I love the Spring Fair. It's like a mini vacation where you're waiting for your grand vacation. I go for the food (though my options are limited as a vegan), to see the animals, to shop, and to sometimes ride rides and play games. I think it's a food value for the price of admission, and the vibes are top notch. It's just a fun place to be and gets you excited for the big fair in the fall. read more

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Wish there was a place to review the Sales Family Krusty Pup. Sign says it is a family institution since the 1950's. My wife said that is when they must have made the batter. The Pub looked really good. However it tasted horrible. Have to wonder if the batter person forgot an ingredient or two. Could have had a seven eleven corn dog and had a better meal. At almost $10 for it, they need to step it up. read more

(here comes my Don Cornelius intro w/ Don Cornelius voice) as always.. I look 4ward 2 coming 2 the Spring Fair (in my voice which is also deep n is deep as hell n deeper) I prefer it over the main Puyallup Fair (or they call it The Washington State Fair since it represent our state well n is the best) n main 1 happens every Sept. the reason I like the Spring Fair here r 1000 reasons: (1) more chilled - meaning a little more relaxed, I only go 2 the fair (Spring or Sept. one) on wkdays n not wkends; but, regardless this Spring one shouldn't b as packed b/c they have less stands; (2) less ppl as mentioned, since again less stands open; (3) hey! wat happened 2 the main rooftop drinking area? yeah not open this yr., but there r still enough areas 2 enjoy (4) hey! less stands? that's ok.. got 2 try foods that I have been passing up 4 yrs. such as Fisher's Strawberry Shortcakes.. oh! love the biscuits, but wat's up w/ all that strawberry n whip cream? I want more biscuits on mine pleaseeeeee (4.a) Chihuahua Dog idea works where u got an all-beef hot dog w/ melted cheese wrapped inside a tortilla deep fried.. I like, my wife think it silly n nasty (4.b) I guess the onion burger was good only because of the sweet onion part since burger patty was already cooked n has been sitting there for hrs.! n bun hard n burger is like something u would find from some1's bbq they threw 2gether that same day yep! they have those fun animals that u can pet ur hands on; but, watch out 4 poop! I'm so serious.. 1 of the boys were bad too.. he told us how much the pigs cost when they r sold like potentially thousands n how the pig is 6 to 7 months old.. they super big though! n then we noticed 1 of the pigs was caressing its mouth on2 a neighboring pig.. so kid started 2 b bad n said yeah those 2 pigs grew up 2gether.. but in a few wks, the pig that is getting its ear caressed on wouldn't b doing anything anymore meaning (u know, it dead).. yeah horrible anyways.. fair was super slow n enjoyable, oh yeah there was a show-off there where this man wearing golf gear showed off his b-ball shooting skills, as he calmly shot 3 straight shots n maybe 1 more 4 that stuff animal.. yeah this yr. their theme is dog-stuff animal like Oliver & Twist sh*t that I haven't watched yet (Disney) cool.. my stomach n us had a great time.. oh yeah.. shout out 2 my liver as they only had Jack there, so I made it a double read more

Spring Fair - My.. wat big truck u have Little Itty Bitty Red Riding Hoody said.. while nervously biting bite bite her fingernails - Local Flavor Near Me - Puyallup, Washington

"Dooo the Puyallup!" Spring Fair version! Over the years this Fair has gotten bigger and better! I almost love it more than the big fall Washington State Fair! Almost.... Locals call the two fairs: The Puyallup (in the fall) and The Spring Fair - but both are officially the Washington State Fair and Spring Fair in case you're looking for other Yelp reviews or googling for more info. The Spring Fair has all the basics of the Puyallup Fair: BBQ, Music, Crafts shows, flowers and topiary contests, animals, rides, home goods vendors and tons of food! The main difference between the two fairs is size. The Spring Fair is smaller- about half the size of the Puyallup with most of the far left barns, sheds and rides areas fenced off. The animals at the Spring Fair tend to be a lot younger too (hey, it's Spring!) So there are lots of babies in the barns and they are sooo cute! My favorites were the Pygmy goats- it was so much fun to stand there and watch them! The new babies had so much spunk and energy running and prancing all over the pens. Back and forth, up and down, back and forth, etc. Adorable! Foodie tip: come early and come hungry! The food lines are shorter earlier in the day for sure. Lots of food to be found but most are upfront and on the food stand row along side the grandstand. All your favorites are here: State Fair Family corndogs and onion burgers, Kaleenka Piroshky, Fisher Scones, Spuds Fish and Chips, etc. Newer booths in recent years like Branks BBQ and Paella are welcome additions! The Spring Fair is open late now too- yay! I so love those warm nights walking around the fairgrounds! The sights, the sounds, all the good food smells- it all seems so much more intense at night and brings back happy childhood memories of the Fair. Tickets: it's definitely worth checking out the Fair website for specials like Military Honor day when current service members and veterans tickets are complimentary. Grocery stores in the area Safeway and Albertsons also have discounted tickets and ride pass coupons- but the deals change some years so double check the website for the current info when you go. read more

