It's trash and a scam. Back in 2020 we paid early access (over 200 bucks) for a family of 4 for Minefaire event in Houston. Due to the pandemic the date was changed and they gave a new date in October but it was canceled. They did a LEGO event on that day instead. Tried contacting them on FB and emailing directly. Chad Evan Collins and Gabe Young are scammers and are not to be trusted with your money. Have never heard from them. They don't even have the decency to say sorry. Just took the money and ran. They are starting to schedule events again. I decided to do a charge back on my CC but couldn't because it was too many days past since the purchase. read more

Minefaire - Said we would heard from them and never did. - Festivals Near Me - Oaks, Pennsylvania

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Review is for the Flushing, 2019 New York MineFaire. Like many others have mentioned here... attending Minefaire for the face-value prices is a big rip-off. The environment itself is nice and your Mincecraft-loving kids will like it but the truth is that there is little to offer included with the general admission fees. You get access to things like viewing the costume contests, or to see certain panels. There are also a few games and activities, such as Minecraft Bingo, that happen from time to time. BUt even that, they ran out of playing cards and pens for the kids to play along....SMH. You can tell from the line that quickly formed outside prior to admission that this was an oversold event with little to offer. Most things that the kids would enjoy doing, such as playing on PC (which they can do at home) had long lines. The VR line was insanely long that the organizer told us that realistically we wouldn't be able to experience it due to the limited space. (as I said..this was clearly an oversold event) There are lots of things for sale, as expected. Minecraft collectibles and tattoos to name a few. Why 3 stars... well the NY MineFaire is actually held in the New York Hall of Science Center and a Minefaire general admission ticket includes admission to the Science Center, which is honestly about the same price that I paid as the Minefaire tickets. The Science Center is great with tons of amazing activities for the kids, so I looked at it as.....paying for the Science Center and getting access to Minefaire for free. :) It doesn't seem that bad when you look at it that way. There is lots of street parking a few blocks away from the Science Center, otherwise parking there is about $12 per vehicle and there were lines of cars waiting to get in and out. Also, we were able to save some $$ by getting our tickets through Goldstar. Overall if you are solely going to the Minefaire itself, it probably isn't worth it, even with discounted tickets. If the venue, such as in NY, includes admission to another Museum/Center, then it may be worth checking out. Lastly, the $10 extra difference between the Gold and Diamond tickets probably isn't worth it since you only get a lanyard, a cardboard badge and a small plush (probably something you don't even like)...we got a sheep?! read more

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Horrible experience. Crowded, basically just all vendors overcharging for face painting, games and other non Minecraft paraphanalia. 3 or 4 PC's set up for games where dozens of parents and kids are fighting over. Escape room was limited due to overcrowding. Waste of 20 bucks and totally unacceptable. Just a bait and switch for the Hall of Science. Your paying for the Hall not for anything Minecraft related. read more

Just like with any marketing, there is going to be some false advertising. The kids of course watch tons of YouTube minecraft channels and expect to see some of the bigger names there. Not the case. Lots of fresh up amd coming vloggers. But i wasnt to dissapointed by that. See my pros and cons Pros: picked up tickets on Groupon for much less, kid got to experience his first minefaire. Cons: way to small a venue with under staffing. This is dallas Texas with multiple surrounding cities, you are going to get a ton of people at this event. Arrived there at 11 with a line to the parkimg garage; no thanks, parked in a vacant lot and paid 20 bucks (thing about the current generation is we get instant gratification with EVERYTHING, we dont get it we move on quickly), check-in was half ass could of blown past the "agents" with no issue. Venue was slammed! Slammed with people. No interactive station didnt have a 20 yard line forming outside the line area to try out the computers or VR. The battle stage was a let down because obviously every kid cant be picked to participate hence me saying that the venue was way to small. No food or drink allowed inside of course so they could rail you at concessions. Store was way overpriced for items that we all could get for 10-20 bucks less on amazon. It really was a let down, could of had the same exact experience at lego land in grapevine TX. Same with the marvel experience awhile back and it was the same crappy setup and concept. Check my other review on it. DO NOT GO, DO NOT GIVE THIS FAIRE YOUR MONEY. read more

Minefaire - Main entrance, building area, concessions and gaming zone (one of the laptop areas) - Festivals Near Me - Oaks, Pennsylvania

