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I'm planning on arriving on Friday morning around 10AM in an RV. Wise? Unwise? How's the wait on Friday morning? The majority of posters seem to arrive on Thursday.
the majority of the posters will arrive on thursday. your correct, but you have to take into account that we are the hardcore fans. im not saying that your not a hardcore fan, but most of the fans will show up on friday, the day that Bonnaroo has announced is the start of the festival.
friday is when you will find the most traffic. the traffic situation slowly builds from wed and peaks on friday, probably at 8AM or so. the traffic will be over by friday night but youl see some people strolling in on saturday.
the majority of the posters will arrive on thursday. your correct, but you have to take into account that we are the hardcore fans. im not saying that your not a hardcore fan, but most of the fans will show up on friday, the day that Bonnaroo has announced is the start of the festival.
friday is when you will find the most traffic. the traffic situation slowly builds from wed and peaks on friday, probably at 8AM or so. the traffic will be over by friday night but youl see some people strolling in on saturday.
I think this pattern may be changing over the years. I've arrived in the wee hours of Friday morning every year (people I go with can't get off work Thursday). In '02 I'm pretty sure we were right at the absolute peak of traffic (12+ hour wait). Each year, the wait has gotten less and less, until last year we were stunned to basically drive right in (somewhere around an hour in line iirc). I think there were longer waits on Thursday than what I experienced just before dawn on Friday. Not sure how that progresses later into Friday morning though.
Generally, the traffic situation seems to improve every year, and with attendence capped at 80,000 I wouldn't expect that pattern to change this year. Personally, I would be a bit wary of getting there at 10:00 am Friday, and would arrive earlier if I could help it. The music starts at noon, and between potential traffic lines, setting up camp, and being exhausted from a long trip (if your trip is long), you would be very likely to miss the first sets and/or be pretty wiped out for all of Friday (been there, done that).
Basically, you want to get there as early as you can, but if you are stuck with a certain arrival schedule (and like me missing the Thursday night stuff again), you'll figure it out, make it work and have a blast.