Not able to attend this year, but hopefully will get there in 2014.
Would anyone care to share their experience in the quiet campgrounds?
Is it patrolled often and the loud drunks and horn blowing idiots kept out?
How much noise comes from the hub-bub of traffic to the store/shower/privy areas?
How crowded is it compared to general camping?
Problems with theft?
Is there any shade at all?
How much in/out auto traffic is there at night?
How is the driving-to-the-entrance-parking working out? Is there enough parking for people coming from that far out?
All excellent questions that I would love to hear the answer too also. I also wonder about how much of our camping equipment we need to lock up when we head into the faire.
I've never camped in the new quiet camping but it has very little if any shade. I've never seen for that ten or so camping there on the weekends I've been down. Remember next year is the mask ball and it's going to be in the far corner of quiet camping for some reason.
In about 10 or 15 years, there will be a bit more shade (o:
"horn blowing idiots"
I prefer the term "Bacchic revelers", but who the hell am I?
They really should fix up quiet camping, sounds like there's a good bit of demand. Plant some trees or something.
Quote from: xed on December 02, 2013, 12:26:14 PM
"horn blowing idiots"
I prefer the term "Bacchic revelers", but who the hell am I?
...
In defense of Bacchic revelers (as compared to horn blowing idiots), the true revelers seem seldom to travel far from the party, whereas the idiots try to purposefully find a quiet, sleeping group of campers and sound their horn every 10 paces or so.
On a few occasions, when I am on my second cup of morning coffee, at dawnish, I have heard idiots threatened with severe bodily harm by the revelers who are now trying to sleep. I keep waiting to see some naked barbarian tromp out of his tent, battle ax in one hand, claymore in the other, chasing the horn blower down the road.
Ah, the joys of early morning in camp.
Just chiming in.
There have been several (more than 10 but less than 40) camps setup in the large open area in the Quiet/Family campgrounds over this past season. Many more chose to camp in the area by the Quickie Mart under a double row of large pine trees.
Last year, there were numerous pine trees planted throughout the Quiet camping area. This year the trees were about 2 feet taller. Trees take time to grow, so give them a chance.
Thanks for the input, Mike.
In addition to the shade, the "trolley" should help put more people in quiet camping; make it a lot easier to make the trip back in the evening.
Just wondering, there is info about "camper parking" up near gate (I forget which rows). Were those filling up? I could see them being used particularly for people in the quiet camping because it is so far from the gate.
Were there problems with loud drunks wandering in late at night? (Had this happen back in the old "quiet/family" area.)
Is security visible enough that campsites are pretty safe during the day when families would be in Faire?
Anything to add, Willworkforgems?
Quote from: PollyPoPo on December 02, 2013, 05:50:28 PM
In defense of Bacchic revelers (as compared to horn blowing idiots), the true revelers seem seldom to travel far from the party, whereas the idiots try to purposefully find a quiet, sleeping group of campers and sound their horn every 10 paces or so.
Ah, now I see! That definitely wasn't us.
:P
Can't stand the idea of charging for the trolley. Even Disney doesn't do this. Going overboard I think.
I saw the groups up against the fence line under the big trees. Clan P. will be seriously considering a new area next year. We come to the TRF campground to extend our Renaissance play into the night. Not to be stuck in the middle of a drunken night club full of kids and a$S-Hats. We want to play faire, not war against wanna-be hippy scum (No offense to the actual peace loving hippies.)
The quiet camping is looking more and more favorable though it will put us out of the "clan circle". The future is still unknown, but the truth remains that we are getting unenchanted with TRF camping.
We heavily considered one of the old parking areas for our new campsite once the layout changed, but the ground there is horrible. It's all gravel and broken glass.
I do hope you guys don't move, it's really great being camped nearby you all.
Quote from: KiltedPrivateer on December 03, 2013, 11:56:33 AM
We come to the TRF campground to extend our Renaissance play into the night. Not to be stuck in the middle of a drunken night club full of kids and a$S-Hats. We want to play faire, not war against wanna-be hippy scum (No offense to the actual peace loving hippies.)
The quiet camping is looking more and more favorable though it will put us out of the "clan circle". The future is still unknown, but the truth remains that we are getting unenchanted with TRF camping.
Sound awesome, KP! Does this mean you stay garbed through the night at your camp? The reason Lord Scott and I started camping was because we were searching for a way to extend the "suspension of belief" and the fun of being someone else for a weekend. We just haven't come across too many groups that truly do that. Maybe we're not looking hard enough?
And, if there had been one more weekend, we would definitely have tried camping in the quiet camping, but just across the tree line border dividing the two, using the tree line for shade and tie ups, etc. It looked like a nice, open peaceful place but still close to "the action" with other campers.
I serious considered quiet camping closing weekend and after the ravers set up their laser show club across the road wish I had, thankfully security closed them down between midnight and 12:30. BarbarianQueen I normally stay in kilt all weekend but do go for a coat or sweat shirt when the temp gets cool toward closing weekend. To me its just not faire if I'm not wearing a kilt
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Barbarian Q., yes, I stay in garb all weekend. Not all of my crew do, but for me, I garb up when the gates open, and I stay garbed until it's time to break down camp. The only way to meet me in camp is to stop by the Clan P. camp. I have a young daughter in camp so I will not leave camp to do a walk about very often. Typically I stay on deck in camp and wait for the walk about'ers to come find us (o:
Barbarian Queen,
Have you visited the Clan Procrastination campsite yet? The Captain is almost always kilted, so much so that I was shocked, yeah, :o shocked when I saw him in two legged pant ... Darn, he beat me to it! :-\
Others might change depending on the weather and the extent of garb accessories.
