Alpine Review

[CheeseHead in Paradise!]

HIGHLIGHTS...Buffett rocked, awesome crowd, weather was great, tailgating was fun, quick admittance into theatre.

LOWLIGHTS...$7 beers, eternally long concession lines.

*Hogs&Kisses really sucked Friday night! No live music, over-priced cover and drinks, and NOT ONE DAMN BUFFETT SONG all night! We went across the street where they had a great live band. Some dude comes in and says Jimmy Buffett is down the street at THUMBS UP. Of course the bar was packed and we had to wait. By the time we we're let in, he had already left through the alley All in all though, it was a great weekend!!!

Thanks Jimmy!!!

[sirgumby77]

Anybody have any pictures of Speedo Guy?
Blue Speedo...Blue head band....flip flops...
couldn't miss him if you saw him..

That guy was parked right next to us-----Ugly site to be seeing all day long

[sirgumby77]

Does anyone know, does Jimmy walk the parking lot before the show? We were walking around and walked right by this guy that I swear was the big man himself. He had sunglasses on so I couldn't see his eyes but from what I could see of the rest of his face it sure looked like him. The only thing is he appeared to be alone, no muscle around in case he got mobbed. Maybe they were hanging back to make it not look so obvious???

Most likely not. That black helicopter you see flyin around before the show is most likely Jimmy. Seen it at quite a few shows i have been to.

[Margarita Princess]

Speedo man walked through out site. Told my 19 yr old daughter not look, she might go blind.

Anyone see our parott "head" outhouse? It was used and enjoyed by many.

[ParrotheadinMN]

This concert was #10 or #11 for me and I swear it was the best! Jimmy just keeps getting better and better! Anyone else get a tear in their eye after "Defying Gravity?"

[Uncle Louie]

*Hogs&Kisses really sucked Friday night! No live music, over-priced cover and drinks, and NOT ONE DAMN BUFFETT SONG all night! We went across the street where they had a great live band. Some dude comes in and says Jimmy Buffett is down the street at THUMBS UP. Of course the bar was packed and we had to wait. By the time we we're let in, he had already left through the alley All in all though, it was a great weekend!!!

I have to agree. Our group was probably too old to appreciatte Hogs-n-Kisses. We saw Jimmy Buffett's limo parked outside the bar, but we didn't get to see him either.

[lisajilbuffett]

our family was the ones in Lime Green t-shirts- Mom, Dad, Brett and Majesta- my husbands shirt was the My wife said....... show me T1TS..... and our son's shirt said my dad wants to .........see your T!TS- I'm sure some of you out there saw us- Cousin Brian followed us all day making video documentation if any of you have pictures of the four of us please post them for us- (I have no idea how to even do that) Thank you so much!

We had a great time in the parking lot- but the concert was not so good with the little parakeets- we had people all around us throwing up every where- some girl felt the need to PEE right on the ground during the concert- good job, I'm sure your parents should be proud- I believe she was giving her boyfriend oral satisfaction while peeing too- I tried not to turn around- then right after the video of the parking lot we had the final puker next to us and our son Brett puked all over after catching a whiff of it- so we left- oh well- Captain Bob was there and the girl from Minneapolis- thank you for helping us- we made it back to the hotel and put him to bed-

This was their second JB concert- but I'm sure it won't be there last- they've been talking about it since they woke up Sunday morning.

We love you Jimmy!!!!!

[Karin]

Did anyone get pictures???

[sirgumby77]

our family was the ones in Lime Green t-shirts- Mom, Dad, Brett and Majesta- my husbands shirt was the My wife said....... show me T1TS..... and our son's shirt said my dad wants to .........see your T!TS- I'm sure some of you out there saw us- Cousin Brian followed us all day making video documentation if any of you have pictures of the four of us please post them for us- (I have no idea how to even do that) Thank you so much!

We had a great time in the parking lot- but the concert was not so good with the little parakeets- we had people all around us throwing up every where- some girl felt the need to PEE right on the ground during the concert- good job, I'm sure your parents should be proud- I believe she was giving her boyfriend oral satisfaction while peeing too- I tried not to turn around- then right after the video of the parking lot we had the final puker next to us and our son Brett puked all over after catching a whiff of it- so we left- oh well- Captain Bob was there and the girl from Minneapolis- thank you for helping us- we made it back to the hotel and put him to bed-

This was their second JB concert- but I'm sure it won't be there last- they've been talking about it since they woke up Sunday morning.

We love you Jimmy!!!!!

I totally understand the lawn thing you went through----Usually Alpine Valley I really do not drink much, only because of the cops in that area and other pain in the asses, like having to leave early just to make it out of the parking lot before 1am. Next year I have decided to finally get pavillion seats, Lawn was just way too much of a hassle being arouned 60,000 other people in the lawn, and a fraction of them being rude ignorant people who have never even been to a show before, just thinking its cool to see a band that people like to party at.

