Fall Harvest
Pumpkin Festival

Time for something completely different.

Stroll through the new Robert Bank Glass Studio and watch artists transform glowing molten glass into finished creations right in front of you.

It’s hot.

It’s mesmerizing.

And it’s a wonderful opportunity for the kids to discover that somewhere on the farm, adults are allowed to play with fire professionally.

Watch the glass being formed.

See the colors and shapes emerge.

And if your timing happens to line up, you might even catch a tiny glass pumpkin taking shape from the molten glass.

Then browse the finished creations and perhaps take home something special, including a tiny glass pumpkin.

Because apparently the correct number of pumpkins to bring home from a pumpkin festival is:

More.

You’ve walked.

You’ve climbed.

You’ve raced.

You’ve launched produce.

You’ve stood near molten glass.

You deserve lunch.

Find some hot, fresh corn on the cob.

Apply butter according to your personal engineering specifications.

Then accept the fundamental truth that nobody has ever eaten corn on the cob elegantly.

It cannot be done.

This is also a fine opportunity for the grown-ups to investigate Remlinger Brewery while everybody refuels.

After lunch, perhaps restore civilization with a ride on the Ferris wheel.

Take in the Snoqualmie Valley.

Admire the fall colors.

Spot the attractions you haven’t conquered yet.

Try to locate your car.

Realize every vehicle looks exactly the same from up there.

And enjoy approximately four glorious minutes during which parents remember what sitting feels like.

Bonus points for a family selfie at the top.

Extra bonus points for retaining possession of your phone.

Now we’re going full fall.

Hop aboard the hay ride.

The hay ride is included for Fall Harvest Pumpkin Festival guests and conveniently carries you right over toward Pumpkin Village and the corn maze.

This is considerably easier than announcing:

“Okay, everybody follow me.”

…and immediately losing half the family.

Relax.

Ride.

Take pictures.

You’ve officially entered the pumpkin portion of the program.

This year, Remlinger Farms is partnering with 425 Magazine for the 2026 Corn Maze.

Which means wandering around in corn now comes with objectives.

Grab your Corn Maze Scavenger Hunt card.

Enter the maze.

Find the clues.

Complete the scavenger hunt.

Then follow the directions on the card to enter the raffle for a chance at 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.

Three winners will be selected and announced at the end of the Fall Harvest Pumpkin Festival.

Your more immediate objective:

Escape the corn.

At some point, one member of your family will confidently announce:

“I know exactly where we’re going.”

They do not.

Another person will say:

“We’ve already been here.”

They are probably correct.

Someone will blame the directions.

A child will disappear around a corner and somehow become the person who finds the next clue.

You’ve escaped the corn.

Probably.

Now explore Pumpkin Village and embrace the fact that every twelve feet appears specifically engineered to make somebody say:

“STOP. DON’T MOVE. THIS IS PERFECT.”

Pumpkins.

Hay.

Fall colors.

Autumn displays.

Kids with pumpkins.

Grandparents with pumpkins.

Couples with pumpkins.

Pictures of children who were smiling beautifully until the precise instant the camera opened.

This is where your phone storage begins quietly reconsidering its career choices.

Take the photos anyway.

This is exactly what fall is supposed to look like.

Pumpkin mission accomplished.

Corn maze survived.

Hay ride completed.

Now comes one of the day’s most useful tricks.

Remember that coded wristband you’ve wisely kept on?

That’s your ticket right back into the Fall Harvest Pumpkin Festival and all those rides.

Walk back in.

No starting over.

No dramatic family summit.

Just wristband.

Gate.

Rides.

Roller coaster again?

Apparently.

Spinning barrels?

Of course.

Merry-go-round?

Classic.

Antique cars?

A civilized cruise.

Pedal cars?

Civilization immediately collapses again.

Zipline?

Absolutely.

Rock climbing?

Why not.

Apple cannons again?

Someone apparently needs redemption.

This is also approximately the point where adults begin moving at 73% speed while children remain inexplicably factory-new.

If anyone in your group has spent the day saying:

“But I wanted to ride a pony…”

Stop what you’re doing.

This is the deadline.

