Eastern States Exposition

Great time for all! Saw some awesome Concerts for free included in the ticket price. Like Chubby Checker, Seals & Crofts 2, Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band, Sister Hazel, The Band Perry, Finger Eleven. Some of the best fresh food around. A must go to is the "Avenue Of The States" where each State building represents one of the New England States. Circus Spectacular at the Big Top. Shopping at "The Better Living Building" for items across the U.S. and around the world. And a daily Mardi gras type parade at 6:00 p.m. that you can catch some colorful Beads!

I went to this place on September 26, Friday. But we went there on a school trip with my school. And there were several other schools that also went there. And it was disappointing. The whole vibe was ruined. When I went to go on a ride, they told us we had to make a card. When we went to make the card, it was for the students themselves to pay. The park didn’t make any exceptions for school students or do anything for free for us, the visiting students. We had to pay out of our own money to go on these rides. They didn’t even provide any food. To me, it felt like a total scam. The vibe was ruined. It was one of the most stressful days inside that place. I spent more than $40 just on food because everything was expensive. One slice of pizza was $14. A Coke was $10. My day was really stressful.

And the games we played—we had to pay $10 each. They were all gambling games. We didn’t win anything, not even a stuffed animal or anything. And just to get the wristband, we had to pay more than $30. Where are students supposed to get $30 just to get a wristband to play on all the rides? I thought it was completely unfair. I only went on one ride because, luckily, I only had $10. I had to pay $10 to make the card to get 20 tokens. And the ride I went on cost 12, so I only went on one ride. Some people didn’t have any money at all and just stayed walking around. And we only spent two hours in that place.

excellent. absolutely excellent. most of the food is incredible, fun to browse the shops and the entertainment is the best!! definitely do NOT miss the circus, it was so much fun and it’s free. the acts were just so good. been here twice and once had a dog show and the other pig racing…😂 both fun in their own ways. people are nice and was a lot of security. does get very crowded, although it’s said to be worse on weekends while for us, it was the same as when we went on a weekday last year. i recommend going on the weeks in the middle, so your not going opening weekend or last weekend where everyone who wanted to go but kept pushing it back all go because “it’s the last weekend! we gotta go!” but yeah, do not miss this!!