Medieval Times
I had posted this the other day and for some reason it never made it through....So here's a repost of the experience at Medieval Times...
Rachel and I went to Medieval Times up in Maryland on Saturday. The show and atmosphere was pretty awesome. The outside is designed to look like castle walls, the inside is nicely decorated with suites of armor, swords and cobblestone walkways and walls.
When you check in you are handed a colored crown. Rachel and I received a black and white crown which meant our section was represented by the knight wearing the same colors. Before the show starts, they have a large waiting area which is kind of like an indoor courtyard. For a fee, you can be knighted by the king. Most of the people getting knighted were celebrating birthdays or anniversaries.
After waiting around about 45 minutes, we were finally able to go in and sit at our table. We handed our ticket to the usher and she pointed us down to the front row! SWEET!!! If we were at a football game we would have been seated around the 30 yard line. Great seats. After sitting for a few minutes we were greeted by our “wench”. She was a cute young Asian girl. Not cute as in being hot, cute in a childlike way. For a small girl, she sure had a set of lungs on her. She pretty much screamed most of the instructions out. She explained that if you wanted Pepsi you should flip your mug handle out towards the arena, if you want iced tea you turned your handle in towards yourself. A few minutes later she came out with a huge tray of pitchers of Pepsi and iced tea. She couldn’t have been more than 4 foot 11, but she was pretty damn strong. I don’t know how she walked up and down the steps and poured drinks without spilling stuff.
The first course was soup. The poor wench had this giant kettle of soup that she had to lug around. I felt so bad watching her lug that thing around. A few minutes later, she came back and served us some garlic bread, followed by half a chicken, spare ribs and a half a roasted potato. The funny part about eating there is that they don’t give you any utensils. So you have to slurp the soup from your bowl, rip at the chicken and ribs with your fingers, and down the potato like a caveman.
A few minutes later the bar wench came by. $24.00 for two mixed drinks in a commemorative hurricane glasses. Yikes. The drinks were tasty and not watered down, but not worth $12 a piece.
The show featured some horse tricks, where the horses did some fancy gallops and stood on their hind legs and things like that. Then the knight came out and did a skills competition of sorts. They suspended these rings from the ceiling and the knights charged at the rings with their lances to see if they could pick up the ring with the lance. It was amazing how fast the horses gallop. It was pretty tough catching the action with my camera. The combination of the low light and the fast action made it a real challenge. I’ll try to post some photos soon. They did a few other skills like this sort of javelin throw on
Horseback. They had a target setup and each knight, one by one would charge at the target and thrown the spear. The black and white knight did well in the skills competition, but his weaknesses would soon be revealed when he battled other knights.
About an hour into the show the knights begin jousting. That was really neat. It’s pretty insane how hard they hit one another. The falls off the horses were somewhat controlled, but the impact still looked quite hard. The wood tips at the end of the lance splintered into a thousand pieces when they collided. With a shield or armor. The black and white knight did poorly. He got hit the first pass, but stayed on his horse. The 2nd pass, he wasn’t so lucky. He flew off the back of his horse and quickly scrambled to grab a sword. The other knight turned his horse around and quickly struck the black and white knight on his shield. The 2nd knight then jumped off his horse and charged the dazed black and white knight with a mace. CRASH!!!! CRASH!!! CRASH!!!! The black and white knights shield was bent like a U after the pounding he took.
The the other knight eventually all squared off against one another until only one knight was left. The sword fights were really cool. The swords hit so hard as some points sparks flew. I don’t know how the knights and the horses don’t get hurt more often. A few times when they were fighting on horseback it looked like the horses were going to get clobbered by the swords. Eventually one knight remained and the section he represented went nuts.
It was a fun evening and definitely a unique experience. It’s just unfortunate the black and white knight was such a pansy. I recommend Medieval Times to anyone looking for a filling meal with great entertainment.
Rachel and I went to Medieval Times up in Maryland on Saturday. The show and atmosphere was pretty awesome. The outside is designed to look like castle walls, the inside is nicely decorated with suites of armor, swords and cobblestone walkways and walls.
When you check in you are handed a colored crown. Rachel and I received a black and white crown which meant our section was represented by the knight wearing the same colors. Before the show starts, they have a large waiting area which is kind of like an indoor courtyard. For a fee, you can be knighted by the king. Most of the people getting knighted were celebrating birthdays or anniversaries.
After waiting around about 45 minutes, we were finally able to go in and sit at our table. We handed our ticket to the usher and she pointed us down to the front row! SWEET!!! If we were at a football game we would have been seated around the 30 yard line. Great seats. After sitting for a few minutes we were greeted by our “wench”. She was a cute young Asian girl. Not cute as in being hot, cute in a childlike way. For a small girl, she sure had a set of lungs on her. She pretty much screamed most of the instructions out. She explained that if you wanted Pepsi you should flip your mug handle out towards the arena, if you want iced tea you turned your handle in towards yourself. A few minutes later she came out with a huge tray of pitchers of Pepsi and iced tea. She couldn’t have been more than 4 foot 11, but she was pretty damn strong. I don’t know how she walked up and down the steps and poured drinks without spilling stuff.
The first course was soup. The poor wench had this giant kettle of soup that she had to lug around. I felt so bad watching her lug that thing around. A few minutes later, she came back and served us some garlic bread, followed by half a chicken, spare ribs and a half a roasted potato. The funny part about eating there is that they don’t give you any utensils. So you have to slurp the soup from your bowl, rip at the chicken and ribs with your fingers, and down the potato like a caveman.
A few minutes later the bar wench came by. $24.00 for two mixed drinks in a commemorative hurricane glasses. Yikes. The drinks were tasty and not watered down, but not worth $12 a piece.
The show featured some horse tricks, where the horses did some fancy gallops and stood on their hind legs and things like that. Then the knight came out and did a skills competition of sorts. They suspended these rings from the ceiling and the knights charged at the rings with their lances to see if they could pick up the ring with the lance. It was amazing how fast the horses gallop. It was pretty tough catching the action with my camera. The combination of the low light and the fast action made it a real challenge. I’ll try to post some photos soon. They did a few other skills like this sort of javelin throw on
Horseback. They had a target setup and each knight, one by one would charge at the target and thrown the spear. The black and white knight did well in the skills competition, but his weaknesses would soon be revealed when he battled other knights.
About an hour into the show the knights begin jousting. That was really neat. It’s pretty insane how hard they hit one another. The falls off the horses were somewhat controlled, but the impact still looked quite hard. The wood tips at the end of the lance splintered into a thousand pieces when they collided. With a shield or armor. The black and white knight did poorly. He got hit the first pass, but stayed on his horse. The 2nd pass, he wasn’t so lucky. He flew off the back of his horse and quickly scrambled to grab a sword. The other knight turned his horse around and quickly struck the black and white knight on his shield. The 2nd knight then jumped off his horse and charged the dazed black and white knight with a mace. CRASH!!!! CRASH!!! CRASH!!!! The black and white knights shield was bent like a U after the pounding he took.
The the other knight eventually all squared off against one another until only one knight was left. The sword fights were really cool. The swords hit so hard as some points sparks flew. I don’t know how the knights and the horses don’t get hurt more often. A few times when they were fighting on horseback it looked like the horses were going to get clobbered by the swords. Eventually one knight remained and the section he represented went nuts.
It was a fun evening and definitely a unique experience. It’s just unfortunate the black and white knight was such a pansy. I recommend Medieval Times to anyone looking for a filling meal with great entertainment.
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