Renaissance Festival

Well – we finally made it the Festival.. We were so impressed when we went to the Halloween Haunted Houses, we decided that we would definitely come back for the medieval stuff.

We got a bit worried when the traffic was backed up on the interstate. Hubby was convinced we would get there and find the park full and was considering turning back. I called the park while we were sitting in line for the exit. They said this was normal (??) and no the park wasn’t full but with the nice weather they were expecting it to be a busy day.

It took almost 45 min to get off the interstate and go the 1 ½ miles to the park. When we got there it seemed like we got the last parking spot available. Yet, when we got to the ticket booths we got our tickets and got in no problem at all. The only thing that worried us was the t=line up for the women’s washroom, but other than that the ark didn’t feel crowded at all.


We stopped by the knife throwing act – it was pretty good. The kids were really impressed. Next the kids snuck through the crowds to get up to the fence and watch the jousting. They said it was ok – we didn’t see much of it, but we caught a few glimpses of the armor and they knights looked very impressive.

Next we caught a balancing act. They guy looked way too old for the stuff he was doing. He actually fell off the ladder on his first attempt. It certainly made for an exciting show after that. I really thought he was going to hurt himself.

We spent a while walking around and checking out the different booths. The swords were great – they even let the kids hold some of the big ones and explained that they were created for the movies – they would have never been used in history – just too heavy to wave around for any length of time. After picking one up, I agree.

The most amazing thing about the place were the costumes – not just the staff and the actors, but the other guests. Some of them were very elaborate and others made you want to bleach your eyeballs.

The boy spotted one guy walking around in amour that was covered in metal spikes. He asked him for a picture and I don’t know who was smiling more- The Boy or the armor guy. He seemed genuinely pleased that The Boy was impressed with his costume.


All in all it was a great day.