Earlier this summer I had an experience unlike any other: Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament! Thanks to CAA Rewards we were treated to an afternoon of fun, food and fighting! Well, more like dueling, on horseback, with knights. See where I am going with this? Men on horseback, dressed as valiant heroes, all while feasting on a four course banquet. Now we are talking!!!
Medieval Times takes a step back in time to the 11th century where guests of the castle are welcomed by the King and his daughter, the Princess. From entry via the great hall, to our ringside seats, no detail is overlooked. I loved that many of the young guests were dressed up in costumes befitting a time long ago. My daughter and our friends were not quite into dressing up, but the two girls, Emily and Mackenzie, jumped at the chance to participate in Knight’s Training! Until November 16th children can sign up for Knight’s Training where they will watch a weapons demonstration by the weapon’s master! Emily and Mackenzie were able to practice certain moves and learn about the intense training it takes to become a knight!
Emily takes aim!
Our valiant knights 🙂
Once training was over we took our seats for the dinner and tournament. My guests and I were seated in the red section, very close to the King’s throne. Once the Knights were introduced the place went nuts with all of the guests trying to out-cheer one another for their respective knight! The energy was great, the show was non-stop.
My, I mean our red knight..
For two hours we enjoyed dining on yummy garlic bread ( I scored an extra piece ’cause I was hungry!), tomato bisque soup which was really good ( you can trust me on this one folks. I am not a lover of tomatoes, but I loved this soup!), baby dragon ( also known as roasted chicken), spare rib, herb baked potatoes and pastry. The best part was we ate everything with our hands! After all everything at Medieval Times is authentic to the 11th century and they did not have utensils back then..
The tournament itself was pretty amazing to watch. We were able to cheer on the red knight as he displayed his talents at jousting, swordplay, hand to hand combat and horsemanship. We were entertained by dancing horses and the skills of the castle falconer. The show moves along with no interruptions, but the story, set in Medieval Spain, never lags. The costumes of vibrant reds, yellows, blues and more are very detailed and there are plenty of opportunities for photos.
From start to finish I was truly impressed with Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. We were served by the friendliest wench I have ever met and even given early entrance to accommodate the cane I was using. The castle is full of artifacts and there is the usual plethora of souvenirs to be had. Emily even got to spend time in the medieval torture museum! Our afternoon at Medieval Times was fabulous and I would return in a heartbeat.
Did you know that as a CAA member you can not only save on the purchase of tickets to Medieval Times, you can also earn CAA Dollars, which can be used for many things, including your membership?!
So tell me, would you eat baby dragon? 🙂
FT&PD
Suz
We went to Medieval Times last winter and had a blast! I hope to get the family back again, soon and will remember my CAA card for sure ( I love saving money)
It is a great place to take the family, especially the kids. They can scream and yell to their hearts content, LOL
Have our tickets and ready to go. we are taking our Grandson Nathan for his 5th Birthday and his sister Emily too
Awesome, enjoy!
I’ve never gone to something like this before! Looks like a great experience.
It really is!
I’ve never gone to a place like this before but it sure looks/sounds like an amazing time
Tons of fun!
I took my boys age 3 and 1 this year – they had a blast. And I have to say I was pretty impressed with how good and filling the meal was!
it was a great meal, for sure. that soup was heaven!
This looks like so much fun! I keep meaning to take my son to Medieval Times.
You will love it!
It just a great post. xxx I have never gone to such places before.
It is so much fun!
OMG, that seems to be such a great experience, I have always wanted to live in Medieval Times and be courted by some valiant knight. This tournament was so authentic, judging by your awesome photos, people were eating with bare hands.. I would love to see the swordplay and chivalry combat live! Lucky you!
It was a great time, thanks Vanessa 🙂
I am much impressed from location, a good place for outing with child !!!!!!!!!
It sure is!
We have such things in Portugal annually. It’s always an interesting event.
Sweet!
Went there many years ago and it is a great night out. Goblets, wenches, and fighting; my nephew loved it.
Yup, it’s lots of fun!
This experience is so cool! I’d really love to bring my kids for this activity, someday~~~
They would love it!
It looks like a really fun and awesome event! I’ll love to experience this some day.
You would love it!
Very exciting to eat in front of Valiant Knights in Medieval Times. It’s very good idea for this event. Fernando Lachica
We had a wonderful time Fernando!
Sounds like a fun event.. Taking you back in history and giving you an old world feel!
Yes, it really did..
This is cool. I hope that we have this kind of event here in the Philippines. I find it cool 🙂
You would love it!
How I love to attend such event like this. I am fascinated with medieval stuffs, if only I could be a part of King Arthur’s Round Table. ha,ha,ha…
That would be a lot of fun!
I’ve always wanted to go there, looks like an awesome time!
You would love it!
What a unique and fun way to have the perfect family activity! I must admit I’ve never been to one and I’ll surely sign up if there’s something similar here in Sacramento.
Yes I would eat a “baby dragon”, it’s one of the favorite meats in our household 😉 And willing to eat it medieval-style too with bare hands as we grew up in the Philippines eating like this instead of utensils.
I hope you can find one near you Karen. I know they are located all across North America!
I would love to be able to take my son to a tournament! It would be such an amazing experience!
As a Game of Thrones addict, this will surely be in my itinerary when I visit your country. My sons will want to join that knights training as well.
That’s great!
Knights tales in jousting are really fascinating. It’s nice that the medieval times is being relieved here.
It was so cool to attend!
This is amazing! It would really be nice to be able to take part of something unique like this. What an experience!
We had so much fun!
This is definitely unique and a must try one of this days. 🙂
You will love it!
It looked like so much fun! How I wish we have such events here at Malaysia.
It was pretty cool!
This is really cool! I watched a jousting show when at Leeds Castle a few years back. Now they have all sorts of cool attractions there
The food was pretty great too 😉
wow! Never see this before but it looks fun 😀 Love this post 😉
It was great!
sounds like it was a great experience
Thanks, it was!
this looks like it would be a blast for the whole family! fun!
It totally is Anne!
This is one of my favourite places to visit in Toronto!
I know so many people who have been to this & had the greatest time! I would love to see this show. I enjoy Game of Thrones & other medieval themes so this would be fun! and yes I would eat the dragon!
I find myself reading this post again,i really think i would enjoying doing this.I have put off so many things over the last 25 years because of my MS …..i need to change that!
Medieval Times have been added to my bucket,someday i would love to take in a show!