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Old 03-05-2022, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by RedFoxRick View Post
When I purchased advanced tickets for Friday there was no warning that balloons would not inflate if there were winds......so I purchased 3 tickets at $15 each for the opportunity to rent a chair for $5 to look at an empty field. Buying tickets in advance was a big mistake. Seems that they need a refund policy to pay some portion of ticket back if there are no balloons.
Umm, nobody should need to be told that .
But, some did go up early and land around the new KFC area near Buffalo Crossings.
We counted 17 in the air around 7:30 am to 8:00 am.