Snow Day at Kapolei Commons

So this was the first year that I decided to check out this highly talked about event and boy was I disappointed. First of all it's a one day event and only lasts 2 1/2 hours. Come on people...don't you think that snow coming to our island deserves more than one day?Second, not only is it a one day, highly anticipated event but it's also free! WHO don't like FREE!? Don't you think that everybody and they mama is gonna show up? Even more reason for it to last more than a day, or at least more than 2 1/2 hours.So here I am thinking I'm gonna see a whole parking lot full of snow with all the happy keiki making snow angels and having snow ball fights... instead I see a mountain of snow the size of the Hawaiian Ice truck being used to create it! I was in shock...are you kidding me this is what the whole island came here for? So disappointing. I continue to walk around the small gate surrounding the mountain of snow to find an entrance and what do I see? A line as long as the eye can see! As we decide that this is so not worth standing in that line I over hear a worker telling the people in line that they may not have their turn in the snow. WHAT!!! I thought. These poor kids are standing in this outrageous line in the hot sun patiently waiting for their 15 minutes (yes 15 literal minutes) for their time in the snow, and they might be turned away? I couldn't believe my ears. As I'm walking away I hear the MC talking over the speaker telling the next group of kids being let in that one of the rules are that they can't throw snow balls. Where is the fun in this?I understand that this is a free event, which is awesome, but really what is the point if the kids can't have fun? In my opinion not worth the time and possible disappointment of the little ones not being able to touch the snow at all.

Snow Day in Kapolei was total fail for me. Regardless how early I got there; I still ended up stressing over a lot of things. As I tried talking to my self out of the stress, I came up with a theory that organizer had probably did not anticipated the large amount of people came. 2.5 hours holding this event did not accommodated the large crowd. There are long lines on most tents. We left an hour after, kinda run out of patient. Not as organize as I expected it to be. Would've been great. Parking was ridiculous crazy as there's still people shopping for Black Friday. I just hope it was held on different week. I hope next year will be a lot better.