The 100 acre addition will provide visitors with more overnight festivities.
Todd Mission, Texas (January, 2012)- The Texas Renaissance Festival has announced a 100 acre expansion to its overnight camping facilities with groundbreaking beginning in early 2012 to accommodate the high demand of visitors seeking an entire weekend of lively spirits.
The campgrounds currently measure 70 acres for patrons and will more than double in size in 2012 to a total of 170 acres, allowing for campers to have plenty of space to bring tents and other essentials onto the camping ground. The entire Texas Renaissance Festival facilities will reach upward to 600+ acres with the addition, almost a complete square mile.
"We are really excited about expanding our campground expansion which will be complete in time 2012 season," said Texas Renaissance Festival General Manager, Terre Albert. "We have seen such an increase in the number of campers over the past seven seasons that we wanted to make sure we could comfortably accommodate everyone for years to come."
The campground will remain under the same rules for patrons as in years before; first come first serve and no reservations are required. Camping cost will also remain at $20 a ticket with purchase of festival tickets. The campgrounds will feature the Quickie Mart for ice, drinks and snacks and is open from 10AM on Friday until 9AM Monday.
The Texas Renaissance Festival will host opening weekend on October 6th, 2012 and will be active on weekends through the Thanksgiving holiday on November 25th. Once again the festival will include eight themed weekends including Oktoberfest, Roman Bacchanal and the ever popular Barbarian Invasion.
Season tickets will go on sale starting March 1st at texrenfest.com.
The Texas Renaissance Festival is the nation's largest and most acclaimed Renaissance theme park where the sights, sounds, tastes and beauty of the 16th Century come alive for eight magically-themed weekends. The festival is held Saturdays, Sundays and Thanksgiving Friday and is located 50 miles northwest of Houston on FM 1774, in Todd Mission, Texas. For more information, visit texrenfest.com .
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