Whenever it rains on the weekend, its always a challenge to think of crafty ideas to keep the kids occupied and engaged. Recently a friend of ours visited Medieval Times with her kiddies, and told us about their fun experience. I have plenty of childhood memories there, including birthday parties, and a middle school class trip. This weekend and with rain in the forecast, Jason and I decided to surprise the kids with a trip to Medieval Times!
For those unfamiliar with Medieval Times, it is a dinner and tournament family dinner theater experience, featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting. As audience participants, everyone is given a crown color coordinated to a horse and knight designated to your seating area. Its your job to root and cheer for your team, as you wave your flags and really enjoy a fun family night!
King Don Carlos welcomes you to dine with him and his royal court. Always a generous host, the King has commanded his royal chefs to cook his favorite meal. Medieval Times’ noble guests feast on garlic bread, tomato bisque soup, roasted chicken, sweet buttered corn, herb-basted potatoes, a pastry of the Castle, and coffee. With your meal, you have a choice of the non-alcoholic beverages of the castle. For the adults, cocktail servers make the rounds for beverages at the bar. There is also a vegetarian menu option available.
In the era when Medieval Times was set, utensils were not available, so everyone ate with their hands, and this was encouraged during the king’s show. The kids loved that they were allowed to eat with their hands and get messy, while watching the match and cheering on their knight! We were seated in the black and white knight’s section, and that evening he emerged the victor! In my many visits to Medieval Times over the years, this was the first time my team won!
It was a super fun family night, and I am already making plans to bring back my parents this summer, to relive some childhood memories with them! And don’t worry if you don’t live in the NYC metro area, Medieval Times has nine other locations throughout the US and Canada!
19 thoughts on “Bringing It Back To Medieval Times!”
I have always wanted to take my family to a Medieval Times show. What a great experience. It’s on my bucket list for sure!
What a fun place to go. My kids would love this.
We love to go to Medieval Times. It’s so much fun to watch all the horse work and battles. My husband and son love to eat with their hands. LOL
I have never been to Medieval Times but I so want to go there some day. The closest one is about two hours from me. A friend of mine went recently and she had a blast. I can’t wait until I have the opportunity to go, it looks like so much fun!
We just love Medieval Times. It’s so much fun to go and cheer for our favourite knight!
I love themed places like this. I have been to a couple of them but would love to check this one out too.
My whole family loves to go to Medieval Times. I think the jousting is really interesting to watch.
This sounded like fun! I love that everyone gets to cheer on their knight. Medieval Times is quite the immersive experience!
Medieval Times was so much fun for my family. These are some great photos of your evening. I can not wait to go back.
We are so excited to check out Medieval Times this summer. We will be close to one during our travels this summer. It looks like you had a blast.
We’re actually going to our local Medieval Times in the next few weeks. I can’t wait for the kids to see what it’s all about. I think they’ll enjoy it!
It’s definitely an awesome experience and I love that the kids get to experience it as well. It’s exciting and it’s something new! It’s also very entertaining especially for the children.
My kids are always asking to check out things like this. We have a similar place in MA, but this might be a little funner.
We have never been to Medieval Times, but want to go next time we are vacationing in an area that has one. Looks like a great time for the whole family.
We went a couple of months ago and had a blast! The kids really enjoyed the shows and so did I!
Medieval Times is so much fun! I have been to the one in Myrtle Beach and I really enjoyed it. I cannot wait to go back.
Medieval times is always such a fun time. I love the kings feast.
Medieval Times is so much fun! Escaping to another time and watching the show is awesome. Glad you guys had fun.
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