Quote: Originally posted by Mountain Runner on 24/4/2008
When you get through the gates, how do you decide which of the shows you are able to see? Are the various shows on once or several times during the day?
Cheers again.
You will get handed the program for the day as you go in. The best thing to do here is to find a quiet spot and sit down to read it and decide what order you're going to do things in. For instance the Colosseum show is only on once per day but others are on two or three times. And while you don't want to be running up and down the length of the park too often, bear in mind that most folk will head for the two big shows (The musketeer thing and the Battle of the Donjon ) first but that they are on later as well.
Have to say I thought the musketeer show was not nearly as good as most of the other ones. (This from the woman that went to watch the Viking one twice on the same day, you understand.) The Colosseum, the Viking show and the bird show are unmissables, the Battle of the Donjon nearly as good. There are other small shows like the puppets and magic shows but these are ones to fit in round the main shows.
The other places are walk-rounds, so you do them between times. I liked the Rennaisance village but I'm an adult...most kids would be a bit bored. The underground son et lumiere thing about the Huganots (sp?) is great fun ...nice and cool too. The Medieval town and the Dark Ages/Viking village are great, and there's a huge breeding area for the birds which is open part of the day, but not immediately before the bird shows.
Most of the other folk there will be French or at least not English, with a slightly more flexible attitude towards queuing than us. But more good natured and friendly than the average UK queue, has to be said! There are low level gates for the disabled and in some shows you're allowed to take buggies in as well through these gates. In others you have to park the buggy.
At the bird show you're told very firmly that you're not to eat in the arena, for obvious reasons! Some folk don't seem to quite grasp this though so the ushers will come up and be quite firm about it. It's a safety thing. Similarly you have to sit quietly and not start swapping seats or going to the loo half way through, as it disturbs the birds. Wearing a hat is a good idea because the smaller birds do get encouraged to land on you. You can indicate you don't want this and the handlers will respect this, but occasionally a bird will just take a fancy to you.
Most of the shows do invite a few members of the audience to participate, btw. You have to be the right sex, right age and in at least one case fit enough to run around a bit...I'm pretty sure they also choose French speakers too, so they can communicate what they want you to do. My family love getting stuck in so we're always the ones at the front waving our hands around to be noticed and being embarrassing (you should have seen Hubby and I at the Brittany Ferries magic show....) but we've not been picked yet, alas.
I've never been to the evening show yet so no tips there. We've always felt that after a very full day at the park we're just not up to a long late evening plus a drive home, especially as Small Miss is still only six. In another couple of years we'll make a point of camping close and doing the evening show.
Cheap ticket tips? I've seen offers in the supermarkets on bottles and packets of the "Free child with one full paying adult " kind. Also there are sometimes flyers with 10% off coupons at the Tourist Information offices. It would not hurt to ask. However for the kind of day out you get for your money it's definately very good value and I've never begrudged the entrance fee, not like some places.
HTH. Anything else I've forgotten?
Topic: What`s so great about Puy du Fou?
I must say, it looksfar more attractive in the brochure [IMO] than on the website - and it looks huge! Definately peaked my interest now!
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