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Ringling Brothers Circus Tidbits (FRESNO) 2016

OK, so we took the older 5 year old minion to The Greatest Show on Earth.    We left the 2 year old at home, I totally get he would have been free, but would he have loved it?  Would he have been so enthralled he would have sat thru the 2 hours and allowed the rest of us to enjoy it too?  Prob not... so this is why he stayed home and we had quality time with Aidan.

General Tidbits


  1. Are you on a budget?  Then eat a huge meal before the show, and take snacks in a bag/purse.   The food is outrageously expensive... box of popcorn $9, cotton candy is $12.  
  2. This can easily be a $300 night...  We got the $37 tickets and had AMAZING seats, 5 rows up in the middle.  I could see everyones faces perfectly.   And the Tigers were too close for comfort.  
    1. Tickets $145
    2. Dinner, drinks, snacks because we did not plan accordingly.   $55 (w/dessert DippinDots ice creams)
    3. Light up gun & White tiger plush (the major splurge)  $50    
    4. Parking $10 
  3. The performance was amazing, all the acts were top notch and jaw dropping.    Watching the numerous lions & tigers do their act was phenomenal and the 7+ motorcycles in the small sphere was anxiety provoking (in a good way)
  4. For Fresno:  get seats middle and to the North.  Stay away from the south side, all the acts are middle/north.    
  5. Get there early, no matter what city think about parking.  We got there 50 min early and got bottom floor near the exit parking which meant at 9:15 it was a quick out to the freeway.   The doors open 60 minutes before and this was our time to grab snacks, bitch about how expensive everything was, and some years the circus has stuff going on in the "ring".      Right outside they purposefully park the Ringling train cars (not real, but look like the old school trains).   Photo time :) 
  6. My 5 year old sat in his chair and bounced w/excitement the entire time.   
  7. WORTH EVERY PENNY!    I plan to budget for this yearly...  so it does not hit us hard on the budget every July
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