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Just wanted to share this offer for a free 3-pk of donuts today at Krispy Kreme if you go to a KK in your cap and gown!

Alrighty just got back about an hour ago from Foodieland with my wife, 14 yr old son, and 8 yr old son and here’s my follow up report/post.

First off, was it expensive? Of course, but I knew that going into it, so I wasn’t surprised at the cost of the food.

Food we got included: Choripan, a sausage skewer, sushi tacos, quesabirria tacos, birria mac n cheese burrito, 2 giant refillable animal drinks (we got strawberry lemonade, passionfruit lemonade, and peach passionfruit tea), sushi pizza, dumplings, squid on a skewer, musubi sushi, 3 bags of jerky from a company we like, and tanghulu. I posted pictures of the sushi pizza, birria mac n cheese burrito, tanghulu, and one of our two refillable animal drinks. My wife and older son liked the musubi the best, my younger son liked the sausage skewer, and I liked the birria burrito the best (9/10 IMO).

We also spent $120 on misc toys/fun stuff for the kids (we left our 15 yr old daughter, my 5 yr old son, and 3 yr old daughter at home) and my wife. All out the door with tickets, parking, food, and fun stuff for the family, we spent about $450ish, which was honestly not far off from my budget.

Weather was nice today, not too hot and kinda windy. We also got there when it opened at 1: parking was good and lines were good for the first hour-hour and a half. Lines started getting long at around 3 but they moved pretty quickly with the exception of the sushi pizza line

Was it pricey? Yup. Was it worth it as a one and done? Definitely IMO. The way I look at it is that all these food and toy vendors are individual small/independent businesses. They most likely pay a hefty fee to be there, so of course their food is going to be expensive to help make up for costs; so I try to think of it as supporting a bunch of small businesses.

In addition, for those that think it’s dumb to pay a fee to buy food, I also look at it this way. There were lots of different foods that you wouldn’t necessarily have easy access too and it was all in one place. For example, I had never heard of choripan and it was pretty good! Same with my birria mac n cheese burrito: it was a unique item to me that I would recommend to anyone! I’m not a huge sushi person, but the sushi pizza and sushi musubi were huge hits in my family and also unique items that I haven’t really heard of places having. They also had your run of the mill state fair type food. If you stick to those types of food, Foodieland isn’t worth it, but if you aim for more unique food that you might not find in restaurants or fairs, I think it’s worth it.

Final ratings:

Food taste: 4/5
Food price: 2.5/5
Weather: 4/5
Lines: 3/5

In summary, I would give my overall experience a 3.5/5. We all had fun and liked most of the food we got and our kiddos loved all the toys they got. It definitely helped that it wasn’t during hotter weather (which I think past events were?) as I definitely would not go to this if it was in the summer. Would I do it again? Maybe. It’s 100% a good one and done experience if you’re ok with spending $ to try a bunch of stuff, but it does get pricey especially if you have more people to pay for. It also definitely is best with a group who wants to share and try the same thing.

Disclaimer: Please don’t comment dumb stuff like it’s a scam, not worth it, etc. I know alot of people here view it as a ripoff (it is expensive and it’s not meant to be an event of good deals) and don’t care for it. That’s perfectly fine and I accept that. I’m just sharing my experience for those curious. If you don’t have anything constructive to say other than “scam”, just please move on 🙂