Goodwood Revival - Some inside info needed
Discussion
I am thinking of attending the Revival this year after 2 years of FoS.
I will only attend 1 day.
Do I take Friday/Saturday/Sunday?
Do I need Grandstand tickets? If so which one? At FoS I never felt the need for a Grandstand ticket.
Any suggestion on lodging? Nice neighborhood, place. I do not mind if it is half an hour away from Goodwood.
I am coming from Belgium so I prefer to stay between Goodwood and Dover. Brighton Rye are compulsary stops. Anything else?
Thanks already.
Michel
I will only attend 1 day.
Do I take Friday/Saturday/Sunday?
Do I need Grandstand tickets? If so which one? At FoS I never felt the need for a Grandstand ticket.
Any suggestion on lodging? Nice neighborhood, place. I do not mind if it is half an hour away from Goodwood.
I am coming from Belgium so I prefer to stay between Goodwood and Dover. Brighton Rye are compulsary stops. Anything else?
Thanks already.
Michel
MichelV said:
I am thinking of attending the Revival this year. I will only attend 1 day.
These days the Sat and Sun are both big days. Doesn't really matter which one you choose. Sat might fit your schedule well if you have a lot of travelling.MichelV said:
Do I need Grandstand tickets? If so which one? At FoS I never felt the need for a Grandstand ticket.
IMO a grandstand is a good idea at Revival, not least in case it rains! Woodcote grandstand is a good one but may be sold out long ago.MichelV said:
Any suggestion on lodging? Nice neighborhood, place. I do not mind if it is half an hour away from Goodwood.
Again, I'll be surprised if anything within 30 minutes didn't sell out long ago. So get ypur hotel fixed asap! Anywhere from Guildford to Brighton to Portsmouth I should think.MichelV said:
Anything else?
Being UK you should take sun cream ..... and an umbrella.PLEASE go in period attire. About 90% of the people who go to the revival bother to do it properly. The other 10% look like the visitors to a large outdoor museum (in fact, are turned away from certain areas, like the paddock). You'll feel like a muppet if you don't.
Friday is always much quieter, and you can happily walk all the way round the circuit and still see the practise sessions - there will be spots where you can stop and have a good view. On Sat/Sun, there are so many people that you won't find it easy to do that - the whole circuit will be full of people.
Lavant stands are my favourite for rain protection and seeing the racing - you get a good view of St. Mary's (common accident blackspot), all the way up the back straight.
Goodwood have actors (well, more like live roleplay people) near the front gates to tell you to straighten your tie, etc (in the nicest possible way).
It's a really fun day out, but it's really that way because the crowd make it that way: it's not something you just watch (which the FoS is, largely), it's something you participate in.
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Friday is always much quieter, and you can happily walk all the way round the circuit and still see the practise sessions - there will be spots where you can stop and have a good view. On Sat/Sun, there are so many people that you won't find it easy to do that - the whole circuit will be full of people.
Lavant stands are my favourite for rain protection and seeing the racing - you get a good view of St. Mary's (common accident blackspot), all the way up the back straight.
Goodwood have actors (well, more like live roleplay people) near the front gates to tell you to straighten your tie, etc (in the nicest possible way).
It's a really fun day out, but it's really that way because the crowd make it that way: it's not something you just watch (which the FoS is, largely), it's something you participate in.
C
vixen1700 said:
We just booked a hotel in Brighton the week before last for the Saturday night, as we're going on Sunday. Decent place on the sea-front for a reasonable price, so places are still available. 
Just gotta sort out what to wear now.
Military garb: http://www.sabresales.co.uk/ (about 3x as expensive to buy as to rent)Just gotta sort out what to wear now.
Something for the missus: http://www.vivienofholloway.com/
There are hundreds of places that do 1940/50/60s stuff that's appropriate, and the revival is one of the biggest events of the year for them.
C
The biggest difference between the Friday and the weekend days is that
there are no actual races on the Friday but IIRC all the classes are out for practice
and qualifing on the Friday. On the weekend days not all the classes race each day.
