FunFair in the Showgrounds

bennyc

Went up to this last night with the kids and went on some "up down spin around at 100mph yoke" you get fecking value for money up there the ride lasted about 12minutes and I was ready to puke after 2 .

But in fairness the ferris wheel is pretty class loking over the town better than the travelling fairs of the past.

Gillie

Yeah. It'll be interesting to see if Cullens get back in after that! Looks far superiour!

TequilaMockingBird

When does it finish up?

bennyc

Dunno when its finished but Rovers dont play there again till the legends game on the 14th.

Mint Sauce

think it finishes this weekend, not to bothered about going to it tbh, just hope the astro pitches are still open, if so, hope the punters aren't worried about the odd stray ball heading in their direction

Madge

Yeah, I remember those long evenings at the funfair up there
The spinning cups (the waltzers?) were the best

bennyc

irish-stew wrote: »

think it finishes this weekend, not to bothered about going to it tbh, just hope the astro pitches are still open, if so, hope the punters aren't worried about the odd stray ball heading in their direction

Astro is still open

garth-marenghi

what type of prices are the rides? might head up some evening, many a happy day spent in showgrounds as a young fella between the rovers and when funfair was in town, not sure about ferris wheel though, heights not my thing:o:D

Mint Sauce

garth-marenghi wrote: »

what type of prices are the rides?.....

.....not sure about ferris wheel though, heights not my thing:o:D

heard that was a fiver per person

TequilaMockingBird

I'm hoping to go Thursday night, I hope its still there, if anyone hears for sure please let me know. Thanks.

Mint Sauce

sueme wrote: »

I'm hoping to go Thursday night, I hope its still there, if anyone hears for sure please let me know. Thanks.

found the site here sueme, but seems out of date, last event on it was 2005, although think it runs till thurs or fri night at least

Culchie

It's there till the 9th I'm almost sure.

AlmightyCushion

I heard it was a €1 in and around €3.50 a ride. That's pretty pricey.

takola

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I heard it was a €1 in and around €3.50 a ride. That's pretty pricey.

Yep that's what I've heard too. I've heard alot of the rides are better though and the fun house is supposed to be great fun (I suppose we could take that from the name though ) for anyone with kids.

TequilaMockingBird

Welcome to the world of kids... money money money

Mint Sauce

€1 in, pay seperatly per ride, there till sunday june 8th, was playing football on the astroturf tonight, seen the billboard when i was there

Xiney

Do they have cotton candy? What about candy apples? Corn on the cob?



...hot dogs? omg I would muuuuurder a good char grilled hot dog.

TequilaMockingBird

Xiney wrote: »

Do they have cotton candy? What about candy apples? Corn on the cob?



...hot dogs? omg I would muuuuurder a good char grilled hot dog.

Hey Canadian girl!

Cotton Candy = Candy Floss - Probably
Candy Apples = Toffee Apples - Doubt it
Corn on the Cob = Corn on the Cob - Not a hope
Char grilled Hot Dog = Reheated suspect looking sausage - Possibly

Enjoy!

TequilaMockingBird

irish-stew wrote: »

€1 in, pay seperatly per ride, there till sunday june 8th, was playing football on the astroturf tonight, seen the billboard when i was there

Irish Stew. Boards Spy Extraodinaire.




Thanks

Hail 2 Da Chimp

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I heard it was a €1 in and around €3.50 a ride. That's pretty pricey.

I call shenanigans!

Sligored

i was there last saturday. best ever funfair in sligo. try and rob a bank before you go if you want to make your kids real happy.
the mouse trip is scary. 3.50 per person.
was not on ferris wheel due to fear of heights but i think it was only 3 euro pp
enjoy

Xiney

I'm so going on the ferris wheel. Mr Xiney too, whether he likes it or not.

Candy floss + suspectlookingsausageinabun ahoyhoy! I love fairs

(They always use the crappy bruised apples for candy apples anyway)

bennyc

Yeah its about 3 -3.50 per ride but you dont feel as ripped off as you sometimes do at these things.
Yes they do have Candy Floss and if you need a sample I have loads on the floor / over seats / windows in the back of my car.

One thing to note is you know that game where you pay up to 5 euro for the bunch of tickets to make up 21 and win one of the massive teddy bears..... Its obvious that yer man has the hidden stash of odd numbers and single 21 cards. Well he seems to not let you spend too much before he slips in the odd number. I was watching for a while and everyone got a winner before spending more than a tenner including us.

bobcar61

I went up last night,rides varied from €2.50-€3.50...the wild mouse was great and you can buy your picture after it and its displayed on a screen,thats a waste of money though,I just took a picture of it with my mobile phone!

