Town Park virgin? Get your answers here!

[TellurideTom]

How many quarters do you need for a shower and how long of a shower do you get?
Can you have glass bottles of beer in TP camping (I know not in the festival)?
Can you leave all of your things safely in your tent when you're out 'n about exploring?

You get a 10 minute (barely) warm shower with 8 quarters if they're busy.
It's warmer early in the morning or late in the day when they aren't in use as much.
Be sure you have all the soap rinsed off in time, cause when the hot water runs out it's freezing cold and it happens instantly.

Bottles are allowed in Town Park, but not in Warner Field.

The festivarians in Town Park are an honest bunch. Leave valuables in your tent, out of sight, and they'll be just fine.
The local homeless are only looking for unattended phones and alcohol, but they're gone when the festival starts.

You're going to have a blast! 

[Hooch]

Hellooo!

It's $3 in quarters for 5 minutes and a 50/50 chance of hot water.
Yes, you can have glass in TP campground.
Your things will be relatively safe.  99.9% of folks in TP never have any issues.  However, one should not be too blatantly careless.  Meeting your neighbors and keeping new friends posted on when you will be away will help keep eyes on your stuff.

If you arrive Friday before dark just park and wander around the campgrounds and say hi to folks.  If you arrive after dark just hang out by the bathrooms where the flood light is and you'll have 87 friends in no time.

[Hooch]

10 minutes and $2??  I thought they upped the price a couple years ago??  And lowered the time??

[Hot Sugar]

10 minutes and $2??  I thought they upped the price a couple years ago??  And lowered the time??

They did. Ever since I've been camping in Town Park showers have been $12 for 5 minutes of tepid to hot water.

[TellurideTom]

10 minutes and $2??  I thought they upped the price a couple years ago??  And lowered the time??

You're right Hooch.
My mistake.

It's $3 for 5 minutes. 

[lorileee]

Thank you so much for your responses!
I look forward to making my 87 friends by the bathrooms soon!  
Great advice about the showers! I'll make sure to bring a LOT of quarters.
Is it considered rude to take more than one shower as long as there are not people waiting? If I need more than 5 minutes to wash my hair (it's down to my waist and takes a minute!)?
Thanks again, I wish I was already there and I really wish that it was how it used to be and we could stay on an additional week!

[Debbiefromtucson]

10 minutes and $2??  I thought they upped the price a couple years ago??  And lowered the time??

They did. Ever since I've been camping in Town Park showers have been $12 for 5 minutes of tepid to hot water.

On;y for Matthew , Sugar. Think it's 3.00 for 5 minutes

[AlohaGirl]

Thank you so much for your responses!
I look forward to making my 87 friends by the bathrooms soon!  
Great advice about the showers! I'll make sure to bring a LOT of quarters.
Is it considered rude to take more than one shower as long as there are not people waiting? If I need more than 5 minutes to wash my hair (it's down to my waist and takes a minute!)?
Thanks again, I wish I was already there and I really wish that it was how it used to be and we could stay on an additional week!

  Wellcome Lorilee. So glad to meet my fellow festivirgin. I too am attending by myself. So, we will be newbies together.

See you there!  Mary

[Hot Sugar]

10 minutes and $2??  I thought they upped the price a couple years ago??  And lowered the time??

They did. Ever since I've been camping in Town Park showers have been $12 for 5 minutes of tepid to hot water.

On;y for Matthew , Sugar. Think it's 3.00 for 5 minutes

Right, I was thinking 12 quarters for 5 minutes. Not 12 dollars.

[jackster8]

My wife and I are coming from PA for our first time at TBF. We are staying at TP and plan to arrive mid day on Tuesday (earliest we could get there). Is there still some decent real estate at TP then? Not sure how campsites are assigned ot if they are first come/first served.

Thanks for your help!

[Hippie]

It's easy, just wander around camp and meet your new neighbors before you set up. Remember to stop by and say hello!

[AlohaGirl]

Quick question. Can you leave your festival chair at the festival grounds overnight without taking back to camp? I ask because mine is low to the ground...but it is a rocker and very difficult to set up and collapse for such a little chair. At my last festival I could leave it overnight.

[Hot Sugar]

Quick question. Can you leave your festival chair at the festival grounds overnight without taking back to camp? I ask because mine is low to the ground...but it is a rocker and very difficult to set up and collapse for such a little chair. At my last festival I could leave it overnight.

Nope. At Telluride, you have to take it with you at the end of the night and set it up again tomorrow morning.

I've been to festivals where you can set it up and leave it all weekend long (Targhee), but Telluride is too big for such a policy. I simply don't think that it would work out.

[Skubes]

Quick question. Can you leave your festival chair at the festival grounds overnight without taking back to camp? I ask because mine is low to the ground...but it is a rocker and very difficult to set up and collapse for such a little chair. At my last festival I could leave it overnight.

Nope. At Telluride, you have to take it with you at the end of the night and set it up again tomorrow morning.

I've been to festivals where you can set it up and leave it all weekend long (Targhee), but Telluride is too big for such a policy. I simply don't think that it would work out.

Tarp run is dangerous enough as it is!    This would make it a steeplechase. 

[BillyBeru]

Yeah, Skubes, it would be a mess. 

That said, it certainly would make watching the Tarp Run even more interesting than it currently it is, imagine all the wipe outs we'd see! I'm thinking it would turn into a SNL parody.

I've decided to run again this year and I'm pretty certain my bad karma with these bad thoughts about laughing at fallen tarp runners will translate into my own twisted ankle/hammy. Medic!