An absolutely horrible family experience. The event was oversold, disorganized, and dirty. Restrooms were not being maintained and most urinals had trash bags over them to denote they were out of order. Every booth had a huge line and the wait times were minimum of 2 hours. They had 2 VR headsets to allow kids to demo. Only 2 for the thousands of kids that were at the event. That line for that attraction was over two hours. On top of that, the escape room attraction was sold out and would not accept any more people on the waiting list only 2 hours after they opened. When paying over $150 to get three people in plus parking, you expect to get something out of it. The promoters of this event should be ashamed of themselves for pushing such a scam. If you like overpriced merchandise, food, long lines, and disappointing your kids, this event is for you. Their Facebook page is even deleting posts by parents who have posted similar complaints. Microsoft should take action on these scam artists as they are making money using the Minecraft brand. read more

I would like to update my review for this event. I emailed the company that hosted the minecraft event and to my surprise they were already aware of the stressful time customers had at the event in queens Ny. And they took full responsibility. Hats off to you guys and thank you for turning my frown to a smile for me and my daughters, with a few adjustments, I know your next even will be spectacular. THANK YOU! read more

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DON'T GO! DON'T GO! Never heard of Minefaire but got free tickets week of the Denver show. Kiddo likes MC so we thought it would be a neat activity. Even with FREE TICKETS and NO EXPECTATIONS it was just SAD and DEPRESSING. The promo video on their website was the first clue. Highlights included generic space-fillers like face painting and tables of Lego bricks, plus a large Minecraft wall poster where you can pose for a picture. They had lots of stations to sit and play Minecraft (like playing at home), and they were on group servers so you could play with others (like playing online at home). Some had minigames set up (like you can play at home). There was a VR area, which most people don't have at home. For $45 a ticket, a family of four could skip this fiasco and the cash would get you halfway to a VR headset of your own at home. Stage shows had decent production values but little content. Kids trivia shouting out recipe ingredients, and another teaching how to modify settings in the game files? All so contrived. Like they built a stage set first then realized they needed someone to get up there and talk. Vendors are expected, but almost all of it was official merchandise. Very little independent, artistic or unique. Have you seen stuffed Minecraft toys and pretend swords at Target? Then you can skip 80% of the merch. The whole thing just made me sick to my stomach and embarrassed to be there. Not only for me, but embarrassed for everyone attending and making the event possible. If this was a free community even it would be a neat get together, like they have at our library sometimes. Pumping this up and charging Comic Con prices just feels exploitative. Like a restaurant in a tourist area where prices are sky high for crap food and you know the staff is all laughing at you for being there. I feel so sorry for anyone who was looking forward to this as their last hurrah before school starts back. What a crummy memory to end the summer. Just DON'T! read more

This is probably one of the worst disorganized experiences that I had ever seen. Period.

Terrible experience - save your money. I am not sure what else to say that hasn't already been said. You are paying to shop for overpriced bad merchandise. Not recommended. read more

This event was really boring.. There was maybe 3 interactive things to do and the rest was all stuff you have to pay A LOT of money for.. I paid $30 for 2 kids to have their faces painted... The escape room was ok. In my opinion the most fun was the Diamond stage, where they hosted very few popular youtubers.. that was pretty much it Probably never going to attend another one, for the money I spent ( $192 + $20 parking + $30 face painting) it was not worth it... Don't waste your money on this event. I wish I could get my money back. read more

I went to the Minefaire at NY Hall of Science and it was a TOTAL SCAM. The sold too many tickets with too few activities. You had to get into a line for an hour to get into another line for an activity like the escape room. Who solves an escape room with 30 people??? They had like a few 10-20 virtual glasses for hundreds of people. They told us to come back at 4:00 to get tickets for VR and we went at 3:30 to stand in another line and they said all the tickets are gone. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE KIDS WHO COME EXCITED AND LEAVE SO DISAPPOINTED!!!! My son said, "This is a waste of a Sunday that I cannot get back!" It is poorly organized and only go if you like standing in a line and being cheated out of your time, money and energy. They said they are willing to give us a REFUND if we write to info@minefaire.com and mention the name of the manager, Chris, but not sure if they will honor that. read more

I brought my 7 year old to the Minefaire in Queens NY and beside a couple interesting YouTube stars the event itself is a waste of money. Added charges for extra stuff within the event . Not a whole lot to do . We spent 45 mins and had enough. read more

Minecraft Minefaire was a total disappointment. For a family of 4 it cost $119 To get in... but the emote event was geared to selling merchants. I could have gone to Amazon for that. Event was oversold and the two interesting activities were booked out by 1pm. So all that was left to do was shop. I would like a full refund. Total disappointment. #minefaire #minecraftminefare read more

