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Although there seems to be little rhyme or reason to the campsites people get versus the time they get to the festival, I thought it would be helpful to compile as many anecdotes as possible about when people got there, which route they took, how long they waited in traffic, and which GA campsites they were assigned.
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CITY OF ORIGIN: ROUTE TAKEN: TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: GATE ENTERED: ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line):
CITY OF ORIGIN: Nashville ROUTE TAKEN: I24E exit 114/Highway 41/Asbury Rd./New Bushy Branch TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 0 minutes DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 1:30pm Thursday GATE ENTERED: NE New Busy Branch ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Peter Griffin WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 40 minutes
CITY OF ORIGIN: Boston, MA ROUTE TAKEN: 1,000 miles of roads/TN-55 W/Ragsdale Rd/New Bushy Branch Rd TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: ~45 minutes DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: ~2 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 11pm Wednesday ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Camp Q (BFE) WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): I walk quickly, so about 20-25 minutes (1.5 miles)
CITY OF ORIGIN: Tampa, FL ROUTE TAKEN: I75 to Chattanooga, I24 to exit 127, Hillsboro Hwy to Asbury Rd TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 0 minutes. Arrived just as the gate was opened. DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 5:30 pm Wednesday GATE ENTERED: NE Gate New Bushy Branch ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Camp Bobby Brown, Pod 2. Was marked RV on map but included some tent areas. WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 5 minutes
Camp Bobby Brown in POD 2 was a new area of camping. Last year the area was just woods that lined RV camping. They seemed to have cleared out most of the trees, though a few remained and really helped keep things cool, especially in the morning.
It seemed like they didn't do a very good job clearing the site as we found and or tripped over numerous strips of barbed-wire that were hidden in the grass. Other than that, Camp Bobby Brown ruled!
Post by daytripperr on Jun 15, 2011 15:03:04 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: rochester, ny. ROUTE TAKEN: I-24 to exit 127. TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: almost 6 hours. DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: about 2 miles from exit 127 (that was the detour exit, right?) and then to the grounds. GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: not sure... NE gate i think. we arrived at 2:30am so it was a bit disorientating. ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: oceanic flight 815 / pod 11 (yet nowhere near pod 11). WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): depending on how tired/curious/anxious we were... 25-30 minutes (we walk quickly).
CITY OF ORIGIN: Fredericksburg, VA ROUTE TAKEN: Once in TN, 55W/Bushy Branch TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 3.5 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 1 mile GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 10:00pm Wednesday ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Ferris Bueller, pod 3 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10-15 min?
We seemed to catch the worst end of the "dump all traffic from I-24 onto 55" and sat practically still for most of that wait. It was worth the wait though, as our camp location was the best in my opinion. Off the dusty roads, and really close to the RV bathrooms (ridiculously clean all weekend).
CITY OF ORIGIN: Wichita Falls, Texas ROUTE TAKEN: I-40 to Nashville, then I-24 to Manchester, took exit 127 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 6 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 2 miles maybe? ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: I think it was Peter Griffin, we were a couple of sections over from Pod 11 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 30-40 min.
Post by Dave Maynar on Jun 15, 2011 17:32:32 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: Clinton, TN ROUTE TAKEN: I75 to Chattanooga, I24 to exit 112 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: right at 3 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 16 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 6am Thursday GATE ENTERED: The one direct off the interstate ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Han Solo WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10 minutes? I'm bad at estimating time.
Post by yfoogsittam on Jun 15, 2011 20:49:11 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: Lexington, KY ROUTE TAKEN: Bluegrass Pkwy, I-65, I-24 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 3.5 hrs DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 15 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 8:30am Thursday GATE ENTERED: Temp Exit 112 ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Boba Fett WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10-15 mins. 8 mins to the ferris wheel entrance... we timed it)
All exits on eastbound I-24 were closed and we were directed to go down to exit 127, turn around and get in line that way. Didn't move but maybe 1 mile in the first 2 hours we were in line and then the line moved at a brisk pace.
