Spending the day with The King of Medieval Times is not  a very common thing for our family to do, but yesterday we had to the chance to mingle among the royalty right at Turtle Back Zoo.

Medieval Times(Lyndhurst,NJ) spent the day at Turtle Back Zoo(West Orange, NJ) as one of their fantastic summer zoo events.

The day was grand as our family got to chat with knights, the princess, and the King himself. They were all on hand to celebrate Turtle Back Zoo’s newest attraction, the Komodo dragon. Since it is the year of the dragon it was a great combo. My family and I  along with crowds of spectators had the chance to see demonstrations of exactly how the knights at Medieval Times use their swords and shields.

The clank of sword to sword and sword to shield really sent the crowd into wildly chanting for the knight of their realm! After each of the demos the lucky crowd gathered to see if they were one of the two lucky 4pack ticket giveaways to Medieval Times! With each demonstration another 8 tickets were given away. I’m happy to say that no one left empty handed. Both adults and children were given crowns to wear to support their knight which included a discount ticket. There was also a Medieval Times cap giveaway!

The King, Princess, and knights were  on hand to meet and greet and take photos with anyone that approached. A unique opportunity that is a little tougher to get accomplished at the Medieval Times castle itself.

Of course our trip would not have been complete without visit the one and only Komodo Dragon housed in New Jersey! I expected to see a ferocious beast, but I must say he was quite adorable.

Of course, that was from the “other side” of the glass!

If you have a chance to get over to Turtle Back Zoo, don’t miss it! It’s  a wonderful day out with the family with plenty to do.

Medieval Times is located in Lyndhurst, NJ. It’s another don’t miss on our list of fun!

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Diane Sullivan