Please note the General Admission Ticket does not include parking. If you drive to the park parking is $20 CASH ONLY. If you get park and ride tickets it includes admission.
Ah, yes, I still remember your great videos from Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta the last couple of years. This event looks like so much fun. This is on our bucket list.We definitely plan to make it here some day. Seeing the sky filled up with all those balloons is amazing. The Chasers Club might be worth the investment. I would love to camp there to be right on site when I wake up... but $800 for a small two person tent seems a bit much. Thanks for bringing us footage from this year's event!
The last thing on my bucket list was to ride in a hot air balloon and it was amazing. But to be at this festival and see all those balloons would be another dream!! :)
Fun fact that hippy balloon that looks like TieDye is the very first balloon that had the dye pattern printed on every piece of fabric and every piece of fabric was cut by a laser and is numbered it was the first ever balloon to printed not soaked dyed and cut!
And since the Laser Cut Fabric is numbered and lettered if the balloon gets ripped or torn from Wear and Tare you and Enter those numbers and press a button and it will print that portion of the pattern on the fabric and cut it out for you to go in and sew in the Repair! With the sewing machine!
R there any hotels where we might be able to see some of the balloons from the hotel? Maybe the Hyatt Regency Tamaya, it looks like its out in the desert. If so I would splurge for a nite or two. Thanks. We’ve always wanted to. Come to it. Also we want to go to the Covered Wagon in Old Town if its still there. My Uncle Joe bought a lot of jewelry & pottery & other Indian artifacts from Manny there. 😮
This is a hard question because it depends on how the wind is blowing the day of the fiesta, and which direction the balloons travel. Tamaya is not very close, if your room was facing the right direction, you might be able to see them but not close up. That is a very nice hotel though. Other 'closer' hotels is the Marriott Pyramid and Sandia Casino & hotel. But- your room would have to be facing the right direction, and it's hard to know if the balloons will fly in that direction.
It used to be so cold in the mornings of Balloon Fiesta like freezing but in the recent years, it’s been a bit warmer so it’s hard to say but layers are best. It’s pretty chilly first thing in the morning and then after the sun comes up, it warms up real quick.
Hi, planning a trip with my older parents for our first trip to the fiesta. Is it worth it to go midweek and pay for the Gondola experience if there isn't a mass ascension planned that day? Looks like the weekend days already sold out for the Gondola and Chasers club.
all of those special tickets sell out so fast. It really depends on their ability to walk around- and whether they are willing to use porta potties. The weekdays are nice because they aren't quite so crowded, and there are still plenty of balloons. I think the most exciting thing is to walk around real close to the balloons, and at the gondola club you are a little far away. If they can walk around a bit and are willing to use porta potties, I would take park and ride to the park. Then they can get up close and personal- you can also bring lawn chairs and on a week day I think you could find a spot to sit in a lawn chair and save the cost of the gondola club. good luck!
Please note the General Admission Ticket does not include parking. If you drive to the park parking is $20 CASH ONLY. If you get park and ride tickets it includes admission.
Park & ride is worth it
We are flying in next week from Northern Virginia and CAN. NOT. WAIT.
@@jefflapointe3351 nice you will love it. The weather is definitely warmer this year.
Chasers club view at 3:36 is incredible. Look at that beautiful Mandelbrot balloon. Yasssss, you're favorite balloon 15:27 The Infinitude ❤
Thanks so much for watching!!
Very nice coverage and very informative, at least for the first time visitors 👍
Thanks!
Ah, yes, I still remember your great videos from Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta the last couple of years. This event looks like so much fun. This is on our bucket list.We definitely plan to make it here some day. Seeing the sky filled up with all those balloons is amazing. The Chasers Club might be worth the investment. I would love to camp there to be right on site when I wake up... but $800 for a small two person tent seems a bit much. Thanks for bringing us footage from this year's event!
Thanks! I was a bit shocked at some of the prices! But it is worth a lot to not have to deal with the traffic! 😀
I don’t think you could’ve had a better day for filming this. Those blue skies and all the color!
Honestly the best weather I’ve ever experienced at the fiesta!
That's a lot of balloons - What a sight! I got to go up in one when I was younger. It was tethered but still fun 🎈
The sheer quantity of balloons is mind boggling!! I would enjoy a tethered ride!! 👍😀
Insane that you have an amazing event like this near you! Great video, it's so in depth!
Thank you! We are very fortunate to have this event in our hometown!
Great balloon fiesta information. I saw my son in laws balloon in your video...Blue, silver, white "Freedom Breeze" balloon
Thanks so much! So cool to see their balloon!!! 👍😀
The last thing on my bucket list was to ride in a hot air balloon and it was amazing. But to be at this festival and see all those balloons would be another dream!! :)
it an incredible event!
Excellent video and Info
Thanks so much for watching!
Fun fact that hippy balloon that looks like TieDye is the very first balloon that had the dye pattern printed on every piece of fabric and every piece of fabric was cut by a laser and is numbered it was the first ever balloon to printed not soaked dyed and cut!
And since the Laser Cut Fabric is numbered and lettered if the balloon gets ripped or torn from Wear and Tare you and Enter those numbers and press a button and it will print that portion of the pattern on the fabric and cut it out for you to go in and sew in the Repair! With the sewing machine!
That balloon is SO BEAUTIFUL!
That is so interesting! Thanks for sharing!
R there any hotels where we might be able to see some of the balloons from the hotel? Maybe the Hyatt Regency Tamaya, it looks like its out in the desert. If so I would splurge for a nite or two. Thanks. We’ve always wanted to. Come to it. Also we want to go to the Covered Wagon in Old Town if its still there. My Uncle Joe bought a lot of jewelry & pottery & other Indian artifacts from Manny there.
😮
This is a hard question because it depends on how the wind is blowing the day of the fiesta, and which direction the balloons travel. Tamaya is not very close, if your room was facing the right direction, you might be able to see them but not close up. That is a very nice hotel though. Other 'closer' hotels is the Marriott Pyramid and Sandia Casino & hotel. But- your room would have to be facing the right direction, and it's hard to know if the balloons will fly in that direction.
Is it pretty cold there during the event where I need to bring a down jacket
It used to be so cold in the mornings of Balloon Fiesta like freezing but in the recent years, it’s been a bit warmer so it’s hard to say but layers are best. It’s pretty chilly first thing in the morning and then after the sun comes up, it warms up real quick.
Wow wow Amazing
Thank you so much!
Hi, planning a trip with my older parents for our first trip to the fiesta. Is it worth it to go midweek and pay for the Gondola experience if there isn't a mass ascension planned that day? Looks like the weekend days already sold out for the Gondola and Chasers club.
all of those special tickets sell out so fast. It really depends on their ability to walk around- and whether they are willing to use porta potties. The weekdays are nice because they aren't quite so crowded, and there are still plenty of balloons. I think the most exciting thing is to walk around real close to the balloons, and at the gondola club you are a little far away. If they can walk around a bit and are willing to use porta potties, I would take park and ride to the park. Then they can get up close and personal- you can also bring lawn chairs and on a week day I think you could find a spot to sit in a lawn chair and save the cost of the gondola club. good luck!