CITY OF ORIGIN: Minneapolis, Minnesota ROUTE TAKEN: We ended up on I-24 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: In the actual Roo line? 1 hour-ish DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: no idea GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: we got to the line about 7pm Wednesday, had to go way down I-24 to exit 127 and turn around. We were in line about 30 minutes when they started directing us off exit 114 (I think?) We drove around back roads with NO ONE telling us where to go. Eventually we somehow managed to find Wal Mart and follow some people in through Bushy Branch Rd. I had no idea where I was and my internet on my phone wouldn't work. We waited about 30 minutes back there before we made it to the tolls. ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Camp Ophelia, pod 10 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 22 minutes (timed it)
CITY OF ORIGIN: Fairfax, VA; but we stopped off in Raleigh, NC and journeyed from there ROUTE TAKEN: I24E exit 127 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 0 DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0 GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: I think around 3-4pm, Thursday GATE ENTERED: East Tollbooth ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Camp Cleveland Brown WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH: Some 25-45 minutes dependin' on how tired I was
CITY OF ORIGIN: Chattanooga, TN ROUTE TAKEN: 27S to 24W TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 0 DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0 GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 11:00'ish GATE ENTERED: No idea, it was right off the interstate though ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Luke Skywalker Camp, Pod 6 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): About 10 mins to the Ferris Wheel, not bad at all.
Post by schlosseroo on Jun 16, 2011 9:23:17 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: Cleveland, OH ROUTE TAKEN: 71, 65, 24E, EXIT 127, by police direction ended up on Bushy branch TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: got in line 845am Thursday waited 2 hours DISTANCE IN TRAFFIC: about 3 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME: about 1045am Thursday GATE ENTERED: west toll booth ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Stewie griffin WALK TO CENTEROO: about 30-35 minutes
CITY OF ORIGIN: Asheville, North Carolina ROUTE TAKEN: Knoxville/Chattanooga/I24E TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 2 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 4 miles? Walmart to exit 111 + some back roads GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: Wednesday 5:30 pm GATE ENTERED: East Tollbooth ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Pod 2 #69 Peggy Olson WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): around 10 minutes... set up in Camping Only so 2 minutes to arch, ferris wheel entrance had quicker lines though
Post by Del Griffith on Jun 16, 2011 11:45:00 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: Columbus, OH ROUTE TAKEN: 71 s to 65 s to 24 e TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 20-25 mins DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0-0.5 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 930am on 6/9/11 GATE ENTERED: exit 112 off 24 w ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Han Solo WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 5-10 mins
CITY OF ORIGIN: Mankato, MN ROUTE TAKEN: I-24 Exit 111 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 45 minutes DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: ~2 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 6:20 PM Wednesday GATE ENTERED: Not sure but I think it was the West Tollbooth ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Pod #2, RV section, right behind the portos next to the pod balloon WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10-15 minutes
Post by sendmetoalbion on Jun 16, 2011 16:07:51 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: Madison, WI ROUTE TAKEN: 90 to 290 to 65 to 24 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 5 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: ~15 miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: Thursday at 9:00AM GATE ENTERED: exit 112 of 24 ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Han Solo WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10 min
Post by pondo ROCKS on Jun 16, 2011 16:14:56 GMT -5
City of Origin:Henderson, Ky. Route Taken: I-24 Time Spent in traffic:15 minutes Distance driven in traffic:0-0.5 miles Gate Arrival Time/Date: Thursday at 9:15 a.m. Gate Entered:Exit 111 Campsite:Access Walking Time to Centeroo Arch: 5 minutes or less. Actually took 3 minutes to get to the side entrance.
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Post by footballbat on Jun 17, 2011 12:56:09 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: DFW ROUTE TAKEN: I-30 to I-40 to I-24 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: None DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: None (although I was sent south to Exit 127) GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 12:30 p.m. Thursday GATE ENTERED: East ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Cleveland Brown WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): About 40 minutes
I think the arrival time dictates where they send you to camp. They fill the campgrounds from west to east, so if you're way early or way late, you're SOL. There's a sweet spot somewhere in between.
