@SimpleCymbal said:

This is so bad. I'm all for criticism, but as many others are saying, summer wasn't that bad, jeez. So yeah, there wasn't type ii all day at every show, but I was at Portland>Hartford and had a great time every show.

See I think the difference here is you're not separating your experience from the music and setlists themselves. I've been to several lackluster shows and runs, like MSG 2011, and had a FANTASTIC time -- I mean, it's a Phish show, how can one have a BAD time? I don't think there's really much of an argument that 2016, musically speaking, was even remotely close to 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015, as far as setlists and jamming goes. Hartford was one of the better shows of summer, so I can see why you may not agree with this review, but I was at Hartford through Lockn', and I assure you, the highlights were pretty minimal. I still had an amazing time, had lots of fun, gave high fives all around...but musically speaking, something just wasn't there this summer. I think in retrospect I would have saved my money and only hit Hartford, Gorge and Lockn', cause there really wasn't much added as far as the music goes by hitting the rest.

To me, summer 2016 felt more like 2009-2010...not *bad*, but really far from what we've seen in the last 5 years. The highlights were high, but the rest..well..ain't much to it.

Don't let .net reviews spoil your good time. It's ok that people have negative opinions of tours and shows, and it's certainly OK when they're put in writing. That shouldn't take away from your positive experience. I had a really positive experience this summer, but as I said, musically speaking I was actually pretty bored by the end of my run of shows.