Came to the carnival to enjoy the rides and food. When you get there you pay for parking which is $5.00. Then you walk to the main entrance and its $5.00 per person. But children under a certain height maybe be free. The lights and rides catches your eyes. But not until you get to the rides and food scrips booth. It's $15.00 for 10 ride tickets. Which makes it 1.50 per ticket. And some of the rides itself cost about 4 tickets average. Which you get to ride about 2 or 3 rides with that. Rides last about a minute or less. Food, you need to purchase scrips in order to purchase may food. Love the caramel apples and funnel cakes and deep fried Oreos. Other food are great as well but pricey. Games is always a blast. And very addicting. I played a game about 5 times to win a mini donut but it's all for good fun. Overall the carnival used to be great to spend time with family but it has gotten pretty expensive. read more

This is our second Summer in Hawaii and our first time to enjoy the 50th State Fair. We attended the last night the fair was opening thinking okay, everyone else would of gone by now, NOPE, it was a full house. Pricing was decent $1.50 per Ticket/ $15.00 for 10 tickets, they also had the wrist bands for $20.00 dollars each to include 10 rides (this was the best deal), some rides including the Alien Gravatron ride was 4 tickets per person. My family decided to buy tickets versus the bands as this was our first time to the fair, next year we will be buying the bands. FYI on closing night they had the bands available all night, but if you went during the month they were here it was only during certain hours so keep an eye out for that when you go. Now that we've discussed the rides lets go to the other fun part of the Fair, Fair FOOD, you can't go and not enjoy the Food. In order to purchase food, you had to buy Food tickets, tickets were 50 cents each a cheese burger cost 6 tickets so $3.00 is what you were paying, we decided to get each of us a Cheeseburger at that wonderful price low and behold it had Mayonnaise on it to our surprise, my husband and son at the cheeseburgers as I don't eat most condiments and I ended up getting a corn dog, for dessert we got one funnel cake to share. The cheeseburgers, my husband and son really enjoyed, The Corn dog was okay, I was expecting to have a crunch upon biting in, but didn't. As far as dessert went the Funnel Cake it had good flavor, but was cold .. Ehh, but they were trying to get ride of the ones they had prepared and were making more as I showed up. Next year, I will be waiting for a freshly cooked funnel cake, they only type of funnel cake they had was powdered sugar. We were also hoping they would have Elephant Ears for sale as we're now back on the West Coast, but nope. We will be making some of our own soon. lol.. All in All a great experience and a fun night. PS. make sure to take enough cash for parking as there are no ATM's before you get to the fun stuff. The entrance Fee I almost forgot, we paid $2.00 dollars and after 6PM at the last night was only a dollar to get in. Enterance fee's depend on the night you go, so make sure to look before going. Cost of parking $5 dollars read more

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Yelp 100 Review Challenge 2014 Review 14/100 Ever since HC and I began dating, we'd visit the 50th State Fair. I guess you could say that it fell close to our "anniversary," so we would go every year. We never ride any of the rides, but enjoy people-watching and playing the games. This year, we went with a group of my friends on the $2 Thursday. Admission was $2 and each ride cost 2 scripts. We arrived around 5:45 and the line to the entrance booth was already near the intersection of the main road outside of the stadium. However, once the line started moving, we got to the front pretty quickly. From what I read in some of the other reviews, this is the first year that food scripts were implemented. There were some food booths that weren't carnival food, but I noticed that most of their food was 12-20 scripts. HC and I opted for hamburgers and fries (7 and 4 scripts). My friends purchased their food from the Five-O Ribs truck. The only person who really liked their food was the one who got brisket. Apparently, the chicken and ribs left something to be desired. Prizes at the game booths were pretty cute this year. The balloon dart prizes were donuts, which were pretty easy to win. HC even won me a tanuki doll from the basketball game. The Pikachu dolls were cute too, but you needed to win the star dart game. Needless to say, no one won one, even my friend who plays darts on a league didn't come close. All in all, the carnival is a nice, fun place to hang out, but I can see how it could get super expensive for families. read more

