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Dallas News The Southfork Experience 8th - 10th August

Barbara Fan

Barbara Fan

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Home - SouthFork Experience

Welcome To the southfork experience! Join us in the heart of Texas for the Southfork Experience, February 12-14, 2027 Event Schedule Purchase tickets FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Meet Your Favorite Stars That Made Dallas A Hit! For more than 40 years the hit television soap opera Dallas has...
www.southforkexperience.com www.southforkexperience.com

Another chance to meet the cast of Dallas ($$$) in August 2025 with a variety of experiences / costs and packages

Where can VIPs and regular pass holders register and pick up their badges and VIP items for the weekend?

  • Diamond VIP pick up will be on Oct 25th 630pm at the Renaissance Richardson Hotel.
  • All other VIPs can register and pick up their items at Southfork Ranch Saturday morning beginning at 930am
  • Regular Daily and Weekend pass holders can pick up their badges at Southfork beginning at 930am Saturday.
Can I purchase autographs, photo ops and selfies on site?

  • Yes, all will be available for sale on site and you can pay with cash or card
Can I take a mansion tour?

  • Mansion Tours are available to all VIP level tickets for the weekend
  • Diamond VIP will have special tours with cast members happening after the brunch on Sun
Are photos available to get signed or can I bring an item?

  • You can bring an item to be signed or chose from dozens of photos that will be available or get your professional photo ops signed. VIP pass holders, the 8×10 is included with your autograph. All other pass holders, the 8×10 is $5
How many items can I get signed?

  • Each autograph purchase is for one autograph
How does the BBQ work?

  • The BBQ will begin seating at 530pm. It is a Buffet Style BBQ in the “Atrium” of Southfork Ranch. Diamond VIPs will sit at tables with a cast member, Gold and Silver VIPs will sit in VIP section near cast member tables.
How does parking and transportation work?

  • Diamond VIP members will have a bus pick up at the Richardson Renaissance on Saturday and Sunday morning. Two bus pick ups for Diamond on Saturday night from Southfork back to the hotel and one on Sunday afternoon.
  • Southfork has parking and valet parking available
  • Southfork has handicap parking available
Can I take photos at the BBQ or Brunch, Concert or Cocktail Party

  • You can take photos, however cast member will only be offering selfies at the cocktail party and at their autograph booths during the autograph signing. All other photos will be at the discretion of the guest and their management.
How many can be in a photo op?

  • Up to 4 people can be in a photo op
How does the “Autograph sessions” work?

  • The celebrity guests are set up at booths similar to a trade show or comic-con. They will sign photos and take selfies at their individual booths for the price listed on the celebrity page of the website.
  • You can pay them directly at their table if you have not pre-purchased.
  • Those who have pre-purchased can take their QR Code directly to the table.
  • Each celebrity will have a handler that will help you process your order and help take selfies.
  • Each celebrity will have 8x10s available at their table or you can bring your own item. VIPs have the 8×10 included with the autograph purchase. For regular attendees, the photo is $5.00
How does “Professional Photo Ops” work?

  • Professional photo ops are a great way to get a professional photo op with your favorite celeb or group.
  • You will be lined up based on the photo op you purchase. You take a quick photo and then an 8×10 print is in your hands within a couple of minutes.
  • You also receive a digital copy of the photo based on a code on your printed 8×10.
  • Detailed photo op schedule will be posted on the schedule page.
  • You can pre-purchase photo ops or buy on site
What can I eat during the day?

  • Southfork will have concessions and food available during the day.
What is the attire for the weekend?

  • For Diamond VIPs, the Friday night cocktail party is business casual.
  • For the event and for the BBQ and brunch, we recommend western wear. But there is no specific dress code.
How is parking handled at the Ranch?

  • The ranch has plenty of parking for the event, including handicap spots
  • Parking is $10 for regular spots and $25 for Valet
 
K

Karin

Moderator
Staff Member
Yikes they even charge you extra for the parking. :re:
That's usually free when you visit the ranch to take a tour on a regular day. Or at least it was still free parking the last time I visited Southfork in September 2023.
 
Toni

Toni

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The best news since this year´s event was announced: Susan Howard will be there too, along with Steve, Linda, Patrick, Charlene and "others". Now I do wish I could go!!

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K

Karin

Moderator
Staff Member
Bumping this up since the event is coming up in the next weekend. :)

So is anyone going to this event?

I am not since it's too expensive.

Also the Ewing BBQ Podcast are doing a good job interviewing the cast to promote the event. A while ago they talked to Charlene and Leigh.


There's a lot more interviews with the cast on the same channel to promote the event.
 
Snarky Oracle!

Snarky Oracle!

Telly Talk Supreme
Leigh is right -- that long, hot summer of 1980 was the hottest summer in a hundred years in many States. It went over 110 degrees (Fahrenheit) for 30 days in a row... But given the long, protracted actors' strike that summer, which months were they actually there that year??

And "Whodunnit?" was not simply the highest rated episode of the '80/'81 season but the highest rated TV of all time (up to that point).

Friday will be the 20th anniversary of Barbara Bel Geddes' passing, ironically.

