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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by woodruffw on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:56AM (#32153528)
I agree that it's an apples-to-oranges comparison, but maybe not in a way that casts Disney World in a positive light: it seems like the primary experience of Disney World is queueing for hours on rides that are references to things you already know, and paying a general "Disney tax" for being surrounded by familiar intellectual property. That's some people's thing, but it's not mine.

State and Country Fairs, on the other hand, are relatively diverse in their attractions: you can do the carnival stuff if you'd like, or you can:

* Peruse your state's agricultural and crafts competitions

* Go to the livestock auctions

* See live music by local artists

* Go the the trade halls and look at/purchase goods by local businesspeople

* Attend the live performances and competitions (my favorite county fair[1] has tractor pulls and pig races)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutchess_County_Fair

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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by gsk22 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:21PM (#32155863)
That's fine for you, the adult, but the kids are gonna wanna go to Disney.

I remember going to the state fair growing up, and it was excruciatingly boring waiting for the adults to finish looking at cows and trinkets. Whereas our family's trip to Disney was tailor-made for kids from start to finish, and honestly features pretty prominently among my favorite all-time memories.

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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by woodruffw on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:00PM (#32156329)
To each their own! I loved the county fair as a child. But I wasn't much of a Disney kid anyways (unless we count properties that have since been absorbed into the Disney IP universe).
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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by scelerat on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:32PM (#32155971)
sheet, I remember being eight, and a tractor pull would have been just about the best thing ever. And I grew up twenty minutes from Disneyland. Loved it as a kid, but also loved the Pomona Fairgrounds -- LA County Fair -- and the drag strip
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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by neutronicus on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:56PM (#32156278)
Yeah, IDK what County/State Fairs people here are talking about.

I often went to the Boulder County Fair in grad school and that had a Demolition Derby, which my kid would love.

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Re:America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of... by mbfg on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:46PM (#32158402)
Aesop would like a word with you...
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