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[ramblingrob]

Hi everyone. Newbie to the festival, but I'll be staying only one night (Saturday night). For those that have been there and those that might have good ideas, I'd love a few answers.

1. Can you bring alcohol and food with you to the camp site. I am well aware these will be sold in the amphitheater, but I am curious about the camping area.

2. For those that are coming from Vancouver the night before (from the REM show), what is the best way to the Gorge? What is the best way to cross the border? Vancouverites??

3. Do ticket prices have all the extras (handling fees and what not) that Ticketbastard imposes? Or is the $1 "charity charge" pretty much it?

4. How was the in-line ticket buying process last year? Was it easy or difficult?

Thanks in advance. Looking forward to the experience.

[magmazing]

1. Bring all the food and booze you can stuff into your car to the camp site. Just don't bring any beer bongs or kegs, or stuff that promotes binge drinking. Also no camp fires. You can bring propane BBQs (even a full size one) but since the entire area is a big grassy field, camp fires and tiki torches aren't allowed

2. Cross the border at either the Peace Arch or the Truck crossing. Either/or. You're still going to wait 30mins - 1hr anyway. Go down the I-5 till you pass Everett, then exit onto I-405 south which will take you to Bellevue. Then exit onto I-90 East. Drive until you find the exit for The Gorge Amphitheatre. Takes roughly 4 - 5 hours depending on if you get stuck in rush hour traffic. When you start getting close to the Gorge, stop in the town of Ellensburg. There's a liquor store there if you want hard stuff. There's also a Fred Meyer for food, beer, chairs clothes etc. and also a supermarket I forgot the name of. It's probably the last town with a significant population before The Gorge.

3. Do you really have to ask if there's added fees? There's always added fees.

4. Huh?

[ramblingrob]

Number 4 should read: On-line instead of in-line.. Sorry about that So, how was the on-line process? Was in cumbersome or easy.

Regarding # 3, there are certain levels of added fees. SInce tix sales are through Sasq. website, how exhorbitant are they? Are they (or have they been in the past) similar to TicketBastard? (Thanks for the snarky answer anyway ;D)

[magmazing]

From my understanding, tickets are through ticketmaster. That's how it's been done in the past. I don't see that changing unless Live Nation has fully launched their own ticketing system and abandoned ticketmaster

[Tom]

ramblingrob said:

Number 4 should read: On-line instead of in-line.. Sorry about that So, how was the on-line process? Was in cumbersome or easy.

Regarding # 3, there are certain levels of added fees. SInce tix sales are through Sasq. website, how exhorbitant are they? Are they (or have they been in the past) similar to TicketBastard? (Thanks for the snarky answer anyway ;D)

The prices you see are not what you get. Each ticket will have the typical ticketbastard charges. $10 per ticket for handling, $5 facility charge per day, etc etc. I dont know the amounts so those are just guess, but that fact they will occur is for sure.

Ticket buying process in the past for me for this festival has been pretty seamless. Shouldn't be any problems.