We were looking for a place to walk after supper and someone had told us about this park. It has a…read morelovely lake around it, some baseball fields, tennis courts, a great playground area for kids, a museum, picnic areas, fishing spots, etc. We had a nice walk, caught part of a jazz concert, and watched an inning of a baseball game. Lovely area full of green! Coming from the desert, the green was a treat!

Love this place and the surrounding park areas that I assume are part of Carson Park as well. I…read morelove being near the water and to be able to just sit on a quiet bench right at the edge is really nice, and to walk around the rest of the place is nice and peaceful too. Amazing it's in the middle of a big downtown, especially how quiet it is.

Fireworks are something that are close to my heart and when they are worth it I get 'em!…read more This spot doesn't have the vibe as it's definitely overpriced and the staff has a very poor attitude so much so that we walked out because who needs to deal with that when there are numerous places in the area selling the same goods who are happy to help their guests! Overall it's a fireworks stand and you can find them everywhere so just go to the other one you'll be happy you did!

Good service great vale the buy one get one for 99c is amazing and they have a big selectionread more

I have been to several fireworks stores in the area, and the people here are incredibly kind, but…read morethe prices here are some of the poorest in the area. Maybe if they decreased prices I would give a better review, but over $100 for a lower end 500 gram cake is absolute insanity. Would not recommend, go to fireworks forever or wholesale for better value.

On a roadtrip from Minnesota heading to Florida and looking for something fun as we go thru each…read morestate...what could be more fun for a kid to stop at then firework store! We don't have stores like this in my state! So my kid was blown away when we walked through the door! And it turned into a fun stop for both of us! Erik what was the first to great us at the door. Absolutely amazing customer service! He was fun and patient with all our wide-eyed 120 questions! He showed us fireworks that would be great for daytime. I shoot off that were kid friendly. He also showed us that there were QR codes on some of the fireworks signs that took us to YouTube showing us how they look and work. The store also had a bunch of TVs mounted showing live videos of their employees shooting off the fireworks so you can see how they worked. SO MANY COOL FIREWORKS OF ALL TYPES! They also had a buy one get one for $.99. No matter the cost. (Pay full price for the highest, next one $.99!!) They had 3 fun "manager special packs" with different price ranges. Nice for the indecisive people like me...or if you are on a time crunch and need to get in and out. I found out that most of the staff are teachers on summer break from the local school. And that cool guy Erik is a high school band director the rest of the year. Curious car that I am, I love asking questions and found out they are local owned shop that is only open from Memorial Day thru July 16th. And had 2 shops in the area (3 miles apart) As I was heading to checkout, I noticed they had a sign up to win almost a $3000 huge human tall collection of fireworks (hey, if I win, I'm more than happy to drive back and find some new friends in WI to help me light them off!) This will absolutely be a must stop place every time we happen to drive thru this time of year! I wish I could give them 10 stars!! They staff were all friend on and amazing!!

I live in the Twin Cities and I have a children's entertainment business. I was entertaining in…read moreRochester last weekend and wanted to pick up some fireworks in Wisconsin when I was done with my job. I went on line to find the closest fireworks store to Rochester, MN but most were closed by the time I was done working. Maximum Load Fireworks in Arcadia Wisconsin was opened till 9pm. Even though they were over an hour from Rochester I went and figured I'd just follow the river going back home and treat it as a mini vacation because it is such a beautiful drive. Don't be surprised that it's not easy to find because my GPS didn't bring me to the right spot and the store is in a very remote area. After calling the owner they directed me to the store and I found it easily then. When I pulled up, to my surprise it was a real fun looking place and there was a bunch of cute fun teens out front shooting off fireworks - I thought what fun place. When I walked in there was a lot of friendly and knowlegdeable teens to help you decide what to get. Right away a baby goat came trotting up and my heart just melted. They let me pet and hold the goat, it was only a couple of days old. It was sooo cute! They not only had fireworks but they had a petting zoo and fairy garden too, outside. After I purchased my fireworks thanks to the very helpful staff a very cute teen girl gave me a tour of the zoo and fairy garden. I had so much fun. Even though I live 3 hours away from Maximum Load Fireworks I think I will make this a yearly mini vacation and bring my family with next time. Thanks so much you guys.

From start to finish, Maximum Load Fireworks was the best! They were so helpful at the store,…read morepicking out exactly what we were looking for; and the animals were a lovely touch. They put together the most amazing show right within our budget. If I could give more than 5 starts, I would.

