🎡 The Gutter Report: LFTG Visits The Big E — Family, Food & Ferris Wheels
📸 🏆 FROM THE GUTTER TO THE THRONE — standing tall at The Big E.
LFTG pulled up to The Big E this year, but it wasn’t just another report — it was legacy in motion. For the first time, ApeX Media Group — the company me and my daughter are building together — took its first official trip. On the surface it was rides, food, and crowds, but underneath it was something bigger: father and daughter making memories while planting the seeds of empire.
🍴 The Food Breakdown
NOLA Blackened Shrimp Meal – $18
Even lukewarm, that bitch was bustin. 8.5/10. If it came out hot, easy 9. And I’m a tough critic.Turkey Leg – $18
My mom was feening for this all week. She loved it. 10/10 in her book.Lamb Gyro – $18
We brought this home for my brother. He said it was aight — gave it a 7/10.Cheese Fries + Chicken Tenders – $12
Daughter’s pick. Happy plate, no complaints.Dasani Water – $4
Highway robbery, but fairs gonna fair.Burger – $10
My pops said it was trash. Compared it to White Castle and not in a good way.Fresh Lemonade (Souvenir Cup) – $10
Came in its own Big E souvenir cup. My mom gave the lemonade itself a 6/10, but the cup made it worth it. My pops turned it into a finesse mission, sliding back for free refills all day.Vanilla Oreo Milkshake – $8
My daughter locked in on this one. Sweet, thick, and she loved it.MooNugs – 4 for $10
Frozen maple/bacon hunks covered in white chocolate, rolled in frosted corn flakes, and served with dipping sauce. We grabbed chocolate + marshmallow. My mom, pops, daughter, and I each had one — and those bitches were bussin. 9.5/10.
📸 🍨 MooNugs official promo shot — ice cream disguised as nuggets, straight heat.
🎢 The Ride Lineup (Credit Costs)
Sky-High Super Wheel (Ferris Wheel) — 21 credits each (42 total)
My favorite. Views for days, peaceful moment above the chaos.
📸 🎡 The Big E Wheel towering over the crowd.The Zipper — 12 credits each (24 total)
Straight madness. Cars flipping, spinning, unpredictable every second.Himalaya — 15 credits each (30 total)
Fast, whipping spins with lights and music blasting. That shit was fun as hell.Gravitron (Alien Abduction) — 12 credits each (24 total)
My daughter’s favorite. You walk inside, lean on the pad, and the spin glues you to the wall like you’re in outer space.
📸 👥 Crowds packed deep at the Midway, lines stretching forever.
🎟 Ride Credit Math
Sky-High Super Wheel — 42 credits
Zipper — 24 credits
Himalaya — 30 credits
Gravitron — 24 credits
Total: 120 credits
I bought 140 credits for $60 and had 20 left at the end. My daughter wanted to give them away to another kid, so we did.
👥 The Crowds & The Chaos
If you’ve ever been to The Big E, you already know — the crowds are huge. Wall-to-wall people, lines that feel like they stretch for miles, and music blasting from every corner. It’s overwhelming, but in the best way — everywhere you look, it’s families, couples, groups of friends, just beautiful people vibing together.
But it’s still the gutter, so drama always finds a way in. While me and my daughter were waiting in the long-ass line for the Ferris Wheel, we got front-row seats to some ghetto shit. Two ladies started going at it — one with her man holding up the line, the other there with her two daughters heated because she thought the line was moving. Words got exchanged, tempers flared, and before long the lady with her man was wildin’ on the other one, going back and forth loud as hell: “Bitch, the line ain’t going nowhere!” and all that yatta yatta yatta. It was type funny, but me and my baby just minded our business and stayed in our lane.
📸 🎶 The Big E Midway — music blasting, crowds vibing, beautiful people everywhere.
💯 The Vibe
We took the official entrance photos — my daughter even kept the hard copies. Family shot with my mom, pops, and her was a win.
At the end of it all:
I call it 10/10 every year.
My mom says “fuck the Big E” (but she’ll admit that turkey leg and MooNugs were fire).
My pops says the burger was trash but he finessed the lemonade refills, so balance restored.
My daughter? Already asking to go back.
The Big E might drain your pockets, but the memories hit harder than the price tags.
Not for clicks — for clarity.
Good morning and Godspeed.
— Elliott Carterr
