Pro's:
The boat absolutely rocked.
The crowd was all in great spirits, everyone wanted to be there and was trying to have a mad time against great odds.
Security was everywhere - they were alert and on top of just about everything - was good.
Maybe it got better after 9? Our group of 10 couldnt stand to hang around anymore past this and we bolted.
Con's:
Everything else about this entire event.
The last few events Hardware related parties I've got this feeling the punters are being absolutely fucked over with the single intention of getting as many people into as poorly a facilited location as is humanly possible without someone dying - and still taking our cash.
None of the staff had a clue what was going on - I asked up to 10 people just to tell me the actual lay out of the rooms or even which was Planet Hardware.
Thanks heaps though for providing the 5 or so reed matts to lay over the only small section of covered concrete on a 30+ degree day. Cough.
Total lack of food ? Good work there.
Having to go through public space and thus have bags security checked upon reentering the first room and having to dump the SEALED BOTTLES that were just bought because 'bottles arent allowed' - Again, mad props on this one.
Hell, they even got to save what I assume is a fair wad of cash on decor because apart from 4 speaker stacks per room, that seemed it.
They didnt even get this right actually... Not sure if it was CJ or Kai but they were running with headphones only, the two speaker stacks on either side of the DJ were turned off.
What can I say ? This just sucked... Music wise the day seemed to just churn out fairly mindless, repetative crap. You'd swear everyone was just walking for a smoke and letting 'the best of Hard trance' play on repeat.
Closing words? They managed to get an alternative to SummaDayze up, and for that I'm thankful - but if they were just going to rip off 3,000 people and put them through inhuman conditions what was the bloody point?
Oh yeah and it cost $10 to get in to see the promised Cubans because they were actually inside the Alumbra bar, not part of the rave.
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As for New Years 2003 - went off muchly. Before Sunshine and after it - many thanks to the mad, mad people who partied through for 20+ hours post with me