North Carolina State Fairgrounds Tours

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Reviews of North Carolina State Fairgrounds

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Top Destination
5 - Excellent
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" "5 - Excellent 46.49859943977591%
4 - Good
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" "4 - Good 34.45378151260504%
3 - Okay
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" "3 - Okay 13.72549019607843%
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" "2 - Disappointing 0.8403361344537815%
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" "1 - Terrible 4.481792717086835%

1/5 - Terrible

Verified traveler
Oct 25, 2019

Traffic was horrendous

4/5 - Good

Verified traveler
Oct 21, 2019

Go when the gate opens. Get tickets on line on your phone. Leave by 3pm. Crowds were so packed literally (not kidding here) you just stand. No one was moving down the main walkway it was so crowded. It was completely unsafe situation for children, or if someone passed out, etc. It became a dangerous situation to be in a crowd so tightly packed that we left early and will not go back unless the Fair administrators figure out a way to maintain crowd control.

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3 out of 5
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