Longitude 2017

wanderer100

ghostdancer wrote: »

get the Luas to Balally, 30min walk from there with sneaky can along the way(probably less if you're a quick walker). quicker than the bus, and no chance of hitting traffic.

This!! I and plenty others will be going down this route I say. The walk isn't that bad honestly . The luas is gonna be mayhem though with teenagers

BurtMacklin

ghostdancer wrote: »

get the Luas to Balally, 30min walk from there with sneaky can along the way(probably less if you're a quick walker). quicker than the bus, and no chance of hitting traffic.

I always found the marathon bus handy to get out of Marley park. Plenty of buses queuing up at the designated bus stop that brings you straight back to town. Don't fancy the walk back to Balally after the day. Plus I'm coming from the south east so I might end up using the park and ride which will have me on the red line.
or we might get the train to Hueston.

I'll weigh up all my options. Thanks,

BurtMacklin

wanderer100 wrote: »

This!! I and plenty others will be going down this route I say. The walk isn't that bad honestly . The luas is gonna be mayhem though with teenagers

What's it like coming home?

ghostdancer

I think you can get a 1-way ticket for the bus to go back into town? for getting there with little risk of delays, the Luas is the better option I'd say.
way home it's wedged, but I've got on without any problem. that' leaving straight after the gig and going straight there, might be too busy if you're not up there within 30-40mins of it ending.

BurtMacklin

ghostdancer wrote: »

I think you can get a 1-way ticket for the bus to go back into town? for getting there with little risk of delays, the Luas is the better option I'd say.
way home it's wedged, but I've got on without any problem. that' leaving straight after the gig and going straight there, might be too busy if you're not up there within 30-40mins of it ending.

Took this from the site;

Can I book a homeward bound ticket only online in advance of Marlay Park concerts?

It is not possible to pre-book a homeward bound ticket from Marlay Park to Custom House Quay in advance. It can be purchased upon concert end in Marlay Park. Limited availability.

Yeah I'll see what the lads want to do. Thanks for the info.

wanderer100

is it possible to book a one way shuttle bus ticket back to Dundrum luas stop from longitude for the late night???I'm only seeing return tickets going as far as 6pm

Knex*

wanderer100 wrote: »

is it possible to book a one way shuttle bus ticket back to Dundrum luas stop from longitude for the late night???I'm only seeing return tickets going as far as 6pm

You'd nearly be quicker walking, I'd guess.

Shedite27

The 16 bus last year was perfect. They'd about 20 of them lined up after the gig, each leaving as soon as it was full all heading back to O'Connell Street.

BurtMacklin

Shedite27 wrote: »

The 16 bus last year was perfect. They'd about 20 of them lined up after the gig, each leaving as soon as it was full all heading back to O'Connell Street.

Yeah we could do that. Goes from O' Connell street out yeah. Seems to go every 12 mins or so.

It's seem an easier escape after the festival too according to the map.

bodhrandude

Is that eight stages I've counted in the map including the Red Bull and the smaller Heineken stsge too.

wanderer100

Are drawstring bags allowed in?? I've read the info on bags but not sure if drawstring bags fit under those measurements

Knex*

wanderer100 wrote: »

Are drawstring bags allowed in?? I've read the info on bags but not sure if drawstring bags fit under those measurements

Should be fine.

huskerdu

wanderer100 wrote: »

is it possible to book a one way shuttle bus ticket back to Dundrum luas stop from longitude for the late night???I'm only seeing return tickets going as far as 6pm

There will be shuttle buses back to the Luas station. They will run until the crowd dies down or the Luas is finished. No need to book.

Make sure you know what time the last Luas goes at, especially Sunday night .
Last year, loads of people were too late for the last Luas which goes earlier on a Sunday night

bodhrandude

I thought there would be horror reports about the state of the crowd by now.

Amirani

bodhrandude wrote: »

I thought there would be horror reports about the state of the crowd by now.

Haha, they're fairly bad. Went for a run about an hour ago and plenty of young folk a little worse for wear already. :pac:

circular flexing

https://twitter.com/ShannonPurcell/status/885895654651854849

bodhrandude

circular flexing wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ShannonPurcell/status/885895654651854849

That looks mental, healthy and safety Ha!

circular flexing

bodhrandude wrote: »

That looks mental, healthy and safety Ha! The security guy looks like he's doing Heil Hitler.

Actually he looks like a medic unfortunately.

Donal55

bodhrandude wrote: »

That looks mental, healthy and safety Ha! The security guy looks like he's doing Heil Hitler.

The lad doing the sieg heil looks more like a paramedic. Notice the green belting on the hi viz.
I hope everyone is okay.

bodhrandude

circular flexing wrote: »

Actually he looks like a medic unfortunately.

Yer right, the green bit on the shoulders, altered the post.

BurtMacklin

What is going on in the picture? Is that a medical tent or was there a crush at some stage?

ghostdancer

BurtMacklin wrote: »

What is going on in the picture? Is that a medical tent or was there a crush at some stage?

it's one of the security tents when you're on the way in. seems like there were big bottlenecks at entry with security being slow and loads of people arriving around 4pm, which lead to loads of queuing/pushing.

Mrs Shuttleworth

Just heard there the queue was 90 minutes to get in this afternoon, there was a stampede when the gates opened and some lad broke his leg. Wishing him a speedy recovery.

bodhrandude

WELL! Wheres the reports then, who was sh1te and who was not sh1te and did it suck or was it amazing craic, c'mon give it to me.

Furious-Red

Longitude Festival

An apology
The opening hour of yesterday's entry was not what I wanted. We had encouraged people to arrive early and they heeded the encouragement to a greater level than anticipated making that first hour difficult and I owe those caught up in it an apology.

However, every single person caught up in the shock of the uncomfortable start was able to continue into the concert and enjoy the day despite that. As you would anticipate, my teams have worked throughout the night to improve the entry for today and tomorrow so everyone can enjoy Longitude at its best.

Melvin Benn,
Managing Director,
Festival Republic

ghostdancer

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Just heard there the queue was 90 minutes to get in this afternoon, there was a stampede when the gates opened and some lad broke his leg. Wishing him a speedy recovery.

did they actually? reading Benn's statement it doesn't seem the case.
there were people on twitter early yesterday saying that someone got stabbed, which turned out to be bollocks.

Mrs Shuttleworth

ghostdancer wrote: »

did they actually? reading Benn's statement it doesn't seem the case.
there were people on twitter early yesterday saying that someone got stabbed, which turned out to be bollocks.

Only saying what I heard.

Today will be a lot better. The Weeknd should put on a good show.

Fck I wish I was going. Feeling a pre-gig buzz coming on.

bodhrandude

So my guess so far is the festival must be a pile of cr@p as no one seems to want to comment about the Friday night.

4Ad

Despite what we think we just have no patience (myself included, though getting better)
We hate queing or waiting for anything and then whinge alot...
I was at Nos Alive, yeah there was queues at times, saw a fight but generally it was calm esp as the night went on, people got drunk and stoned etc but not to the level WE do..
Never saw trouble at Glaston bury or Bennicassim but wouldnt take a free ticket for EP.
Just an observation..

bodhrandude

Well there seems to be a discussion in After Hours anyways. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057764035