[pgyanke]

For the other, we made a mad dash just as the finale started and were one of the first out of the lot.

I see this all the time... parents racing with their kids prior to the grande finale just to be first to leave... why come at all?

[nascarnation]

This particular locale was one that is notorious for slow exit. All traffic the park dumps onto a single 2 lane road.
The fireworks were over @ 10:20 last night and my wife had to get up early this morning.

The other show was on Saturday and we didn’t care about getting home late.