My husband and I took our 6 year old to Minefaire on 10/6 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va. We purchased the VIP Enchanted passes. We drove an hour from Annapolis, MD, arrived at 8:40am for early sign-in for the VIP pass holders, the doors opened at 9am for VIP, and we left promptly at 11:20am. What does that tell you about the quality of the experience? The only really cool thing about the con was the Diamond Stage. My son enjoyed watching several of the YouTube personalities on stage. We dropped in on OMGChad, StacyPlays, and TinatheTiger for a few minutes each. He thought it was neat to see them in person. Other than that, everything that was there could have been experienced for free or far less money somewhere else. They had laptops set up to play Minecraft (my kindergartner couldn't operate the laptops as he uses either his tablet or Playstation for Minecraft). It was just like playing online with people at home. We had to skip this station. They had a VR area that would have been okay if not for the fact that the line was huge and I didn't see anyone wiping down their headsets. We chose to skip this experience. The official merchandise store was okay. They had more choices than you'd find at Target in one place, but everything could have easily been bought at a store or online. All the other booths were filler and expensive filler to boot. A free Lego area where the kids could build freely was no different than inviting some friends over, dumping Legos on the kitchen table and saying, "Enjoy!" Face painting starting at $15 with non Minecraft characters like, Elsa mixed in? A grid box you can let your kid color with half-dried out markers to make into something that almost looks like a character mask for $15? The lines for autographs were as bad as Disney World rides with at least 30 minute waits. The food situation was ridiculous. Typical nachos and frozen mini pizzas you stand in line for 30 minutes to order. All the overpriced merch that is readily available anywhere else for way less (Lego sets, posters, shirts, books, etc.) was just taking up space. Hind sight is 20/20. If I could go back a month and tell myself not to purchase the tickets I would. I really feel ripped off having spent $74.99 each on three VIP passes that amounted to absolutely nothing. Sure, we got in a hour earlier. But that was the extent of the perks. There was no swag. There were no special experiences for VIP pass holders (i.e. front of line or special area for autographs, special meet and greets, even a rubber bracelet or a free plush would have been a nice added bonus to the cheap draw-string bag they handed us at the sign-in). Oh, you did get the privilege of sitting up front in the first two rows of diamond stage. Great. Except there were two giant columns placed just so that blocked your view of the center of the stage. Which meant my kindergartner had to lean over in his chair every time one of the speakers moved to the center. This was true from every seat in the first two rows. Overall, not impressed and honestly a little pissed about the lameness of the VIP pass. I don't think I would even attend again if given free tickets. Drive an hour or more depending on traffic, pay expensive admission to have the privilege of buying expensive merchandise that can be found everywhere else? No thanks. read more

Parents beware. This is the Fyre Festival for kids. Imagine a way over capacity bait and switch scam where you enter a barely able to walk crowd of people for the opportunity for your family to succumb to marketing of overpriced tshirts, hats, and face painting. Any "free" stations were saturated with long wait times, require a number and in many cases were cut off due to over capacity. I turned it into a learning experience for my child that one needs to look at authentic reviews first before buying anything. I wish we knew before-hand to consult yelp. How they are still able to throw these events is mind boggling. I consider myself a savvy native ny-er and was embarrassed to be taken advantage of so easily. A fool and his money are soon parted. Parents unite: others that attended the ny hall of science event please flood this with reviews. read more

This event deserves 0 stars. My son and I attended the MineFair in Queens NY. It was a complete mess and unorganized. The venue clearly wasn't meant for the amount of people that were attending. The line were at least an hour long. A lot of poor communication between the staff and the customers. Only 10 computers for hundreds of kids that attended the event. Clearly it wasn't planned properly and they simply only cared about selling tickets. read more

I will never do this again. Not worth the money spent. $100 per person. Not much going on the entire day. Everything was so unorganized and overpriced. $40 for two personal size pizzas, two cookies, and two drinks. $50 for the same sword I bought for $20 last week Hard to tell where the lines began. YouTubers here were not even any of the more known ones. What little bit of staff they had available were not friendly. I approached the Escape Room area to ask a question and the girl working it just shook her head and waved her hand at her neck to tell me they were already booked the entire day. I hadn't even opened my mouth to ask. Very disappointed. The kids and I had been looking forward to this. read more

Minefaire - Festivals Near Me - Oaks, Pennsylvania

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Basically you pay $30 each for the chance to buy overpriced Minecraft merchandise and play Minecraft on computers. I felt like a sucker after that experience. $15 to color a cardboard box!?! Come on. read more

