August said:
RJD11 said:
Wow! It looks like Oktoberfest has changed a lot since I was there.
I spent a year in Frankfurt and a year in Suud Bayern ( Bad Aibling )
When I was there You didn't need a Res. to get into a beer tent.
We went merrily along from Tent to Tent singing that FTA song that
we would get those umpah bands to play. During Fest season each
little town had their Brewery put on a Fest. Then in October many
of them gathered in Munchen for the big Oktoberfest. Still amazed
at those robust maids and how they could carry so many of those
liter mugs. I bet the biggest difference tho is the prices. You could
enjoy a liter mug of the best beer in the world for 2 marks ( 50 cents )
back then.
I could only dream about those prices, nowadays a liter mug of beer costs €10.
And I don't know how much more visitors there are nowadays compared to 70s. At least the number of visitors hasn't increased so much from the early 80s:
How full the tents were in the 70s? I can imagine they let nowadays less people in than in previous decades, that's happening e.g. in sports events because of safety regulations.
And looking at the diagram, I see a drop in 2001. I wonder if people became more afraid of mass events after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
OMG! Are you saying 1 liter of beer is $14 bucks. And the
tents were so full you have to have a reservation! Wow
Well back in the day each tent had a lot of people but
they weren't totally full. And people were in and out
And the tents were huge. During the summer each little
town had a local Fest for a week given by the local brewery.
and at Oktoberfest the people would mostly stay in the tent
of their local brewery. It sounds like its become commercialized.
What I liked most about Bavaria was the folksiness and real
country feel. It wasn't touristy like Frankfurt. I guess that has
changed with those kind of prices. How do the locals afford
this. Back then a whole German family had to work to make
what a Corporal made. Also I wonder if you guys were a
victims of the practice some places did when I was there.
After I was there for awhile I learned that the prices
tourists paid is NOT the same price locals paid. I met one
guy and started hanging out with him and his fam and
learning the language. I then saw a big difference in the
prices I paid. The Gasthaus right outside the base was
higher than if you went out further away where Americans
did not hang out.
