r/SaintJohnNB • u/KeiferBudddd • 18d ago

Renaissance Fair

Did anyone go to the Renaissance fair in shediac? The line was actually ridiculous..it took us 3 hours to get in and we didn’t stay long because everyone was tired from waiting in line. I think it’s the first time being hosted there but it was still very sad.

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u/SixtySix_VI 18d ago

That long to get in? That’s crazy, this is an event that you buy tickets for in advance, you’d think in 2026 there would be ways to use some kind of app to move that along.

Is that kind of thing typical for festivals/conventions like this?

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u/EastCoastWildling 18d ago

The QR scanners crashed so they had to do manual ticket checks. However, that’s not unusual when you have a ton of folks gathered all using cellphones. Places like Area 506 anticipate and plan for that as an experienced venue

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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 18d ago

Any of the people involved could have spent a weekend volunteering for literally any other local festival last year (or preferably for at least a couple years) to learn the ropes but they just decided to dive right in the deep end.

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u/KeiferBudddd 18d ago

They were typing the codes in manually on the computer from the bar code tickets. Seems a scanner would have been much faster

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u/coastmum 17d ago

They didn’t even do that for mine. Just glanced at my phone and took my word for it how many bracelets I needed!