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A Dinner For The Ages

So last night I went to the single best restaurant in the world, “Medieval Times” dinner and tournament. Oh yes, I lived in Buena Park for almost 4 years and I never went, I should be shot for such an infraction, but alas, I made up for it last night, and had a great time.

Because I am a big spender I got the royalty package, so yeah I feeling high, planning on having myself a big & rich time. We get there, and there is somewhat of a line, I guess even after being here all these years, a lot of people still show up. Which reminds me, I should mention that I went here once way back in the day. Back in the 7th grade, we went as part of a school field trip, which was fun, you get to take most of the day off of school and see the whole Medieval experience, and any time I got out of class was a good time.

So back to the present. We get there nice and early as they request, 5:45pm. We wait in a line outside as they check everyone in. Then they check us in, and we are shuffled off to the mandatory photo op with “King Alfonso.” The scary thing being Amy was almost taller then the King, yikes, I guess they keep the historical heights of the middle ages too. Anywho, after the mandatory picture taking we are then left to our own devices in the great hall of the building. However, all you can really do there is either drink or buy stuff. We chose to drink. Apparently in Medieval Times they had strawberry daiquiris, and boy are they good, those wenches can sure make a strong daiquiri. Amy and I then hung out, they had a nice garden area, and a fun little gift shop. We basically just sat around and waited. Every now and then they had a little “Knighting” ceremony where they took someone and knighted them. I guess you just paid for it and then they gave you a scroll and took your picture while you are being knighted.

Eventually after then milk all the money out of you, on trinkets and booze, they round you up and you get to go into the arena. We were assigned the Warrior Priest, the Black & White Knight. And we got to sit in the front row, since we were in the royalty package, plus we also got like the soundtrack, a little gift book, and a banner. Good times, I felt special.

After we got seated, it pretty much consisted of a bunch of horse riding, sword fighting, and smoke effects. I could go over the whole story, but I don’t like typing that much.

The food was surprisingly good. Remember that there were no utensils in Medieval Times, hence there are no utensils at Medieval Times. You start off with some Pepsi (Yeah, Pepsi was around back then, although I could have had beer), then you get vegetable soup, followed by garlic cheese bread (No salads back in the old days), then you got a half roasted chicken, followed by a spare rib, and half of a seasoned baked potato. Then for desert it was an apple pastry type thing. All in all the food was quite good.

Overall the experience was really fun. Maybe it was just the booze, but I had a real good time. As did Amy. It would be even better with a big group of friends. Oddly enough I think it would be great to have like my bachelor party there…..that isn’t gay or anything ..right?
posted by Raymond at 9:56 AM