Electric Daisy Carnival

I had a blast at EDC 2013, but like others have said, it would be hard not to. I highly recommend going. Some pros and cons:

Pros:
-music was SICK, as were lights/carnival type props during shows
-good crowd energy and a lot of dancing
-generally nice people, a couple that just didn't know how to act but overall great
-beautiful weather
-lines to get in were nonexistent and security was very lax
-i did not notice any of the sound bleeding from stage to stage that others are complaining about. maybe because i was always pretty close to stage

Cons:
-could have used another water refilling station...they were always mobbed. also you didn't need the $10 Insomnia "unlimited refills" water bottle to get water...cmon...
-bathroom lines were longgg ~10-15 mins
-expensive food and alcohol, what do you expect though
-i think that the festival was deceiving price wise...same price or more expensive than last year, but undeniably a smaller name lineup. I don't regret going at all, but I was disappointed that they charged so much (~$255?) for artists that simply did not cost that much.

Went both days this year.

Stages were way too close to each other, it was hard to maneuver around everyone especially since the rides were in the middle (ferris wheel) and in the way. Also, none of the stages had names so it was difficult at first to figure out exactly what stage you were at (especially if you didn't get a map). However, they had free water refill stations all over the place (for people who had the $10 Insomniac water bottles and for people without them) which was really great and the bathroom situation actually wasn't terrible.

Thought lineup was pretty decent considering EZoo and EDC cannot have the same talent. This year there weren't too many big players but definitely nice to hear some new DJs and let the smaller ones get some face time earlier in the day.

Obviously the fashion was all over the place, people had no shame but you see that at any of these shows. Really happy it was an 18+ event but there definitely were some young looking kids that made you question.

All in all, it was a great show and really fun. Can't wait til next year.

You can never NOT have fun at an event like EDC. I've been to 2012 and now 2013 and there were some big differences -- mostly downgrades from the previous year:

PROS
- Location wise, more convenient from Manhattan and other boroughs!
- Good lineup! Calvin Harris, Thomas Gold, DJ Fresh were my faves on Saturday; they did not disappoint
- Lines to drinks and to get in were very minimal

CONS
- Holy moly how did all of these 15 year olds get in?! Yikes, no thanks!
- Lots of ugly people and weirdos, but that's what kind of makes it fun?
- Stages were WAY WAY WAY too close to eachother -- I couldn't hear Porter Robinson because I was stuck in the back and could only hear the super low bass from the stage nextdoor -- total buzz kill and left for the night after 15 minutes into the set
- There was no way for there to be proper overflow for the audiences for the big stages and still allowed people to hear the DJ -- I couldn't even get a chance to listen to Carl Cox because there was no way to get close enough to hear
- $9 for a beer -- say what?!?!
- Bathroom set up was a complete disaster