Bernice connolly

Review of Old Westbury Gardens

Went here for the rise of the Jack o lantern tour....

Went here for the rise of the Jack o lantern tour. I actually enjoyed myself this time. I went here about 6 or 7 years ago and I didn't like it but this year, they were so much more organized than last time. They had a tent that you can stand in which was a lot warmer than outside in the cold. They had alot of nicely carved pumpkins here and the pumpkins are real pumpkins. I remember I read a review years ago stating that the pumpkins weren't real so it also killed the mood for me back then but this time I believe mostly all those pumpkins were definitely real. Last time, the walk through last time was boring for me and I got through it in 25 minutes but this time it took an hour to walk through. There were no sculpture pumpkins this year but their pumpkins were just pure artwork on the pumpkins. I only wish there was some better way to make viewing the pumpkins a more simple task because to see the pumpkins on one side, you have to physically cross over the traffic of people if you want to see the other side and it makes it hard when there is a lot of strollers in your way who can easily hit someone while crossing to the other side to see other pumpkins. They do sell hot apple cider and apple cider donuts and cookies. They also had quite a few port a potties and they had glowing necklaces and sticks and a few stuffed dolls and shirts to buy. I had a good experience this year. Also, the staff was well organized too. It was a good experience overall.