Important TRF Campground News!!!

[Sir Martin]

Not camping, but I'd like to stop by and say hello to friends.  I'll have TRF admission tickets, but won't be able to pay the $20 to get me and Tessa in if they require a camping fee just to visit for an hour or two.  Too many expenses now from storm damage.     Guess it won't hurt to ask and see if they will let us go in since we don't look (too much) like ravers. 

[CahirDochartaigh]

anyone know if they'll be selling weekend passes at the guard booth?

[Stalkwell]

I just talked to the front office.  They said that the weekend passes ARE available at the guard gate.  I passed along my kudos for efforts at dealing with the riff-raff.  They appreciated the response.

Stalkwell...

[Lady Kitara]

Not camping, but I'd like to stop by and say hello to friends.  I'll have TRF admission tickets, but won't be able to pay the $20 to get me and Tessa in if they require a camping fee just to visit for an hour or two.  Too many expenses now from storm damage.     Guess it won't hurt to ask and see if they will let us go in since we don't look (too much) like ravers. 

Perhaps if you have garb on they will, then they know you intend to go into the faire or have come from the faire. I don't know if any of the ravers dress in garb other than maybe the whole EMO/GOTH thing.

[KiltedPrivateer]

Its great that they are attempting to remove the bad elements.  But as many know, the party children come in on saturday with the general traffic.  So we'll have to see what they do about that to see if they actually make a difference.

[Lady Mousie]

Last weekend some friends just came over to visit and had to leave their IDs at the gate with the officers, but hey they didn't have to pay the $20.

[brigaqueen1]

Well like I said in another post on this....I camp, have camped for more years than I can count, and yes, I have a pass b/c I do the show at Randolph's.

Most of the time I am able to go to faire every weekend is b/c I don't have to buy $40 worth of tickets a weekend.

I guess I'm going to have to call around, see what's up. I'd hate to be turned away at the campground tomorrow morning because I don't have a ticket to walk thru the front gate at TRF...when I don't go in that way.

I mean, it's obvious to most of the officers who the die hards are, and who the trouble makers, ravers, riff raff are. I don't want to be lumped into the wrong catagory. Good lord I must be the least troublesome person at camp for Pete's sake!

[ravic]

What many of workers that camp out front do is buy a discount ticket or score a comp ticket before season, show it to the guard each day, & then sell it the last weekend. The tickets aren't dated & the guards don't take them.

The $10 fee is per vehicle, not per person, & it is good all weekend.

[THELADYKAT]

So workers can still walk over there after hours to hang out with family right? I mean I am going to have my Hand fasting 2nd to last weekend out there, it would suck if I could not get out there for it.

[ScoutColt]

welcome to tightened security. :-( Hurts all the honest people and forces the already sneaky people to get sneakier and bend more rules...

[Catherine DArtois]

Wahooo!  I for one am THRILLED to hear that something is being done...  There is no "perfect" solution (other than a true mind-reading potion which everyone would be required to take and then answer the question "What are your intentions regarding entry to the campgrounds?"....).  The fact that SOMETHING is being attempted does my heart good.  We camp with small children.  It's funny, but I don't worry about them INSIDE the faire -- I worry about their safety AT the CAMPSITE.  Camp is where I want to relax, kick back and just be with our fairemily.  I'll be much more ready to do that knowing that there is some active limiting happening at the gate.  Whatever the cost... yay!  Hubby will be purchasing our tickets on-line and printing them to have in hand as we approach the gates....

[Taarna]

Aye, perhaps my tent won't get run over and trashed again this year...
It's getting rather expensive to buy, use, throw away and repurchase... I believe tents were intended for more then one use.

[Blue66669]

Ok, first hand account..

I personally witnessed the guards turn away a group of the worst sort of thugs. Teenagers, all in the back of this truck, bumpin their music and throwing their empty beer bottles into the trees WHILE WE WERE WAITING IN LINE TO GET TO THE GUARD SHACK!!!!! The officer turned them away RIGHT THERE!!! I was sooo incredibly excited! I know that all the lines to get into camp were because of the checks, but I personally don't mind. We had a fairly awesome weekend, and it started to feel like HOME again.

[KiltedPrivateer]

Ok, first hand account..
We had a fairly awesome weekend, and it started to feel like HOME again.

Best news I've heard so far this season.  We won't be camping again until Highland Fling, but I look forward to a raver lite camping experience.

Michael

[LadyElizabeth]

I want to say that I was truly impressed by the efforts made this past weekend and the hassle involved was minimal I believe given the benefit.  I went on walk abouts both Friday and Saturday night and I marked a NOTICABLE difference in the music, in the lack of teenage drunkards about, and in the fire circle itself.   I went on Friday night, and it was great.  The drummers were also being very helpful in keeping stupid people from doing stupid stuff.  One drunk guy nearly jumped over the fire to come and kind of surprise a belly dancer girl and as soon as he did it, he was surrounded by drummers and forced out of the circle, yelled at and told to not come back.  I also saw tons of cops and security people actually AT the bonfire and checking ID's and making sure people were following rules.  We all felt tons safer!!

We also thought we'd test the theiving issue and left a half drunk bottle of loki out on the table when we went to bed Friday night. (my friends hated the flavor so didn't mind loosing it) Anyhow, it was still there Sat morn, so maybe the theiving is even getting better??