I have been coming here for years. I mean decades. If you, your partner, your family, your friends…read moreare looking for something cool to do that you don't get to do everyday. You should come to TRF. At the very least, this is the largest Renaissance festival in the US if not elsewhere as well. I highly suggest getting in early because the lines to get in throughout the day get longer. This place can get pretty packed, both at the gate and in the food and drink lines. They have a ginormous parking lot, it's dirt and grass. And it can bottleneck quite a bit at the entry point. Once you're in, they have hundreds of stalls of food, merchant selling different things, people putting on different types of shows, be it skill, craft, or comedy/drama. There's plenty of activities. The park itself is sectioned off into different themed areas, both the food and activities follow suit. They have tons of shows around the different areas in addition to the Central stage where you can see the king, jousting, sword fighting and the whole lot. Highly suggest going to the restroom before you leave, because you will likely be stuck in some traffic on the way out and you don't want to hold it. Trust me. In the last couple years I've taken to camping on their campgrounds. This requires an extra pass for camping, in addition to your entry. If you do things in groups it costs a lot less with a discount. They have porta potties throughout the campgrounds, and also a brick and mortar shower and restroom at the front of the campgrounds. The campgrounds are separated into two areas, the family the zone, which is closer to the main gate, and the non-family zone which is a mixed bag depending on what weekend you go closer to the festival area. This place gets pretty rowdy, and they are up late. If you intend to camp, this is the social area where a lot of things go. If you want a more relaxed, in civil area, stick to the family zone ( I don't). Highly recommend arriving early on the Friday before you're going in, as the camping area is first come first serve. We go in a pretty big group so we try to stake out enough space for all of our people. It's quite an experience, we really enjoy all of the people working there in character. They do a great job, and make it a great experience! Whether you're there with the family out for drinking or interested in shows and merchandise, there's something for everybody here. And the amount of different kinds of food is crazy.

As a group familiar with the SoCal Ren Faire (go every year), we were very pleasantly surprised…read more The acreage is expansive, the shops are built into structures making it feel more realistic (as well as provides AC), the amount of shows is insane, the options for food and drink are fantastic, and the shops are numerous. We spent Saturday and Sunday there and don't think we saw even half of everything. We paid the extra for the Kings Feast and agreed we'd do it again in a heartbeat. It was an all you can eat and drink lunch with multiple courses and a hilarious musical show that emphasized including the audience. We went to several shows, comedy, musical, jousting, and fire show and enjoyed all of them, ESPECIALLY the fire show. Get there EARLY though as it filled up fast, even a half hour before the show. Prices, for us, we're about the same or slightly cheaper than SoCal so we weren't shocked at any price tags. I can imagine prices would likely be a little bit of a shocker for locals though. The only thing we didn't see much of a selection for was more ornate leather work. A friend was looking for carved or stamped bracers and couldn't find any. There were bracers, just very simple. Once we noticed that, we saw that was the case for just about all leather work.