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- From: schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu
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- Subject: Horsey DinnerTheatres, what I saw
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 21:07:40 GMT
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- The earlier posting on the horsey dinner theatre, while I don't have
- answers to your questions, reminded me that I had been to a few
- down in Florida over a year ago while we were on our honeymoon.
-
- We went to three dinner theaters which reflected my tastes/interests
- more than Peter's, but oh well, he liked them too. We went to Medieval
- Times, Arabian Nights, and King Henry's Feast (or something like that).
- The last one didn't have any horses :( but it was very entertaining with
- jugglers, fools, the works. This was Peter's favorite, just because we
- were so much closer up and could see a lot more.
-
- Medieval Times down there is muchlike the earlier description. I must
- admit I was a bit upset when I noticed that the swords were easily
- bent! But, I suppose that's for safety purposes!! It was pretty good, but
- we were way up near the top so we couldn't see much. The tables were
- on tiers so you could see, just couldn't see as much as the folks way
- down in front. We did see an accident though. One knight's horse ran
- INTO a corner, the knight fell into the crowd, saddle went flying to the
- middle of the arena AND the bridle broke. Somehow I don't think that was
- planned as the WHOLE show stopped dead and medics ran onto the scene
- (modern day ones). Fortunately the knight and the horse were fine, but
- there was a few minutes lapse as the tack was replaced! I think they'd
- better check their tack more carefully next time!!! That knight ended up
- being the 'winner' that night too! My knight didn't win. :(
-
- But, my favorite of the three was Arabian Nights. It centered on a princess
- dreaming of horses (gee, sounds like me!...always dreaming of horses). They
- had several different 'skits' that covered the world in the time allowed. They
- had a really nice looking Appaloosa, think he was blackand blanketed, who did
- a drunk routine with his rider, now THAT was good!! Did some very nice moves
- before they 'got drunk' too. They also had a chariot race, barrel
- riding, Spanish
- riding, Arabian costumes, etc. I have the souvenir book at home if
- someone is
- really interested all in what they had. But the highlight of the evening
- was when
- they brought The Black Stallion out, claiming it was "Walter Farley's
- Black Stallion"
- very nice horse, but wasn't the horse in the movie a mare?? ;) At the
- end they
- let a WHOLE bunch of mares and foals loose in the arena and you could go
- up
- and pet them. They had the actors/actresses positioned around the arena
- to
- answer questions/take pictures whatever. It was connected with some
- big
- Arabian farm, because during the day you could tour the farm (we didn't
- get
- around to that though...too busy at DisneyWorld). I can't remember if we
- got
- silverware with our meal or not, but Isure did love those heavy pewter
- (?)
- dishes we got!! And it was a fun show.
-
- All three were good, but if you could only go to one, I'd got to Arabian
- Nights! :)
-
- Kay & Horseless Crew
-