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]] Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament is a chain of Dinner Theater s which stage Tournament s in the style of the Chivalric contests of the High Middle Ages . The company is privately held and headquartered in Buena Park , California . The original Medieval Times opened as El Castillo del Cid in 1984 in Kissimmee , Florida —amidst initial skepticism. Since then it has opened eight (soon to be nine) additional locations primarily in Suburb an areas of North America , all modeled on the first. The Andalusian Horse s featured in the shows are raised and trained at the company's own Chapel Creek Ranch in Sanger, Texas . THE SHOW Customers pay for the dinner and show on a single ticket; after purchasing, they gather for pre-show entertainment outside the venue at a "castle" bearing external resemblance to an 11th Century northern Europe an Castle . Each castle has a capacity of between 1,000 and 1,400 patrons. Upon admission, patrons are seated at tables encircling a large indoor arena, in which the performing Knights engage in Jousting as well as Sword Fighting and individual and Equestrian skill games. The house is divided into four (six in some locations) sections, each assigned a different color, and the audience members are encouraged to cheer for knights who wear the same color (an authentic nod to traditions of Courtly Love ). Dinner is served in courses, without Eating Utensil s, as the audience is to eat with their hands in "medieval fashion" (historically knives were customary). There is no menu to choose from rather a typical meal for all consists of vegetable soup, garlic bread, bone chicken, one potato, one rib, an apple pastry, and Pepsi, iced tea, beer and/or coffee; a kingly feast by medieval standards, with only the Potato , Pepsi , and Coffee being Anachronistic . Dinner and show are designed to last two hours. POP CULTURE In the 1996 Movie '' The Cable Guy '', Jim Carrey 's character entertains a customer played by Matthew Broderick at a medieval-themed show. The scene was filmed at the Medieval Times location in Buena Park , California near Knott's Berry Farm . In the 2004 Movie '' Garden State '', one of the characters who works at the New Jersey Medieval Times wears a full suit of mail around the house and is jokingly called a "Fast Food Knight" by another character. EXTERNAL LINKS
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