Emily Swanson
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Cox farms fall festival is really the best fall festival in our area. Amazingly kid friendly with a huge amount of attractions including: live animals, a goat petting and feeding area, corn maze with cool features and a find the hidden aliens mini game, hayrides, food, a ton of amazing themed slides for kids and adults and kids play and climb areas and a tractor museum. Everyone gets to pick a free pumpkin on the way out from a huge selection of different types, colors and sizes and there is a farmers market area at the exit. We spent four hours here with the family and kiddos and for the second year in a row and STILL didn't get to see and experience everything. Plus, after dark they run the fall fest as a haunted fest with a haunted corn maze, haunted hayride and spooky attractions which we haven't done yet but are definitely on the bucket list! Admission prices are super reasonable in my opinion being $25 per person on peak days and less on other days and discount days. We went on a peak day and it was packed but they have such a good system that the wait times for slides and the hayride were really reasonable (we waited maybe 15 minutes tops for the longest line attraction) and the food is good and slightly above basic fair/theme park food. The root beer and pulled pork are definitely worth the wait, as is the lemonade. It can be a bit chaotic in the kid zones on peak days but I don't blame staff for that so much as lazy/in attentive parents. But really this is the fall fest of all fall fests in Northern Virginia. Also, the goat petting area is free and it's only $1 per portion to feed them and the hayride isn't just a go in a circle through a corn field and be done but a 15 minute long attraction with multiple sections that are interactive and the opportunity to pet horses and high five aliens and more. Definitely the best hayride we have been on probably ever. And all of the attractions are free. You pay for admission and food and that is it, and if you don't want to pay for food they don't do bag checks or restrictions so you can bring your own. Porta potties at almost every attraction and trash cans as well so it's very clean even when packed. Such a great time!