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the-lost-son

the-lost-son

Telly Talk Well-Known Member
I'll go - I'm doing some summer vacation in the US and included the event in my planning. I have been there last year and it was just great and also surreal being there with the actors on Southfork. Somehow I don't think that many events like that will follow
I don't care about autographs and photo ops. The panels were great and just being there was cool. Looking forward to it.
 
southfork88

southfork88

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Barbara Fan said:
www.southforkexperience.com

Home - SouthFork Experience

Welcome To the southfork experience! Join us in the heart of Texas for the Southfork Experience, February 12-14, 2027 Event Schedule Purchase tickets FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Meet Your Favorite Stars That Made Dallas A Hit! For more than 40 years the hit television soap opera Dallas has...
www.southforkexperience.com www.southforkexperience.com

Another chance to meet the cast of Dallas ($$$) in August 2025 with a variety of experiences / costs and packages

Where can VIPs and regular pass holders register and pick up their badges and VIP items for the weekend?

  • Diamond VIP pick up will be on Oct 25th 630pm at the Renaissance Richardson Hotel.
  • All other VIPs can register and pick up their items at Southfork Ranch Saturday morning beginning at 930am
  • Regular Daily and Weekend pass holders can pick up their badges at Southfork beginning at 930am Saturday.
Can I purchase autographs, photo ops and selfies on site?

  • Yes, all will be available for sale on site and you can pay with cash or card
Can I take a mansion tour?

  • Mansion Tours are available to all VIP level tickets for the weekend
  • Diamond VIP will have special tours with cast members happening after the brunch on Sun
Are photos available to get signed or can I bring an item?

  • You can bring an item to be signed or chose from dozens of photos that will be available or get your professional photo ops signed. VIP pass holders, the 8×10 is included with your autograph. All other pass holders, the 8×10 is $5
How many items can I get signed?

  • Each autograph purchase is for one autograph
How does the BBQ work?

  • The BBQ will begin seating at 530pm. It is a Buffet Style BBQ in the “Atrium” of Southfork Ranch. Diamond VIPs will sit at tables with a cast member, Gold and Silver VIPs will sit in VIP section near cast member tables.
How does parking and transportation work?

  • Diamond VIP members will have a bus pick up at the Richardson Renaissance on Saturday and Sunday morning. Two bus pick ups for Diamond on Saturday night from Southfork back to the hotel and one on Sunday afternoon.
  • Southfork has parking and valet parking available
  • Southfork has handicap parking available
Can I take photos at the BBQ or Brunch, Concert or Cocktail Party

  • You can take photos, however cast member will only be offering selfies at the cocktail party and at their autograph booths during the autograph signing. All other photos will be at the discretion of the guest and their management.
How many can be in a photo op?

  • Up to 4 people can be in a photo op
How does the “Autograph sessions” work?

  • The celebrity guests are set up at booths similar to a trade show or comic-con. They will sign photos and take selfies at their individual booths for the price listed on the celebrity page of the website.
  • You can pay them directly at their table if you have not pre-purchased.
  • Those who have pre-purchased can take their QR Code directly to the table.
  • Each celebrity will have a handler that will help you process your order and help take selfies.
  • Each celebrity will have 8x10s available at their table or you can bring your own item. VIPs have the 8×10 included with the autograph purchase. For regular attendees, the photo is $5.00
How does “Professional Photo Ops” work?

  • Professional photo ops are a great way to get a professional photo op with your favorite celeb or group.
  • You will be lined up based on the photo op you purchase. You take a quick photo and then an 8×10 print is in your hands within a couple of minutes.
  • You also receive a digital copy of the photo based on a code on your printed 8×10.
  • Detailed photo op schedule will be posted on the schedule page.
  • You can pre-purchase photo ops or buy on site
What can I eat during the day?

  • Southfork will have concessions and food available during the day.
What is the attire for the weekend?

  • For Diamond VIPs, the Friday night cocktail party is business casual.
  • For the event and for the BBQ and brunch, we recommend western wear. But there is no specific dress code.
How is parking handled at the Ranch?

  • The ranch has plenty of parking for the event, including handicap spots
  • Parking is $10 for regular spots and $25 for Valet
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Of course, all of this is an opportunity to make easy money by exploiting our nostalgia, but I can assure everyone that these prices are far below any musical, theatrical, or fair held in Italy. If it were held in my country, I would certainly have attended.

When I visited Southfork Ranch in 1992 as a graduation gift, it was almost completely abandoned, and no reunions with the actors were planned.
 
Barbara Fan

Barbara Fan

Admin
Toni said:
Susan Howard will be there too,
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Susan is no longer attending due to personal reasons and they are clutching at straws saying Janine Turner was in Dallas!

The porcelain dog should be there also!

I must be one of the few who cant stand podcasts like this inc Dallas podcasts with people talking over one another but I do miss Dallas Fanzine Roys interviews with cast

if you are going enjoy! @the-lost-son Ive done my share of them in the past but do think they are getting a little greedy at these events now and its all $$$$$$$$

The only one Id rock up for is Miss Principal and thats never going to happen.
 
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