We fought our way through the crowded floor, climbed the stairs to the balcony, walked the entire distance and finally asked at another Info Booth at the far end. This man took pity on us and asked a worker to take us where we were supposed to be, which was a smaller balcony off of the Beer Garden, which we had walked right passed and missed due to lack of signage. So whew! We finally made it and our host asked us if we had tickets. Oh, yes indeed. His comment? Ah, they oversold our tickets. But no matter. They set up more chairs and accommodated us very politely.
We also had a bird's eye view looking down.
But all I could think of were these two from "The Shining." :-)
Here is our elusive balcony afterward from the floor.
From above and below, it's a swirling mass of humanity.
It was time for some spirits and using up the last of our tickets.
Photo bombed by this guy :-)
The last treat of the night was this elaborate ice cream bar. See you next year!
