Steve Sullivan

Review of Sterling Renaissance Festival

With service changes, the admission is about $29. ...

With service changes, the admission is about $29. Prepared to be nickle and dimed all day if you have kids and they want to go on rides.

Once in, they present you with a day of everything being about 30-50% more expensive than it should. Kiddie rides are $4. Our grandson is 3 and not quite old enough to go on alone (since there are no seat belts). I handed the women $4 for him and she said, "only one person?". I guess I am paying for me to sit with him since my $29 admission fee does not cover me making sure he is safe. $8 to be pushed around a rickety spinning platform for 2 minutes by a 120lb women.

Beers are $7.50. About the only thing that was normal priced was bottled water at $2.50.

Everything in the shops is overpriced. Souvenirs are 30-50% more than they should. There are some nice art pieces but the prices are through the roof.

The shows and actors are entertaining but after a few, I have seen enough. If you go in the morning, don't miss the joust at noon or you will be stuck until the second show which is late.

Food is typical fair food (sandwiches, fingers, fries, etc.) and priced about what I expected (inline with other amusement parks). We went the last weekend and a few of the stations were closed. For example, only one station open for the turkey legs (out of three) and the line was 40 people long. No thanks!

We went about 15 years ago and I recall enjoying it more. Twice is enough for me.