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The Spring Fair has been a tradition in my family (and many others) for as long as I can remember. It's hard NOT to like the fair. There's a ton of rides, so many food choices, games, and tons to look at. Definitely something you could do from open to close, in my opinion. I saw that the fair even has DISNEY DOLE WHIPS NOW. Whaaaaat! Only downside to going to the fair is people who don't pay attention to where they're walking, all the sales pitches, and the prices. Other than that... It's a great place to be. read more

The Spring Fair is a downsized version of the fall fair, perhaps better for families, with the cooler weather, less walking, and theoretically at least, fewer people. It's also cheaper, for rides and admission, and unlike the fall fair, parking is even free. However, there are fewer animals, fewer rides, fewer food vendors, and fewer things to see & do. The rides especially seem to have longer lines, which could be a function of fewer of them to choose from. There were also none of the grandstand shows which can be great or awful, depending on your perspective. The kiddie rides take up the stage area. Buy your tickets from Safeway or Fred Meyer before you go. This gets you a good discount on the tickets themselves, and also the ability to buy much-discounted ride tickets. Rides are still $2 each with the discount... they are more like $3-5 each if you buy regular tickets. OUCH! Overall, I still prefer the fair up in Monroe for better size, more reasonable crowds, and better rides. And I loved the King County Fair in Enumclaw a few years ago; it was way more about the kids and their animals, with classic rides but not too many of them. It was of a wonderful old-fashioned scale and I loved it. read more

Spring Fair - Local Flavor Near Me - Puyallup, Washington

The spring fair is fun for kids all ages. Animals, games, rides and fatty greasy fair food. We had a morning full of fun... But I'm still not sure it was worth $110 dollars! 20.00 (2 adult tickets) 50.00 (120 tickets for rides and games) 20.00 (2 Krusty pops, curly fries and a burger) 3.00 popcorn 7.00 elephant ears 6.50 bag of cotton candy 2.00 bird whistles.. Other tips: Parking is free, come in right when they open (10am), there's not as many ppl. For rides and most height requirement for toddler rides is 36". read more

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I went to the Spring Fair with a couple of friends last weekend. It is a smaller version of the normal Puyallup Fair in the summer. We got our tickets from BECU for $5.50 a piece - with a service charge they were under $7.00 a person. I think the regular price was $9.00, so this was a good deal. Parking was free, which surprised me but was awesome. While there are plenty of activities at the Spring Fair, there is a lot less to do overall. There are less animals and less shows - I don't believe there were any grandstand shows at all. We spent a lot of time in the expo because we didn't find much else we had interest in. Rides and games are WAY too expensive - if you wanted to simply ride the ferris wheel, it was like $5 bucks! We skipped that entire area completely because the prices were ridiculous. The plus side is that there were less people than at the normal fair - although it was a beautiful, sunny day so it got a lot busier as the day went on. There were also still plenty of food vendors. I was able to get my typical elephant ear and had plenty to choose from for lunch (I went with a gyro). Probably the best thing we experienced was the Dock Dogs competition. It was pretty neat to watch dogs jumping for distance into a pool. We spent quite a long time there! Anyway, I might consider going back to the Spring Fair - I had fun - but I'd probably opt to stick to the normal Puyallup Fair in the future. read more

Went here for my first time ever today and it was fun. This is a cute little fair with lots of things to do and lots of foods to eat. I liked the animals in the barns and the food. I wish I had taken a pic of the cinnamon elephant ear we had or my funnel cake...but I ate them too fast! read more

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The Spring Fair is really only good for taking your little ones or to just roam around eating unhealthy (but so so delicious) food. The expo center is full of different vendors as usual. Not as crazy or busy as the normal puyallup fair, I love going every year just to take my little one with a little less chaos going on around you. It's a nice little outing in the Spring for your family - tickets are cheaper than the normal fair season, so I feel like it's definitely worth doing if you're going for a family day. If you're going for a "date night" don't expect to find much to do unless you're going to ride a couple rides & do some people watching. read more

The Spring Fair is basically a condensed version of the Puyallup Fair that happens in the fall. It only goes on for one weekend vs the usually month or couple weeks that the Puyallup goes on. The area that you have access to is also smaller. That being said, its still a nice little day trip to have. Parking was free (so don't pay to park in someones lawn), and the admission was 10 dollars for adults. There is fair food everywhere and plenty of little fair trinkets to buy. I didn't feel like any of the fair food was really unique like you occasionally find places. Not a bad thing but just noteworthy. Same thing goes with the rides. I can't remember if there was a ferris wheel but there wass a roller coaster, a zipper, and plenty of spinny rides for both adults and kids. They discontinued the option to buy an unlimited pass for rides, so we just went on one. Its 50 cents per ticket, and the zipper was 9 tickets. Lots of animals to look at, and some baby animals too. Not as many as I was expecting but it was still neat. There is a very small petting area in one of the barns where you can pet some goats. If you're unsure if you would like to go to the Puyallup fair, the Spring Fair is a good option to try it out. Its a scaled down version both size and pricewise, so its worth checking out for a day - especially since not a whole lot else is going on this time of the year. read more

