Brandy524 Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 So we went and checked out the Alabama Chocolate Festival on Saturday afternoon. A friend of mine aptly described it as the gateway to hell (because of the huge crowds). We've never been before, but we had heard that there was very little chocolate to be found anywhere. It was true. There supposedly was a chocolate milk drinking contest and a chocolate bake-off earlier in the day, but we missed those. We saw one table with a sign that said "Free Chocolate," and one vendor selling fried chocolate pies. Other than that we saw no chocolate. But really we only went to let the kids ride the ghetto fair rides again, so on to the pictures. Vendors. This is pretty much all the festival was aside from the concerts and rides. A freaky flat Easter bunny. The most realistic temporary tattoos, like, ever. This is the classy assortment of vendors present. More vendors. More vendors. Pretty exciting stuff here. Crossing through parking lot traffic to the ride area. Somebody is a little TOO into Easter. It looks like the Easter Bunny threw up on this car. Thunder Bolt. Same as last week. And the line, it was all the way across the parking lot. Carousel #1. Hmmm, I wonder what they sell here. Snacks. Sadly, no deep-fried cookie dough at any snack stand. Don't know the name of it. The crowds were so bad you could barely walk around, so I wasn't going to hunt the ride signs. Again, don't know the name. I just snapped pictures as quickly as I could so we could get our rides in and leave. Whatever this is, going up. Super Shot, same as last week. They didn't have an Astro Wheel this week. But they did have a Rock-O-Plane. Teacups. This was the one thing the girls were most excited to ride. Fun House. Ally on Carousel #2. Cammy on Carousel #2. Kiddie Coaster. Whole train. Coming around the curve. Blurry shot of my Dippin Dots. Danny. The girls eating their Dippin Dots. Next weekend is the Noccalula Barbecue Festival, so expect a report from that, too. Hopefully there will actually be some barbecue!
Electerik Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Chocolate-less Chocolate Festivals make me sad. I'm glad I don't live in Alabama.
jynx242 Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Thanks for posting these Brandy! The girls are adorable! The crowds...not so much . The spin-n-puke looks like a SCAT2. Robb has video of the old one at Beech Bend somewhere on the site. Were there at least chocolate Dippin' Dots available?
samisthabomb Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 It's a shame they didn't have the Astro Wheel, I would've loved to see more photos of it. On the other hand, a chocolate festival with no chocolate?!? Oh, Alabama...
Nrthwnd Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) Sad. Sad to read there was hardly any actual CHOCOLATE around, lol! And that Easter Car..... But the girls looked like they enjoyed themselves. And.... ROCK-O-PLANE! (Sorry the Astro Wheel was a no-show, though.) Thanks for sharing, Brandy. Edited April 5, 2011 by Nrthwnd
Brandy524 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 Chocolate-less Chocolate Festivals make me sad. I'm glad I don't live in Alabama. It made me sad, too. Unfortunately this one is pretty popular. The sad, sad people of Alabama just don't get it. Thanks for posting these Brandy! The girls are adorable! The crowds...not so much . The spin-n-puke looks like a SCAT2. Robb has video of the old one at Beech Bend somewhere on the site. Were there at least chocolate Dippin' Dots available? Thanks! Yes the crowds were not fun. But on a Saturday in hick-town Alabama there's nothing better to do. I believe there were chocolate Dippin' Dots, but considering where we were, there very well may not have been. It's a shame they didn't have the Astro Wheel, I would've loved to see more photos of it. On the other hand, a chocolate festival with no chocolate?!? Oh, Alabama... I was really hoping they would have it again so that I could get some pictures and video of it in action. But it was replaced with the Rock-O-Plane.
Hurricane Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Great TR, the rides that you couldn't name are the Hurricane (The one with 6 cars bouncing) and the other one is called... SCAT! And scarily enough i'm not joking...
cal1br3tto Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Classy place all right. I get jealous of faraway fairs because many of them have rides I love and/or intriguing classics. I love Rock-O-Planes; Hurricanes are cool but overly intense on the forces; and I've always been kind of interested in riding a Scat, even if they're just an oddball variation on a Round-Up.
Brandy524 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Posted April 6, 2011 Thanks! I would like to have ridden some things myself, but the lines were so long and we didn't have anyone to watch the kids, so we had to pass.
dragonskeep Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 I like the fair trip reports a lot. One with actual chocolate would maybe be the best thing ever.
jynx242 Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Brandy - at least a chocolateless chocolate festival is better than the "Rattlesnake Roundup" at a town near us. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your tastes) this one is not snakeless...there are tons. We also have the Vidalia Onion festival near here - I here that one is pretty cool. Your trip report has now encouraged me to go to the local events like this and post TR's. David
Brandy524 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Posted April 7, 2011 Brandy - at least a chocolateless chocolate festival is better than the "Rattlesnake Roundup" at a town near us. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your tastes) this one is not snakeless...there are tons. We also have the Vidalia Onion festival near here - I here that one is pretty cool. Your trip report has now encouraged me to go to the local events like this and post TR's. David I would definitely prefer a snakeless snake round up! *shiver* Glad I've encouraged you to go to your local events! Looking forward to seeing your adventures! Onions...yum!
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