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Our vacation for a week to Cape Cod was cancelled last minute and we had put the time aside for family. We decided to take our own advice and do a week of “adventures” from our day trips page. I will recount each of our trips for you to help you to decide if the trip is one that you might make with your family on your next “adventure.”
Our first trip was to the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, NY. We had a great time. It began this past weekend and goes through the end of September. I have wanted to take (A) for quite some time now, but was afraid that he was too young. He was a great age this year at 4 and from what we saw, it will be even cooler as he gets older.
(A) in time out, Renaissance Style.
There are several things you should keep in mind:
- Go to your local Walgreens and pre-purchase tickets (they are $5 cheaper).
- Kids 5 and under are free!!!
- If you have a little one, bring your most maneuverable stroller as the roads are dirt and bumpy. There is plenty of room to get around there with one.
- Bring your cash (the line at Ye Olde ATM was really long). Most places there also take cards if you forget so don’t fret.
- If you plan to have one of those olde time family pictures done, I recommend doing that right away, it takes a little while for them to edit and print it, so much easier to do it and then go back later for your memory than to wait around for it with kids asking when you can move on.
- Check the calendar of events they have some really neat things that they do (arrival of the queen by boat, jousting, magic show, to name a few). If there is one that you might really enjoy (or the kids) you want to make sure that you get there in time.
We winged it for the most part. As our kids are pretty young we opted to go and walk around enjoying the atmosphere, playing games etc. We didn’t think that they would sit really well for most of the shows. Some highlights??
- (A) got to pet dragons both real and fake (little lizard dragons, and puppets). Really neat because he loves “How to Train your Dragon” which is really hot right now with his age group.
(A) gets to pet a puppet dragon.
(A) holds a REAL dragon.
- Souvenirs: (A) purchased a shield and battle ax, and (E) got a flower crown, which we can bring with us next year.
(A) chooses his weapons.
My pretty maiden.
- RNYD actually took an olde time photo with us ;O)
- The Mead in Cider was delish!
- Actors are so friendly! They stopped us several times to play with (A) and (E) and have cute conversations, they pose for pictures and in that heat too!
An actor stops to play with (A).
- Great games to play for all ages (probably 3 and up). There were several that he was a little too young for, but in the future he cannot wait to play. (A) particularly liked the ping pong ball crossbow.
(A) and daddy with the ping pong crossbow.
(A) slays a dragon.