We had never attended any Medieval Times Show, so for us it all started as a new exciting experience, which involved eating with our hands and a fun tournament! Our local Medieval Times Castle is located in Lindhurst NJ, but you can find a location near you HERE.
My son invited a friend to share this experience and I truly believe that made a huge difference and I will tell you why:
Upon arriving at the Castle and they were snapping pictures and sharing on his social channels, building excitement for what was to come! The truth is, we were all super excited!
We received our colors which determined our seating area and a crown to proudly cheer for our knight! Black and White it was!
The seating was a long table setting and our waitress, dressed the part to bring our refreshments before the King saluted us!
We were given choices for alcohol free wine and other drinks, but it was a pre-set menu. We loved the warm tomato soup with garlic bread, followed by chicken, potato, corn, and pastries for dessert! My son still talks about the corn, which appeared to have been immersed in a delicious marinade sauce! Sooooo good!
As I looked at the kids, they were tapping on the table, making noises with the plates, imitating the people in the old times! Raising their glass to toast to a fun tournament ahead!
The Tournament started, our knights were presented, followed by roses being offered to the crowd and more cheering!
As usual, there’s always a bad guy! Yes, the lord who wanted to mess up the tournament and marry the princess! No way!
The Falconry and the horse acts were our absolute favorites!
Then the jousting really began and our knights battled!
Each section of the audience would cheer for the Knight with those colors! The boys were screaming for our knight and booing the opponents!
Our Black and White knight did not win, but we truly enjoyed the jousting and battling!
At the end, the brave knight won and the foe was taken to their rightful place! The kids loved that!
I had a chance at the end to take a picture with one of the Knights, after the show was over!
The food, the music and the entertainment really resonated with the teens and brought that playful spirit and fun sense of adventure confirmed by the fact that they didn’t touch the phones, once the meal started!
So, if you are thinking about visiting Medieval Times and you aren’t sure if it’s for your teen, I hope my experience helps you book your visit soon!
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I don’t know if my kids would appreciate this kind of activity, but I would love to introduce them about the great history of the past.
That is an awesome experience! I want to visit too and enjoy everything.
I don’t have a teen yet but I believe my daughter would love this! This looks like a lot of fun.
We have a location here in Orlando, and it is so much fun. Your post brought back some good memories.
wow, that was an amazing experience for kids of this generation. I hope they appreciate the flashback in history. How I wished there would be an event like this in our place, it’s a great learning for kids.
Looks like a cool place to visit and bring kids to. They’ll probably have fun in there, exciting to experience medieval times.
So sure you had a wonderful time. My friend also just visited this place and they enjoy as well. I hope I can be able to experience this too.
This is aweomse. I haven’t been to medival times in years and wondered if my son would be too old now to enjoy it. Maybe I’ll have him pick a friend and take them for a day of fun before the summer ends. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I’ve been the medieval times in Vegas at the Excalibur hotel and it was a lot of fun. I think when my daughter gets a little older, ill take her to one of these!
I enjoy medieval time stories on books and tv series! This place looks awesome 🙂
Glad you had a great time 🙂
I have heard amazing things about Medieval Times. I have never had a chance to go but, my friends have told me it’s a must. Sounds like so much fun though, I think I’ll make it a point to go with the family.
I’ve always wanted to go to Medival Times. I grew up reading books that were mostly set in that period and I always found it fascinating.
I love medieval times, with the great food and entertainment. Sounds like you guys had an awesome time. Thanks for sharing.
So super cool. We love this place. We’ve taken our kids a few times to the one at Myrtle Beach, SC.
Superb! What a nice experience for teen. Enjoy the comoany of friends while eating and at the same time enjoy the show
I’ve only been once, and it was on a 6th grade field trip haha! It sounds like so much fun for the whole family though, which is great. I remember it being a lot of fun!
I’ve been wanting for us to watch a Medieval Times Show because I know it’s going to be fun. Hopefully we get to do it soon.
