In June, we spent a week down in Orlando. Jonathan joined us for the first part of the week and while he was down, he and I took Rosemary and Ben to Medieval Times to celebrate the end of the school year. We studied the middle ages this year and thought it would be a fun way to wrap things up. When we were at the homeschool convention, we found out that Medieval Times had a homeschoolers discount, so we got our tickets for 50% off, which ended up being less than what we would have paid with a Groupon, so yay!
We arrived early and headed into the castle.
The entry was pretty cool with the suits of armor.
Painted ceiling.
We took a few pictures in the main hall while we waited.
Soon, we were called into dinner. We were yellow (hence the yellow crowns) and were seated at the far end of the arena. As we walked up the stairs, we passed murals that were made to look like the Bayeaux Tapestry.
We were on the top row (at least for that night, there was an empty row behind us), but still could see pretty well.
I have to say, the food isn’t what made this night so fun. It was novel to eat without utensils, but the food was not gourmet.
Ben did enjoy the tomato soup, though.
Soon, the tournament started and we were all into it. I didn’t realize there would be so many knights competing.
From our seats, we had a great view of the king and princess.
And we had a great view of the falconer.
Our knight. Yay!
Rosemary booed the other knights.
Our knight made it to the top two, they they dueled it out with some hand to hand combat.
It was quite suspenseful!
But our knight won!!!
Yay, yellow knight!
We even got our picture with him at the end of the night!
So much fun!
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