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You can always purchase your admission tickets the day of the event onsite at the Festival Box Office. Must provide military ID. Spouses must also present their dependent military ID. Children must provide dependent military ID. With so much to see and do, you just can not fit it all in one day! Become a Season Pass holder and save!
Click here to learn how! Be treated like Royalty while you savor five courses of fine food, ample drynk, and enjoy one and one half hours of raucous Renaissance Entertainment at its best! Let the Feast Master's boisterous serving maidens and tavern knaves dish up a roaring good time! Click here for more details! Gather your friends and family for a fun-filled adventure! Make allowances for bathroom breaks. We live in the heart of Chandler and left around 11 a. It took us an hour and 15 minutes, just as the GPS said it would.
Half of that time was spent in bumper-to-bumper traffic. The Arizona Renaissance Festival gates open at 10 a.
As soon as we stepped out of the car and sniffed cocoa butter-scented air, I knew I forgot the sunscreen. A mom who had it together in the SUV next to us let me slather some of hers on my kids' faces.
Pockets of shade, especially under the awning of some of the buildings, exist but you're mostly under the Arizona sun all day. You are allowed in with up to 24 ounces of a single "factory-sealed" bottle water. But no other outside food and drink is allowed. As you walk the acre grounds, you will get thirsty. Men have it easy, am I right? They walk in and out of a restroom a few minutes later.
Lines are a given at the ladies restrooms at the festival. It's probably best if you have girls or you have to take your little boy into the ladies room to go whenever you feel the urge, or even between attractions when you don't.
Lines moved quickly enough at the seven restrooms, but things tend to get jammed up at the sink. A vast dirt parking lot with only a few saguaros standing sentry does not making finding your car easy.
I'll admit we wandered around, arguing about who was right on where we parked. The year-old remembered, because she recalled a patch of grass, north of some Renaissance Festival signage. Closing time is 6 p. At least parking is free. We were all in tennis shoes, but my three kids complained of aching feet at the end of the festival.
Probably because two of them wore Chuck Taylor's with no arch. Strollers have an easy enough time on the festival's gravel terrain, but wagons come with the added benefit of instant seating for multiple kids. Depending on the time of day and location, seating options near the food vendors are scarce. Jousting shows are at noon, p. We did something right by bringing cash, but many didn't or underestimated how much they were going to need. The lines for the ATMs were 10 to 30 people deep. You can use credit or debit to by tickets at the gate, but food, beverage, games and rides are cash-only.