Arabian Nights

Its funny how I stumbled across this review website and its even funnier how this show is even reviewed on it. I went to it back in 2005 and back then it was THE WORST show I have ever been too. I believe they just use anything to get you into the show because it was packed. How can so many people (including me) be SO stupid. We were promised the best show on earth on our last night before flying home when in fact I would rather of just had an early night. The stunts were poor quality. The "steak" was cold sliced meat. The "endless supply of wine" was a poor mix of juice and something slightly alcoholic which was served if you managed to get one of the waitresses attention.

Back to the show. I just dont get why there were American flags everywhere? why the stunts were terrible, the performances poor and WHY Americans find it funny?

A whole stadium full of people duped into believing they were going to have some kind of entertainment. One of the worst shows ever? Even worse than that I am afraid !

Too far from other Orlando attractions. Not worth the trip, stay in town

Inconvenient transportation

I have been in show business for a long time and I fail to understand how this show could be rated the number one show of it's type in Orlando. After thinking about it, and that didn't take me very long, this show and dinner was one of the very worst I have ever had. In fact so bad I am seriously giving consideration to backing a show of my own to replace it. Some of the highlights of the show on 1/31/2008 included a rider who fell off a horse 4 times while attempting to do a flip and land on the horse. He finally gave up and was followed by a rider who attempted to jump through a flaming hoop. This performer both missed the horse on the other side of the hoop and also set fire to his hair. The story line in the show was at best high school quality. The horses were paraded at a level that showed at best average control with no higher level of horseman ship being evident. Entry to the show that included a magic act, reminded me of something you might see while standing in line at a county fair. The props and scenery were very amateur like and certainly not done by a professional. The food was nothing to write home about either. I had a NY strip that was absolutely terrible, very TV dinner like and like the rest of the meal. The beer they served was also bad. I went to the bar and bought my own. After drinking half of my beer the waiter came by a filled the glass with what I think was water before I could stop him. I just laughed and prayed it would all be over soon.

What a waste of a night. The magician before the show started is the highlight of the night. Arabian Nights - expect something of Arabian culture - instead got a convoluted tale involving Santa Claus and a runaway prince. Extremely poor, fourth rate circus horse show, horses not very well treated if they did not perform correctly. Riders not at all competent. Free beer, wine and soft drinks but all were cheap awful watered down yuck. Food not much better. I recommend that you spend a night somewhere, anywhere, but here - get a DVD and watch Ben Hur.

Arabian Nights Orlando, Florida USA: I had read that this was the best of the best Orlando shows. I was very suprised how tacky and unpalatable it was (both the show and the food). My 6 and 10 year old liked it, but my husband and I would have walked out.

Amazing how Arabian Nights show can be packed for two shows per night, the amount of people who are catered for is awesome, I can't imagine the smooth running of such a show in the UK, the Americans certainly are best at this type of show. The romantic story is a bit limp but it made up for when the absolutely beautiful horses arrive, the night is made up of as much coke a cola, wine (which is a type of rose) or beer as you want, a starter, main meal, and at the end of show you get a piece of the wedding cake. I would have gone for just the show, and the meal was very good considering how many people have to be catered for in a set time. Book it on line for a good discount on your tickets, we booked through the travel agent Thompson and were picked up from our hotel on International Drive and taken there and back by coach. Here's the link for a taster, make sure you have your sound on the pc..

http://www.arabian-nights.com/index_high.html

Enjoy!