It is now the priciest show I attend all season. General admission for spectators is $50 at the gate, but you can save about $7 by ordering on their website in advance. What they call a VIP ticket has climbed from $80 three years ago to the current $120. It entitles you to enter the field a half hour before general admission ticket holders, and a free lunch (that is, after shelling out $120) in the tent, not air conditioned but out of the sun, seated at tables with linen table cloths. Alcoholic beverages are available, but you have to pay for those.
For the general admission of $50, you can leave the show area, cross the street, go down a set of stairs into a parking lot where food is dispensed from trucks. You come away with a drink in one hand, a burger or hot dog in the other, and no place to put it down or sit. Is this a rather shabby way to treat those who paid $50? There are a couple of small food concessions on the show field. I chose one selling pizza by the slice. The only beverage they had to offer was water. Finding a place to sit can still be a problem.
Misselwood was the one show where you could count on not finding a lot of the same cars year after year. If that was a requirement, they seem to be relaxing it. I found several cars that were there just last year. For several years they included a fashion show presented by Bella Sera Bridal. Nothing to do with cars of course, but it was a nice additional photo op that we've lost.
In spite of these complaints, I'll keep returning. The cars without exception are absolutely gorgeous, and in a variety unmatched by any other show I frequent. I never fail to find several cars I never heard of, never mind having seen before. And the scenery overlooking the Atlantic is spectacular! I can subsist on a slice of pizza for a few hours. But I miss the fashion show.
You can view my coverage of this year's show at this link:
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