Who wouldn’t want to watch knights fight live while eating good food! I’m pretty sure my boys will have loads of fun here! I should totally take them one of these days!
We have actually been to a medieval times dinner theater. We went our pre vegan days. We actually ordered the vegetarian dish as the main dish was too meaty. We weren’t even vegetarians! Crazy that is all I really remember from our trip.
I love how fun this looks! We have one in Toronto which is not too far away and we really should try it one day but have yet to do so.
This is what you call adventure! For teens to experience these types of event are superb! This is so much fan and involvement too. Great post!
I love the food. ? it sounds and looks like so much fun, will definitely pay a visit whenever I can.
One can tell by those smiling faces that they had an amazing time.
I have never visited one and it’s not too far away from our home. Go figure! You just made me realize that I need to take my boys there since they love anything that is knight related! Thank you.
I haven’t been to Medieval Times since I was a kid. It would be fun to take my teen for sure
I went out to the one in California with my daughter. We did have a great time. I was just impressed when I saw sparks shooting after the swords were hitting each other. Even if choreographed in advance, it was just all very impressive.
Nice summary as I went to one of these about 30 years ago & maybe it’s time to try it again as it is a lot of fun.
What a fun way to learn about history! I bet you had a great time. And the food, it looks mouth-watering!
This looks like an amazing time was had by all! I wish we had something like this closer to us.
My kids love Medieval Times! Always have a great time.
This sounds so fun. I wish there was one closer to me.
What a great show for the whole family. I love the medieval times. I wish we lived closer so we can experience this.
I went to a Medieval Times Show and dinner event in junior high on a field trip. I had a totally great time!
We always enjoy our visits to Medieval Times. The show, the atmosphere and the food are amazing family fun. I think my favorite part was seeing the animals executing their performances with such precision. The falcons swooping down to the trainer’s outstretched arms and the horses prancing in unison.
Forget the teens, I love Medieval Times! HA!! I think it’s truly a show the whole family can enjoy!!
My kids would love this show too! They always beg me to check out places like this!
How much fun right!!! I have been to one dinner and show such as this when I visited Gatlinburg. It’s definitely an experience everyone should try at least once in their life!! Kids absolutely love it because they can eat with their hands and not get in trouble…and then there are the swords lol
It really is one of my favorite tourist attractions. It is a lot of fun and I love the food, lol.
We had such a great time when we visited. We had 30 teens with us and all enjoyed. Glad your teen did.
This looks SO fun!! I wish we had more stuff like this when I was a teen.
It’s so cool that you can cheer on your team while enjoying your meal! I think Medieval Times sounds fun!
Medieval Times is a fantastic way to spend the evening with your family. It was so much fun the few times we have gone. The food was so good and the show is even better.
Sounds like fun! I would like to visit this place one day, entrainment plus good food? This is the best combination.
Oh my gosh! I miss visits to Medieval Times! I remember the first time I went I was looking around for a fork to eat my dinner. I didn’t realize it would be hands only! I loved the jousting tournament. So much fun. 🙂
How fun! I have never been to a medieval times dinner, but really want to. I love the dishes they used!
Looks like ya’ll had a great time! Love how interactive it is with each side rooting for their knight. Added bonus with the delicious looking food!
Oh my goodness! I haven’t been to a Medieval Times in decades! They had one close to us when we lived in Chicago, but we never made it there. This brought back great memories so I’ll have to check and see where the nearest one is to us now.
It looks like you had a wonderful time at Medieval times! The food really looks super delicious.
We don’t have anything like this over here and I have always thought it looked absolutely amazing. I would love to see a show for myself.
I’ve always wanted to go to a medieval times event! I know I would have a good time! Not sure about my kids!
Medieval Times is one of the best places you can spend time together as a family. Nothing beats watching sword fights and horse tricks and EATING WITH YOUR HANDS! WOO!