Acton Fall Fair - September 21st and 22nd, 2024

 Another year of the Acton Fall Fair has come and gone! This year I visited on Saturday evening (September 21st) hanging out with my brother Scott and our friend Travis and all day Sunday (September 22nd), taking in the sights of the tractor pulls, getting on some rides, and seeing many people I know from around Acton. The weather was perfect this year, allowing what appeared to be many people coming out for the 111th Acton Fall Fair! I even won some prizes on my entries of photography and antiques this year, doing much better than last year!

Be sure to check out my photos of a weekend at the 111th Acton Fall Fair! 🙂

Saturday, September 21st, 2024:

After a day of work, I arrived at the Acton Fall Fair for a Saturday evening of fun!

Upon entering the grounds, I headed into the Homecrafts building to see how I did on my entries and to see what other people had entered.

This year the entries were spread around the building in a u-shape formation. In my opinion, it worked very well.

After a while, the sun came out from behind the clouds.

The midway was bustling with quite a bit of excitement.

Saturday evening was quite beautiful with its somewhat unseasonal warm weather.

Before meeting up with my brother Scott and our friend Travis, I had a burger from the Acton Fire Fighters Association booth.

In the early evening, Scott and I watched the lawn tractor pulls on the track.

As the sun began to set, the fairgrounds became alive with not just crowds, but with the glow of the lights from the rides.

The Mulligan Wheel is a beacon of light with its bright LED lights.

There's just something special about the warm glow of lights on the midway a the Acton Fall Fair. Albion Amusements always does a great job.

The Mulligan Wheel is a beautiful Ferris Wheel.

New on the midway this year were two large Rock climbing walls. It was quite popular, with the advance climbing wall offering a prize of nearly $300 if you reach the top! My friend Travis gave it a shot later that evening.

The Avalanche was back on the midway this year.

The fairgrounds became quite busy throughout the evening, with the main draw being the beer tent.

The layout of this year's midway was reminiscent of prior to 2019.

Here's another photo of the dazzling Mulligan Wheel.

Before Travis arrived, Scott and I checked out the AG Awareness tent. Here's a Holstein cow resting.

Some angus cattle were next door.

Once Travis arrived, we walked through the fairgrounds, before taking a ride on the Sizzler.

We then later took a spin on the Berry-Go-Round.

Here we are before making our berry spin really fast! Let's just saw we all came off a tad dizzy! lol

Our final ride of the evening was a on the Mulligan Wheel.

Here's a look of the midway from the Mulligan Wheel.

Here is a look up the Mulligan Wheel while taking a spin on it.

Here's the midway all lit up before closing down for the night.

Sunday, September 22nd, 2024:

Sunday at the fair started out kind of cloudy and a bit foggy.

I continued to check out many entries in the Homecrafts building before heading over to the track to watch some tractor pulls.

In the poultry barn were some rather interesting Diamond doves. They were very small!

Some of them even had stripes on their feathers.

Some vintage and antique tractors were on display at the far end of the fairgrounds.

Some potato diggers and planters from 1929 were also on display.

The tractor pulls started around 12pm. There were quite a few entries.

Some tractors go far, while other do not. The weight on the sled can cause the tractors to come to a stop.

The tractors I saw pull went over 220+ feet.

In the early afternoon, the sun came out from behind the clouds.

The Mulligan Wheel looked very vibrant against the blue skies.

Many children were also enjoying the kiddy midway.

The crowds started to trickle in once the sun came out.

The sun made the day become very warm, almost like those summer days in July!

Here's Scott and I on the Sizzler.

It was quite fitting how the leaves on the nearby trees had began to turn as September 22nd is the first day of Fall!

It was very nice to see the Acton (Fall) Fair sign return for a second year! Once 5pm rolled around, the fair came to a close for another year! 🙂

Canada's Wonderland - September 14th, 2024

On Saturday, September 14th I made my eighth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! My brother Scott and our mom joined me on this visit on this summer-like Saturday in mid-September!

We started our day with a ride on Leviathan just before the park opened for the day! Throughout the day, I managed to get on 13 different rides including classics like The Bat, Vortex, and Dragon Fyre, and other thrills like Drop Tower, Shockwave, Behemoth, and Tundra Twister, and Sledge Hammer just to name a few! Despite it being quite busy, we managed to have a great day!

Be sure to check out photos of my day at Canada's Wonderland! 🙂

We arrived at the park around 9:15am. To my surprise, we were able to walk on in and head over to Leviathan for our first ride of the day!

Here's a very empty International Street as the park doesn't officially open until 10am.

In less than two weeks, Halloween Haunt will be over taking the park for another year of scares! Many skeletons and other decorations have been set up throughout the park in preparation of the Halloween Haunt season.

This weekend was one of three weekends for the Oktoberfest event at Canada's Wonderland. The courtyard in Medieval Faire had quite the German vibe!

This is the first time in a very long time that I can recall Spinovator having an unobstructed view! For years there was a snack/refreshment trailer parked in front of the ride. Part way through the season, a more sturdy structure replaced the trailer.

For the upcoming Halloween Haunt season, the new Thirsty Dragon building was moved from in front of Spinovator to in front of Riptide, which is now closed for the season.

A skeleton has even overtaken Leviathan!

Leviathan started taking passengers approximately 15 minutes before the park opened for the day. Scott and I were on the second train of the day!

After Leviathan, we then rode Drop Tower, followed by The Bat once the park opened for the day.

To our surprise, The Bat was surprisingly smooth during this visit!

After The Bat, I took a spin on Shockwave! Over the last two weeks, the trees around Shockwave have been removed. Sadly you'll never have the chance to kick the trees ever again, but it was fun while it lasted! 🤣 Scott and I then rode Vortex!

Over in Frontier Canada, the park was preparing for Trick of Treat Street scare zone.

While in Frontier Canada, I took a ride on Tundra Twister. Ever since it opened last year, I just love how every ride on it is different!

Scott and I then rode Behemoth and then eventually rode Sledge Hammer.

The jack o' lanterns where strung above the entrance of Grande World Exposition of 1890 again like that have been for several years. This view will look different as AlpenFury will be going over the globe!

For my first meal of the day, I had the hickory smoked chicken with a side of Spring mix salad from Lazy Bar Lodge. It was very good as usual. I then had a cone of blue ice cream from dessert from the Cookie Cafe.

The pirate skeletons have found a treasure chest hopefully filled with gold at the base of Wonder Mountain!

These skeletons are just hanging around over Tim Hortons on International Street!

In the afternoon, park guests were enjoying the Oktoberfest event taking place in the medieval Faire Courtyard!

Later in the day, we all took a spin on the Antique Carousel.

For some reason I decided to take a ride on Flight Deck. It wasn't too bad during this visit as I was able to 'staple' my restraint so I didn't get jostled throughout the ride as I sat in the last row of the train.

For my final meal of the day, I had the new Nacho Bowl at Grande World Eatery. It was okay, but I think next time I'll order it without the nacho cheese as it made the chips very soggy.

Our final ride of the day was a second spin of the day on Sledge Hammer. Unfortunately Sledge Hammer is operating at a reduced capacity of 32 passengers as two gondolas are currently closed. Despite the longer wait, it still provides a fun ride!

That concludes my eighth visit of the season to Canada's Wonderland! I plan to return once again during the Thanksgiving long weekend in mid-October! 🙂