Ooh I had so much fun at the 50th state fair! It's running every weekend until early July 5. It was so nostalgic playing games and riding all the fun carnival rides, really takes me back. It was nice because since the fair is open for such an extended period of time, it wasn't so crowded. We went around 7pm this Saturday and the wait times for rides were less than five minutes. And they have all those carnival games with cute prizes! Of course, I had to get a caramel apple :]. I cannot emphasize how nice and not crowded it was. There was virtually no wait to get in, for food or for games. There's a ton of parking in their lot for $5, and it was really safe with a lot of friendly police working security. Really fun, definitely recommend it for family time or a fun date! read more

Woo hoo! State Fair! I love a good carnival/state fair so I was very excited to go! Went on a Friday night to avoid tons of little kids and long lines...good choice. There were some families, and mostly teens, and the lines for rides were super short (probably because of the off and on rain). I don't get why people complain so hard about prices at these things, they're designed for you to spend money at every turn, just accept it! The people who do these events have to earn a year's salary in a few weeks time. Here's the breakdown: Parking = $5 Admission = $5 per person (I don't know if there's a discount for little kids, but before 6pm on Saturdays its $3) Rides = 1-6 tickets and tickets are $1. Good News: They sell sheets of 10 for $10. Bad News: If you're planning to get on more than one of the "cool" rides you're going to have to pay for 2 sheets ($20 total). Why its not so bad: You'll have tickets leftover to do some tame stuff after you eat. I did 4 rides and had 1 ticket leftover. Food = Play this smart and get a plate dinner. They cost as much as all the other food ($8-$12), but you get so much more! Or eat a meal before you come and snack on Fried Oreos ($4), Fried Twinkies ($4), Funnel Cake ($6), Fries ($2-$4), Soft drinks ($1), Cotton Candy ($5), you get the picture. Games = $1-$2 per turn. I didn't play these b/c I didn't budget for it, but if you have kids, I'd would. Those prizes looked too cool to resist. In total, my roomie and I spent a little under $50 a piece to park, play, and eat (which is pretty comparable to a typical night out on the town) The Circus show and lions were cool, and the pig races looked fun. Plenty of bathrooms everywhere (which weren't completely gross), large seating areas, and lots of picture taking opportunities. All in all, a fun time if you're looking for something different. read more

This year was my favorite! I was so happy to blow 150 dollars here today because they kept it kid friendly and FAIR! They had games where kids can get a prize, winner each time! BEAUTIFUL! The price was fair, the food was decent and priced reasonably as well. I saw alot of people running/walking around with prizes, that's amazing! Most times they make games too hard or the prizes suck, but they had big stuff animals for games that were very possible to win/beat. This year i really felt like they kept the people in mind and didn't get greedy. Thank you! We had a great time at the fair today! read more

50th State Fair - Festivals Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

50th State Fair is something I remember coming when I was younger. As I got older and experience different fairs and amusement parks in the mainland I couldnt compare those experience. MAINLAND DOES IT BETTER. I honestly havent been to the fair for years...I cant even remember coming to ALOHA stadium other then coming to the SWAP meat. The only reason I came recently was to support my friend performing on the last day of fair. But as I walk around I notice that fair made some changes. Everything is sold by tickets now, even the food spots. This place is great for kids to enjoy cool rides and foods that they shouldnt be eating on daily basis. read more

Parking was $8 and it started pouring hard the moment I parked so we turned around to leave. I asked if we could get a refund for the parking, and they said I had to prove that I had been there for less than 20 minutes. There was no timestamp on the parking ticket so I showed them my phone call to my friend when we arrived. The attendant was rude to me and said it didn't count as proof, so no refund. We paid $8 to be there for 5 minutes. It's clearly raining hard and they showed no consideration. read more

