Mainstay Farm

Make sure to buy tickets online. It's cheaper than purchasing at the gate. There was a flash sale online, and I was able to get my tickets way ahead of time for $17.95 each. It's now $29.95 online and $35.95 at the gate. The pumpkin patch, obviously on the pricey side, is more of an attraction as there are a lot of activities to do. There's the typical photo-op setup filled with pumpkins in the background. As you walk further in, there is a playground area for kids to get on the swings and slides. You can also find a place to look at animals - goats, donkey, chickens, etc. Scattered throughout the farm are various cars kids can hop into and take photos in. We went on the hayride, which was a nice 10 minute ride to see the Christmas trees. They also have a dedicated area to buy pumpkins. If you get hungry or thirsty, they have a lot of shaded areas to sit and eat. They sell food and beverages. Overall, it was a fun experience for the entire family.

You can definitely make this place fun for an 18 month old or a date night. We had so much fun on a Sunday night with just a bit of time left before closing. I wish we had just a bit more time because they close food at 5:30. We were able to get wine and curly fries before they closed. The wine: we had the porch white wine and the moonlight red. The white wine was too warm but it definitely would've been refreshing when chilled more. The red was nice and dry. A bonus was getting to keep the glass. The curly fries were actually delicious and I loved the Chipotle ranch. The farm has much to do and put your play hat on to enjoy it. I had a lot of fun riding the pedal cars on buggy speedway as an adult. The giant slide looked amazing too, but I was wearing a dress. I'd recommend shorts or pants to do all the fun things!The pumpkin were great. The variety was cool and I saw ones I've never seen before like the pink banana. Prices were reasonable compared to other places I've been.If you came here for pictures, you will enjoy many photo opportunities in the giant sunflowers, or many pumpkin truck set ups. Some fun small things: their toilet sign says last resort and their exit sign said home boring home. I did enjoy their sense of humor.Staff was nice even when asking people to get off the play equipment to leave. She apologized and said sorry for being an ogre lol. Just doing to her job to have people leave. I appreciated her candor. All in all, we had a great time and next year, I'll definitely plan for 2 hours. Buy your tickets when they go on sale and enjoy the fun pumpkin patch that has way more to offer than just pumpkins and photo ops.

This was my first time visiting and I had a blast! In fact there was so much to do that we didn't get to do everything. The kids will definitely be entertained. The staff is friendly and attentive to keeping the grounds clean. This isn't a knock to the farm but the bees were present and they wanted to have fun too so it made it a little hard to enjoy eating at the benches but overall not a huge deterrent to the farm. It can get pricey but you expect that at one of these events. I'm looking forward to visiting for Christmas and would recommend visiting at some point.

Loved all the activities! So much inclined in the stay. They decorate so beautifully. Giving 4 stars because the price point is a little too high for comfort but other than that it was amazing!

We were visiting family last minute and they already had tickets to come, so we decided to join them with our toddler. If you book early to can get tickets for like only $16, so that's a great deal! We paid more...I think like $25 which is kind of expensive. There's free parking thankfully! Children 2 and under are free. There's a lot of activities for the kids. I think 5 years old is a sweet spot for coming here. There's several activities that you need to 40 inches for like the giant show. One of the rides you need to be 45 inches for which seems crazy. It was a small swing. Our nephew who is 5 wasn't tall enough for the one, but he was for the giant slide that does a jump. You actually get a little air, so it looks pretty scary for little ones. Little ones also have to be able to carry their own tube up the stairs which would be hard. There's a little train ride, a tractor hay ride, giant bouncing pillows, a ferris wheels, 3 mazes, a mini rollercoaster, pedal-powered cars, giant tubing slide, slides and a playground. In December, there's also Santa and Mrs Claus that you can snap photos with. We had a nice family outing here. It's also a winery and you can buy glasses or a bottle on site. Tip: Get the bottle! A bottle is either $22 or $28 depending on the kind, but all glasses are $10.75, so you might as well get the bottle. There's a couple of activities inside like face painting or ornament painting that cost extra. Be prepared to spend plenty of hours here to do all the activities. Some of the activities are up a hill, so wear good walking shoes. Pack snacks, lunch and drinks.

