A question RE: items permitted within the park

[lmlacross]

On the WEG website, it says that collapsible chairs are permitted in the park but not inside “competition venues.” Clearly, the XC course is a “competition venue,” but am I safe in assuming that we will be free to set up our chairs outside the ropes at various jumps (i.e., Head of the Lake, etc.)?

Obviously, we’ll need to get there pretty early if we hope to get a decent spot, but I didn’t want to make a presumption based on past experiences at Rolex when WEG is clearly a very different animal.

Thanks.

[NRB]

would love to know the answer to this as well. Have 5 days to find a compact folding chair before leaving for WEG on Friday. Wish I didn’t have a bad knee and hip. lol.

[PONYPULR]

I too, am interested in chair acceptability for the X-Country. Anyone have an idea? We have the collapseable ones that fit in a long-ish bag.

[dirtgirl]

Either of you guys on Facebook? You can post questions on their page and they’re pretty good about answering questions in a timely fashion. I am sure this is one that a lot of folks are asking.

[lmlacross]

Folding chairs

For those who were interested, I received the following email from WEG this morning in response to my inquiry:

“Folding chairs will be permitted on cross country day.”

[barnworkbeatshousewo]

I ordered this spectator chair from Amazon.com today with next day shipping. It is lighter than a folding chair, but will give me something to sit on.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HJ4KDA/ref=oss_product

I just called the WEG office, the lady confirmed folding chairs ARE allowed for Cross Country day ONLY.

[MimsEppi]

So I can’t sit in the middle of Head of the Lake?

[appytoo]

It is raining today and forecasted for tomorrow. New announcement reads: Dressage come rain or come shine. Then goes on to say no umbrellas will be permitted . . . that the park is poncho friendly only.

Not a lot of detail in the article. . .

[Hey_Mickey]

Can you bring in food? like apples/oranges/water bottles?

[lmlacross]

No food, no umbrellas…

More information in WEG’s Spectator Guide. No surprise on these items, really. They have pricey concessions to sell and a logical interest in ensuring that specator’s views aren’t obstructed or their laps dampened by umbrellas.

[jen-s]

For those of you who’ve been already, what do you think my chances of getting my knitting (metal needles, yarn, small scissors, etc) through security are? TSA is ok with what I’ll be bringing, but when I tried to bring them to a health care town hall, Secret Service said no. I’ve posted on the WEG FB page in the faq discussion forum, but that thread hasn’t been updated in a month. I’d love to be able to amuse myself productively while waiting for XC to start…

[poltroon]

[QUOTE=Hey Mickey;5123056]
Can you bring in food? like apples/oranges/water bottles?[/QUOTE]

Drinks in clear plastic bottles are allowed. Food is forbidden.

[TooManyChickens]

Jen-I have a feeling they might consider the needles as ‘weapons’ I’d grab a good book instead… just in case. Don’t want to have to go all the way back to your car… then all the way back to the gate in case they don’t let you in with them.

[dressagetraks]

Re knitting, I took a counted cross stitch project, a horsey one of course, into the 1996 Olympics. Crafted during the LONG lunch break every day - it was around 3-4 hours gap to skip the hottest part of day for the horses. They looked it over, needles included, but didn’t reject it.

[jen-s]

TMC, that’s kind of what I’m afraid of, but at the same point, if I can fly with them in a post-9/11 era…

[piaffeprincess98]

How about cameras? Are they really sticking to the 6’’ rule for lenses?

[Belg]

@piaffeprincess98;5126917

How about cameras? Are they really sticking to the 6’’ rule for lenses?

I just read their logic on their little “mythbusters” page. Pretty stupid, IMO.

“Large, long lenses and tripods or monopods will not be allowed because they could interfere with the spectators around you, and could potentially be used as weapons.”

Yes. Point the lens at a horse might prevent the person to my right or left from looking at the person standing next to me instead of the horse. You know, the point of going?

Further, a lens as a weapon? Um, yeah, I’m really going to take a ~1500$ lens (7.6 inches, according to the manual), remove from a camera of similar expense, and smack someone upside the face with it…

Hello??? Sanity check here???

[Where_sMyWhite]

@Belg;5127170

Further, a lens as a weapon? Um, yeah, I’m really going to take a ~1500$ lens (7.6 inches, according to the manual), remove from a camera of similar expense, and smack someone upside the face with it…

The lens maybe not a “weapon” but I’ve seen some pretty sloppy tripod/monopod handling where someone could have easily gotten hurt when the photog wasn’t paying attention…

[piaffeprincess98]

[QUOTE=Belg;5127170]
I just read their logic on their little “mythbusters” page. Pretty stupid, IMO.

“Large, long lenses and tripods or monopods will not be allowed because they could interfere with the spectators around you, and could potentially be used as weapons.”

Yes. Point the lens at a horse might prevent the person to my right or left from looking at the person standing next to me instead of the horse. You know, the point of going?

Further, a lens as a weapon? Um, yeah, I’m really going to take a ~1500$ lens (7.6 inches, according to the manual), remove from a camera of similar expense, and smack someone upside the face with it…

Hello??? Sanity check here???[/QUOTE]
That’s silly. But has anyone had an issue bringing in a bigger lens? Mine is an 80-400mm. It comes with a special case, so I might keep it in the case, then put it in my camera backpack and hope they won’t check.