The annual Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair is almost upon us, and this year is bringing a few noteworthy changes to the way the midway operates in an effort to streamline the ticket-buying process.
As usual, volunteers for the fair will be selling tickets and redeeming online tickets at Your Grocery People (YGP). However, the volunteers have expanded their hours at the store. Tickets will be sold there on the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday before the fair from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
On Thursday and Friday, people can also purchase their midway wristbands at YGP. For those who buy their wristbands here, they won’t have to wait in line at the midway to redeem vouchers. They will already have the actual wristbands and can just show up and enjoy the rides.
There is an important caveat: the person who will be using the wristband must be in attendance so fair staff can put the wristband directly onto their wrist.
“The people using the wristband must be present at the time of sale to have the wristband put on them,” says Dustin Krahn, general manager of the Olde Tyme Country Fair. “So if it’s a mom, dad, and kids, they all must be present. Wristbands will be applied by our volunteers and cannot be taken away loose. Volunteers are not able to make any exceptions to this.”
If customers wish to buy a wristband for someone who is not present, they can still pay for the band but will receive a voucher instead. This voucher can then be redeemed later, either at YGP or at the midway ticket booths at the fair.
Fairgoers who have received vouchers as part of sponsorship or as a prize can also redeem them at YGP or at the midway booths at the fair.
For customers who still prefer to buy their wristbands at the event, Wonder Shows midway representatives suggest bringing cash, as it’s the best way to get through the lineups quickly.
Krahn stresses that the midway is owned and operated by Wonder Shows and not by the fair organizers, so he is simply passing on their recommendations.
“We are helping [Wonder Shows] to hopefully reduce lineups during the event when people want to be on the rides and not standing in line,” says Krahn.
In another effort to streamline entry to the ride area, there will be more midway ticket booths this year as well.
