* We unexpectedly had to drive straight to the venue rather than park at the hotel i had booked. We drove around in circles trying to find the venue and somewhere to park, the police and other people were incredibly unhelpful. When we did manage to park, it was on a dual carriage way. Walking to the venue wasn't the safest way but it was doable. When we left the security was over the top and although they thought they were sending us a 'safe way' we had to walk over a foot bridge. There were no street lighting, we walked along a small footbridge surrounded by trees, in an area we didn't know. The police would not help us walk back the way we came, but they also had no sympathy to 2x20 something girls fearful about where we were going.
* We arrived at the venue and both the bar queue and the toilet queue was incredibly long so my friend and I split up to save time. I stood at the bar for an hour, and in this time the bar was in utter chaos and confusion. There were only a handful of people working, and the majority of the female workers were just 'chatting' the staff could not handle stressful working conditions and were not proactive, especially as they ran out of alcoholic drinks more than 4 times whilst I was waiting in cramped condition at the bar. I managed to escape with 2 bottles of Pepsi, ruining the experience we wanted to have and making us miss the music that we had paid to see.
I found out the same problem occurred the night before, so why was a contingency plan put in place ready for another disaster to occur?