3:30 PM is the final check-in time at the registers for pony rides.

After 3:30, no additional pony ride check-ins are accepted.

Check in at the registers by 3:30, then head over to the pony barn for those final rides.

At 4:00, the ponies are finished for the day and head back to the barn.

Frankly, they’ve earned it.

They’ve been carrying tiny cowboys since lunch.

You have reached that delicate stage of the afternoon when everybody insists:

“I’m not tired.”

while leaning against stationary objects.

The treatment is obvious.

Caramel apple.

Sweet.

Sticky.

Crunchy.

Virtually impossible to eat gracefully.

In other words, perfect.

Then wander into the arcade and determine whether anyone in your family possesses previously undisclosed skee-ball talent.

Important photographic advisory:

Before taking another family selfie, inspect everyone’s face for caramel.

Trust us.

This happens every time.

Someone suddenly remembers an attraction they’ve been talking about since breakfast.

“WE NEVER DID GEM MINING!”

“I WANTED TO DO THE ZIPLINE AGAIN!”

“APPLE CANNONS!”

“CAN WE RIDE THE TRAIN?”

This is your recovery window.

Hit the forgotten attraction.

Revisit a favorite.

Stop by the Glass Studio again.

Grab the mini glass pumpkin you’ve been thinking about since noon.

Or simply locate another suspiciously perfect fall photo backdrop and restart the family photography department.

The afternoon light is getting softer.

The farm is glowing.

This is the photographic sweet spot.

Ride the Ferris wheel.

Take another spin on the merry-go-round.

Cruise the antique cars.

Find one more Instagram-ready autumn backdrop.

Gather everybody together.

Attempt the definitive family picture.

Take seventeen versions.

One will be perfect.

Three will contain closed eyes.

Two will feature somebody looking at another camera.

One child will suddenly decide smiling is no longer compatible with their personal brand.

Keep shooting.

This is what cloud storage is for.

New admission ends at 5:00 PM.

Already inside?

Excellent.

You still have one final hour.

Now comes the difficult family negotiation:

“ONE MORE RIDE.”

Choose wisely.

There may be unfinished business.

Somebody missed the target earlier.

Somebody else hit it and has mentioned this fact every seventeen minutes since noon.

There is only one solution.

One more round.

Load.

Aim.

Fire.

Settle this honorably.

With fruit.

This is not the time to attempt fourteen attractions.

Pick the favorites.

One final roller coaster.

One last whirl in the spinning barrels.

A late-afternoon Ferris wheel ride.

A victory lap in the pedal cars.

A peaceful cruise in the antique cars.

Maybe another carousel ride because some traditions require no explanation.

And if somebody discovers one surviving donut?

Finders keepers.

Collect the jackets.

Locate the water bottle.

Retrieve whatever somebody left near the arcade.

Make sure somebody still has the Corn Maze Scavenger Hunt card.

Check for glass pumpkins.

Count the children.

Count them again.

Confirm nobody has returned to the apple cannons for “just one last shot.”

Begin strolling toward the exit while everybody debates the day’s most important question:

“What was your favorite part?”

Expect answers involving:

The roller coaster.

The pony.

The corn maze.

The train.

The glass blowing.

The apple cannons.

The donuts.

And one completely random goat.

The Fall Harvest Pumpkin Festival rides and attractions close for the day at 6:00 PM.

Shoes are dusty.

Fingers may be sticky.

Camera rolls are dangerously full.

The scavenger hunt has been conquered.

Several apples have been launched toward perfectly innocent targets.

You may now believe the adventure is finished.

Not quite.

Before heading home, swing through the Market.

Cross your fingers.

There might still be apple pull-apart bread.

There might still be pumpkin bread.

And while you’re standing there surrounded by baked goods after spending an entire day insisting you’ve eaten enough…

There are the pies.

Those famous Remlinger Farms pies.

You have come this far.

You’ve survived the roller coaster, the corn maze, pedal-car racing, molten glass, pumpkin negotiations, apple artillery, caramel-apple fingers and an entire day powered suspiciously heavily by cinnamon sugar.

Take home the pie.

Tomorrow-you deserves something too.