2.5 stars
Oh EDC you have lost your charm.
This year was my fourth EDC and I am sad to say the festival is on the decline.
Lets start with the good:
-The shuttle was a lot more organized than the previous 2 years. Going back and forth from the strip to the speedway never took more than a hour.
-The stage design and sound quality for basscon and cosmic meadow were great.
-Fireworks actually synced up with the music at Kinetic Field.
-The line for GA was relatively short. We had VIP and only had to wait 5-10 mins for our GA friends to get in.
-Free water.
-Great lineup as usual.
Now onto the bad
-VIP section in Kinetic field only had 3 restroom trailers and 1 porto potty. The line for the VIP restroom was about 20-30 mins. Some of my friends had to go out of VIP and use the porto potties because the line was so long. We paid extra to not use those.
- EDC is first and foremost is a concert, focus on the stage and sound before worrying about all the other novelties. Broken LED screens in Kinetic field is unacceptable!
-With all the money you are making insomniac you should be trying to innovate rather than copy. Kinetic field felt like a wannabe tomorrowland with a big owl blocking the LED screen.
-Why save all your lasers and other lighting's for the last 2 hours?? If you want to show the full capabilities of the stage during the night owl experience, the smart thing would be to have it on the first day instead of saving it for the second to the last act.
-Fireworks were not as good as last year and there were no skydivers. With the ticket costs increasing you should be outdoing yourself every year, not taking steps back.
-The vibe feels completely different, I had fun with the group I went with and met a feel cool people. But it seems like the "bros" are taking over.
Maybe its because I had too high of an expectation coming into this, maybe its because its my 4th EDC. But i will eat sleep rave repeat somewhere else next year.