Carnival rides shocking

I took my six- and two-year old grandkids to the New Freedom parade and they really enjoyed it. We decided to go to the carnival for a little while afterwards. Of course they wanted to ride some rides so we bought tickets, mind you tickets are a dollar a piece unless you buy 15 or 40.

We walked around to the kiddie rides and were shocked to see the that they were three tickets each! Three dollars for a kiddie ride and five tickets or $5 for the bigger rides! Can you believe this? I know this is supposed to be a fund raiser, but who can afford to take their family to these carnivals anymore? On top of that the games, that are impossible to win, were anywhere from
$2 to $5 for the 25 cent prizes. Remember when you could pick up a duck for 25 cents?

Come on people, we want to help support our local fire departments and such, but these carnivals are getting way too expensive for the average family these days. Needless to say, we won't be visiting the carnival next year.

Elizabeth Fuller
West Manheim Township

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