I realize it’s a three day weekend and it was rainy today. We arrived expecting Crayola to be busy. However, we didn’t expect to wait in 30 minute lines for every attraction.
As soon as we stepped foot upstairs we were met with a swarm of people. The crowd never dispersed. We had to push through the crowd at every turn. Knocking into people was just par for the day.
Many of the attractions were broken constantly. One machine was out of order the entire time, with many others breaking over and over again (the name your own crayon machines.) They did have a worker making constant rounds at the name your own crayon machines, trying to keep up with the break downs. The lines for these machines are chaotic.
After waiting 30 minutes to do an activity, like mold art, we were very disappointed with the experience. When I got it my machine, the lights weren’t working. The box said “open the door” so I opened the door. A worker came over and quickly scolded me to keep it closed. I would have liked to know more about what was happening, but they were ushering people in and out as fast as they could. They took our molds out before they were dry, to get the next group in. Very disappointing experience after waiting in line for so long.
We thought that everything inside came as part of the ticket price. We were disappointed to learn that many things kept costing additional money. My son kept asking to do the things with a shorter line, but those were the things that cost extra.
There was so much confusion and chaos- we didn’t get to experience most of the activities. Looking back over the website just now, I don’t even remember seeing half of the listed activities- probably because it was just too crowded.
I wish we had been told of the crowds as we were purchasing our tickets. As people that live close by, but have never done the experience before, we would have come back another time.
I hope it’s much calmer most other days!