#6 of 2017 A totally fun event. I would love to do this again when I am in better health. Fortunately my partner was able to take my place without any additional fees. When I saw this it looked like it was going to be a fun and signed up on the spot. One day was given for registration packet pick ups. It was on a Friday from 12pm to 10pm, I think, something like that. If you could not pick it up that day you can pick it up race day with an additional $5 fee. The fee was to encourage pick up not on race day. A friend could pick up for you if they have your ID. So we did go on the designated day for pick up. The line wrapped around the building. That happens when you have over 6K people attending. I decided to bite the bullet to pick up race day. Didn't like that at all. I would have stayed, still bitter, but we had a luau to go to with our visiting guests. I hope this can be handled better next time. The location was by the Coast Guard located in the ole' Barber's Point Naval and Air Station. A large lot was secluded for the event. The same area used for the Yelp Monster Mash event last October. Parking fee is $10 which was the best parking there. However, as you drive along the way there are areas you can park free while others required a lower fee. So, if you don't mind walking you could choose those other parking options. Tip #1 Bring deep woods mosquito repellent. This location is practically in the woods. I didn't get bit a lot like others but it was still annoying. Can't let those little critters ruin a night of glowing fun. There were a few food trucks there but nothing I felt worthy for me to go over and look at. Hopefully, there will be a better selection next time. Fortunately for us, I had the insight to eat before and were not feeling hungry at all. Although it wasn't sunny we still brought water just in case. Good thing we did because it still got hot out there underneath the clouds. Check in was a breeze. For the $20 you get a tattoo decal most people put on their cheek. Looked pretty kewl. Your number to wear on your chest just so you really look like you were in a race in the photos. A nice looking t-shirt you could wear several times to show you were actually there and can brag about it. All that came in a custom bag you could carry and put more stuff into. There was an area you could buy additional paraphernalia like glow sticks and such. Priced too high after paying the $5 fee. We approached the stage area. There were 3 cannons strategically positioned to shoot off about every 25 minutes of this glowing foam. It would soak into your white clothing absorbing the glowing color. It became brighter when the black lights were turned on. We were really enjoying this and it was just beginning. Tip #2 Buy and wear you own glow in the dark paraphernalia. I brought my blinking sunglasses. I also had those blinking shoe strings that I used as bracelets. That made better use of them. Next time I will have more. lol These guys from Miami really worked the crowd into a frenzy playing hot hip hop while throwing tons of glow sticks out into crowd hitting everyone out there. We managed to get 5 of them ourselves without trying. We were jumping, waving arms and rockin' it with the whole crowd. Being infront of the stage was awesome!! Tip #3 Bring ear plugs. It just may be too loud for some of you. We wish we brought them. Maybe we shouldn't have been by the spearkers. You think? Then it happened. The call for racers to approach the starting line. Racers were released in groups in about 12 minute intervals to prevent stampeding, trampling, elbowing, kneeing and any possible wars erupting. This took a long time. I believe they were still releasing groups at 8:30pm. Mog was lucky to be towards the front but it still took about 45 minutes for her group to start. Along the way water was available. At certain spots the groups were shot with glowing foam from cannons to get more lit up. Other spots were flooded with black light so all that foam you soaked up became a brighter glowing splotch on you. Great for pictures. Many people were there infront of the main stage enjoying the beats in their own way. These guys didn't want to leave, neither did I. Mog was worried how I would do. However, when she got back to me she smiled seeing I was still jumpin' and rockin' it by stage in the same spot she left me. We stayed a little and then decided to leave. All that fun works up an appetite and a greater thirst for something hardy. It's apparent some things need to be worked out. However, it was a great event we had a ton of fun. This is good for all ages no matter your state of mind or physical health. Next time, let's get together and rock this rock!! read more