Save your money and go to Chuck E Cheese! Not only is there an parking fee, an entry fee, but you end up paying big bucks for ride coupons. This event really took a hit when they lost the "farm fair" portion a few years ago. If you didn't like the rides, at least you could visit the animals or buy produce/plants. Most of the rides are old....like when I was in high school in the 80s. There are some new ones though. There's more food choices which is nice. Personally Chuck E Cheese is a better deal, plus their pizza rocks :) read more

What happened to the days of the fair being the STATE fair... not just some yearly event for EK Fernandez to make some $$$. The fair has diminished in size from when we were kids. Blame the economy, but there can be many improvements. The food venues are lacking, the entertainment was what they paid for... cheap and generic, and the PRICE! $5 to park... then $5 to walk in the doors?!! Um... Thats a movie... and we all know how we feel about movie prices!! To be fair... They have added a few new rides. This is the only plus which beats out the Punahou Carnival. Spent $100 and that was in 1 hour. Blah. read more

Over priced. $9 just for parking. $6 admission fee per person unless your kids are less than 40". Not much adult rides but as any other theme parks lines are super long. Several kid friendly rides. Booth games are a bit pricey. Anywhere from $3.50-10 something. Rides about $4-6.60 per person. We decided to sit out on some rides or take turns with our kids just cause of the price. I was pretty much disappointed how one of the rides was about $4 bucks per person and lasted less than 1min. Seemed like it was only 30 seconds. This was the lolli swing for kids. Also, they obviously don't sanitize and clean their equipments. One of them was the bumper cars. They were so dusty on the outside. You can tell they were just taken straight out of storage and they didn't even bother to clean them. A few suggestions if you plan going. Eat before you go. Food and drinks are very pricey. I believe drinks are like $3 water, $4 for soda. $20 plate lunches. You can always eat out or go McDonald's near by after you are done with the carnival. If you want to skip the line to enter the carnival there are a few workers walking around selling $50 fun pass. Cash only and can be reloaded inside. Bring $20s to reload you cards at the black booths. Several located in the park. If you have large bills or credit card there's only one booth by the game booths you can reload. read more

Thank you for the free military entry but 30 credits per person per ride is absolutely ridiculous when 200 credits costs 20 dollars! My husband and I are forced to take turns doing stuff with out daughter just so we can make the credits last longer. Absolutely ridiculous that y'all ask for 7 dollars parking, plus whatever the entry fee is for non military personnel, PLUS expensive credits when each ride is 30 per person. I'm sorry but that's just insane. For lack of better words- too money hungry!!! Shameful. Lower your prices, up your ratings, and GUARANTEE y'all will make more money than you to now cuz more people will be able to afford it! read more

Over priced. That would be the word to describe how my experience was at the 50th State fair. After looking past the cost to be entertained and have a good time among friends, I think the 50th state fair was almost worth the price. If I had known about purchasing a wristband in advance, it would have saved me choke money and time. The only food stand I thought was worth the wait was the roasted corn. Having a variety selection of spices to put on the corn brought a smile to my face...because I knew what I wanted on my corn would be yummy for my tummy. Onolicious! 5 bucks for roasted corn was worth every penny. Entertained in the sit down dining area was amazing. The kids put on a show of dance and song. I was blown away at how talented they were. If you can look past the over priced food and ride coupons, I think the carnival would be fun and more successful. All in all, I would go back again if I had gotten the wrist band in advance. read more

Eh, the fair is always gonna be the fair, but you gotta admit, this place is pretty expensive! 5 dollars for parking, 5 dollars admission fee, and I believe it was 30 dollars for the wrist band, on the night we went. They were having a special. The wrist band allows you to ride on 10 rides, and that's it. Was it worth it? I guess, because you're with family and friends having a good time. But, once this summer is good for me! read more

50th State Fair - you're never too old for the swings! - Festivals Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Parking was $5...hmm. oh well, still had fun....wallet is empty..but still had fun. This year they had sea lion and bear show, and a jousting show. read more

