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1) Traffic seems to be way more organized, LVMPD cops are alot better at funneling traffic in and out of event parking zones since 2011. Although the rush to the exit still looked like a angry army of mice battling their way to a mountain of cheese, AKA, some serious road rage going on around me (see bad things).
2) People seem to be taking into account my advice/tip I left last year, showing the good, getting in and out FAST area to park beside the Interstate-15 and Speedway Blvd Exit. Good! But I wish that all of the angry road-raging people that parked in the same lot as us would kindly leave and parked somewhere else at the start of each day.
3) Although there were alot more headliners that I WISHED CAME BACK (Tritonal, EDX, Deadmau5, etc.) I understand that one of the main points of Electric Daisy Carnival is to showcase new or not widely known talent. That being said, I loved the performances provided by attending big names such as Dash Berlin, The Glitch Mob, Gareth Emery, Knife Party, Madeon, Arty and Kaskade.
I also enjoyed the acts provided by talent I hadn't heard of experienced of yet (not "not widely known" acts in general, just ones I never heard of), such as Flosstradamus, 3Lau, Bixel Boys, Syn+Cole, Martinez Brothers, and Oliver. I will be subscribing to their Podcasts soon to experience more of it, if I can even find those files online.
4) The general consensus of the "vibe" I am feeling when I am at least INSIDE the venue is fairly positive. I only had one nasty encounter with just one creeper. The people around me are super fun loving, alot better than what I experienced before like at 2012, where everyone looked angry, especially after that long-ago Saturday shutdown for high winds (in 2012). Usually at the end of the day, in the midst of all the road-ragers around me at 6:15 something AM, I simply cranked my music up in my car and made my car shake back and forth to the beat of the music to entertain everyone. It seems to distract them from violence.
5) Even though I'm a guy, this one petite Latina girl gave me her Navy Blue Butterfly Tiara for helping her tie her leg straps on by illuminating it with a flashlight (the free one you get in the keychain from the ticket package). I put it on every time I went back for the next few days and I got compliments, phone numbers, and joint photos on Instagram accounts. Yay for me! And I have not heard anything negative either!
Bad Things
1) I felt that the DJ lineups, especially for popular mainstream ones, were too tightly packed on Saturday, with at least three artists that I liked are featured back to back (Eric Prydz, Calvin Harris, Above & Beyond, Tiesto, Alesso, Benny Benassi for example, not all were Saturdays). I had little or no rest going to and dancing from stage to stage on Saturday, especially since we had to experience some on-foot "road rage" trying to get from Circuit Grounds, to Kinetic Field, to Cosmic Meadows, to Neon Something and then to the bathrooms. I witnessed this poor worker in one of those ATVs get SURROUNDED by fans trying to go from one stage to the next, trying to call for help from security to disperse the crowd until they came with flashlights. The only time to rest was DURING when my favorites are playing, and I had to either leave the crowd to sit down on the asphalt or against the covered fences and risk being stepped or tripped over. Thats something I hate to do especially when I want to be standing up when my favorites are playing.
I hope that next year you guys can have the obviously popular acts time slots sandwiched between the lesser-known acts on each stage, so I get to sit down for a hour to two and grab something to eat.
2) I think we need some BRIGHT LIGHTS to mark the PUBLIC RESTROOMS SIGNS, its clearly apparent that even with those folding maps we get when we come inside, people will lose them and only know of the one next to Cosmic Meadows. After midnight, that entire area stinks really bad because its so heavily used. After Friday, to my disgust of having to endure the smell or the horrific sights behind those doors, I instead opted for spending more than 20 minutes going from Cosmic Meadows to the least used bathrooms at the Circuit Grounds. On the 3rd Day, I realized that the Budweiser Cool Lounge is also available to General Admissions over 21 years of age, and that they among other places I havn't discovered yet, has NORMAL CIVILIZED BATHROOMS THAT FLUSH.
3) I am not accusing anyone specifically for using, selling, and consuming bad drugs... but compared to my experiences in 2013 and 2012 (my first EDC-Vegas), there is alot of people that have "gotten sick". I either saw people puke right in front of me, stepped in puke, nearly sat on puke, or on my way to one of the Free Water Stations, the entire right side stank of vomit. I don't know what we could do about this, maybe have more workers or volunteers willing to clean it up?
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