive humped it back into the car when the weather turns south. Sometimes you just have to. |
new info from you and gb.
If they don't even let you return to the remotely-parked car, or prepare food yourself inside, I wouldn't even consider going next year, (and that makes the $50 lockers, of which there apparently weren't even enough, that much more nickel-and-diming) that's even worse than the festis that don't have car-camping, but let you go there whenever needed.
Totally agree with you about the mud-bowl points and people not knowing how to deal...
Though you can't say rain "every" year for CB
2012 was a major dust-bowl, I gave one of the vendors a lift to Furthur at Bethel Woods that Sunday, and he told me that EVERYTHING they were serving came with a helping of dust. Even by late the first night, cars that had only been there for maybe 12 h. had so much dust on them, people were writing stuff on the windows.
2011 was a mud-bowl though, last year, wasn't bed, ground never gave up totally (tho the set-up sucked).
trying Hudson Project, CB-light |
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| gimmebeatz |
| quote: | Originally posted by CarS
new info from you and gb.
If they don't even let you return to the remotely-parked car, or prepare food yourself inside, I wouldn't even consider going next year, (and that makes the $50 lockers, of which there apparently weren't even enough, that much more nickel-and-diming) that's even worse than the festis that don't have car-camping, but let you go there whenever needed.
Totally agree with you about the mud-bowl points and people not knowing how to deal...
Though you can't say rain "every" year for CB
2012 was a major dust-bowl, I gave one of the vendors a lift to Furthur at Bethel Woods that Sunday, and he told me that EVERYTHING they were serving came with a helping of dust. Even by late the first night, cars that had only been there for maybe 12 h. had so much dust on them, people were writing stuff on the windows.
2011 was a mud-bowl though, last year, wasn't bed, ground never gave up totally (tho the set-up sucked).
trying Hudson Project, CB-light |
i saw the hudson project event. not really my taste. no car camping does suck as weve discussed, but honestly the walk from your car to the campground really was not bad at all. everyone, especially my friends who went to TomorrowWorld, said that haul of supplies was an absolute nightmare down at that event. and the no grill thing...it is what it is. 2 hassles for sure but they wouldnt keep me from going with how good it was overall. its a nuisance, but i do understand a little bit where theyre coming from. the grounds are seriously gorgeous and iconic having held woodstock so they want to keep them as nice as possible. from previous camping raves ive done, i do love coming back tho from the festival each night and hanging out with friends around a campfire. wish they allowed portable fire pits. oh well. |
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| CarS |
| quote: | Originally posted by gimmebeatz
i saw the hudson project event. not really my taste. |
fair enough, I get that.
It's on Camp Bisco weekend, it's put on by the same outfit that organizes Camp Bisco, the 2014 C.B. line-up would've looked just about like HP doe (minus the headliner of course)
So, if you wouldn't be into Camp, then not this one either.
Actually I think MCP fuc-ked the Biscuits, and not by accident, because they pretty much already sabotaged their chance at getting a permit for this year's Camp last September, when they violated last year's permit.
So now, no dough to DB at all. Still, Conspirator is there, who the heck knows.
nice though is that this new spot isn't the hike that Mariaville is.... |
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| eyebegod |
| Anyone checkout the Sin Salida stage (day of the dead/latin themed)? That stage sucked me in both days and didn't let me leave. Can't find a set list anywhere and the only dj I recognized was Man With No Shadow. |
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| Thero40 |
| Yea this stage was unexpectedly great. Check the Mysteryland FB page, they posted some of the dj's at that stage a while back. |
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