“We stay til the fun is done.”

The Ottaway Amusements Carnival opens tomorrow evening for day one of Sundown Salute 2017.

Danny Ottaway, Owner, said roughly fifty workers will prep the rides and games for the thousands of thrillseekers expected to enjoy them over the holiday weekend.

“It’s a lot of work, but we pride ourselves on being clean, and our people are clean; let’s face it – carnival people, we’re stereotyped” said Ottaway. ” I’m the fourth generation in my family to run my company; and I try to my very best ability [to ensure] that when people come out here, they see really the opposite of what they would expect from a traveling carnival in both the equipment and the personnel.”

The carnival takes roughly 10 to 12 hours to setup and clean.

There are 18 rides this year, including the feature attraction The Freak Out.

“I feel as if we’ve got a really nice array of rides and games – not just for the adults,  we’ve got super nice kiddie rides,” said Ottaway. “[The Freak Out] was brand new when we got here last year…this has taken amusement rides to the next level; this is a ride that typically you’d see more in a theme park as oppose to a traveling carnival.”

Other rides include the Tilt-o-whirl, Spyder, the Viper, and Rockstar ride to name a few.

Single tickets for the rides are $3.50 each or 10 tickets for $28 ($2.80 each); wristbands are available again this year for 4 -5 hours of unlimited rides at $25 each.

The Ottaway Amusements Carnival opens at 5:00 pm on Friday, June 30th. Saturday July 1st through Monday, July 3rd the carnival opens at 1:00 pm daily. On Tuesday, the Fourth of July the carnival opens at 11:00 am.