Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Buena Park, CA

I brought my 19 year old daughter and of her friends here for dinner and the show while we were in town for VidCon. I paid for the Queens Royalty package and I felt it was worth it. However, if you are on a budget and doing area theme parks, etc, just the general admission ticket would probably be fine, too. When you arrive you check in and depending on your ticket you are corralled into either the VIP Red Carpet with your lanyards and badges or the regular side. From there you are brought into the tower where you are given a crown with your knights colors and coordinating table assignment cards, then you are ushered into either get your picture taken with the royalty or a green screen background (my daughter chose a background). We then took the tour of medieval torture devices ($2 extra), it’s super short and fairly disturbing unless you are into that type of thing, I’m still not sure how I really feel about it. Then you go into the main hall where there is shopping for all sorts of souvenir goodies as well as adult and virgin beverages. The slushees all start out non-alcoholic and they are fantastic, and we purchase the souvenir glasses with them as well. The Master of Ceremonies (Marshall or whatever he is) comes out with the Queen and does some knighting of guests. If you want your child to be knighted it costs about an extra $30, but they take a picture, and that is a souvenir as well. Great for younger kids. One you are called to dinner everything moves right along. Everyone gets the same meal (unless you’ve requested vegan), and three choices for drink: water, soda, or ice tea. The food is good, no silverware in medieval times so be prepared to eat with your fingers or not at all. 😊 The show is well done. The treatment of a few of the trick horses concerned me a bit, but I’m assuming since its California they check on that closely. I still don’t like the guy that is the main trainer for that, he did not seem in control and unnecessarily aggressive a few times which seemed to make most of the audience slightly uncomfortable. The knights all did superb jobs with their mounts and I saw nothing but kindness from them and willingness from their horses to perform, most of them seemed to rather enjoy it. A few times it was hard to concentrate on the actual storyline/premise of the show because there seemed to be an undercurrent of inside jokes and whatnot going on between members of the crew, which was kind of unprofessional and ruined the mood. But, I could just be being overly critical. All in all it was a fantastic evening, highly entertaining and recommend for the whole family. The cast does come out after the show and will take pictures and autograph banners and my crew loved that.

Consider buying the Royalty package for a few dollars more. You will move through the line faster and have preferred seating. The wait staff are very attentive and will work with you if you have allergies or if you wish a veggie meal. You WILL be caught up in the action and entertainment. Those who have a love of horses will be amazed at the grace and talent of these lovely creatures. Those who are history buffs will be amused with the costumes, weaponry, sword play and the chivalry of these brave knights. Kids will be mainly focused on the action and will be cheering for their favorite champion. Do wash your hands before you are seated as the meal is "hands on" this gives you an idea how food was eaten back in the day. Very entertaining, worth the money and I would see it again if the opportunity ever arises again.

My daughter, son-in-law and grandson (age 7) and granddaughter (age 6) attended Medieval Times on June 23, 2019. The food was great - the show awesome - my grandkids loved it - highly recommend it! A fun family time together.

Our kids absolutely loved the show. Very well trained horses and the food was good. Kid friendly and fun

Great show with variety. Had a lot of fun. Meal was simple but hugh and very tasty. (Tomatosoup, chicken, cake). The only two things I dislike were that I didn't realy understand what the Queen and the chanclor said and that some horses aren't shown in a good level of training (single rider, schools above the ground). But nevertheless - it was great.