Medieval Times Dinner Show Orlando
When visiting Orlando, go out and get Medieval with it! At the Medieval Times Dinner Show, you do just that, or actually the performers do it for you.
You and your guest will have a chance to journey back to a ruthless and cruel era in the world’s past. A time, in which, the strongest and wealthiest ruled, it’s a pre-Darwin survival of the fittest.
Before entering the royal dinning area, you will be required to stand and experience what it would be like to be common folk during the Middle Ages. There are many things going on during the pre-show performance, including the SELLING of drinks, merchandise, trinkets and other unique accessories during this period, all highlighted by a small performance enticing the crowd to get into character too. However, our role is to become the peasants of the time. Even the seating is like being designated a specific class of society, where special seating garners better views of the performance, as would better classes of society give you better privileges. Go ahead, upgrade to VIP, it’s worth it.
Once you have a seat in your right class, I mean color, you will be amazed how large the place is and you will not even notice that there are around 1,000 people in attendance. The entire audience is all anticipating the live performance and slowly being brought into this other world. Every age is able to enjoy the setting, no matter how WWE it is, sorry Hulk Hogan.
From the servers to the bar tenders, everyone is in costume. They work together to help create the suspension of disbelief, by playing dual roles as performer and restaurant employee. You kind of don’t even realize that they are working both characters but look closely and you will see Rachel pouring you beer one minute then parading on stage with a giant flag the next. I can only imagine the infighting of employee’s egos colliding, where the performer ‘onlys’ feel greater then the typical waiter or server. That’s just my imagination, enticed by this cool setting viewed by a former bar tender and ‘Super-server’. Go Olive Garden, Hops, Outback, Friday’s, and Chillis, just to mention a few.
As the performance begins, the pace is perfectly orchestrated. In no particular order, you will be offered, to upgrade your chicken to white meat, name brand drinks from the bar, all sorts of photo packages and useless trinkets that you might buy just for the sake of Greenspan. It was a little much and slightly distracted me from the performance I came to see and imitate for hours later. Otherwise, the food and the show was better then expected, but seriously where is the silverware?
The best part of the evening was seeing the competition of the knights on horses and the fighting scenes. For just a few minutes, the knights rode horses and displayed more technical skills necessary for battle. Two such events were while riding a horse the knight must position the joust perfectly to pluck a small ring off a string. The other is while riding a horse, the knight must strike a small target with his joust in the center. Each of these skills is more interesting and respectful then a rehearsed battle scene, not that there is anything wrong with it. But don’t Titanic everything.
The food is delicious even though you have to eat it with your hands. Pretending your at a BBQ or tailgate in South Carolina, and use-your-hands. The menu includes garlic bread, tomato bisque soup, roasted chicken, spare rib, herb-basted potatoes, pastry of the Castle, coffee and two rounds of beverages.
Medieval Times is worth ever bit of what it might cost you to do it right. Get the photo, buy the souvenir, DVD, and the VIP package, treat your self like the king. You will remember it forever or at least the kids will. Medieval Times is suitable for all ages.
You and your guest will have a chance to journey back to a ruthless and cruel era in the world’s past. A time, in which, the strongest and wealthiest ruled, it’s a pre-Darwin survival of the fittest. Before entering the royal dinning area, you will be required to stand and experience what it would be like to be common folk during the Middle Ages. There are many things going on during the pre-show performance, including the SELLING of drinks, merchandise, trinkets and other unique accessories during this period, all highlighted by a small performance enticing the crowd to get into character too. However, our role is to become the peasants of the time. Even the seating is like being designated a specific class of society, where special seating garners better views of the performance, as would better classes of society give you better privileges. Go ahead, upgrade to VIP, it’s worth it.
Once you have a seat in your right class, I mean color, you will be amazed how large the place is and you will not even notice that there are around 1,000 people in attendance. The entire audience is all anticipating the live performance and slowly being brought into this other world. Every age is able to enjoy the setting, no matter how WWE it is, sorry Hulk Hogan.
From the servers to the bar tenders, everyone is in costume. They work together to help create the suspension of disbelief, by playing dual roles as performer and restaurant employee. You kind of don’t even realize that they are working both characters but look closely and you will see Rachel pouring you beer one minute then parading on stage with a giant flag the next. I can only imagine the infighting of employee’s egos colliding, where the performer ‘onlys’ feel greater then the typical waiter or server. That’s just my imagination, enticed by this cool setting viewed by a former bar tender and ‘Super-server’. Go Olive Garden, Hops, Outback, Friday’s, and Chillis, just to mention a few.
As the performance begins, the pace is perfectly orchestrated. In no particular order, you will be offered, to upgrade your chicken to white meat, name brand drinks from the bar, all sorts of photo packages and useless trinkets that you might buy just for the sake of Greenspan. It was a little much and slightly distracted me from the performance I came to see and imitate for hours later. Otherwise, the food and the show was better then expected, but seriously where is the silverware?
The best part of the evening was seeing the competition of the knights on horses and the fighting scenes. For just a few minutes, the knights rode horses and displayed more technical skills necessary for battle. Two such events were while riding a horse the knight must position the joust perfectly to pluck a small ring off a string. The other is while riding a horse, the knight must strike a small target with his joust in the center. Each of these skills is more interesting and respectful then a rehearsed battle scene, not that there is anything wrong with it. But don’t Titanic everything.
The food is delicious even though you have to eat it with your hands. Pretending your at a BBQ or tailgate in South Carolina, and use-your-hands. The menu includes garlic bread, tomato bisque soup, roasted chicken, spare rib, herb-basted potatoes, pastry of the Castle, coffee and two rounds of beverages.
Medieval Times is worth ever bit of what it might cost you to do it right. Get the photo, buy the souvenir, DVD, and the VIP package, treat your self like the king. You will remember it forever or at least the kids will. Medieval Times is suitable for all ages.
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