MN Renaissance Festival

We try to get out to the Renaissance festival every year. Every year we try and see new shows and to change things up a bit. We took advantage of the BOGO offer the first weekend. As soon as we pulled in to the parking lot and saw the castle gates my two year old light up. The only problem was once she went through the gates she still wanted to go into the castle.

There was a lot to see and do there for people of all ages. She of course got to get some ferry wings and somehow suckered her mom into buying her a crown as well. The look on her face made it all worth it. Unfortunately the ferry queen was on lunch break so we were not able to see the new ferry wing forest. We were all a little curious as to why the ferry queen needed to be present in order for us to enter the forest, but there is always next year. We saw some very good shows and we even saw some of the royal court before we left.

If you are going with young kids, I recommend bringing a backpack full of juice boxes, water and other snacks. They have a lot to choose from at the concessions, but they are more geared towards the older patrons.