I went to MINEFAIRE in the NY Hall of Science. When I first saw the advertisement I was very excited and I thought that this would be very fun. I was wrong. There was almost nothing to do there, and if there was something that seemed fun, it either was very expensive or had an extremely long wait in line. A game of plinko for 2 cheap bracelets was $5. Face painting was $15, and some of the characters weren't even Minecraft themed, like Elsa. There was a line of computers where you could play Minecraft on the same server together, when I can simply do that at home. A table full of legos where kids could build, when I can also do that at home! The food and merch was also overpriced. $9 for a slice of pizza which tasted terrible. The merch was $6 for a small keychain?! The ad also said there would be the "worlds largest merch store", when it was suprisingly SMALL. The shelves had almost nothing in them too. Overall the event was terrible, I wouldn't go again even if everything was free. read more

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All the other reviews regarding how unorganized, overcrowded, and a complete waste of time and money are completely spot on. I attended the NY Hall of Science Minefaire on 11/3 and couldn't agree more with the rest of the negative reviews posted. read more

I took my son to Minefaire in L.A. $45 per person for 2/3 day tickets. There is not much to do there. Basically you pay for admission to an event in which you can buy overpriced merchandise. read more

I'm very glad didn't pay full price for the tickets. Pretty underwhelming. My daughter wanted to compete in the build battle, we sat through 5 rounds and she was never chosen, even though we sat at the front and followed the instructions to be chosen. They should probably just do a line like other events. She enjoyed the VR experience, we had early access so not a very long wait, and we liked the video game bus vendor. I would save your money and sleep ok n and just purchase your kid some mods or add on packages to keep them happy. Definitely won't do this again. read more

Since my children are avid Minecrafters, I was excited when Minefaire came to Philadelphia. They enjoyed the virtual reality portion and the merchandise that was for sale (Most of which can be purchased online for less). Other than that, there wasn't much to interest them. The gaming opportunities weren't much different than the games they play against others at home. Although YouTubers were present, they weren't any of the big names that my children typically follow. So, why did we attend? Well, the list of actual activities and presenters wasn't sent out until after we had purchased tickets (just over $250 for four VIP passes). My children said that they would not do this again, and I agree that it wasn't worth the price of the ticket. It wouldn't have been worth the price even if we had saved $80 by purchasing regular tickets instead of the VIP passes. read more

If you still can I would reckmend canceling your tickets. There is not much to do and you will only get 2 hours of mild fun, as long as your younger than ten. My disappoint is immeasurable and my day is ruined. read more

Just attended Minefaire CT in Hartford. To say we were underwhelmed is a gross understatement. We paid $247.80 for 3 tickets to walk into a shopping event. What a scam to offer a "diamond pass" which afforded you the same access as everyone else. Nothing included except for a cheap drawstring bag and everything inside super expensive. The "official Minecraft merchandise" was marked up 25% over what you would pay in the official Minecraft merchandise store online. The "color your own" figures were $14 for a plastic 2 inch figure to color with sharpies and tee shirts were bundled with a key chain for $50. "Build battles" were invites for kids to come onstage and play while others watched. Laptops set up where kids can walk up and play Minecraft (which could happen at home for free) and many of them the connection didn't even work. The you tubers were people my son had never heard of and he watches daily. You couldn't have More well known guests at the very least at that price? Food choices a joke and the lines super long and the photo ops were screen prints of Minecraft Art. You didn't even have costumed characters walking around. You guys dumped legos on a table and let the kids play with them.. yeah my son had fun building something but could've done that at home for free. Have LEGO building contests where kids can build Minecraft characters or something. You could've made this event so much more interactive. Why not have Minecraft creators there showing what is up and coming? Do giveaways. We were so disappointed. Got there for 9am early access and left by 12. Organizers and Promoters should be ashamed of themselves. And as mad at myself as I was about spending the $250, what made me Absolutely sick to my stomach was the thought of the parents there who had to scrape together the ability to give their kids that experience. Only to walk in and discover they would need to drop no less than $100 more for the kids to have anything to do. Shameful and I will make sure I inform my friends that this is a waste of time and money. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. I wish I told my wife about the reviews I read. I found out she bought tickets and thought maybe it would be different at the NY Hall of Science in Queens, NY. We gave it a chance and showed up at 1pm. The line to get in was about 2 city blocks long. After waiting to get in, there wasn't much to do. A lot of the main attractions such as the escape room and VR activities were sold out and the next availability was 5pm. The lines for those events were also very long. We ended up paying for a couple of Minecraft temporary spray art tattoos and explored some of the museum which we have seen before. We left after 2 hours. This was a total waste of time and money. Please save yourself and don't make the same mistake as us. I hope this review helps. read more

We took our son to Minefaire in Seattle and it was one giant sales floor. Every experience was tied to something you can purchase after "playing" -- so the "catch 'em young" applies here. All of the items for purchase are way over market price. We compared it to online pricing and items that were selling for $30 were $20 online, $50 were $30. We left after two hours and had all day tickets. Don't waste your money! read more

