[rayschic]

Where do the admission dollars end up ??
The Villages entertainment PAYS these pilots to come here. One pilot drove 17 hours from Ohio to be here. The pilots get put up in the Waterfront inn for the 3 days. Lots of expenses to put on this show.

[Wilson02852]

No more pre-purchase of ballon fest tickets for us.

[Rich42]

Another perfect example of “you just can’t fix stupid”! BTW, 22 balloons went up Sunday morning.

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by robertaflyme@aol.com

Agree with you. We bought 4 advance tickets.

To Talk of the Villages...... you're gong to fit right in.

[RPDaly]

Looks like your typical market night but with balloons

[Tcav836]

We (5 of us) drove from Hawkins to see the balloon glow at 7pm thinking they would let us in without tickets since everything was closed for the last hour. My 87 year old non mobile parents wanted to sit in the car to see it. Not only dud they want to charge us $100 to get in but they didn't even inflate the balloons. We would have been more disappointed if we bought tickets earlier.

[buster21]

Its not nice to call someone stupid.

[rayschic]

Originally Posted by Tcav836

We (5 of us) drove from Hawkins to see the balloon glow at 7pm thinking they would let us in without tickets since everything was closed for the last hour. My 87 year old non mobile parents wanted to sit in the car to see it. Not only dud they want to charge us $100 to get in but they didn't even inflate the balloons. We would have been more disappointed if we bought tickets earlier.

Obviously they DID inflate the balloons. See previous post with PICTURES of inflated balloons

[jedalton]

happens every year

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by RedFoxRick

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.

They don’t control the weather, you know who does. Talk to him.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Good news, if the balloons don’t go up in the air than they can’t come back down on another green of a golf course. Hopefully that balloon pilots license has been revoked.

Revoked for what, landing safely when a situation happens. I guess you would rather have them land on a house or the road. Have you ever flown a balloon, you basically guide them unless tethered. I think the Olof did what was needed to be done with little or no injuries or damage.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Tcav836

We (5 of us) drove from Hawkins to see the balloon glow at 7pm thinking they would let us in without tickets since everything was closed for the last hour. My 87 year old non mobile parents wanted to sit in the car to see it. Not only dud they want to charge us $100 to get in but they didn't even inflate the balloons. We would have been more disappointed if we bought tickets earlier.

Hey welcome! Cool story! Nice first post after being registered on TOTV for 6 years. Something else had to have been of importance in those 6 years.