While the fair is classic, I've been going since high school (long time!), the rides are great, the booths, crafts, animals, food, all your standard Fair fare....my issue really was with the price! 4 of us went, 32$ to walk in, 22$ for a sheet of 25 ride tickets @ 4 tickets a ride × 2 kids, so 2 sheets of tickets (44$) an order of chicken nuggets w/fries 10$ plus the 2$ i got hit up for going in (and out) "donation" for various high school sports, a simple day at the town fair turned into almost a 100$ bill. Next time I think I'd rather put it towards a day at 6 Flags! Know what I mean? I wasn't sure why I needed to pay 32$ to walk onto the fair grounds....thats what really turned me off as I became more aware of the extreme cost of everything inside. Maybe a nominal 2 or 3 buck fee (like it's ALWAYS been) I can understand, not 8$ a head, 4$ for kids under 57" mine were both 57" on the dot and were...
Read moreIn previous years, the pricing for entry was separate from ride pricing. This seem to work as not everyone would do rises. This year, anyone over the age of three was required to pay $20 regardless of whether or not they were going to go on right. In addition to the fact that they required guest to pay, if they were three years old or older, there wasn’t a lot of food options or ride options. This will be the last time we attended. We went with a large group (15 people) and had no sense of family fun. Half of our kids weren’t able to go on any rides at all yet we still had to purchase general admissions. This fair is not...
Read moreI was on the Vender side under a medical tent doing free health screening: Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Screening, Diabetics, health age appraisals I was Working with the Connecticut Vally SDA church along with Bethesda Midical Mission. They had lots of giveaways. Nice Fair don't see why they have to charge to get in though. I think there would be better turn out if it was free entry to the grounds and you can buy stuff and pay to ride it's not like the Big E or anything although for a little fair they have a good amount...
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