The lines are just way too long for everything. They know how many tickets they sell and it's like a 2 hour line for anything. Its really poorly executed for something so predictable. read more

Queens NY. Never AGAIN. STAY AWAY. Absolutely waste of money and time! We paid for the admission for 3 people 70 bucks. Once inside, there were long waits to play on the computer, limited to 10 mins. Long lines for the VR experience. Eveything else you need money to have fun like color a minecraft figure. Face painting, etc. They say it's a average 2 hour experience but most of it was waiting on line. It was very disappointing and disorganized. Overpriced merch by 10.00. Parking was 12.00 cash. The only worth it thing my son enjoyed was the gift shop even though he couldn't buy anything read more

The worst! I cannot believe they're allowed to charge for this! Complete robbery- they should not get away with this. We wasted $100 on absolutely nothing and what a waste of time. Waited 30 to get in, and left after 30 mins of doing nothing! Stay away!!!! read more

Waste of time and money for kids and parents. I got regular tickets for 20% off, and I feel like I got soaked. You basically pay expensive admission....for the privilege of getting access to overpriced Minecraft merchandise. Lines were incredibly long (30 to 90 minutes) for gaming and VR activities. Lines for well-known YouTubers like StacyPlays were 90 minutes. We have done MakerFaire and BrickFair before and returned year after year, but MineFaire is a one and done experience for which I'd like to have a refund. read more

Ok, I bought these tickets MONTHS ago before there were a few reviews up and when I read the recent experience I was very nervous. Then I realized that this day is all about my kid and he will love being around Minecrafters and computers. We got the VIP passes and arrived at 810am for 9am entry as recommended ("show up at least 30 minutes early" said the email). Well, we did and waited but they let everyone (VIP) in at once at 9 so really we could've arrived at 850. I agree they definitely could've done a ton more for the extra cost of the VIP badge. My son loves this environment. Seeing Parker Games was fun for him. He only knew one other YouTuber but that actually makes me happy. The merch is very limited to what you can get at Target, I agree with another reviewer, at full retail price, but there is a crafter here who makes nicely done cubes and he bought one. It's been good day for my son. I chalk it up to my inexperience but I've gone to lamer kid events. It was $$$ but worth it once. I wouldn't come again. Really, VIP is not key unless your child cares about being first and has a specific thing they want to do. Today in PA the lines are not bad at all. Now I have to pry my son off of Mineplex. read more

Don't waste your money! Took 4 kids 7-9, they were totally bored. WAY over crowded, disorganized. Time slots went unnoticed and it was a free-4-all. Couldn't find any activity available...unless it cost lots more money, of course. Spent 3 hours waiting on lines and floundering around. Finally [after waiting on line for a timed ticket], got into the VR 'experience'. By the time they were able to play, they had 10 minutes and it was over. NY Hall of Science, shame on you for hosting such a lame, disappointing, money sucking event! read more

Just went to this event in Queens, NY. Doesn't even deserve 1 star. Was a total scam. You pay to then go in to wait in long lines for 2-3 free activities. Everything else was additional $25/kid. Insane. Don't waste your money and time and dont let them continue something like this. read more

Bought gold ticket for minefare event in NYC hall of science. Very disappointment. The event was very poorly organized, and mostly offerred things that already are part of Hall of Science. The small stations offered by Minefare were overpopulated and hard to get through. You had to pay extra at all the stations, like face painting. Escape room and brick was extra and sold out. They wanted u to just purchase their gadgets. Waste of time and money. Children were genuinely looking to enjoy experience related to Minecraft, but did not find it. read more

If I can give negative stars I would... DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SCAM! The overpriced entry fee to buy overpriced merchandise and entry into an beat up Museum... is exactly what it is. It was over priced and over crowded! No giveaways no activities, My kids didn't even get to experience anything Minecraft except the costume contest...which was made by the kids so it's like wtf. The tickets should have been free at most $10 bucks Bc what a SHAM! Had to pay for a sold out escape room... which I didn't even want to wait on line for... long line for kids to play Minecraft on a measly 7 monitors...are you freaking kidding me! Nothing about the experience was good. My kids made the best of it because they are happy kids and never would let anything get them down but as a mom a single working mom who try's to give the best experiences to my kids.... this was a waste of money that could have gone to something better! Parents do not fall for this over hype SCAM! If this represents Minecraft they should be ashamed!!!! read more

best experience of my life. i went with a group of friends and it felt like i just found a cluster of diamonds in a mineshaft-- absolutely enchanting! read more