Garden Grove Strawberry Festival — Attraction in Garden Grove

Where are the strawberries? You can't call this a strawberry festival - there are some extremely small decorations, and maybe five booths total selling any strawberry related things. The strawberry shortcake/supreme from the job and daughters trailer was delicious!! More of that please. Everything else was completely generic carnival stuff.

Everything else is just a pleasant if crowded carnival for families. Take your kids here for a free walkabout and maybe some carnival rides. Well organized, bathrooms available and relatively clean, lots of shady patches to rest your feet and eat your $8 strawberry basket or curly fries.

Parking was a nightmare. We elected to park a mile...

My wife and I drove down from Los Angeles, but could not enter the parking lot because a Policeman in shorts blocking the entrance even though there were plenty of spots available while many cars were leaving. He and several event people were occupying a amount of parking space under a tent staring at me in ridicule when I asked them for advice. My wife and I were very disappointed. We did not feel welcomed. So instead, we went to Long Beach, Queen Mary and had some quality...

Sorely disappointed.... only 2 food trucks were selling strawberry anything ! No sale of fresh strawberries like 10 plus years ago when I last was able to go. All games and rides... JUST A CARNIVAL with a side of strawberries. What the heck happened ? Not fun at all for the older generation that may remember when it was ALL ABOUT STRAWBERRIES.

HEARTBREAKING.... It's definitely a different...