Been coming here for years now. To me this place never changes. New prizes and new workers, but the environment and the way things are ran doesn't change a bit. The food is still how I remember it, sometimes they give it to you how you want it and it is just way over priced. All and all I pretty much do this for my children because I want them to have those fun memories that I had when I was a kid. read more

Spring Fair - My daughter and I at the fair - Local Flavor Near Me - Puyallup, Washington

I would've preferred 3.5 stars for this years Spring Fair. So all the good first! Beautiful day, seems bigger than other years. Food was fair lol. The sweets though! Elephant ears, strawberry shortcake, cotton candy, and fries galore. All bad, all yum. Bought my kid 80 tickets and he had a blast! The bad or the ugly? I bought all of our fair stuff online, tickets, parking and game rides. They advertise all of this as skipping the lines! 84 degrees, an infant and 5 year old! Yes. We get to the fair around 1300. I pick up our tickets at the booth. We head in and my son wanted to go to the haunted house. We wait in the ridiculous line and get up there n the ticket card is declined. No one inside could help me and sent me back to the will call. This is where I got pretty upset. The guy working in there was a jerk(little guy with dreads) I explained what happened and that it didn't make sense that it advertises buy everything online and save time. He tells me there are lines everywhere and to basically get over it. That wasn't my point, after 4 people I was finally told you had to still stand in the ticket booth line to trade in ur card for another card. I obviously don't mind a line but why make people stand in line for a card when we already got our stuff online. I don't get it. He needed an attitude adjustment but I wasn't gonna be the one to give it to him especially since all the other ladies were nice. read more

The psychology is amazing when you think about it. The new way to handle tickets for rides and combining them with games let you spend faster and larger because of the perception of money is skewed. Since you pay onto a card and 1 ticket is 50 cents, the mind easily forgets how much you are paying for games and rides much easier now. The people just scan and remove value and you then pay $4 for one dart! I found that a bit pricey and at the end of an hour, I had paid $150. fascinating! Loved the elephant ear and double ID carding to get into the beer garden and then getting carded by the vendor in the beer area was a bit redundant since the area is about a total of 800 Sq/ft (inside) and 5 feet from the entry where I just got carded. The good note is that the stuffed prizes are no longer Styrofoam like and actually back to plush objects! yay! The food is very fair like and nothing close to the "bite of" any location. I kind of wish they could have a hybrid fair and food event with entertainment all in one, one day. Like a StateBumperBiteOfFair. Seems more expensive this year than last year (more than inflationary). Luckily sunny, lots of lines because of the amount of people, and averagely entertaining. read more

The people watching is always epic. Lots of rides for the kids, and lots of food options. Smaller scale than the full fledged fair, also a smaller dent on your wallet thanks to free parking and discounted ticket prices...but the food prices remain the same. read more

We have been going to the fair for years, but have decided it's not worth it anymore... We did like the animals and some of the booths like the honey and tea. Plus the dog docking competition was also entertaining. However the thick crowds, high prices and long lines to park, buy food, etc...were too much. Also the young girls with thick make-up (8-11 yrs ?) that were dancing half clad in a sexually provocative manner was totally inappropriate. read more

This year's spring fair has a lot to offer this year. The scones are a continued favorite food of mine. read more

Spring Fair - Here at the Spring fair bird watching. - Local Flavor Near Me - Puyallup, Washington

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This was one of the first events my family and I went to after moving to Washington. I have been to bigger, and I have been to smaller fairs, and overall this fair was pretty good for what I would call a smedium-sized fair. As is the norm, the concessions are fairly high priced, but hey Fair food! Funnel Cakes! The fairground layout was mostly well organized, and I also was pretty impressed with the people in attendance. I have been to some fairs where I was holding on to my wallet expecting to get mugged..lol but everyone here seemed to be here for a good time, and not looking for problems. I look forward to next years fair, we will definitely be there. read more

Seemed very under staffed this year. Long lines everywhere. The coupon of 6 rides or gamed for $17 was not much of a savings when you where using them on kiddy rides. Never seen long lines for games before. A couple of the games where broken. At one game saw a little girl get a large, but the worker said they changed the rules to where the girl got a small!!! We also went for the smash up and where told it was sold out. You could see the seats and it was maybe 2/3 full!! Try telling a 4 year old it's sold out. Not impressed. read more

Had awesome time at the fair this weekend with crazy rides, games and my favorite , the derby demolishing car races! Must visit!

Really good for families and ones with small children. It's a condensed version of the fall fair but we prefer it. At least for now since our son is only two but there was much more for him to do. They seem to gear activities and events around the younger ages. And of course the scones! My favorite part of the fair hands down! read more

The bartender at the Corona Corral was SUPER NICE! Pretty sure I went to high school with her lol

i have a question...i just bought 100 game and ride tickets online. when i get to the ticket booth will it be raffle like tickets, bracelt, or a card. because i bought these tickets for my kids and on the barcode of the purchased online ticket stub that i bring to the fair to recieve them it states that its good for one person only. it would really suck if thats the case because there no cancellation or changes allowed. Please some one help me. Thank you very much read more