Balloon ride are available for $200 per person until Monday, August 15 at 5 p.m. After that, and throughout the festival, the cost per ride is $225. Rides during the festival are available on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday morning and night. Flights are usually available during the weekend, but we strongly advise advance reservations.

If your balloon ride is canceled due to weather, you will have the option to fly on a later flight during the festival on a space available as priority stand-by passenger or you can have a full refund for your ticket.
Registration forms for balloon rides can be downloaded from our website www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org and can be mailed to 392 College St., Lewiston, ME 04240 or faxed to us @207-777-4625. If faxing your ride form, please be sure to include credit card information.
Forms are also available at Ness Oil on Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. which is located at 249 Washington St., in Auburn, ME.
In Lewiston, forms are available at Reeder Chiropractic Health Care located at 625 Main Street and can be picked up on Monday, Wednesday or Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.; on Friday the office closes at 5 p.m.
If you wish to schedule a ride during the festival, we offer stand-by passenger options for people who decided at the last minute to take a hot air balloon ride. The rides are on a space-available only and are $225.
If you are interested in that option, you would need to be at Ness Oil located at 249 Washington St., Auburn. For morning flights please be there at 5 a.m. on either Saturday or Sunday and evening flights on Saturday or Sunday at 5 p.m.
All available rides will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis after all prescheduled passengers.


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