Post by funkybuttlovin on Jun 17, 2011 14:13:14 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: New York ROUTE TAKEN: New Bushy Branch Rd TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 2 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: less than a mile GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 10:30 p.m. Wednesday GATE ENTERED: Not sure they merged the traffic at this time from and I was next to a Manchester welcome sign. ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Adrien! WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 2 mins
The arrival time indicates how long you will wait in line not where they will put you. Once they re-opened the gates we were let in and as we apporached the tollbooths I was in line to probably be camped over by Zoolander or where ever but this lovely lady saw me and told me to follow her. Landed this prime spot behind TO.
CITY OF ORIGIN: Baltimore, Maryland ROUTE TAKEN: 24 , Chris's house TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: Zero DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: Mainly gate traffic GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: 9:30p GATE ENTERED: 10:00p ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Pod 11 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 5 minutes ( tent only ), but from the car wouldve been 30 minutes
CITY OF ORIGIN: 20 minutes south of Atlanta, left at 645 am. ROUTE TAKEN: I-75 to 24 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 35 min DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 4(ish) miles GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: Thursday, at 10:35 am GATE ENTERED: 10:50 am ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Pod 7 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 12 minutes
CITY OF ORIGIN: MURFREESBORO ROUTE TAKEN: I-24 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 0 DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0 GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: THURSDAY 9AM GATE ENTERED: BUSHY BRANCH RD WEST TOLLBOOTH ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: VINCENT VEGA WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH: 15-20 MIN
CITY OF ORIGIN: Lexington, KY ROUTE TAKEN: Martha Layne Collings Blue Grass Parkway > I-65 > I-24 > Exit 110(?) > Manchester Walmart > MET UP W/ FRIENDS > BACK TRACKED ONTO NEW BUSHY BRANCH ROAD TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 5 mins. Line didnt stop until security check DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: 0 GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: Thursday 11 a.m. GATE ENTERED: West Tollbooths ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Boba Fett WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10 mins
CITY OF ORIGIN: Aubrey, TX ROUTE TAKEN: I-30 to I-40 to I-24 (then met a friend in Manchester and followed them in through town on 55 I think.) TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 2 hours DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: No clue GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: THURSDAY 8AM GATE ENTERED: BUSHY BRANCH RD WEST TOLLBOOTH ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Dr. Peter Venkman WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH: 15-20 MIN
Post by mizvalentine on Jun 19, 2011 21:07:36 GMT -5
CITY OF ORIGIN: Boston, MA ROUTE TAKEN: Rte 24W from Chattanooga, but eventually put on Rte 55 (see below) TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: ~1hr 45 mins DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: Not sure GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: Weds 10:15 GATE ENTERED: Not sure ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: George McFly WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 10 mins
I had a disorienting experience getting in...I'm still not sure how I ended up where I did. I got in line right around Exit 117 on 24W. Me and a few hundred other cars were diverted down Exit 117, right at the bottom of the exit, down some back roads and then on to a main highway/business district for about a mile (41 maybe?). Eventually we looped over 24 again and were put on Rte 55. I entered through a gate off of Rte 55. Worked out great as I was REALLY close to Centeroo!
CITY OF ORIGIN: Left from Murfreesboro, TN ROUTE TAKEN: I24, they directed us to I think exit 127 and then took backroads TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: No traffic until the backroads close to Roo....maybe an 1 1/2 hr DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: a couple miles, we could see the Roo lights! GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: Wednesday night a little after midnight GATE ENTERED: one from backroads...is that Bushy Branch? I am straight up stupid when it comes to directions/locations ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: Never figured out exact one, somewhere between Pod 10-11 WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): about 30 mins, more if we took our time
CITY OF ORIGIN: aurora il ROUTE TAKEN: 55 TIME SPENT IN TRAFFIC: 5 MIN DISTANCE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC: NONE GATE ARRIVAL TIME/DATE: THURSDAY 11:15ISH GATE ENTERED:HMM, ONE OF 55 ASSIGNED CAMPSITE: LOIS EINHORN WALKING TIME TO CENTEROO ARCH (not including time spent in line): 25-30