My friend actually won a teddy bear on the stall where you have get 21 with your tickets,and she only spent €5

The view of the town from the top of the ferris wheel is great,and on a nice evening you just cant beat it.

Candly floss is €2 a stick and unfortunately for Xiney there are no Hot Dogs.

Big_Mac

Pfft, what a bunch of rip off merchants, it vexes me a lot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a stingy git, but they are now charging you for the pleasure of browsing around? I know its only a quid, but thats beside the point. I have been there year on year for the last twenty or so years and I love the fact that you can just take a wander in and look around without even doing anything. I'm disgusted that they are now charging you to see whats there, not to mention how much the rides cost. Yet again society is trying to squeeze as much out of the consumer as they can at any one time.

Mint Sauce

Big_Mac wrote: »

Pfft, what a bunch of rip off merchants, it vexes me a lot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a stingy git, but they are now charging you for the pleasure of browsing around? I know its only a quid, but thats beside the point. I have been there year on year for the last twenty or so years and I love the fact that you can just take a wander in and look around without even doing anything. I'm disgusted that they are now charging you to see whats there, not to mention how much the rides cost. Yet again society is trying to squeeze as much out of the consumer as they can at any one time.

does the other funfair charge admission (the one there later in the summer), or is it just this one, doesn't seem to be keeping people away though, loads there this evening, any idea how much rovers earn from it

TequilaMockingBird

irish-stew wrote: »

does the other funfair charge admission (the one there later in the summer), or is it just this one, doesn't seem to be keeping people away though, loads there this evening, any idea how much rovers earn from it

Did ya see me at the top of the ferris wheel? Did ya did ya did ya?!!



I really enjoyed it, plenty there for all ages, and really nice staff too.
Expensive after awhile, but worth it.

I have a happy girl curled up asleep with a Unicorn bigger than her! Thanks for the tip about the "21" game, although I still hadn't a clue how to play it (signs weren't very helpful), we came away victorious!


And Mr & Mrs Xiney get extra special thanks for making my nephew a very happy lad, his mother and auntie were too chicken for the more extreme rides, but my nephew had a ball thanks to them!

Big_Mac

irish-stew wrote: »

does the other funfair charge admission (the one there later in the summer), or is it just this one,

This is the only fun fair that I've come accross that they actually charge you to go in. Hence my disdain

Xiney

Haha, the rides were great - I had a blast.

Got a shock on the ferris wheel though - I was planning on taking pictures of Sligo from the top so I was setting the camera up and when I looked back out we were at the top and I had a minor freak out... but after that it was great.


However! Strictest bumper cars ever! I think we're banned... we were bumping which apparently isn't allowed?? 3/4 of the way through we realised that the ride operator was screaming at us to stop bumping and to go in one direction - shoot man, it's not go carts! NO BUMPING!!!

Big_Mac

Xiney wrote: »

Strictest bumper cars ever! I think we're banned... we were bumping which apparently isn't allowed?? 3/4 of the way through we realised that the ride operator was screaming at us to stop bumping and to go in one direction - shoot man, it's not go carts! NO BUMPING!!!

See what i mean? Its a fun fair gone mad. They should call it a dull fair or just a fair! Bumping cars are just crappy carts that you pay a fortune to crawl around in if you can't BUMP stuff. The're Bumping cars for god's sake!!!!!

The world is going MAD,;)

TequilaMockingBird

Big_Mac wrote: »

Pfft, what a bunch of rip off merchants, it vexes me a lot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a stingy git, but they are now charging you for the pleasure of browsing around? I know its only a quid, but thats beside the point. I have been there year on year for the last twenty or so years and I love the fact that you can just take a wander in and look around without even doing anything. I'm disgusted that they are now charging you to see whats there, not to mention how much the rides cost. Yet again society is trying to squeeze as much out of the consumer as they can at any one time.

Can't say the entrance fee bothered me Big Mac, they do have alot of portaloos just at the entrance, which, this being Sligo, I thought was a nice touch, so perhaps you could look at it like that.

I do think its a pity they don't do a set price for the rides, like e30 for a pass, or a family ticket etc, besides it being a pain getting cash out for each ride, it would be much easier for families to budget for the trip.

Anyhoo we enjoyed it. Beans on toast for the rest of the week, but the view was worth it!

muffler

Did you throw up at all

TequilaMockingBird

muffler wrote: »

Did you throw up at all

No. :eek:

Ask me again in a couple of days after the beans on toast malarky...

