Orange County California Fair 2011 July 15th August 14th

The Orange County Fair is opening on July 15th. Today we submitted our entries for competition. The kids were super excited about crafting and submitting it to the fair. To our surprise we received two free tickets. That made our day, since it costs $11.00 per adult and $6.00 per child. Add the total and you pay $34.00 just to walk into the Fair for a family of (4)four. Yikes!!!

So I started looking on how to save money on the OC fair. Here is what I found:

Go to the website and click on "Promotions". There you will find all the discount days that the OC Fair has planned. I list a few here for your convenience.

July 15
OPENING DAY Free admission + parking (Noon – 1 pm)

****SATURDAY + SUNDAY
Rise & Shine - Opening Hour $2 Special$2 general admission (10 am - 11 am)

Read & Ride
Children ages 5-11
Read (2) two books, get (3) three FREE carnival rides at the 2011 OC Fair! Click here for form and instructions

http://www.ocfair.com/2011/docs/readandrideform.pdf

Children's Book Drive
Wednesday, July 27
Noon - 4 pm*
One FREE admission and one carnival ride per person with donation of (1) one new children’s book or (3) three gently used children’s books.

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