11 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2016 Media Guide 2022 Media Guide PARK & RIDE There are three convenient locations available for Balloon Fiesta guests to park their car and get a bus ride to Balloon Fiesta Park. These locations include Coronado Mall, Hoffmantown Church and Cottonwood Mall (additional information below). Park & Ride tickets will be sold online only or at the Balloon Fiesta office based on availability. There are no ticket sales at the Park and Ride locations. • Morning Sessions – Each park and ride location will have two waves of shuttles to Balloon Fiesta Park loading approximately at 4:00am and 5:30am for morning sessions. Buses will start return service to the park and ride locations at 8:00am and will run until approximately 11:30am. • Afternoon/Evening Sessions – Each park and ride location will have two waves of shuttles to Balloon Fiesta Park loading approximately at 3:00pm and 4:30pm for afternoon sessions. Buses will start return service to the park and ride locations at 7:00pm and will run until 9:30pm. Park and Ride tickets include transportation and admission for a specific session. The pricing is: Adults $22 (13-61), Seniors (62 & Older) $20, Children (6-12) $10, children 5 and younger are free. Pricing, locations, schedules and discounted tickets are available online at https://balloonfiesta.com/Park-Ride . There is no Park & Ride service on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday but traffic is usually lighter those days and there is typically plenty of parking available at Balloon Fiesta Park. Park & Ride Locations: Eastside: Hoffmantown Church (northeast parking lot), Coronado Center (southwest corner near San Pedro) Westside: Cottonwood Mall (northeast parking lot) Fiesta Express Park and Ride Security Notice: Please keep in mind that if you bring bags and coolers to Balloon Fiesta they will need to be checked by security before you enter into Balloon Fiesta Park. Our guests at the Coronado Mall and Hoffmantown Church locations will go through bag check and metal detectors prior to boarding. Our guests arriving to the park from Cottonwood Mall will go through security checks after arriving at Balloon Fiesta Park. Regardless of where you go through our bag check/ security process we will have express lanes (no bags) and bag-check lanes (bags) available. For the protection of our guests, the following items are not allowed at Balloon Fiesta Park during our event: Weapons/Firearms/Knives, conceal carry weapons, bicycles, spike jewelry/wallet chains, alcohol/drugs, animals (except service animals) and items deemed by Balloon Fiesta Public Safety as potentially dangerous to other guests or the venue. GETTING TO THE PARK [CONTINUED]
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