Post #560972 by Doctor Z on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 5:54 PM

(Sorry about the last minute notice, but I forgot I'd made this thread!)

OK, keeds - this Saturday (the 23rd) is the LAST night for OktoberFIST 2010!

I have gone every weekend this year (ok, I missed ONE) and this weekend is the
last!

Come out for one last blast mit HEINO!!

A few tips & pointers, in case you decide to join us:
---You can get advance e-tickets online at (http://www.alpinevillagecenter.com/oktoberfest.html), but it doesn't save much time - the wait is the security check, not the ticket buying...
---park over at the K-Mart parking lot. Sure you have to walk a bit, but the Alpine lot is always crowded and cops have been hanging out at the exits as folks leave. Much easier to make a clean getaway out the back...
---beers are $11.00 for 32 oz., $6.00 for 16 oz., cash only, but there's a few ATMs available inside. If you bring a stein that is larger than 32 oz. they'll usually fill it for the 32 oz. price. (TomSlick: You can bring practically anything you want & they'll fill it with beer! Saw a guy there a few weeks ago with a glazed terra-cotta pot, probably about 3 gallons in size - seriously!!)
--Lots more food choices this year, incl. kettle-corn, funnel cakes, ginormous pretzels and an expanded meal menu.
--- the new 'host' for this year is obviously not the REAL "Heino" - he's actually a comedian, but his impersonation is absolutely hysterical! Plus, they do show videos of the real Heino on giant screens when the band is on break...
---although they've dropped the 'cow-milking' and 'log-sawing' contests, for the first time in at least a decade, the beer-drinking contest is back!! Free to enter - free 32 oz. beer!
---dress in some sort of goofy costume or headgear!

PM or post here if'n you have any questions!

The Good Doctor will be in der haus - will you?