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For 01/18/19 event: Read the few reviews, most negative but I took a chance and signed up with family and friends. Figured it's an affordable new great fun family time that wasn't sedentary and supports a non-profit. We rushed to sign up when I first saw the ad in November 2018 as it said free registration until November 15th or something like that then price goes up to $50. They kept extending the free registration and I don't know if they ever charged $50 since on the event day it still said free registration ends on Jan 18th and then goes up to $50. It's advertised as free registration but you have to pay per person...$10 insurance + $1 donation to 1 wish foundation. We were also charged $4.28 processing fee for 3 people. You can either buy glow accessories while registering or you can purchase at the event. I didn't notice any price difference. It's $10 parking per car (cash only) so they encouraged participants to car pool. Two nights were initially advertised so we signed up for Saturday, Jan 19th but on 12/04/18, I received an email indicating the two events were combined to Friday night. Fortunately for us, we can still make the Friday night, otherwise, no refunds but they do allow you to transfer to another city or person. Packet pick up was Jan 17, 11am to 7pm at UFC Gym Waikele. Reached the parking area 6:45pm and circled for 10 minutes for parking. UFC gym was nice to let me use the restroom before standing in line and I got my packet in about an hour. I know someone who arrived around 12:30pm and got her packet in about an hour also and another arrived around 1:30pm and got her packet in about 30 minutes. Long line was no surprise to me from reading the reviews. Their email also indicated they were expecting 8000 people to attend this event so if conducting packet pick up for only 8 hours with a handful of people passing out packets, long line is expected. After being in line for a few minutes, a staff did inform us that it would be about an hour wait but if we cannot stay, he would allow us to pick up packets on event day at no $5 charge. I opted to stay in this line as I didn't want to take a chance of having to wait in a long line at the event. Btw, ensuring all waivers are signed ahead of time and having your QR code ready then it will take less than a minute for them to hand you your packet. We reached the event parking area around 5pm and parking was organized. Walked about two blocks to the event which had lots of porta potties, a photo booth, area with the accessories and about a handful of food/beverage trucks. Stood in line to pick up my pre-purchased merchandise and was informed new purchases are done in another line. Sign would have been appreciated so our party could have stood in the new purchase line while I pick up my pre-purchased items. Luckily lines weren't too long yet...about 5 customers ahead. Pre-party started timely to get the crowd warmed up. Air was a little cool so I opted not to get pre-foamed but lots of others went for it and had a blast. Saw two foam cannons shooting a good amount of foam every few minutes and lots of accessories being thrown out into the crowd. Music was pretty loud (porta potty I used rattled...lol) but you can still hold a conversation if you're away from the stage area. It was great seeing them getting the crowd pumped up. Nearly 6:30pm, they had us make our way to the chute. Rules and instructions are announced and then the first group was let out around 6:45pm. They let another group go every few minutes and after announcing rules and instructions each time to each group. There were three foam stations which spewed a good amount of foam and a couple of black lights along the way. There are stretches of darkness but the path is paved so no tripping hazards. Most walked but there were runners, joggers, and strollers. We walked the whole way and took us an hour. Weather made for a very nice and cool walk. One water station enroute and another after the finish line. Everyone was given their medals at the finish line. We didn't stay for the after party. 4 stars but would give 5 if these recommendations are implemented...a few more black lights and/or lights would be safer. Part of the rules should indicate non-walkers on the left and walkers on the right to avoid people having to zig zag through the crowd. My mother was bumped by a runner zig zagging to catch up with her group :( Perhaps add some etiquette on the website and in emails. Add signs to make it clear you cannot pick up pre-purchased accessories and purchase more in the same line otherwise figure out a way where we didn't have to stand in separate lines. Add wash stations or some type of sanitation station. I wore a cell phone pouch and hung a small bottle of hand sanitizer on it. Have a booth or more information on One Wish Foundation. Highly recommend as a family and friends fun thing to do. read more

