Ny State fair — Attraction in Town of Geddes

This is a great family experience and we try to go every year. Plan to bring water with you and maybe some small snacks if you have kids (especially picky eaters). Note that the ride bands are a great deal if your kids like to ride. The separate area for little kids has rides that can be fast and scary. Unfortunately, we bought our bands in advance, and our little one hated the rides (because the first one he went on went really fast and they wouldn’t let a parent ride with him.) That said, there is so much you can do without riding anything: there is a circus (timed, daily shows), a train the kids can walk through, a petty zoo tent, a big dinosaur show, farm animals to visit, and of course, the annual butter sculpture to ogle. There is also a butterfly room where you can feed the monarchs and they land on you (but you really have to watch young kids so they don’t crush them.) There are also concerts and lots of interesting food. Both for adults (like wine slushies and wine ice cream) and plenty of varieties of treats for all ages that don’t involve alcohol. Try to call or look in the local paper to see if there are any entry promotions. Kids are free to get in, but it can be frustrating when you buy online and then find out at the gate that you didn’t need to pay for that entry ticket. Also, there’s cheaper parking in the surrounding neighborhoods and it’s not much farther to park than...

While Saturday was rainy, the fair exhibits were interesting. The several piglets, some just recently born, were intetesting but we were disappointed that there were no llamas in the "goat, llama, and swine" barn. The horse carriage driving competition turned out to be quite interesting although i still have little idea about what was being judged. The dinosaur exhibit was surprisingly good, and interesting that a lot of less commonly known dinosaurs were included. The butter sculpture was bizarre. The idea that one would sculpt someting out of butter is strange to begin with but this one was curious, depicting a White family at the beach and a Black farmer. I realize that butter sculpture has become de rigeur at state fairs since i first heard about it decades ago. My partner said that instead of making a butter sculpture they should donate the butter to people who...

If you've never been to the fair then you wouldn't think there was anything wrong with it. The problem is I've been going to it regularly for 30 years and I along with every other regular Fair goer have noticed how poorly New York has handled the fair. It was constant people saying all of their favorite places are gone. On a Saturday with beautiful weather and low 80° temperatures there was not a single point in the day where my kids had to wait for a single turn to get on a ride. In other words they got off one and they could get right back on it because there were no lines. That's not a sign of efficient operation, more assigned that there was not nearly as many people as normally would have been there on a Saturday. New York and their mismanagement and greed have pushed away all of the great booths and vendors over the last 5 to 10 years...