So have a look at a programme of events, see which types of cars you would like
to see out on track and then make your decision.
there are no actual races on the Friday but IIRC all the classes are out for practice
and qualifing on the Friday. On the weekend days not all the classes race each day.
So have a look at a programme of events, see which types of cars you would like
to see out on track and then make your decision.
MichelV said:
I will try to confom but I am sure not everyone wore a tie in the sixties, right?
I should explain this a little. My friends and I all had period RAF uniforms on, but one of the lads hadn't doen his tie up properly before we went in.An "extra" (for that's a decent way of describing many of the goodwood staffers at the revival) walked over dressed as a 1950's policeman and told him to straighten his tie up as he looked like a shambles, while the rest of us fell about laughing. It's done in a nice way, jokingly, not as a serious thing. He was later accosted by the GlamCabs girls and spent a good half hour bright red.
Lots of fellows just wear a shirt, tweed jacket, slacks and a bonnet. That's good enough - they don't expect 100% of the crowd to do the nth degree of authenticity (although some of the people who go, including my lot, do).
Last Year:
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CraigyMc said:
PLEASE go in period attire. About 90% of the people who go to the revival bother to do it properly. The other 10% look like the visitors to a large outdoor museum (in fact, are turned away from certain areas, like the paddock). You'll feel like a muppet if you don't.
Friday is always much quieter, and you can happily walk all the way round the circuit and still see the practise sessions - there will be spots where you can stop and have a good view. On Sat/Sun, there are so many people that you won't find it easy to do that - the whole circuit will be full of people.
Lavant stands are my favourite for rain protection and seeing the racing - you get a good view of St. Mary's (common accident blackspot), all the way up the back straight.
Goodwood have actors (well, more like live roleplay people) near the front gates to tell you to straighten your tie, etc (in the nicest possible way).
It's a really fun day out, but it's really that way because the crowd make it that way: it's not something you just watch (which the FoS is, largely), it's something you participate in.
C
No, you are turned away from the Paddock if you are not dressed smartly.Friday is always much quieter, and you can happily walk all the way round the circuit and still see the practise sessions - there will be spots where you can stop and have a good view. On Sat/Sun, there are so many people that you won't find it easy to do that - the whole circuit will be full of people.
Lavant stands are my favourite for rain protection and seeing the racing - you get a good view of St. Mary's (common accident blackspot), all the way up the back straight.
Goodwood have actors (well, more like live roleplay people) near the front gates to tell you to straighten your tie, etc (in the nicest possible way).
It's a really fun day out, but it's really that way because the crowd make it that way: it's not something you just watch (which the FoS is, largely), it's something you participate in.
C
Remember that in order to look the part, you don't have to go down the whole 'must get evry detail of the outfit absolutely correct, or else' route. As long as you dress smartly, and wear a hat, you'll be fine. Some people take the whole 'period dress' thing far to seriously. As long as you don't wear a modern Ferrari / Mclaren / insert F1 team shirt, no one will eat you alive.
DJRC said:
CraigyMc said:
PLEASE go in period attire. About 90% of the people who go to the revival bother to do it properly. The other 10% look like the visitors to a large outdoor museum (in fact, are turned away from certain areas, like the paddock). You'll feel like a muppet if you don't.
No, you are turned away from the Paddock if you are not dressed smartly.CraigyMc said:
DJRC said:
CraigyMc said:
PLEASE go in period attire. About 90% of the people who go to the revival bother to do it properly. The other 10% look like the visitors to a large outdoor museum (in fact, are turned away from certain areas, like the paddock). You'll feel like a muppet if you don't.
No, you are turned away from the Paddock if you are not dressed smartly.C2james said:
Also it doesn't matter how smart you look you can't get in without a pass.
Also I'm just going in chinos, shirt, navy jacket and a tie.
This counts as "bothering". The 10% I'm talking about are the ones wearing 2012 football shirts, hoodies and other stuff that wouldn't have existed by the late 60's.Also I'm just going in chinos, shirt, navy jacket and a tie.
You need to know someone in the GRRC for a paddock pass (little octagonal thing on a bit of string).
C
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