50th State Fair - Festivals Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

First time at the fair on Saturday night. I liked it BUT the prices for a card you can get credits, are fricken expensive!! Even all the rides with their certain amount of credits are too much! sheesh!!! Ridiculous!!! read more

It's ok my kids enjoyed it. Wished they had a lot more kiddie rides. I think they need to update it. Same rides I saw last year read more

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$0.10 per credit. Classic games are about 25 - 85 credits per game. One throw, one ball, one try everywhere. You do the math. I have never been to a fair that was so literally "unfair". I can't believe that $50 bucks lasted only about 10 minutes; mind you we were taking our time to look around while we played, and there were no lines! If you're thinking you're gonna get a real fair experience with less than $100, let me tell you... E. K. Fernandez feels otherwise and wants your wallet to agree. Won't be returning any years in the future if they don't make drastic pricing changes. The one star is because the employees were all very nice. (and they all agree that everything is overpriced.) read more

This was the worst fair experience of my life. They came out with this new card system and it's highway robbery at its best. When I was a kid, we brought a Pepsi can and got in free. Now, it's pretty much $50 bucks just to get in and ride a couple rides. $7 for parking. It was $20 for our family of 4 to ride the Farris Wheel. They made us pay for our 1 year old baby to ride it! The girl swiped the card 3 times and then told us after that she was charging for the baby, and swiped it again...unbelievable! They also charge for the petting zoo now. They raised the height on all the rides so that our 3 year old could go on 3 rides by herself. It's 80 points a ride for her to go with a parent = $10.00 a ride. Never going back. What a shame. read more

TOTAL RIP OFF!!! Went here yesterday. I would never recommend anyone going to this state fair. ALL PREVIOUS 1 STAR REVIEWS ARE TRUE!!! PLEASE READ IT! Advise to everyone wanting a real state fair/carnival/ experience to just save your $$$ & travel out of state. read more

Is it just me or is it weird that the older you get, the less fun the fair gets? It seems like they don't have as many rides anymore & good God when did everything become so expensive? $5 to get into the parking lot, another $10 to get in to the fair. We bought wrist bands & were lucky because they were on sale on the day we went. $20 for a wristband that allows you 10 rides. The worker informed us the wristbands are normally something like $70. What?!? You guys are outta your f'ing mind!! Also, what happened to unlimited rides? I remember when you could buy a wristband & stay at the fair all day riding. Anywho, I really came for the food but was annoyed to see you must buy tickets & use the tickets to purchase food. Way to trick people into not seeing how much money they are spending. I purchased $20 worth of tickets & got a funnel cake, deep fried Twinkie, bottled water & a caramel apple. I had a whopping TWO tickets left over by the end of the night. There was also a free piggy race we watched as well as a grizzly bear. $3 to enter the petting zoo with goats, chickens, cows, a donkey, llama, sheep & a few others. The grizzly experience was ok. I've never seen a bear in person before so I was pretty stoked. They tried to make it educational but I wasn't listening. Maybe because we are seriously at such a high risk of running into a grizzly bear in Hawaii. The ladies at the pig race did a good job getting the crowd involved but as a vet tech, I was highly disappointed that the "prizes" for the piggies are Oreo cookies. Isn't it common sense by now that human food is not good for animals? Hooray for pancreatitis & worse. read more

