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| - Went by here at the CNE today for old times sake as I got a very mediocre corporate discount price on tickets from my work($15 instead of $18). The CNE is a staple and institution for many folks who grew up in Toronto like myself remember since childhood and it's just that. The games and rides are pretty much the same. The sweatshop made stuffed toy prizes at the games are still present. And of course the food being sold from the food truck/vans are as the same old unhealthy items (hotdogs, burgers, fries, fried Mars Bars, cronuts, fried donuts, churros, corn on the cob with butter and sugar, and the memorable Tiny Tom donuts) . At this rate, the CNE would have to change its name to the Canadian National Diabetes Fest sponsored by Insulin.
As you stuff your face with whatever high blood pressure increasing creations they have made, there are local musicians playing song covers over a poorly constructed sound system that was also used in the prison yard of Guantanamo Bay.
Aside from the rides and games, the CNE is also famous for the actual exhibits that includes agriculture, farming, science related displays which as the years progressed have become minimized by the abundance of merchants and vendors trying to sell useless or extravagant unnecessary stuff such as: a $500 rug, a diamond encrusted hoverboard, a massage chair that will listen to your feelings, a chandelier that also makes wine etc. You get the idea..
Additionally, they still have a retail outlet area where stores like Lids sell stuff that they haven't sold at their regular stores and want to get rid of (E.g. a t-shirt of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1997 for $3) On the bright side, they still have the petting zoo inside the Better Living Centre area as I remembered, so if you like cute farm animals. Definitely worth a visit.
And finally, I got a chance to go to the Casino for the first time at the CNE. Prepare to bring ID and no outside drinks allowed, as I was stopped by 2 security guards and bouncers to check my ID twice (by both security guards) and to open my bag for inspection. As I entered the Casino facility, it was quite depressing as it was filled with nothing but more security guards, police officers, and lacked any appearance of fun given that the inside of the Casino building looked like an inside of a prison cafeteria without the threat of being shanked for your pudding. In terms of it being a casino, it was just a bunch of Casino game tables operated by CNE hired card dealers and filled with old folks gambling away their senior citizen pensions and of course your typical gambling addicts on the other side of the tables.
I probably won't return for a while, unless a loved one drags me along to this place
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