[CheeseHead in Paradise!]

Great shirts, LisajilBuffett! What I want to know is, did your husband see any? Hope you all had a great time in Wisconsin!

[Fresh Water Pirate]

I'm rather dissapointed to hear about all the people that couldn't hold their liqour , what amateurs!
They need a special section just for the pukers at Alpine, let them swim in their own bile.
People gotta learn to pace themselves, and most importantly you gotta eat something....Dumb A$$e$

[mrrumpunch]

Sorry to hear about that lisaJ...... I agree w/Freshwater 110%....pretty sad that you cant hold your booze. I get booted out of a second row seat for throwing a beach ball on stage and some chick pees all over the ground in plain view of everyone else and doesnt get tossed....yah that makes sense!

[7lords]

Sorry to hear about that lisaJ...... I agree w/Freshwater 110%....pretty sad that you cant hold your booze. I get booted out of a second row seat for throwing a beach ball on stage and some chick pees all over the ground in plain view of everyone else and doesnt get tossed....yah that makes sense!

Man, I feel bad for all of the people that had to put up with the a-holes. Luckily we avoided all of them this year.

[SouthCarolina BuffettHead]

My girlfriend and I drove up to Alpine Valley for the week to see our 4th Buffett concert of the year! Being originally from Wisconsin, I was pumped to be able to spend the week on Lake Geneva and look forward to the concert at the end of the week. Being a huge Parrothead, I bought 25 tickets for family members who still live in Wisconsin and never been to a Buffett concert. Unfortunately, the concert didn't live up to the previous 4 I attended earlier in the year. I ran across only a handful of "true" Parrotheads...it seemed like most of the concert attendees were high school kids, who had nothing better to do than waste mommy and daddy's money on a concert they had no clue about. The venue was even worse. Alpine Valley, when are you going to put some money back into the place and upgrade a little. How 'bout some walk-ways or stairs and new sound system to start? By the end of the night I wasn’t too shocked when I returned to my car to see my license plate stolen, my Buffett flags ripped down, my grill tipped over, and my car magnets missing. Unfortunately, my family members walked away from the concert thinking that Parrotheads are a bunch of young, no-good, low-lifes. It was embarrassing to be associated as a Parrothead. I realized I need to stick to the Southeast and attend the concerts with the true, original Parrotheads.

[Fresh Water Pirate]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience So. Carolina.
Unfortunately, I think you can run into A-holes wherever you go, they're certainly not just at Alpine.
I think, you also have to consider the fact that whenever there's a chance for young kids to do some illegal drinking, they don't care who the entertainment is , they're just there for the party.
How can you blame them if they've seen their parents boozing it up for years at concerts.
Kids do what they learn from their parents, can't put all the blame on them.
Teenagers don't understand how to drink responsibly , they are all hormones and no brains...hell I seem to remember myself being that way about 30 yrs. ago.

[CRC Parrothead]

Bummer about all the bad experiences! I guess we just brought enough real Parrotheads with us in our group that we couldn't help but have fun! It did seem like a very young crowd.

[Tiki Bar]

I too am sorry to hear about the bad experiences, this year and last. I've just been lucky I guess, because I've met lots of great people that seem worthy parrotheads, I've had no problems getting through the gates in a timely manner, and we have had good people in the lawn around us.

My only aggravation was the attempted hijacking of my tiki bar shortly after we arrived. Lots of people ask if they can take pictures with me (Karin - where were you? ) which is perfectly fine with me. But this guy begged me to let him try it on for a picture. I hadn't ever had that request, but figured why not - it's easy enough to get in and out of. So his buddies take his picture, and then he starts dancing around with it. I told him I had to go because I was trying to catch up with my friends, and he ignores me and keeps dancing around with it. I'm like dude, I gotta go, can I have my bar back, and he starts running away! It was a good thing that chairs, grills, coolers, and people were jammed in like sardines in our row, because I could quickly catch him and tackle him! Ok, I didn't really tackle him, but I was afraid I might have to for a minute!

So he couldn't maneuver away quickly enough, and my evil eye got him to give up my bar, and I don't think he even said thank you, the punk! He must have thought the torches were ski poles, because he wiggled them out of their supports, and I had technical difficulties with them the rest of the day, the bastard! Fortunately, there were plenty of helpful pholks willing to help secure them periodically as needed.

That minor setback wasn't nearly as bad as what some of you had to endure, though. Just don't let the few bad apples spoil the possibilities of future good Alpine times. Maybe they were getting extra primed in anticipation of dealing with the threatened thunderstorms.

[7lords]

because I could quickly catch him and tackle him!

That would have made a great picture for Karin - you tackling your tiki bar trying to run away!

[7lords]

hey look - I'm finally over 100 posts!

[Tiki Bar]

Ya, I thought that made for a funny visual myself!

Congrats on 100!!!!!!!!