Oktoberfest Tent Recommendations ...

[GeorgeGregan]

I've been twice before and am heading back for the last weekend this year. It is absolutely the most fun you can have getting drunk.

Tip the waitresses a few euros each time and they'll make sure your table is beered up, otherwise it can be a big challenge to get a drink. Each waitress will have a few tables that are hers so don't try and order from any of them wandering by, and they're also your source of fried chicken, pretzels and pork knuckles that you'll be wanting soon enough.

Don't go in the middle weekend, there's an Italian public holiday around that time and all the Germans stay away.

The most popular tent (which was the Hacker tent last year) had a queue out the front from 9 in the morning, bear in mind it opened at 10:30 and didn't start serving until 11. If you go on a weekend you won't have much chance of getting in at all in a big group if you're not there when the tents open.

Enjoy seeing the many thousands of pissed people getting trolleyed together and try an d imagine the same thing attempted in the UK

[gingerjedi]

I love the way the funfair is open for 20 minutes after the tents shut, is the Olympic 5 loop roller coaster and the merry-go-round schnapps bar still their?

I went for 8 days back in 2001 which was way too long, by the last few days no mater how long I stood in the shower I came out stinking of stale beer.

It was a bit eerie that year as it was 2 weeks after 9/11 so the place was full of yanks who'd were just finishing their euro tour but were too scared to fly home.

[The Lone Gunman]

It was a bit eerie that year as it was 2 weeks after 9/11 so the place was full of yanks who'd were just finishing their euro tour but were too scared to fly home.

I was there that year. A lot of yanks didnt turn up (same the year after). It was a quieter year.
There were a bunch of yanks walking around with T-Shirts stating that OBL wasnt going to stop them.

[gingerjedi]

I was there that year. A lot of yanks didnt turn up (same the year after). It was a quieter year.
There were a bunch of yanks walking around with T-Shirts stating that OBL wasnt going to stop them.

I wondered why people were talking of booking the tents when most of the time we managed to wonder straight in? Apart from the HB tent on Saturday where they locked all the doors until a 50 deep crow built up then let fly resulting in massive beer fueled stampede.

This is a must do before you die type event, I've got the obligatory stolen stein souvenir in my kitchen.

[The Lone Gunman]

If any of you are in Munich right now or before the fest starts it is worth going down to the site.
It is an impressive thing to see during construction. You can get a bier, some of the tents are loaded but there is a workers tent which will serve passers by.

[darmstadt]

Watch out for this part of Oktoberfest, or is that why you're going, a bunch of lads?

[snaw]

Watch out for this part of Oktoberfest, or is that why you're going, a bunch of lads?

Dammit, we got our days mixed up

[Jet Setter]

One other piece of advice; even though everyone is in really good spirits, don't mess with security. They take no prisoners!!