Calgary Stampede Pacchetto da due giorni

Great three days enjoying everything the Stampede has to offer. As we are keen hobby farmers we enjoyed all the agricultural displays and rodeo events especially.

We weren’t sure if this was a good thing for us to attend - we are a couple in our 60’s. But the stampede is great fun- family friendly and a good mix of entertainment and education. Sure there is crap food available, and water is $5cad - but you can bring your own onto site. We did the thrill package, staying at the fairmont, it was walking distance and a typical day is 20,000 steps.

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The highlight of our trip fantastic 2 days of watching the skilled ladies and gentlemen competitors undertaking barrel racing,bull riding,tie down roping,steer wrestling,saddle bronc,bareback relay racing,break away roping, chuck wagon racing, kids holding on and trying to get on the shetland ponies backs and the stunt riders. The fun fair was vast,the eateries too numerous to mention.Shopping for cowboy gear to stands with lottery prizes to be won to agricultural tents,vehicles to buy . The live music at the coca cola stand and nashville tent brill.Pow wow dancers and the stampede band really good. Enjoyed the sky rides which allowed you great views of the venue. The Grandstand show awesome with live singers and dancers, acrobatics,fire performers,pole artist,motorcylce stunt team to the finale that firework display the best show we have ever seen mind blowing so much entertainment fantastic.

The Stampede was all we'd hoped for and more. Everyone was helpful and friendly; we had no problems finding where we needed to go. The Stampede itself was amazing; both day and evening shows were memorable.

Ok where do I start? The stampede was amazing. The actual rodeo was definitely the best bit! Even though it rained when we went it was an amazing event to see with our own eyes. The grand stand show in the evening time however wasn’t as good as we anticipated. The fireworks and ATVs were amazing but it was just a bit tacky. The rides at the event are insane, the Que for coupons are crazy so be prepared to stand in line for quite some time. The agricultural international seating area in the stadium was good to mingle with farmers from all over the world. I would highly recommend to anyone

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It was abit hard to understand where to pick up the tickets at the Will Call Centre, but once we figured that out, it was amazing. The staff was able to direct us to where we needed to go any time we needed help. We did the 2 day thrill package for an afternoon event and the evening show both on the same day, but it would be more enjoyable doing the afternoon on 1 day, and the evening show on the next night. Having them on a seperate day would give you more chance to relax, and enjoy everything alot more. We were exhausted doing both on the same day. Thanks to Pam, ( a staff member who helped me make sure everything went just right for our family), we were able to honor our mom on her 1st b'day in heaven by going to the 1 place she always wish she could have gone to! ❤️. The fireworks were spectacular! Thank you Calgary Stapede for all you do.

Don’t miss the rodeo show- check wagon races followed by bare back relay- amazing! We took in the Wild Wild Woof, the horses, animals, entertainment, but avoided the sideshows.

The ticket agents were not ready to scan our vouchers and didn’t know what to do or where we should go to get our package, etc. But it was the first day and they just opened so I will give them a pass. Hopefully they will be better organized next year.

Calgary Stampede has always been on our bucket list, and we decided to go to 1x day show and 1x evening show (on different days). We also only got food within the GMC stadium as the crowds around stands outside were huge, but the food inside was pretty good. The day show was excellent, and as non-cowboys, we had no idea what to expect so enjoyed every minute. One of us even got a free cowboy hat and picture with the horse mascot! My favourite part was the bull riding, but all of it was equally as enjoyable. Would definitely recommend. We didn’t know what to expect with the evening show, however were disappointed as it was pretty much a concert of people we had no clue who they were. The initial races dragged for a while and had big gaps between heats so we were bored at different points waiting. The firework display was excellent, however would give the whole Grandstand evening show a miss in the future. We would go back, as we missed a lot of the entertainment within the grounds, such as the agriculture, inside stalls, rides etc. and would spend more than 2x half days there. We also went on the hottest day of the summer in Calgary (we were told) so would have liked to be cooler than we were. Overall, I would recommend the Stampede.

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We really wanted to see this and it did not disappoint, an awesome spectacle of bravery and horsemanship that was a thrill to watch, all the events where exhilarating, the highlight for me was the Bull riding in the afternoon and the Chuckwagons in the evening. If you book evening tickets make sure you hang around after for the Grandstand Show, this is a spectacular stage show and firework display that finishes the day off and is well worth the late finish.