This place is better than Disney land. Avoid the far trip and enjoy this wonderful attraction. They've got animals, great workers, and it's a wonderful experience.

We were so excited to come and get our Christmas tree at Mainstay Farm since the kids started asking after their field trip. It's for sure a substantial drive, but I thought it would be worth it. I scoured the website and it says "In 2022 you can choose-&-cut a tree ANYtime we are open during our Christmas season!" What they fail to mention is that it would cost nearly $150 for our family of 5 to simply enter the farm, which is required in order to purchase a tree. I was willing to pay for the tree, which I assume is a large amount to begin with, but this is too much. They need to either make it crystal clear on their website you must buy a ticket before buying a tree, or offer pre-cut trees to buy in the store.

SO MUCH FUN FOR THE FAMILY!Attractions include:Bounce platformTubing hill3 story tree houseMazesBaby zip-line Roller coasterHay rideTrain rideTricycle track (with bikes for all ages)Petting/feeding goatsRubber duck racesSheep racesAnd a lot more, ALL INCLUDED FOR THE PRICE OF ADMISSION!The only things I saw that cost extra were Apple shooting, the food for the goats, food/drink for you, and anything purchased in the gift shop. We bought our tickets during a flash sale a month before the farm opened for pumpkin days, so they were $13.65ea including the convenience fee. Normally tickets are closer to $20 online (2 and under free). $20 is pretty steep, especially if you have a large family like ours, so I would make a point of watching out for those presale tickets.Food inside the farm is also a little pricey, so we packed a picnic dinner. The farm is probably best enjoyed by kids in the 2-10 age range. I did see a few couples without children and quite a large number of couples with infant children, but I don't see how it could possibly been very fun for them. Infants are too young to enjoy hayrides and adults only benefit from tricycle courses when they're watching their child race on them. Kids over 10 will likely find everything but the tubing hill boring.The farm is BEAUTIFUL, by the way. Wish I had gotten more pictures of the landscape. As for timing, plan to spend all day! We arrived on a Saturday at 2pm and left when it closed at 8pm. If we had gotten there earlier, we definitely could have spent more time. The fun never seemed to end for my kids.Assuming we can snag another half off ticket price deal, we will absolutely be there again next year.

Go early because it starts to fill up about 1pm. The food was mediocre but the kids had a blast on all of the available activities. I have a 6 and a 2 yr old and both were entertained the whole day.

I know a lot of people have a great time out here so maybe it just wasn't for us. But let me explain my experience and you be the judge from there. First thing that really irked me. $70 after fees for me and my three year old. Let me repeat that. $70. He was not even tall enough for some of the attractions , he could barely work the pedal cars and when he went to the hay, some bigger kids were throwing handfuls into the air where the wind caught it and got into everyone's eyes. Second, the LINES. They sell way too many tickets for the amount of things they have to do which leaves guests waiting in lines for hours. We got in the face painting line and stood in it for 20 minutes without it moving (picture below) so we left. We did the hayride and that was pretty underwhelming as well. I was expecting some Halloween decorations along the trail or SOMETHING to look at, but instead was met with some bible scriptures by the driver The rides are so old and dilapidated; as much as they charge per guest there is no reason they can't have a better ride selection and better terrain for the guests. I saw so many parents struggling with strollers across rocks and sand and my three year old was constantly tripping. This next part is not the parks fault, but still something that needs to be shared with people interested in attending. We went on a day with really high wind gusts. This place is built on a sand pit basically. So with every wind gust, we were hit in the face with flying sand/dirt. We spent most of the day blinking sand out of our eyes and left the farm COVERED in sand. It was awful so check the forecast before heading out. Really, if it was more reasonably priced, I probably wouldn't have reviewed at all. It's really the fact that I looked around at a place that probably pulled in $60000 this weekend just in admission prices, had to pay $12 for a plastic water bottle with ice water, $13 for two cotton candys, and couldn't do most of the attractions because of the insanely long lines. This place has potential but it's def not immune to the corporate greed that is the entertainment industry.