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European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« on: October 02, 2013, 21:21:03 »
Folks, this is going to happen but we need to firm up numbers BY THE END OF THE MONTH (October) as the Goodwood Revival tickets go on sale then!

As mentioned in my original post, it's not going to be cheap - the UK isn't!
But here's what we know:

Accomodation
Likely to be in the region of £175/€200 per room per night including breakfast and we are still firming up where that will be. However, we will likely spend 2 nights at the Brooklands Hotel next to the Brooklands Museum and Mercedes Benz World, with whom we are in discussions about using their facilities including the track on the Saturday morning. In all likelihood we will be there Thursday and Friday nights and move to another location for Saturday night. Dinner location(s) and cost tbc.

The original idea of staying at Goodwood has fallen by the wayside as the company that do it are still undecided if they will even be at Revival next year - and were (even more) expensive!

GOODWOOD REVIVAL
Tickets for the Friday:
~£38 per person Entry ticket- you can't get in without one but this is the only "compulsory" item
~£30 per person Grandstand ticket. This is the "roving" ticket allowing access to any grandstand and thus somewhere to sit... Also useful if wet, like this year!
~£12 Programme - including Goodwood Radio earpiece - the radio broadcasts have a good reputation as they interview owners, drivers etc as well as explain what the heck is going on! This costs 25% more on the day
 
So for 2 of you, that's between €90 minimum and €170 all in. Prices above are 2013 prices and of course may increase but if we block-book more than 40 Entry tickets, they are discounted by the vast sum of 5%. Programme/grandstand tickets will be 2013 prices plus whatever they reckon they can get away with!

As the tickets go on general sale at month end and will go pretty quickly, we need to get accurate numbers - and deposits from you - for your attendance. Access to the Pre-1973 car parking is free (woohoo!) and we will aim to arrive in convoy early on (Gates open at 07.30) but departure time will be up to you! We will provide routings to/from that avoid the worst of the traffic.
Revival Friday is testing day and normally less crowded.

BUT when is it?
"I am afraid to say that we do not know the dates as yet ourselves even. We will have provisional dates within the next 2 to 3 weeks and these will be released on our website as soon as we have them." - This came from the Goodwood Ticket Office this afternoon!

However, based on the dates of the last three Revivals, we are assuming it will be the weekend of 12-14th September. As soon as we hear something, I shall post the dates in this thread.

This means the European Event itself will most likely be from the evening of Thursday 11th to morning/lunch on Sunday 14th September 2104 so folk can head home

What you need to do
All you need to do is decide if you want to come, can make those (approximate) dates, and before Saturday 26th October :
  • Post a reply below saying you will be coming (so others can get an idea of how many of us will be there) and
  • PM me an email address that we can use for correspondence


Once you have replied, we will get a booking/options form to you which will include some bank details to you requesting a deposit of £200 payable by the end of the month. By which time we will have exact dates AND be able to secure the Goodwood tickets on the 31st October. That will also firm up numbers for discussions with hotels and so on. By way of comparison, the Ardennes event was about €700


Goodwood Circuit is the perimeter of a Second World War airfield and became a circuit in 1948 and was last used in anger in 1966. So anything from between those years is welcome as can be seen from the pictures in the link (although Mr Bean is lost on me but Rowan Atkinson is a bona fide petrolhead with a McLaren F1 (and races his cars at Revival) so that's OK)...
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=Goodwood%20Revival&tbs=imgo:1
As you can see, dressing "in period" is encouraged...

And my current favourite image...



If you'd like to come for the European Event itself but NOT Goodwood, that's OK, just let us know! But we suggest reading through the following link first!
http://www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/about/about.aspx

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you in September
The UK organisers...
James L
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2013, 21:50:30 »
I will be going, one car and two people
/Hans Strom, Stockholm Sweden
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2013, 23:02:42 »
Count Karin, me, and the car in!
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2013, 05:49:05 »
Way to go James .  Count us in ....( 2 )

Greetings 

Rick
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2013, 11:36:54 »
hello

I will come with my 230 sl and we are two from France

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2013, 12:23:52 »
Lia and John will also be there!
Love the idea!
John Dreu

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2013, 13:06:58 »
Count us in for 2!

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2013, 13:09:15 »
Yes we will be there.
Larry Hall (Gnuface)
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2013, 14:25:30 »
yes will be there

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2013, 14:44:38 »
Count us in. We are already looking forward to the event and meeting you all
Marianne and Ernst

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2013, 14:55:15 »
Absolutely, one ticket for now.
Jonny B
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2013, 14:57:45 »
Jane and I will be there but are only travelling from Reigate which is not that far from Goodwood.
We will be in our 280 SL.

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2013, 15:03:43 »
So far I've had
interest on here and no PM from some of you
PM from some of you and no interest expressed here
and
not all PMs have had an email address.

Really folks... it's not difficult ::)
If you want to come...
it'd be nice if you'd POST here

you MUST PM me with an email address - I'm too lazy to be chasing down email addresses! ;D

We are prepping a form to complete etc but I'd rather put bank details in an email than post them on here :o

James L
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2013, 15:06:34 »
Count me in. 1 car and two people.

Regards,

Fritz

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2013, 15:11:33 »
Hi
This would be my first Mercedes Pagoda meeting so would very much like to attend.  I live in Buckinghamshire in the UK so wont have far to travel.  It will be myself and my husband attending.
I have a 1965 230SL

Looking forward to it

Yvonne

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2013, 15:14:00 »
Cool Yvonne. Look forwards to meeting you
Please drop me a PM with an email address
Thanks
James L
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2013, 15:18:38 »
Hi James Have just done that.  Hopefully you have received it ?

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2013, 16:34:10 »
This looks very promising, I'm thinking of participating... one 280SL / 1968 and two people all dressed up in '60s style (not sure what that would look like).

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2013, 16:36:32 »
We will be there in our '69 280SL,
Alan and Carol Belk,
Leatherhead, Surrey

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2013, 16:37:35 »
Will most likely attend some of the European events (with wife) but probably not Goodwood itself. As I'm in East Sussex, which is quite close to Goodwood, it's unlikely that we will need accommodation.

Hope my engine work is done by then ! :(

Charles

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2013, 16:46:52 »
Yes please.  count me in, I live 20 mins away from Goodwood and go every year.  its a great event.

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2013, 17:25:03 »
James, you can count us in, 2 persons 1 car. I'll PM my email.

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2013, 18:34:33 »
We will be there in our '69 280SL,
Alan and Carol Belk,
Leatherhead, Surrey

Welcome Alan
You're local...Do you know any decent routes from Weybridge to Petworth? ;)
(Actually, Alf said he'd look into that)
James L
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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2013, 19:10:39 »
Hi James, I would like to join the group to the Event, one car 1969 280SL 2-people,
Regards Gary.

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Re: European Event, September 2014. Goodwood Revival
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2013, 21:41:12 »
Hello,

Vicki and I would be delighted to join you for the European Event as we are members of the Goodwood Club and have attended every meeting except 911! We have a 280SL in California which we will not be shipping over but are open to offers!!!

Stephen