Ride Irvine's Big Orange Balloon
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Free Balloon Ride at Orange County Great Park
Orange County Great Park Balloon's Hours:
•10AM-3PM Thurs, Friday
•9AM-3PM Sat, Sunday
•7PM-10PM Thurs-Sunday
•(There's also a Farmer's Market 10-2 on Sunday)
DIRECTIONS: See the Great Park website's directions, but note that the turnoff from Sand Canyon onto Marine Way, the OCGP's entrance, is easy to miss when going NE, because it's immediately after you pass under the 5. See this Google Street View of the Great Park Entrance so you won't get fooled -- follow that white truck!
Above: The Great Park Carousel (also free) and the balloon decorated for Halloween. See my photo gallery & videos below.
Ride the carousel while waiting for balloon ride
The balloon is just one part of this evolving park
Balloon Photos: Orange County Great Park
Click Thumbnails for Full-Sized Photos! (mouse over for info)
Click thumbnails to enlarge:
About the Orange Country Great Park
Formerly the El Toro Marine Base at Sand Canyon & 5 Freeway
The Orange County Great Park was created after the El Toro Marine Base closed. The goal is to build a sustainable FREE park for Orange County like New York's Central Park. It will have everything from a museum and library to sports and recreation facilities, a lake and a wilderness hiking area. There's already a lot open:
Balloon, free carousel, Farmer's Market, concerts and movie nights, harvest and other festivals, sports clinics (free croquet and frisbee get-togethers)!, a community garden, gardening classes, and free skating rink in winter.
More Photos of Orange County GP Balloon & Carousel
Click Thumbnails to Enlarge (mouse over for info)
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PLEASE go to OCGP.ORG for questions
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cffutah
Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:08 pm | delete
- the 3D video is really cool, glad I browsed upon this today, gave you a 'thumbs up'.
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mbgphoto Oct 10, 2011 @ 8:02 am | delete
- Looks like fun!
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wordstock Oct 9, 2011 @ 9:24 am | delete
- I guess we'll have to get off the freeway next time and check this out. We often travel past the former base on our way to visit family in San Diego. Thanks for the info.
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