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Old 04-05-2009, 05:51 PM
 
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It was the one at the Future New Hope Park.

We were planning to attend, and got there around 10:15 (hunt was set to begin at 10:30). It was a mob scene. There were so many cars there, so many people. There was one single-lane entry to the park, multiple parking areas, all nearly full. We realized immediately that if we stayed for the egg hunt, there would be no way we could get out of there to make our other commitment in time, so we looped around and asked one of the numerous parking attendants how to get out of there. The only exit was the same long single-lane road that brought us in! We had to wait for a long line of cars to get in, and then they radioed ahead to tell the patrol officers at the entrance to stop traffic (I felt bad about this - we weren't in a hurry at all at this point, but they felt just as bad about us having to wait). While we waited, we chatted with the parking attendants, who told us they had been yelled at, cursed at, etc., which is just rotten. Most of these folks were volunteering.

Anyway, we made it out easily, but I'm wondering if someone who was there can tell me what it was like getting out. Did they open a separate exit? All indications pointed to a nightmare of an exit scenario.

Next year I will pack a lunch for us and not make plans for later, and we can hang out at the park after the hunt until the traffic is gone. I think the crowds must have been considerably underestimated.
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