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This event was totally fun!! KIDS HAD A BLAST!! It would've been much more fun with a group of people but it's ok, NEXT YEAR... GUARANTEE!!! But the place they had it at was behind Costcos in Kapolei. The field was and open area for everyone to enjoy food and entertainment/party prior to or after the run. And then they had a start up line that went behind and around the event area with the foam set up in 3 different sections. The ONLY PROBLEM WAS... THE FREEZING COLD AIR. YES!!! It's freezing at night this time around. Idk about any other events or time they did the foam glow... BUT THIS TIME IT WAS SUPER DUPER COLD!! So, my advice is... BRING EXTRA CLOTHES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KEIKIS. Because you can change them afterwards. Bring a windbreaker jacket &/or pants for them to use so the cold air doesn't pass thru. OR have the jackets in a PLASTIC BAG so when you do walk thru the foam and come out th other end... jackets/sweaters aren't soaked either and you could use them to warm up til the next foam. The entertainment was more of RAVE music so it wasn't to my liking. Although there were a lot of people that looked as if they were having fun. The cannons were within the crowds and staged areas NOT on the course. I thought they were gonna have liquid glow cannons on the course, but I was wrong. The food was ok. My kids got pizza which is wish I got now. I ended up ordering a plate lunch called the Heart Attack because it had brisket, pork belly, salad, & pancit. Now... idk if ALL pancit suppose to taste the same, but MINES DIDNT!! I was very disappointed with my purchase. Pork was hard and cold. When you say pork belly... you think of biting into a soft, chewy and melted fat piece of meat correct?! NOPE! Wasn't the case here. TBH... my pancit tasted like as if I ate the field of grass there. Basically it smelt and tasted like grass or hay. BLAHHH!!! The brisket DID taste good, but... it was cold. The salad was ok too but not enough dressing. I actually threw my plate away. $15 wasted to the trash. Should've went with my kids on the POZZA IDEA. But no... I wanted FOOD FOOD! ‍ Next time I know. In fact, NEXT TIME... imma take them to PIZZA HUT OR ZIPPYS. The amount of Money I spent to buy the 7 of us food... I could've took all of us to a restaurant or McDonald's and payed a lot less. So... if your hungry and you wanna eat, I SUGGEST EATING BEFORE YOU WALK OR GOING SOMEWHERE AFTER YOU WALK. Because you'll NEVER know if the food will be worth it. Sorry... I know the review seemed bad but I'm being honest. I'm not gonna to recommend something that I MYSELF DONT EVEN LIKE. But if you want to chance it... go right ahead. That's all you! read more

Be warned! My co-workers and I formed a team and wanted to do the Foam Glow event on Saturday (1/19) evening. Without ANY notice, the even was changed to Friday night. The only way one of our team members found out was when she tried to register additional family members. We would have shown up for the event and no one would be there....When we requested that our insurance be refunded, the company responded that this is a no-refund event. We were also told that there is a disclaimer that the event is "subject to change". We were offered to shift our registration to the Friday evening event (we don't even want to think about going thru Friday afternoon traffic to get to Kapolei) or Saturday, daytime Bubble Run. We are all coming from East Oahu and being in the hot sun does not appeal to any of us. Besides that we are ALL busy on Saturday, during the day...At any rate, the main point is THEY CHANGED WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE!!! Also be suspicious that there are no fundraiser beneficiaries identified. We feel victimized and completely scammed! Our team contributed more than $100 for this NON-event...and we have no way to recover the insurance payment (for nothing now) that we paid.... read more

My friends and I registered a team for the Saturday January 19th event. We were very excited because we did it last year and had fun. Now they changed the date from Saturday to Friday night 1/18/2019 and NONE of us can attend. I reached out to the company and my only response was, "we sent out a mass email. Check your spam folder" I couldn't find any email anywhere and I looked. Ok, maybe the $10 registration fee is not refundable, but they should refund us for any additional products we bought. Or give us credit to the next race in Honolulu. As it is we can only transfer to another person or another race that is already on their schedule. I cannot make any of their other races. On their schedule. The company is not very trustworthy. They don't have good customer service either. Think twice before your sold on their supposedly "FREE" registration. read more