![]() ![]() Once we received our tickets and team color (yellow!), we were free to wander the grounds until the next show. Make sure to visit the special offers page on the Medieval Times website before purchasing - there are some great deals, including buy one-get one ticket offers! I received complimentary tickets as part of a media visit, but the standard pricing is below. Upon entering the castle there are kiosks where you can purchase and/or pickup tickets. While we’ve taken many trips to Walt Disney World and the surrounding theme parks, we rarely make our way down 192 (Vine St.) in Kissimmee.Ĭhecking in for our dinner reservations was quite easy. When we arrived, my daughter was taken aback by the fact that this was a real place. For good measure, I invited my mom along to relive the experience she had with me some 30 years prior – Medieval Times is celebrating its 30 th anniversary in 2014! Now that I have a daughter of my own, I thought it would be fun to pay a visit to Orlando’s highly rated “dinner & tournament” during spring break. She claims that we attended the dinner show at some point in my childhood, but I have no recollection of it. I remember begging my mom to visit ‘the castle’ on multiple occasions during our weekend stays in the area when I was growing up. The wife or widow of a knight.Medieval Times has been an Orlando landmark since I was a little girl. The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor and gallantry toward women.ĭame: A woman holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country. Squire: A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.Ĭhivalry: The medieval system, principles and customs of knighthood. Page: A boy who acted as a knight’s attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood. The pictures were to represent the animal as a symbol: Lion, Bear, Boar, Eagle, Horse, Dragon, and Griffin. They were not drawn to look three dimensional, but were shown as if they were flat. The basic rule is “metal on color or color on metal, but not metal on metal or color on color.” This means that the field (the background) on the shield can be either a metal or a color.Īnimals were frequently used as a main charge. Traditional Colors: Black, Royal Purple, Emerald Green, Royal Blue or Sky Blue, Bright Red In a society where few people could read and write, pictures were very important. Coat of Arms The insignia on the Medieval Times knights’ clothing is based on authentic coats of arms from the middle ages.ĭuring The Middle Ages, knights used a coat of arms to identify themselves, which was especially useful in battle. A knight’s code of conduct included: mercy, humility, honor, sacrifice, faithfulness, courage, utmost graciousness and courtesy toward women. (In France, knights are often called chevaliers.) Knights were known for their masterful skills with horses. The word was taken from the French version of the Latin word for horse (cheval). The principles and customs of the medieval knight were categorized as chivalry. The pattern and colors on the flag were often repeated on his shield and on other items belonging to the knight. Full suits of armor made of plate steel came into use around 1400.Įach knight had his own flag or banner that identified him on and off the battlefield, called a coat of arms. Swords, daggers and sometimes lances were the weapons of choice. Knights typically wore better than average clothing, but wore chain mail, helmets and partial suits of armor only in battle. Squires assisted the knight in battle training and exercises, and often became knights themselves. ![]() Knights required attendants to handle the knight’s several horses, maintain and hand him his heavy weapons and shield, assist him in mounting and dismounting the horse and guard his prisoners. Since these horses were expensive, only wealthier men could afford to become knights. This radically changed how conflicts were waged at that time. Knights began fighting while riding large and powerful horses called warhorses. Our knights at Medieval Times train tirelessly to get their choreographed fights looking as authentic as the epic battles of the middle ages were. Knights were considered elite soldiers in battles, wars and crusades, but when not in such situations, they usually acted as law enforcement officers of the local lord’s court or that of the queen. Most knights were required to be at least 21 years old. The knight was given a sword, a pay raise and, frequently, a plot of land. Kings or lords would raise a soldier to a knight by lightly striking (dubbing) the knight’s shoulder with the flat of his sword. ![]()
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