The air is crisp and clear, all is quiet except for the occasional sound of the burner disturbing the perfect serenity that surrounds you. You float majestically somewhere between the trees and heaven watching life drift slowly past below. You take it all in, and think just how perfect this day has become and how awesome this experience is, and you wonder, why didn't I do this sooner??
Our balloon adventures begin at sunrise and just prior to sunset when you arrive at the meeting locationWe meet at: 2700 Ridge Point Drive, High Ridge Missouri 63049 . From there we will transport you a short distance to our launch site where you will be able to watch us inflate the balloon. Soon after that we will lift off for a peaceful journey lasting approximately one hour. After your flight, when your feet find their way back to earth, the Balloons Over the Rainbow crew will be there to greet you and help you celebrate your voyage with the traditional champagne (or sparkling cider) toast, commemorative flight certificate suitable for framing, and memories to last a lifetime.
Adults: $219 $195
Kids 6 - 14: $150
Duration: Allow 3.5 hoursFrom the time we meet until we return to the meeting location.
Flight Time: 45 min. - 1+ hour You will be in the air 45-60 minutes or longer depending on weather.
Occupancy: 12 max.
Champagne / Sparkling cider
Commemorative flight certificate
Adults: $800 / couple in privacy
Duration: Allow 3.5 hoursFrom the time we meet until we return to the meeting location.
Flight Time: 45 min. - 1+ hour You will be in the air 45-60 minutes or longer depending on weather.
Occupancy: 12 max.
Champagne / Sparkling cider
Commemorative flight certificate
Adults: $219 $195
Kids 6 - 14: $150
Duration: Allow 3.5 hoursFrom the time we meet until we return to the meeting location.
Flight Time: 45 min. - 1+ hour You will be in the air 45-60 minutes or longer depending on weather.
Occupancy: 12 max.
Champagne / Sparkling cider
Commemorative flight certificate
If you prefer to book by phone, please call 314-402-8010 between 8 am - 7 pm daily. Customer service representatives are happy to help!
* Kids pricing ONLY available when purchasing from balloonsovertherainbow.com.
* Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a fare paying adult.
* Kids discount and Special Offers can not be combined with any other specials, discounts, or 3rd party offers.
Balloons Over The Rainbow provides Hot Air Balloon Rides in the St. Louis Missouri metro area and is locally owned and operated.
The pilots involved in Balloons Over The Rainbow each have perfect safety records, a current flight review, and are commercially rated for your safety. Nothing is more important to us than your safety and enjoyment during this once in a lifetime experience. We will not compromise your safety or the quality of service we deliver.
We know you can always find someone out there cheaper, especially online, but you will not find a company more focused on your safety and the quality of your hot air ballooning experience than Balloons Over The Rainbow!
Our balloon flight gift cards don't expire making them the perfect gift that will be remembered forever!
Enter Discount Code: 2018 when booking or purchasing to receive $24 Off adult rates.
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We will never forget, and are grateful for your service. The least we can do is offer anyone currently serving, or who has served a 10% discount for them and any other adults accompanying them. Discount only applies to military, police, fire and EMT. You must provide proof of service in the form of a military ID, DD214, a badge or ID card. Should you not have this proof on flight day, the discount will have to be removed and full price of flight will be charged.
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* Kids discounts and Special Offers can not be combined with any other specials, discounts, or 3rd party offers.
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All passengers must be able to climb in and out of the basket, stand for the entire flight, and possibly walk out of a field if necessary. We cannot fly any passenger who has had recent surgeries or broken bones, hip or knee replacements in the past two years, is pregnant, or is unable to stand for the duration of the flight. Children must be a minimum of 6 years old and any passenger under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Maximum individual weight is 280 pounds / 127 Kilograms / 20 stone. Your safety is our main concern. If you are concerned about any health issues, please consult with your physician prior to scheduling or call our office to discuss your individual situation.
All flight certificates are emailed within 24 hours of order receipt. If you are unable to receive and/or print the flight certificates via email, please call us and we will mail the certificates via US Postal service. When US Postal Service delivery is requested, we will ship them within 48 hours of order receipt.
