Photo TR: A random stop at the Virginia State Fair!

[AmyUD06]

Since I massively overestimated the amount of traffic I would encounter driving down to Kings Dominion on Sunday, 10/3, I arrived in town approximately 3 hours before the park would open and 4 hours before I could check in to my hotel.  What was I to do?  Luckily, I saw a billboard on my way off the highway that said "State Fair Traffic -  This Exit," and some quick mobile Googling later told me that the Virginia State Fair was only a 10 minute drive away.  I checked the attractions list, and saw a coaster, so here I went!

Photo TR: Sunday, October 3rd.

I arrived, parked in the back of a giant field (do ANY state fairs have actual parking lots LOL?), paid my entry fee, and made my way inside.

Followed the signs past the tractors (a LOT of tractors) and animal exhibits, to find the entry to the Deggeller Attractions "midway."

First thing I did was take a complete lap of the rides area, checking out was was there and making note of ride prices.  Reviews of the two rides I did ride will be at the end of the massive photo dump.

Two-trailer dark ride.

Standard mini- elevated swings.

Standard lay-n-fly.

Standard bumper cars

Standard Tornado

Standard carousel

Standard Round-Up, but kinda small and by a manufacturer I've never seen before.

Rip Tide, the lone coaster at the VA State Fair, a Pinfari Zyklon that ran some super old cars.

Standard Yo-Yo

Windsurfer.  I've never seen one of these before...kinda a cross between a Tornado and a Flyers, with the controllable sail.  Unfortunately it ran so slow that adjusting the sail barely did anything....definitely not going to be snapping these!

Standard climbing structure #1

Standard pirate ship

Mini drop tower, Larson.

Typhoon, a pretty intense looking flying carpet ride.

Standard scrambler

Zipper, with original cars.

Tilt-a-Whirl

Musik Express

Gravitron

Ring of Fire with modern style cars

Hydra, a standard mini-claw

"Spaceport," kinda an odd name for a skyscraper, but more power to you.

Standard climbing structure #2, and Ferris wheel.

Apparently, there was a whole nother section of rides that I didn't see until I was driving out of the place, so sorry no pictures of those.

So, rides were kinda expensive at this fair, with most going for over $5.  What did I ride?

Well, the coaster, Rip Tide, of course.  Standard Zyklon, nothing really special to report, but the cars were super-old style with lap bars that did absolutely nothing.  It's always a great time to feel so free on a coaster.

I also rode Haunted Mansion, the dark ride, which was only slightly better than the horrible one I rode at the Delaware State Fair this summer.  This one wasn't bad because things didn't work, this was terrible because there just wasn't things.  Each room had maybe one decoration.  I think I've learned my lesson about these traveling dark rides haha.

Anyway, that about wraps up my hour stop in at my second state fair in my life.  I know these aren't for everyone, but for the few that appreciate reading these, thanks for the read!

Next up:  Kings Dominion