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A festival of music and wonder that exhilarates you to the rhythm of a major musical lineup, while making you experience hot air balloons in all its facets. Each year, it colors the sky with the largest number of balloons in the country. Added to this are a number of activities, a large ride area and an offering fit for foodies, all of which contribute to the unifying atmosphere of the festival.
Great concert and family events Lack of bathrooms, lines for bathrooms were 20min-1/2h. Lack of food trucks: line for poutine were 1/2h Lack of parking and clear instructions: for what it is, the traffic was terrible going and coming out of parking
Nice place. Huge lack of foodtrucks. The lines were overflowing, and astonishingly too long. Waited 1h30 minutes for a poutine. Also lacked of water stations. Had to wait 45minutes at one of the only TWO stations. Show place was nice and convenient though!
Parking was a disaster…took an hour being redirected everywhere. Jason Derulo took his time getting started. Lines for bathrooms and bar/restaurants took too long. Definitely won’t be going back. Happy I got to see Jason Derulo live though.
I'm writing to express my deception and dissatisfaction during my experience with Festival des Montgolfieres yesterday August 20, 2022; PM departure. Point #1: I booked 2 tickets for me and my partner and as we went there, we found out that there are 2 additional people in the same basket with us and that's totally fine (sharing is caring). once we found the basket, I'm sure my partner wouldn't fit there and I'm sure we would have dragged him all the up to the sky as there was no place in that basket. my partner didn't feel comfortable being skin to skin with people, so he decided not to take the flight and stayed on land. Point #2: The balloon departed at 6:54 PM and landed on at 7:15; not even a complete 20 mins while other balloons kept flying for more than 50 and 60 mins. not sure on what basis, the organization decides that these people will fly for this amount of time or that amount of time. and let me tell you in case you're not aware, the ticket prices aren't cheap!!!! Point #3: I have attached a video for you to look at, and you will our amazing/mission impossible landing that we had. Myself, I'm not able to walk on my right leg today and the lady that was with us in the balloon is having some major back problems. While others had safe landings, we didn't get an apology or an explanation from the pilot himself. i showed the video yesterday at the ticket place and they suggested we come back on the 21st to do the morning flight, but with me unable to walk on my feet today, not sure how I will have to travel from Montreal to the festival site and enjoy this ride. . I'm super deceived with my experience and for sure I will not repeat it again, as when it comes to the safety measure, I found out that it doesn't even exist at the organizers, I will make sure to report that on my social media accounts. I'm not expecting any actions on their end. but since you market the festival as a great place to share amazing moments with family and friends, let me tell you something, that didn't work!
We really had a wonderful time ! The baloons were magical .. well organized at the entrance. Rides were really cool and the staff was very friendly and easy going and even gave us extra time .. the food truck selection was amazing .. quick .. The concerts were great ..
First time going. Heard about it in the past but thought it was just about watching the hot air balloons fly. But it was a lot more than that, so many activities to enjoy especially for the kids. Lots of choices in food trucks, and a nice concert to enjoy at the end of the night for the adults. And the hot air balloons was definitely a beautiful thing to see from the inflating to take off, and to lighting them at night. A must experience event!!!
This event is always fun and well organized. Billy Talent is an all-time favorite for me, their performance is always amazing. The activities on site are fun as well.
Unfortunately, this type of event is heavily reliant on good weather and the weather did not work out on Saturday, August 17, 2019. We did attend last year's event and it was terrific to see all the balloons a float. Venue is good for the event; don't really enjoy the loud music blaring while viewing the balloons, it is hard to have a conversation with someone sitting next to you. Also, the event is 100% in french over those loud speakers so you will not understand any announcements unless you ask a person at a concession stand. Will attempt to go next year if the weather is worthy of it; great for a Vermont resident to have such a wonderful event so close.
