"2016-05-29T00:00:00"^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . "5"^^ . . "0"^^ . . "Our first time. No idea what to expect, but:\nPROS: a nice venue, seeing hot air balloons close up and watching them inflate, good live music and a nice fireworks show\n\nCONS: $15 to get in. Lines to buy food/drink tickets and then lines to actually buy the food and drink, crowded-my estimate is at least 10,000. \n\nWe left before the fireworks to fetch our car and then parked along a nearby road to watch the show. That allowed us to avoid the mass exodus. Hard to understand how this Festival does so well when so much is wrong."^^ . .