This is where you go if you are serious about your fireworks!!!…read more This is the warehouse, not a retail store. So there's a minimum order of 800 bucks and everything is sold by the case. The savings are VERY significant. It's worth the drive if you have the bucks...or if you and a couple of buddies want to pool your money and make a big order. The warehouse (actually 2 HUGE warehouses) are in a nondescript commercial business and warehouse area. When you go up the drive (between both warehouses), the office is on the right side. They have a small display area so you can pick what you want. Then they go "pick" it for you out the the warehouse. The staff here are AWESOME! All of them are super nice, super helpful, and super friendly. Take a peek in the warehouse. It's amazingly clean and organized. It looks like you could eat off the floor. A note to everyone from Minnesota: Since our governor is a pansy and doesn't trust us to have real fireworks, make sure you check with your local laws before making a purchase. Our legislature and Marky Mark don't allow anything that shoots or goes "boom"! -Daddy Maxx Retro

This is my favorite fireworks retailer by far!!! Scott runs a great store and he has…read moretoo-good-to-be-true prices on everything. My wife and I keep returning to spend more money just as we did last year leading up to the Fourth. Scott is very helpful in explaining the differences between the choices you might be hung up on and he's familiar with everything he sells. There are also tv's on the walls so you can SEE the fireworks in action. We watched many minutes of videos and kept changing our minds about which big ones to buy! You will not regret shopping here. We cannot recommend it enough.

Had a group of friends who all wanted to go this season to Miracle at Big Rock…read more Frankly though, I wouldn't refer to it as a miracle... $22/per person entry fee definitely felt steep for what it was... a small RV campsite dressed up in holiday lights with the occasional firepit burning low-grade wood and hot beverage cups. (I watched as countless guests discarded their cups on the ground rather than in appropriate trash bins... despite there being plenty of trashbins around for use... if they'd been willing to carry their empty cups just a few more feet... like seriously, are you teaching your children to litter? Then I watched as employees took those cups, plastic covers and all, and tossed them into the fire... Idk about you, but breathing burning plastic into my lungs doesn't sound too wonderful to me. Maybe we could teach our employees proper disposal of materials too?) The campgrounds were loosely divided up into themed zones, such as Frozen and Whoville and Ice Age (did they have the rights to use these characters? I'm guessing not from the low-budget costumed characters they had roving about... To be clear, I'm not against copyright infringement of large corporations that have too much money already, but frankly, I'd like to have seen more creativity in creation of zones that didn't rely on the crutch of media that's overpopularized... doesn't risk a lawsuit that way, and is way more unique and special). One of the themed zones was a military zone that felt... cultish and made me distinctly uncomfortable. Using the holidays to celebrate war and death with lit up displays of tanks and guns is a big no-thanks, imo. We've got holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day to celebrate these things... it doesn't need to be dragged into winter festivities too. The string light covered fire truck was cool though. I did like that they had a free-for-all style sledding area (nothing too steep) that you could enjoy without paying extra. It was a little too chaotic with tiny bodies for me to partake in though. I also appreciated the port-a-johns available around the site. There's a food court area with trucks serving stuff like sausage, BBQ, pizza, mini donuts, kettle korn, and shaved ice. In addition to the several hot beverage stands across the park serving up hot cider, hot cocoa, and various hot alcoholic beverages. Prices were actually what I would consider reasonable, taking into account their location (where the rules are no outside food or beverages). There's a big heated "barn" where you can browse vendors; none of them caught my fancy, but it's stuff like candles, ornaments, apparel, bread, and randomly, all-terrain wheelchairs. There are toilets available in the barn too, which had an insane line because everyone was being really prissy about doing their business not out in the 9° weather with the outhouses, LOL. Reasonable number of photo-op worthy light displays, so I got a few pictures as we ambled around. It was all okay, just not really up to the hype they gave it, y'know?

This was a REALLY fun experience! I was skeptical at first, but as we walked down the hill into the…read moreforest of lights, it was really neat! There are wood burning fires all over so you have the opportunity to warm up along the way, and half way through the mile and a half walk you come to the beautiful barn that contains an event center, with food, crafts and good drinks!! Bring the kids, let them enjoy while you enjoy too!!

Despite being in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Rochester has ZERO natural lakes. So strange, isn't it?…read moreSilver Lake is a man-made lake. I guess due to the scarcity of natural water, the Canada Geese here flock to this park to enjoy the water and the delicious, tender grass. Seriously, I've never seen this many geese swarming before. They're quite docile, unless they're nesting. Anyway, the trail to make a look around the lake is very nice. You pass by a playground, and a lot of benches to take in the view. Public washrooms are very near the walkway. If you're into something different, Silver Lake Boat & Bicycle Rentals will let you rent out paddle boats, kayaks, single person bikes, tandem bikes, child bikes and even child trailers so that you have multiple ways of enjoying this park. You even pass by multiple informational panels so you can get some learning in on the way.

Although this place is amazing, very beautiful, but this place is so shady and so insecure for…read morepeople last night when we went there with the family the moment we parted, there was a huge bunch of people who came in different cars mostly African-American. People are not US based Somalians or somewhere from that side of the country Because I could not hear them talk properly. They were dealing with illegal drugs and the park was so dirty and nasty that you could see used condoms all over the place. If you're going with the family I strongly recommend you avoid this side of the park because it's not very safe. We feel really insecure and left that place although the park is very pretty we could have stayed longer, but we didn't feel safe with the amount of people coming in there with the law-enforcement can make rounds in this area. They can have a good check on what's going on in there