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An excellent idea, with far reaching demand given the thousands of people that showed up.

However, HORRIBLE execution.

First the whole payment wrist band thing failed right off the bat. whoops.

Then, the food lines were horrendously long, with no sense of order. Each vendor had only one tent, with lines that snaked in every which direction. I waited in line for almost 2 hours to get halfway (if even) through the line to the Philly Cheesesteaks before giving up and joining the hoardes of people at the ticket office demanding a refund.

The other stories I heard in the refund line included: The Pastrami sandwich vendor ran out of food, and after a 2 hour wait, people who were *that close* to their food were told that there wasnt any left and that they would have to wait for 3 hours to have a new batch of pastrami ready. The line was equally as long for Pinks, the desserts, etc.

If you wanted to pay $40 for no wait for beer, this was your place. Oh yeah, and the ice cream was in decent supply too since they had multiple booths around selling it.

As for the "music" part of the whole thing, I didnt hear any.

I was really looking forward to this, but in the end it was just 4 hours of time wasted. At least I got my money back (well, except for the nonrefundable parking).