Simply present the flight certificates and other paperwork to whomever you intend to give the ride, and have them contact us to schedule, or they may schedule on our website using the codes on the flight vouchers. Since we will not know to whom they have been given, we will not contact you to schedule. It is your responsibility to make sure the recipient contacts us to schedule their ride. Please ask the recipient to have a calendar handy when calling so we can pick a mutually agreeable time. If we are unable to fly the first opportunity for any reason, they can contact us to reschedule at their convenience. Flight Certificates issued by us do not expire unless they are forfeited or were donated by us for a charitable donation. Any charitable donation certificates will expire 1 year after the issue if no expiration date is on the certificate.
Once your reservation is completed, and you have received a confirmation from us, you are confirmed for that specific day's flight. The email confirmation will include the flight status line number to call before your flight. You are required to call that number at the time indicated in the email to get the status of your scheduled flight. The flight line will inform you of three options: 1. that the flight is a go, 2. on a weather hold, or 3. canceled. It will also provide instructions about how to proceed based upon the flight status. If the flight is on, it will include the meeting time at our welcome center, the address of our welcome center, and hotel pickup information for those who reserved round trip hotel pick up transportation. Please note hot air ballooning is weather dependent and that we do expect all guests to be in the local area prior to your flight; to avoid being late or missing your flight please make necessary preparations. Orlando Balloon Rides will not be responsible in the event you do not arrive for your flight. This is true even if the flight is placed on a weather hold. If something changes on our end, such as weather, we will amend the flight status line, so please check the flight status line one more time in the morning prior to leaving for the welcome center. It is your responsibility to ensure we have a valid contact phone number and you are available. Please arrive at the given meeting location on time. We will leave for the launch site approximately 10 minutes after the meeting time. If you are not present, you will be considered a no-show. Please see the policy below on no-shows. If the weather is unsafe to fly, we will work with you to reschedule your flight.
A "No-show" is anyone who fails to show up for a flight after scheduling a flight. No-shows have a substantial impact on our business. As a result of no-shows we either flew an aircraft only partially full, or we didn't fly at all. Either way we incurred the same expense to fly whether we were able to fly you or not, therefore a no-show will result in a forfeiture of your flight fee, certificate, voucher or deposit and we will consider our obligation for that flight to be fulfilled. No refund will be possible since we incurred the cost of the flight in your absence. Please make sure to allow sufficient time for arrival at the meeting location, and call us if you are running late. If you are using a third party certificate of any type to pay for your flight, that voucher will be redeemed and considered used and you will not be entitled to a refund from that third party agency. Should you manage to get a refund from them, we will charge the card you provided us at scheduling for your flight fee. There are no exceptions to this policy under any circumstances.
Weather is always a concern and does force cancellations and rescheduling of flights. If it clearly isn't going to be safe to fly on your date and time, the flight status line will announce this as soon as the decision is made before the flight. Please call us the next business day to reschedule your adventure. If the flight is on, we will provide specific meeting times and locations for the morning's adventure. If the weather forecast isn't clear for the next morning, we will place the flight on a weather hold and ask everyone to call about 1 hour before the morning's expected meeting time to get an updated forecast. At that time we will let you know for sure if the flight is on. If we must cancel your flight due to weather, simply call us to reschedule your flight. If you are unable to reschedule, and you paid us directly for your flight, please call us for your options.
If you cancel at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled flight, there is no penalty and you may reschedule. If you cancel with less than the required notice, or fail to show up the morning of your flight, we will charge the full amount to the card on file as a cancellation fee, or your flight certificate, voucher or prepayment will be considered forfeit and you will not be allowed to reschedule that reservation. No credit will be given in any way for cancelling with less than the required notice or for no-shows.
All flight certificates and prepaid flights purchased directly from Balloons Over the Rainbow are fully refundable within one (1) year from the date of purchase as long as either no flight has been scheduled, or you cancel your first scheduled flight at least 48 hours prior to flight time. All refunds will be issued to the original purchaser in the original purchase method (credit card purchases will be refunded via the same credit card) if possible. If not, a refund will be issued via company check. No refunds will be issued to no-shows, those that show up intoxicated, or anyone whose flight certificate, flight, or voucher has been forfeited for any reason. No refund will be granted after one (1) year from sale. Even if the certificate is not refundable, as long as it hasn't been forfeited or used, it can still be used. There are no exceptions to this policy.
f you are eligible for a refund, we will process the request within 7-10 business days. If your flight was purchased through any third party, you will have to discuss any refund request with them. We are not able to provide refunds for any third parties for any reason.
