Ironically, the real Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany is from 9/18 ~ 10/4, so it's been over for a couple weeks now. Not sure why they didn't call it Septemberfest ???
We decide to not go this year, since it's almost impossible to get into the beer tents. They don't take reservations and the tents are normally full to over-capacity by 11:00am. Your alternative is to wait in line, one person leaves, they let one person in. The only problem...once they get in, they don't leave!
Prost!