Lunar New Year Review,
As you know once ( if i am feeling extra more than once a month ) we do a review on the festivals and or conventions and this month we had 2 to review so lets get to it.
First off I just want to say how unique and fun this was. This one was inside the Asia Time Square Mall in Grande Prairie, Texas and outside as well. The street food and a few vendors were outside but the artists and guests were on the inside which made it best for those selling anything to do with or on paper lol.
I and a few other cosplayers were set next to the voice actors that were there and that was pretty cool made us feel even more special ( woo woo) we were inside basically an Asian mall and that was pretty cool to be honest with you. The area and the scenery there was just beautiful and so the location its self was amazing. The parking at the place was not so great it took me an hour to fin d parking almost but hey that means damn what a good turn out.
One of the best things about the festival is it is all free to go to. I mean you have to pay to get the merch and food but there is no cover charge and they travel all over Texas in various locations to have these festivals. They are all themed as well.
The owner and workers are so kind and i enjoyed working with them. The festival itself has some really cool entertainment for example the Chinese Lion Dance Parade they did was so fun and whimsical. I enjoyed it every time and they did it at east 3 times a day. They had singing and dancing performers and they also had an aerialist performing outside as well. Lets not forget the Sumo wrestlers they had were super entertaining as well. Last but not least i the entertainment was the food !!!
Lets get to it on that subject because yes mama, papa, grandma, grandpa, daddy whatever it was amazing. A little pricey but what isn't now a days. The food was awesome ranging from all areas of Asian culture and man was it good.
I can continue on and on but lets get to ratings
Location: 8/10 only because Parking sucked a bit but good news for the bad news for my feet lol
Entertainment 9/10 The Lion Dance could get a little noisy and in the middle of traffic but it was so cute and beautiful
vendors and food 10/10 no issues here!!!!
No badges so i would say 10 / 10 lol
Overall this was definatly worth it and i will attend every time