The following are my personal observations after visiting the Miami Dade County Fair yesterday Monday March 21st. My apologies in advance for the quality of the pictures but it was difficult to get good shots due to the crowd size.
Large crowd. Over 35 minute wait to purchase gate ticket and they had 26 ticket windows working. The crowd continued to grow into the night and stayed late until closing at midnight.
All equipment looked great. In my opinion especially:
1001 Nachts - best looking one I have seen.
Crazy Spin - all seats safely work.
Jungle of Fun- Nice to see a different Fun House out there other than the Owen ones.
Space Roller - Looked fabulous! Better than new.
Mega Drop - Great looking piece and the crew working it worked like a well oiled machine. Customers in and out.
Astro Wisdom Himalaya - Best looking Wisdom Himi and operation I have seen. Equipment in excellent shape, good music, fog, siren and the customers were having a blast.
GAMES
Good variety of games and they all looked good. Many had unique graphics, themeing and lighting. No ballon joint or bucket game to be found on site. I am not sure if they are prohibited by the fair board. It sure was nice walking on a midway and seeing 5-6 baloon, bank a ball and busket game joint. Even nicer was being able to walk around and be harassed or heckled by game attendants. I did not notice as many people walking around with plush as I have seen at other fairs lately. Not sue if it is due to the soft sell, low stock throw, or layour of midway.
EMPLOYEES
Employees looked good, clean cut, all in uniform, courteous and attentive and looked more like theme park workers. It was obvious that these employees have attended employee training courses relating to show policy and customer relations.
From what I have seen in Florida so far this year (Central Florida Fair, Dade Couty Fair and Florida State Fair) is that if the weather is good combined with a well run fair were customers get value for their money and a first class midway operator the customers are coming out and spending the money. (On the other hand if you are one of those shows that puts a sign reading great Value 20 tickets for $20.00 and Super Value 40 tickets for $40.00, the customers will see right through it)
Congraulations are in order to the Dade Miami Dade Couty Fair board for putting on a first class event that they and the entire State of Florida can be proud of.
Additionally, congraulations are also in order to Conklin, Farrow and Thebault Bloomness for an excellent operation and for putting money back into their equipment, employees and customer amenities.
Pictures are here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.c....yahoo.com/ph//my_photos The ride list is as follows:
MAIN RIDES
Astro wheel
Conklin Wheel
Farrow Wheel
1001 Nachts
After Burner
Bonzai
Cliff Hanger
Crazy Flip
Crazy Mouse
Crystal Lils
Cukoo Haus
Demons Lair
Doppell Looping
Double Shock
Downdraft
Drop of Fear
Extreme Power Jump
Fireball
Fun Slide
Inverter
Jungle of Fun Fun House
Mack Coaster
Mardi Gras
Mega Drop
Niagara Falls
Orbiter X2
Owens Haunted Mansion X2
Pharoahs Fury
Polar Express
Power Surge
Ring of Fire
Rainbow Rock
Sky Glider X2
Sizzler
Space Roller
Spin Out
Tango
Tornado
Twister
Wild Cat Coaster
Wisdom Himalaya
Wisdom Matterhorn
YoYo
KIDS RIDES
Circus Train
Clown Around
Construction Zone
Convoy
Crazy Sub
Eli Wheel
Euroslide
China Dragon Coaster
Crazy Bus X2
Flying Dumbo
Hillbilly Village
Kite Flyer X2
Lolliswing
MGR X2
Mini Indy
Moser Free Fall
Mystery Machine Sub
Orient Express Coaster
Raiders X2
Rock N Tug X2
Scooters X2
Silver Steak
Speedway
Spider Swing
Spinning Bear
Tilt
Umbrellas Rides X4
Up Up and Away
Wacky Worm Coaster
Wave Swinger
Zamperla Swings
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:07:55 AM
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