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| - MAJOR disappointment. It seems that each time I've visited this place it gets worse. I honestly can't understand why people go there and especially bring their kids. The playground "apparatus" is filthy and in disrepair. I didn't want my grandkids touching much of anything. One play area is free and another is for "Paying Customers," people foolish enjoy to buy tokens to gain entry. Duh? The so-called miniature golf is a joke and costs you money. At least today the poor ponies/horses that walk in circles were spared that indignity. The Flying Monkey Cafe is a rip-off, selling substandard food at quality prices. The famous cider has declined over time while its cost has risen. The donuts are still okay but not for the price. Apple fritters are great but also pricy. They have expanded the shop and everything in it -- toys, foodstuff, etc. -- is over-priced. $10 for a bag of chocolate covered pretzels? So many things looked or sounded good until one looked at the price. Give me a break. I'm far from being a tightwad but I draw the line at being ripped off. $3.49 for a caramel apple that most of the caramel stuck to the wrapping and the apple was a soggy mess. The ones at Schnuck's are vastly superior and this is an apple orchard. Feed the goats? For 25 cents you get a few pellets of feed if you're lucky, or none if you're not. Two wash stations exhort you to wash up after feeding the animals but provided no water. At every turn, this place offered one disappointment after another. The more this place has expanded over time, the worse it has become. It seems that they have spread themselves too thin to adequately maintain the facilities and have be coasting along on their past reputation to bring in customers, although that reputation has long since been tarnished. How very sad. Sadder still is the fact that people patronize it blindly, giving them no incentive to make improvements or offer reasonable prices. Goodbye, Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch, not everyone is gullible.
By the way, I just saw a coupon for Curtis offering $5 off for a $20 day pass. Day pass?? To what?? Dirty and dilapidated playground equipment? A joke of a miniature golf course? Folks, they should be paying us money to even go there. Seriously, if you don't believe me, go ahead and waste an afternoon there and tell me I don't speak the truth.
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