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| - We had a rough night. One disclaimer, I'm not a girl who is much into roughing it. But wow, there is not a single comfort or luxury at this place.
It took us 45 minutes to park. We sat in a line in the street to get to the venue and then another for disabled parking for my dad who was with us and has mobility challenges. By the time we got to the disabled lot, we were informed that the lot was full and had to drive to the back of the complex (a dusty dirt lot full of rocks) to park, about 150 yards from the entrance.
By the time we arrived our kids were already melting down. Basically this event is a bunch of hot air balloons in a giant dirt lot.
The food we wound up getting was expensive ($8 BBQ sandwich and $6 fries, spent $23 for a side of Mac n Cheese and 4 bottles of water), and below average (even for a festival style event). There is also nowhere to sit, not a single table or chair in the entire place (especially rough on the disabled folks) so people just camp out on the (dirt) ground all over the place.
The kids are able to trick or treat at the hot air balloons, but the lines to get candy were very long and they give one piece of candy per child. Not that I was looking to make a candy killing, but after an hour of "trick or treating" the kids didn't have much to show for it.
The port a potties could've used some attention and they were pitch black inside (no lighting in the area and grateful the kids didn't have to go).
We finally persuaded the kids to get milkshakes and leave. We were there with cousins and spent $40 for 7 milkshakes. Yeah, do that math.
I feel so bad complaining so much. It's a personal policy for me to mostly just reward great experiences with positive reviews rather than complain. But yeah, we'll just wait for Halloween next year....
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