After going to the 50th State Fair, I thought it was a so-and-so experience. There was a wide range of games, food, and rides that definitely interested a lot of people to try out. All rides/foods/games all accepted coins or tickets, and once a person exchanges for tickets/coins, he or she is unable to exchange it back to cash. The thing I noticed the most throughout my experience at the 50th state fair was the service the workers provided was mediocre. When I first entered, my boyfriend and I agreed that we would eat first since we were starving. We then waited in line and noticed we needed tickets to purchase our food, and so I waited in line while my boyfriend exchanged cash for tickets. After a long wait, we told the worker we wanted to purchase two hamburgers and she suggested that we should buy the cheeseburgers because it was "basically the same thing." However in my mind, I disagreed that they're anything alike but I'm assuming they would make us buy cheeseburgers just so they would avoid delay. In the end, I was hungry and losing patience with everything; I just wanted to purchase a hamburger and nothing else. Similarly, it happened again when people wanted to purchase the Deep Fried Oreos. We were the last people to purchase the Oreos and the workers kept saying they were completely sold out. All they were doing was suggesting the Funnel Cake was available, which people decided to purchase later on. On the other hand while I was waiting for my order, I noticed they have immense amount of Oreos boxes on the side and enough batter to deep fry many more batches to serve for the customers. And to me, I just felt bad for the people who waited just as long as me for the same food. And about an hour later, I passed by the food truck and they were selling deep fried Oreos again. After eating, I moved on to the games and we had to exchange cash for coins, which is what we probably expected. The games were intriguing and my boyfriend and I were involved with all the games. However, the only thing that bothered me was that the workers did not talk to us at all. It seemed like they were just ignoring us. For instance, during the Panda game (objective of game: a person throws a ball on either a white, blue, or red cup and wins a panda), my boyfriend and I waited our turn and made sure the kids went first and had their chance. However, when it was our turn, nobody acknowledged us and gave us any chance. Also, we tried circling around and calling out "hey" to see if anybody noticed us, but we were still completely ignored. And once we were noticed, the girl seemed pretty rude to even provide us a ball to throw. It was just terrible because I never remember my experience being like this. The workers I knew were so active and encouraging for people to keep trying. As of now, they were quiet, careless, and negligent. I also just want to note that the workers at the Ferris wheel seem rude to us as my boyfriend and I exited. He accidentally pushed the panel back in and the workers gave us a mean stare like we did something wrong. Of course we didn't mean it but a worker should NEVER put a customer or a person at a state where they feel uncomfortable or at a position like it's his/her fault. My boyfriend probably didn't notice the look he was giving but I did and I just think it's ridiculous for reacting to something that was just an accident. The food, games, rides, and the petting Zoo were fine. I just wish the 50th state fair was more alive with workers I knew when I was a little kid. Interacting with the community is important and I think if we're able to be actively involved, I would think everyone like myself would have a fun experience. read more

It's that time of the year again when the 50th state fair is in town. No wristbands anymore they upgraded. You basically get a card and put money in it like they do at Dave n busters or fun factory EXCEPT this card is used to purchase everything from admissions, foods,drinks etc. It's best to car pool if possible only because they're charging $7/per car to enter and then you still need to pay for your entry, right when we walked in there was 5 lines and all confusion, instead of having signs they had a few (as in 2)employres walking around explaining to everyone what line is for what. There were 3-4 lines soley for the purchase/recharge of cards for the fair and then 1 line to purchase tickets with cash. There was also a lady walking around selling cards for $40/pop. I was hesitant but I bought it anyway because the lines were ridiculous. After buying the card from a shady employee we were informed to cut in front of everyone to go inside. Still confused I followed directions and went straight to the booth to purchase tickets to go in. If your with kids they go off of height not age, so if your kids are tall be prepared to pay. We came in after 6pm so we had to pay $5/per person. After all that craziness, we made our way to the rides. They had all the regular rides they had when I was little, the swinging chairs,bumper cars, zipper. My son had a great time with the rides and $40 was enough for him. I noticed the later it gets the longer the wait time so maybe it's best to come during the day, shorter lines. Tonight they had an amazing show, I don't want to say it was a magic show because there was so much more than that. They had magic show acts, dancing illusion act, ribbon dancing, and tight roping. This was my first time seeing this type of show and I was amazed. I really enjoyed myself and thought the entry fee and the car fee was totally worth it just for this show. My son and I had a great time watching the show that it had set the mood for the rest of the night. Also tonight online said Captain America would be walking around, and being that my son is crazy for him of course we had to find him. After being at the fair for little over an hour we finally ran into him at the bumper cars for all places. Captian American was so nice he took a picture with my son AND even rode the bumper cards to make trouble to the other kids, lol. We didn't eat at the fair only because it's crazy expensive. We bought a soda for 60 credit when majority of the kids rides were 30 credits . I could just imagine the prices of the food. I forgot to mention they also had a live band playing some local music near the benches and chairs and it was pretty great. Honestly when we first came I predicted it would be a crappy night where I'm just throwing away money. It really wasnt,After the nught was over my son repeadly thanked me and told me how much fun he had.Thanks to the show and the live music I feel as though I got my monies worth. read more

