The CNE has been a tradition for me for over 50 years. I love the Air Show, I love the rides, I love the crazy food (I did not get a bad Cronut Burger), I love the smell, I love seeing people with the stuffed animals they won, I love the Arts and Crafts Building, the Food Building. I love the carny people and the barkers and the whole just plain sillyness of it all.
Every year it is different and a great way to spend a day of fun.
It has gotten price creep over the years but at the end of the end you may spent an extra $20 to be able to have a day of fun that you cannot get at a museum or a movie theater.
Also a great place for dates