Swank Farms, The Experience - Hollister

By far the worst pumpkin patch we have been to. Absolutely horrible from beginning to end. Photo areas are so basic and limited. Security was the worst from arrival to the moment we left absolutely absurd. I should have really read the reviews before going. To those looking for an amazing location I highly highly highly recommend Spina Farms! I should have just went back there and never came here but that's how lessons are learned.

I went during the month of October for their Trail of Lights Frights event. I was very excited because I never went to a Halloween light trail, just Christmas ones. But I was pretty disappointed. The trail of lights itself was just a short walk to their main attraction which is the scary corn maze. It was also nothing like how they portray it on their photos on social media. (They also don't have any description on their website on what the trail of light is) Once you're finished with the trail you can either enter the scary maze or a kid friendly maze. We decided to do the kid maze since my son is still pretty small. It was a pretty short maze, super dark, and not much to it. Wish it was longer with more projections or something. Overall it was meh, not much to do honestly. You just look at chickens, feed goats, jump around, slide, do a maze, and a little short cow train. The sunflowers were picked and dead when I went and the pumpkin patch was pretty small. Not much vendors either. I suggest you go to Gilroy Gardens if you have little ones under 3 or look elsewhere.

It's always a great time here with the family. The coordinator, Ping, is always friendly and makes accommodations. The pumpkin patch and vendors are my kids favorite but the wife can't get enough of the sunflower field. I just show up for some good beers and watch my little one on the huge jumper. We also had our daughters 15ñera here as they have a really cool barn. Ping hooked us up and made sure everything ran smoothly.

We had a fantastic time during our Fall Experience at Swank Farms. My son especially liked the Jumping Pillow and the endless Pumpkins to pick from! We will be back every year!

Nice place, loved the live music and the picnic area. Kids had fun. The entrance fee $25.95 per person (adults and kids as well! I think is expensive, especially when there are a lot of people in the family.