If you have not visited Clan P, then you have missed the boat. Literally. ::) When he says "on deck" he means on deck. Rocked back in his chair, with a log for a footstool. At least he had a log for a footstool; ended up firewood one weekend at Sherwood, I believe.
KP, aka Captain,
Just wondering what do you think would happen in the walk-abouts if some of the clans (or partial clans) end up camping in the quiet area? Think there would still be a lot visitors coming by, or would they not stray from the general camping?
Might be worth a discussion among some clan leaders, for groups that would be comfortable in the quiet area.
My poor footstool, it never saw it coming )o:
That is an excellent question Polly. I haven't done a walk about in a very long time, and certainly have not had the opportunity to walk since the addition of the new areas. I don't know how far people walk these days.
In the old days it was a simple circle that would take a wanderer past nearly all of the big groups. Now that the land is much bigger, and groups have already started to spread out, I would imagine that the walk about dynamic has probably already changed.
My guess is that if there were enough population in the quiet area, that were near enough to the general to not have to pack a lunch to get there and back, that we would see wanderers come across for a visit. But, I'm betting that these days, there are few that walk the entire site. Most probably stay close to their own camps and just walk around to meet their neighbors. This is of course only a guess.
I'm new on the forum, but this thread is one of the reasons I decided to actually join. On that note, I had a question which I would like to ask here first.
What is the likelihood of developing a family/roleplaying focused group of clans in the quiet camping area, kind of like you guys were already talking about? You know, in garb/costume all weekend, group meal plan, maybe even a separate bonfire (yes, I realize that is highly unlikely, but still I can dream right?). That's the kind of environment that I would most like to be a part of at a RenFaire, and it would be a great way to introduce new campers to rennie culture without throwing them headlong into the wildness of the General Camping area. (This is assessment is based purely on what I have read about TRF camping here on this forum, having never actually participated myself.)
I personally have only ever been to one RenFaire (TRF - '07 or '08, can't remember which) but am interested in attending more often, and like I said this is the kind of environment I would like to see and be a part of.
Question!
Has anyone heard about the RV/Travel trailer hook ups lately? My Mother in Law would like to stay but when she camps she wants it all (She has a generator aboard her rig,but "that's for emergencies")
I know that they are in the future plans, but I'm not sure they will be implemented by this season.
Good to see you back on the Forums Martin.
(o:
i just camped at the grounds this past weekend for the mud run. i was told they dont think they will have the sites ready by this season. thier main focus is on the ball. They have cleared out an additional area for camping. But its still 4 months away
This year we are trying to get the dump station operational. We are also putting the gravel rds. and pads in for future power, water and sewer but they will not be in this year. Just a nice level area to park on. Hope this answers your question.
Thanks, Terre . . . lots of nice improvements over the past few years.
Is there anything that can be done about the ultra light aircraft and airplanes with banners making marriage proposals, etc., that flew over last season? Hope I'm not being a killjoy, but the aircraft really distracted from some of the performances last year. There might not be anything that can be done about this, but it could become a major annoyance if the frequency of flights increased.
I'll check, maybe because of the crowd size we can get a no fly zone. For safety and national security. Probably a tough request.
Build a few really big trebuchet's and sling some fireballs at those planes as they fly over the village. Forget about Saturday night fireworks, that would have really been cool!! :D I'm betting that would put a stop to the fly over's.
Hmmmmm, I guess that could of been an option 1000 years ago (of course there wasn't planes flying overhead 1000 years ago).
Never mind. :-X
The Pyro crew may have something that would fix that. :)
Quote from: Terre Albert on May 19, 2014, 03:45:54 PM
This year we are trying to get the dump station operational. We are also putting the gravel rds. and pads in for future power, water and sewer but they will not be in this year. Just a nice level area to park on. Hope this answers your question.
The dump station will be a great help. Nice to hear about all the improvments going on. The fair just gets better each year. I hope to see it still here in another 40 years.
I am thinking about camping for the first time this year. Any dos and don'ts would be extremely helpful!! I don't want to make anyone mad, but I really want to make some faire friends!!! Any advice?!
Quote from: Lady Flowers on June 12, 2014, 01:57:10 PM
I am thinking about camping for the first time this year. Any dos and don'ts would be extremely helpful!! I don't want to make anyone mad, but I really want to make some faire friends!!! Any advice?!
Hi Lady Flowers, when are you camping this year? My family will be there for the 1001 Dreams Weekend (Oct 18/19). We don't know anyone or any clans. We just set up on our own, but would love to make new friends!
I would like to try and go every weekend but we haven't set up a date for when we want to camp yet! We don't have a clan either and would love some TRF friends!! if you have a facebook you can join our group and meet all kinds of peope!! I would Love to have some friends to camp with!!
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