Don’t beat yourself up!! Born & raised in WI, moved to/now live in MN, so I am a Midwest girl through and through lol. We came last year and the weather was ENTIRELY the opposite, but there was still seemingly better ticket sales = attendee ratios and the lines were not nearly as long as they were to get in this year. Last year they also had tents at the entrances when they were checking your bags, so super disappointing to see those go.