We usually go to the fair every year as a family. This year was the last time we will ever go to the 50th state fair again. WHY ! 5 dollars for parking,5 dollars for each person (6 X 5.00 = 30.00), food scripts 10.00 for 20 scripts, average food scripts per person 19 to 24 scripts,ride scripts 20.00 for 10 scripts. Now we haven't even started to eat and or go on any rides we have already spent a little over 170.00 not including games. The food concession that they had before like fried noodles,saimin,corn on the cob,bbg sticks, etc(carnival food) is all gone. There was only 3 lunch wagon trucks not very good choices (prices were very high). Everyone in the family was complaining and not very happy with the outcome. TOO EXPENSIVE. After the fair we all went to BOB's BIG BOY AT STADIUM MALL AND HAD A VERY GOOD DINNER. Advise to everyone eat a good dinner before going to the fair and withdraw plenty of money from your bank account that's if you have any. I think I'll be spending my money on family outting else where. read more

Too expensive and not worth it anymore. $5 for parking with $9 total for 3 early admission. It's $1.50 per ticket and minimum 2 tickets per ride. Most rides for the little kids are 1-2 minutes long. I spent over $100 for 9 rides, and 6 of them my 2 kids went solo. The maze was lame with a grouchy old man at the top yelling at kids to go down the slide one at a time. The small rollercoaster looks like its going to fall apart. Seriously, go fix that thing before someone gets hurt. And for goodness sake, repaint the entrance sign. read more

I love carnivals so I wanted to enjoy this. But it was madness. Way too many people and the lines were sooooo long. There isn't even anywhere to walk so you're constantly having to cut between people and excuse yourself. Also they make you buy "scrips" even to purchase food. Give me a break. Not even worth it. read more

The state fair has changed tremendously. the kids seem to love it regardless and we give in considering the rides, but it all seems a bit over priced and over all quality has seemed to have plunged over the years. Wish we could bring back the good old days. read more

The quality of the 50th state fair is an embarrassment to Hawaii. The workers look miserable, almost hateful towards customers and everything is way over priced even by Hawaii standards. I happened to mistake a ride coupon booth for a food coupon booth and bought tickets. When I noticed they looked different I asked the woman for an exchange and she refused saying she can't do refunds even though I had just given her cash right then and there. They don't even have a pos system so it shouldn't have been an issue but she told me instead to resell my coupons to the customers standing behind me. In my opinion, that was really unprofessional and very shady. Even the customers behind me thought that was messed up and thankfully helped me out. read more

Not at all anything like when I was a kid. Absolute rip off and don't know how anybody can afford to experience all the rides and activities. There is a decent amount of rides and activities but it is so expensive. I spent $90 only on the "fun pass" and didn't get to even ride close to half the rides for me and my family of 4. My kids wanted to ride so much more after only 4 rides, but couldn't because it's just too darn expensive. Whatever happened to getting an unlimited ride wrist band? When it was all said and done, I felt like I had been scammed. I will never go to the 50th state fair again unless this price gouging changes. read more

The state fair has dramatically changed from when I was younger. What happened?! The variety of food vendors are scarce and talk about overpriced. There is a parking fee AND admission in which a family of 4 is already $20. I would definitely not ever bring my family to this as $100 went by in a flash because the rides and food were so ridiculously priced. So not worth it, I mean come on, its not like its six flags or anything near it!! And even then, six flags is still cheaper all the way around! Pathetic!! read more