We are pleased to accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express, and cash. We do not accept checks as a form of payment.
You will hear all kinds of crazy things when you start shopping for a balloon ride. Some of the things we hear that are shared with potential guests are just completely wrong, some are bold faced lies, and some of the stuff is just downright comical. Our view has always been that part of our responsibility is to educate anyone who is looking for a balloon ride, and help them make an educated and informed decision on who to fly with, even if they don't in the end choose us.
Fact: All balloon ride companies are required to have F.A.A. certified commercial pilots in order to fly passengers for hire, It's the law.
Fact: All balloons are inspected annually or every 100 hours, whichever comes first to the exact same safety and maintenance standards as a brand new aircraft, regardless of the age of the aircraft, It's the law.
Our FAA certified commercial/instructor pilots are seasoned, professional experts in hot air balloon flight. Each Balloons Over the Rainbow pilot has an excellent FAA safety record. In keeping with FAA regulations, which hot air balloon pilots are required to do, each pilot undergoes a rigorous training program in order to earn his/her pilot license through the FAA. Each pilot must then "renew" their ratings every two years by taking a required Flight Review (exam) administered by an FAA commercial balloon pilot. We value our passengers' safety as well as our own, and thanks to strict federal regulations, hot air ballooning is one of the safest forms of aviation today.
Flight Vouchers make the perfect birthday, Christmas, anniversary, wedding, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, graduation or Valentine gift. They are emailed within 24 hours, and are fully refundable at any time prior to check-in for your first scheduled flight. More...
Champagne Flight Vouchers and Private Flight Vouchers are emailed within 24 hours of order receipt. If you are unable to receive and/or print the flight certificates via email, please call us and we will mail the certificates via US Postal service. When US Postal Service delivery is requested, we will ship them within 48 hours of order receipt.
All of our flight certificates are fully refundable at any time prior to check-in for your first scheduled flight. All refunds will be issued to the original purchaser in the original purchase method (Credit card purchases will be refunded via the same credit card) if possible. If not, a refund will be issued via company check. No refunds will be issued to no-shows, those that show up intoxicated or anyone who has forfeited their flight certificate for any reason covered in these policies. Additionally, no refund will be granted after one (1) year of no contact either from the time of initial sale, or for one (1) year after a cancellation of a flight. This does not mean the flight is forfeited, even if you call us after not hearing from you for more than 1 year, we will still schedule the flight and honor the certificate. It is just no longer eligible for a refund. Please note though that we dispose of all records after ten (10) years. Flight certificates are considered abandoned and are discard after ten (10) years of no contact and are then considered forfeited.
In short, just stay in touch with us so we can get your ride accomplished. We want to fly someone for every certificate sold and will work with you however possible to make it happen, but honestly, after 10 years of not hearing from you, we are going to give up.
Once you have your flight certificates, present the flight certificates and other paperwork to whomever you intend to give the ride to and have them contact us to schedule. Since we have no clue who you give them to, it is your responsibility to make sure the recipient contacts us to schedule their ride with a calendar handy. If we are unable to fly the first opportunity for any reason, they can contact us to reschedule at their convenience.
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Don't take our word for it. Read what others have to say!
"Incredible Experience!"
"This was an absolutely incredible experience! The views were breathtaking! It is something we will always remember doing and would definitely be interested in doing again. The pilot and crew was knowledgeable and really friendly! Highly recommend this to anyone! "
"Fantastic!"
"This was a fantastic experience. Everything about this was great, from making the reservations to final moment. This company is so professional and they make the ride so enjoyable, answering all of your questions, giving you interesting little tidbits about the area. I would highly recommend this company. It was just a fantastic experience."
"Grandma's Bucket list!"
"This company is terrific. We took my 95 year old mother on this flight as part of her bucket list and she loved it. There was five of us total. They assisted her in getting into the basket and showed us all a great time. Very knowledgeable pilot. Saw the balloon being inflated and deflated (very interesting). Would highly recommend this company."
314-402-8010 (8 am - 7 pm daily)
We meet our passengers at: 2700 Ridge Point Drive, High Ridge Missouri 63049