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| - Save your money and sanity. Do not come here. Thank goodness my child was less than 2 years old and we didn't have to pay $25, or else I would have think this is the biggest rip off ever. Still a rip off I feel as adults have to pay $8 - which I don't understand why because we don't participate in any of the kiddie rides or the inflatable bouncy thingies. Oh, once you get in, you have to pay for other things - the entrance fee does not cover everything. Rip Off. Look, I am not cheap, but I think they are just really trying to cash grab at any opportunity they can get at this event, for things which I think, are really not worth paying for. Even for a 2 year old, I think $25 is a bit much. The TODDLER play area has the same toys as the play spaces that I bring him to. There is a LEGO build area which was also a joke really - super messy and really was too busy for it to stay organize whatsoever. My 2 year old did not enjoy having the other kids stealing his things away while he was playing with it and the parents, who weren't even really watching, said nothing. It was crowded, dirty in the play areas (it was raining that day as well, so the mats were somewhat muddy) - and the Paw Patrol event (which was the event that made me decide to drive 50 min to this venue for) was such a JOKE! You get a so-called "SURPRISE" Character and all you do is have a photo taken with them - you have to stand in a line that's a mile long for that and they are only out for like 15-20 min and then they go back to have a "REST" and come out again in 15 min. All this from 11am - 2pm. THERE IS NO SHOW GUYS, just you waiting in line between 11am to 2pm to have a silly photo taken with a character. And a really insignificant one as well. We got SKYE. So, you're standing in line for basically like an hour or more, really ALL for nothing and I don't understand why the people are standing in line for this. They should have more PAW PATROL characters. How about put a PAW PATROL stage show or something! Do you think a toddler would patiently stay in line to have their photo taken? My LO made such a conundrum because he was too young to understand why he couldn't shake hands with SKYE. Yeah, I think they should at least have the character, SKYE walk down the line and say Hello* and Shake Hands with the children or something! Instead, it was standing behind a gate like a high-profile celebrity! Again, such a JOKE! Then we tried to quiet him down with those animal ride thingies because he saw Chase and Rubble, but the people there were so disorganized, they couldn't even get the people to form a proper line to sign the stupid waiver. Sign a waiver? Like what the heck, just more time standing in line, all for nothing. We left as we saw the Organizers didn't really care at all and they looked miserable. The farm animals area was very sad looking, a couple of sheeps, goats, cows and ponies - all locked up underneath a tent behind a gate, that looks really sad -waiting for the children to feed them corn and the animals were all fighting for the food. They must have been poorly fed beforehand or something. Just such a sad sight to see. Train ride was really stupid too. There is only one newish looking train and the other train looks a little run down. All in all, each train has 4 carts, so you can imagine how long it takes to get the people onto train to the venue. We waited 30 min or more. Shouldn't have happened if they only got a bigger train with more carts or something. We still waited and rode on it for the sake of our child because he loves trains, but would not wait again on our way out. Ok, enough ranting. Families are really not missing much to bring their children here. Go somewhere else - maybe a REAL farm or something. Skip this joke of an event for children. Yes, I felt scammed and my toddler too!
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