25 Apr 2023
The balloon ride was amazing! The time we spent in the balloon was just as magical and beautiful and exciting as you would expect.
However, the logistics of the trip itself were a mess. We arrived to the site a full hour before we were ready to get into the balloon--while it was cool to watch them set up, it was also cold and there were no bathrooms, making it less wonderful than it could have been.
Also, when we landed (in the middle of a Spanish cow field), they didn't have enough people working to take the balloon apart and stow it for transport, so my husband and another person on the trip (paying customers!) had to help them put the balloon in its bag and get it connected to the truck to go back to where it needed to be. Meanwhile, the rest of the tour was forced to stand around in a giant field in the middle of nowhere--again, no bathrooms, and no food that had been promised as part of the tour. (Eventually, they finished putting the balloon away and we had a snack, but it was extremely poorly planned and executed, and people were left hungry and going to the bathroom behind the truck.) A great experience in the balloon, but everything outside of the balloon left a LOT to be desired.