Castle Car Show

TomC · 10-05-2024, 04:57 PM

Anyone else go to the Castle in the Clouds car show today? Beautiful day, nice view of the lake, and lots of cool iron!

Slickcraft · 10-05-2024, 05:01 PM

Good that you made it. Photos??

Alan

TomC · 10-05-2024, 05:19 PM

Wasn't into the photography today - the pictures just sit on my phone. I did take one shot of this VW Westfalia camper van to send to my son who is into those...

Sue Doe-Nym · 10-05-2024, 07:23 PM

We were there all day…my husband entered a car….the place was packed…
hundreds of cars, hundreds of people….gorgeous weather…..as a fundraiser, it must have done extremely well! The BOD at the Castle must be smiling.

SAMIAM · 10-06-2024, 07:24 AM

We love car shows and been to some good ones in Florida but I’ve got to say this was one of the best ever……..traffic was backed all the way up the hill

ITD · 10-06-2024, 09:10 AM

Didn’t go, but I heard long lines of traffic it get to the parking lot. Backed up to and 171. Great that it’s so popular, but hopefully there’s a way to alleviate this next year. I suspect money collection is the biggest bottleneck.

TomC · 10-06-2024, 09:15 AM

Actually - the money was not collected until one was parked and walking toward the exhibit area... I got stopped in traffic about halfway up the hill. It was just slow getting people off the road and parked up the hill by the stable. Now that I think about it... stopping the cars to let people cross from the parking area after paying was probably a contributing factor...

TheTimeTraveler · 10-06-2024, 10:53 AM

The backed up traffic issue can easily be resolved by allowing patrons to enter the Castle via the truck entrance (not the traditional winding narrow road entrance).

The truck entrance is the entrance which is used every Saturday night when they do the summertime Saturday evening concerts. That secondary entrance works flawlessly and allows the traffic flow to move easily at all times.

TomC · 10-06-2024, 02:23 PM

If you mean the north entrance that was/is used to go to the former bottling plant - that was the one that was in use (at least by me and everyone else stuck in the traffic!)

10-05-2024, 04:57 PM	#1
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 610 Thanks: 13 Thanked 55 Times in 34 Posts	Castle Car Show Anyone else go to the Castle in the Clouds car show today? Beautiful day, nice view of the lake, and lots of cool iron!

10-05-2024, 05:19 PM	#3
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 610 Thanks: 13 Thanked 55 Times in 34 Posts	no photos Wasn't into the photography today - the pictures just sit on my phone. I did take one shot of this VW Westfalia camper van to send to my son who is into those... Attached Images

10-05-2024, 07:23 PM	#4
Sue Doe-Nym Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,425 Thanks: 743 Thanked 788 Times in 413 Posts	A real success! We were there all day…my husband entered a car….the place was packed… hundreds of cars, hundreds of people….gorgeous weather…..as a fundraiser, it must have done extremely well! The BOD at the Castle must be smiling.

10-06-2024, 02:23 PM	#9
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 610 Thanks: 13 Thanked 55 Times in 34 Posts	truck entrance If you mean the north entrance that was/is used to go to the former bottling plant - that was the one that was in use (at least by me and everyone else stuck in the traffic!)

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10-05-2024, 05:01 PM	#2
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,275 Thanks: 1,212 Thanked 2,048 Times in 939 Posts	Good that you made it. Photos?? Alan

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SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,890 Thanks: 334 Thanked 1,672 Times in 583 Posts	We love car shows and been to some good ones in Florida but I’ve got to say this was one of the best ever……..traffic was backed all the way up the hill

10-06-2024, 09:10 AM	#6
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,908 Thanks: 472 Thanked 684 Times in 382 Posts	Didn’t go, but I heard long lines of traffic it get to the parking lot. Backed up to and 171. Great that it’s so popular, but hopefully there’s a way to alleviate this next year. I suspect money collection is the biggest bottleneck.

10-06-2024, 09:15 AM	#7
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 610 Thanks: 13 Thanked 55 Times in 34 Posts	Actually - the money was not collected until one was parked and walking toward the exhibit area... I got stopped in traffic about halfway up the hill. It was just slow getting people off the road and parked up the hill by the stable. Now that I think about it... stopping the cars to let people cross from the parking area after paying was probably a contributing factor...

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10-06-2024, 10:53 AM	#8
TheTimeTraveler Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 860 Thanks: 271 Thanked 279 Times in 171 Posts	The backed up traffic issue can easily be resolved by allowing patrons to enter the Castle via the truck entrance (not the traditional winding narrow road entrance). The truck entrance is the entrance which is used every Saturday night when they do the summertime Saturday evening concerts. That secondary entrance works flawlessly and allows the traffic flow to move easily at all times.