Always good fun wit the family and lots of junk food especially my roasted corn

These rides, shiit the entire park itself is getting smaller and smaller each year and more expensive. worst part is that the FUNNEL CAKES ARE NOT FRESH AND SMALL IN PORTION!!!!!!! they make it sound cheap but take alot of your Carnival Credits and the rides are small and seem to last a very short amount of time to enjoy them, not worth the cost... read more

Seriously even if it comes once a year, this year was so not worth it. things has most definitely changed. everything you do from buying food to riding rides you need to use tickets! and one comes with 10 tickets buying 2 is $20. for rides it's at least 2 tickets a ride per person and with food each ticket is worth 50 cent!! and you have to use all your tickets cause you won't get your money back! like really? why can't we use cash for food and drinks?! such a rip off! I don't understand why they even did that. I hope they change it back to the old ways because I'd like to keep going every year with my family and especially now that my daughter is of age to ride the rides. read more

I remember always coming to the fair during small kid time. I remember always going to the fair and having a blast. If I was a Yelper when I was in elementary school, I would rate this review as 5 stars, you know why? The only thing I had to worry about was just plain having fun. I didn't have to worry about spending money, worry about parking, worry about time, worry about finding out what to do next. As far as the location, venue, and overall structure of the fair goes, it has always been essentially and more or less the same. They have a large tent in the middle of the whole fair for entertainment and dining in. You have the traditional rides that have always been there for years upon years like the ferris wheel, bumper cards, zipper, swings, ring of fire, and many more. There are some new rides here or then and that just adds more to the excitement of riding rides at the fair. Then you have all the games in the back like ring toss, balloon darts, coin toss, and many more where you can win or lose something big. Over the years prices of course has gone up but I don't think that has stopped people going to the fair. It is always a fun thing to do with friends or family. I think what makes the fair going to a little more worth it is the free entertainment that they have like circus acts, live bands, singers, magicians, and many more. They have something different and unique everytime which adds more excitement to the fair overall. To ride and rides and pay for food nowadays all relies on a script system which I am not really a big fan of. I remember just paying straight up cash for it not having to worry about counting something else other than cash. Kids nowadays have these wristbands too which makes it more conveniently to ride rides but I prefer the old school straight up script methods. It kinda reminds me of how arcades have switched to a card system rather than straight up coins. Anyways enjoy the 50th State Fair! read more

A must see and ride park although the prices for parking and entrance were kind of high.

This fairground area was at the stadium and was ok it didn't have anything out of the ordinary. They had ATM available and plenty of parking. Draw down was they used a scrip system for all the food drinks and rides. Only areas that took cash was the little carnival games to win prizes. This made it hard to judge how much funds you needed. The food choices were very limited and not that great compared to other fairs on the main land. read more

Bring cash. Be prepared to spend a lot of money. If you don't have a lot of money to spend, make sure you check out the circus

The 50th State Fair Is A Good Place To Spend Time With Family And Friends. It's Kind Of Expensive But. But If You Looking For Good Time Fun Then This Is A Place You Need To Check Out. It Runs For 4 More Big Weekends At The Aloha Stadium Parking Lot. Had Lots Of Fun And Food. read more

This place got way more expensive!! Not worth. Last year it was a little more reasonable with about 3 dollars for admission and each rides was about 6 tickets so $1 a ticket and this year with the card system admission was $11! Wow. And 60 credits or more for one ride. Be ready to spend well over $100 unless you are going by yourself. I am definitely over the state fair and probably won't be returning again at least in this lifetime. read more

My experience at the fair was great. I haven't been to one in years but this one seemed organized, with 3 bathroom trailors and ample tents for eating and sitting. The wristband helps alot if you are going with kids, but they were presold at ticketmasters. read more