Fantasy Tours Albuquerque Balloon Fest
I thought I would start a thread and chronicle my experiences on the first tour I have taken with Fantasy Tours thru FMCA. Thursday, Oct 2. Parking and registration. They were very efficient ...
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We are in the VIP with water and electric. Adventure is next to us dry camping.
Friday was an all day event. First we took a bus to the sky tram and then went up and had lunch. The food was very good and the trip up in the tram was over crowded. I understand this week they are running them with 50 people in them and the line went out the door and into the lot when we were coming down.
Then we went to some silly Torquise place and had a small talk on it and they had a gift shop. The only really interesting thing was seeing a 45 foot bus maneuver around a walgreens parking lot,
The next morning Oct 4th we were up early on Saturday and on the buses at 530 and saw the dawn patrol lift off and the rest of the mass ascension went up about 715 till about 745 and they were landing all over the rv lots and around. The winds were getting nasty and they were putting down. We had a good show and tell that afternoon with a balloon pilot and his bask and burners.
Today the 5th is Sunday and no balloons went up due to winds. The bulk of the group headed out on a few buses to Santa Fe for the day
Some impressions of the place is everything cost money and they shut down the roads so you really can not get in or out of the campground. The campground is dusty and they are spreading water so it is a combination of mud and dust. The Fantasy tours was not and is not as it was billed when talking to them on the phone. It is an issue that is not found by us alone but rather it is the talk of the bus on the trip. It is ok but not what was promised.
Friday was an all day event. First we took a bus to the sky tram and then went up and had lunch. The food was very good and the trip up in the tram was over crowded. I understand this week they are running them with 50 people in them and the line went out the door and into the lot when we were coming down.
Then we went to some silly Torquise place and had a small talk on it and they had a gift shop. The only really interesting thing was seeing a 45 foot bus maneuver around a walgreens parking lot,
The next morning Oct 4th we were up early on Saturday and on the buses at 530 and saw the dawn patrol lift off and the rest of the mass ascension went up about 715 till about 745 and they were landing all over the rv lots and around. The winds were getting nasty and they were putting down. We had a good show and tell that afternoon with a balloon pilot and his bask and burners.
Today the 5th is Sunday and no balloons went up due to winds. The bulk of the group headed out on a few buses to Santa Fe for the day
Some impressions of the place is everything cost money and they shut down the roads so you really can not get in or out of the campground. The campground is dusty and they are spreading water so it is a combination of mud and dust. The Fantasy tours was not and is not as it was billed when talking to them on the phone. It is an issue that is not found by us alone but rather it is the talk of the bus on the trip. It is ok but not what was promised.