Xiney

We won a small green dolphin on the "pick a bag" game (games requiring luck or, gasp, skill!? HA!) Not so bad for 2 Euro actually - in Canada if you did one of the "win every time" games you'd probably get a small teddy bear toy about 3" tall. ("x-small" prize - they've got a whole system so you can trade in smaller prizes for larger ones) This thing is a "medium" prize in Canada.


The prices were better for rides as well (if we ignore exchange rates)

The last "fun fair" type fair I went to, the ferris wheel was only half as high and cost $5 per person. Most rides were around $5 and the kiddie rides were $3. So honestly, complain if you like, but I was delighted. And a Euro in? That's probably just to keep opportunistic troublemakers out.


They should have had more food though - I was starving around 7pm and all that was available was popcorn, candyfloss, slushies, flying saucers and marshmallows. (So of course I went for the flying saucers. Duh. There's nutrition!) They'd have made a mint with one of those mobile chip shops I'd say.

muffler

Xiney wrote: »

They'd have made a mint with one of those mobile chip shops I'd say.

Mobile chip shops at funfairs wouldn't be that welcome I would imagine.

Did you throw up C.

starbelgrade

I lost interest in fairgrounds when it became non-P.C. to have freaks on show (bearded ladies, spider babies etc).

muffler

starbelgrade wrote: »

I lost interest in fairgrounds when it became non-P.C. to have freaks on show (bearded ladies, spider babies etc).

You're fucking sick

starbelgrade

Just taking the mick, Muffler. Weirdly enough though, the other day I was reading about fairground "freaks" (usually disabled / deformed / abnormal people whose families couldn't afford to look after them) ... and the use of them in fairgrounds only really died out in the the UK in the early 70s. I'd always imagined that only went on up to the 1920s.

Spider babies, btw, only ever existed in the imagination of Father Dougal.

bennyc

Big_Mac wrote: »

Pfft, what a bunch of rip off merchants, it vexes me a lot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a stingy git, but they are now charging you for the pleasure of browsing around? I know its only a quid, but thats beside the point. I have been there year on year for the last twenty or so years and I love the fact that you can just take a wander in and look around without even doing anything. I'm disgusted that they are now charging you to see whats there, not to mention how much the rides cost. Yet again society is trying to squeeze as much out of the consumer as they can at any one time.

I have to say I kinda agree with the 1 euro fee as it keeps the number of hoodies down. Usually you would have hundreads of kids/teens hanging around all day every day.

Big_Mac

OK, maybe I over-reacted a little before:eek:, but its the principal of the thing, They were always free. My gf is scared of any sort of high rides and wouldn't go on any of them. I happen to love them would go and find the biggest one I could find. So she would have to pay just to stand and watch. I'm ok with the rides being a bit more expensive, I just think the entry fee is one step too far, thats all.

starbelgrade

There are "50cent off the price of the rides" vouchers in the Sligo Post. If you go on 4 rides, you'll get back the €2 it cost you & your gf to get in.

Xiney

muffler wrote: »

Mobile chip shops at funfairs wouldn't be that welcome I would imagine.

Did you throw up C.

None of the rides are that vomitty - and when I got hungry I wanted to exit the park and get some food, but the ticket box people didn't speak English so they didn't understand when I wanted a stamp to come back in.

And what's your fascination with puke anyway? :P

TequilaMockingBird

Xiney wrote: »

And what's your fascination with puke anyway? :P

He's a sick man.









/gets coat

Big_Mac

starbelgrade wrote: »

There are "50cent off the price of the rides" vouchers in the Sligo Post. If you go on 4 rides, you'll get back the €2 it cost you & your gf to get in.

Hmmm, interesting.......................

Xiney

sueme wrote: »

He's a sick man.









/gets coat

*grooooooan*

TequilaMockingBird

Xiney wrote: »

*grooooooan*

Please don't ban me

Xiney

I checked the charter, but there's nothing in there against puns.

TequilaMockingBird

Xiney wrote: »

I checked the charter, but there's nothing in there against puns.

Yet :D

Mint Sauce

sueme wrote: »

Did ya see me at the top of the ferris wheel? Did ya did ya did ya?!!

were you the one screaming

LET ME OFF, LET ME OFF!!!!

muffler

irish-stew wrote: »

were you the one screaming

Did you throw up when you were on them?

TequilaMockingBird

It was so good we're doin' it twice.

Off again tonight, I was begged, begged I tell ya, to go again...

*cough*:o