Arabian Nights

08/13/07

Is it Arabian or Gypsy or is Western - could not tell - Hang on to the dinner rolls they are the best thing to eat.

by taxfiddler at Citysearch

I was expecting an Arabian Romantic Story with wonderful horsemanship. NOT

It began as a western, then some Arabian content and story line was awful, then back to western, it kept flip flopping between the two. If I had wanted Western I would have went to the Dixie Stampede. Some of the riding was interesting, the black stallion sene, walk in the desert, was ok. But the ever switching between Western and Arabian story, was distracting and irritating.

The food was nothing to write about, the dinner rolls were the best part of the meal.

My wife and I left about an hour into the show along with several other couples, we chatted outside about how the web site hyped up the Romantic Storyline that just never delivered. The only thing good about the VIP admission was better seating.

Would recommend you Runaway, quickly. Spend your money on the many other things to do in Orlando.

• Pros: Cool Black Stallion
• Cons: Dinner, Show, Everything else

07/11/07

Vomit-inducing food, Groan-inducing show

by dcmarkham at Citysearch

There are certain things in this world that you can justifiably and reliably judge people's QUALITY OF TASTE and SENSE OF GOOD VALUE on based on their opinion of it. For example: if someone tells you that "Alien Vs. Predator" is one of their all-time favorite movies, you can reliably make the judgment call that that person has horrendous taste in movies, as well as zero sense of valuation of what separates a good movie experience from cinematic defecation. Arabian Nights is the kind of place that you can make this kind of judgment call about others. It is Dinner Show defecation. Consider this: it costs almost as much to get into any Orlando theme park as it does to attend an Arabian Nights show. Therefore, when it comes to VALUE and TASTE, Arabian Nights ought to deliver FOOD and EXPERIENCE worthy to rival an entire day at one of Orlando's quality theme parks. Strangely enough, there are reviews of Arabian Nights that say "You're not going for the food! You're going for the experience!" Since when is the food in a "Dinner Show" NOT part of the experience? I'll cut to the chase... I'm an Orlando native, so I've experienced much of the good and bad that this city has to offer. And Arabian nights is pretty much the WORST. The food and the show are torture -- torture that I paid theme-park-sized money to experience. Insulted and disgusted, I and my entire family left within 90 minutes after it started. At least 3 other couples or groups were leaving at the same time, muttering swear words under their breath as they described their experience. I must also note that servers (ours was NOT the least bit friendly nor helpful) make it perfectly clear that they expect a generous tip from you. It's like your teenage kid sloppily rushing his daily household chores, while constantly whining that he fully expects you to give him $50 after he's done doing all this "incredibly hard work". Tourists, STAY AWAY!! Orlando has SO MUCH BETTER TO OFFER!!

• Pros: If you enjoy paying the price of a theme-park admission for horrible dinner and a pathetic show, then there is ONE pro
• Cons: food, show, price, service, fascilities, costumes, dialog, actors, horses, etc.

07/12/05

Tourist Trap

by lordarkan at Citysearch

Being natives, the only reason we even considered heading out to Arabian Knights was because I scored some free tickets. From the minute we walked in the door we couldn't stop laughing at how the decor and the staff all screamed tourist trap. The show was horrid and the food was only moderately better. We figured that the only reason they're still in business is because they don't depend on repeat customers, only first-time suckers.

08/13/03

Awful!

by swpea at Citysearch

The food was In-edible. The first and last 10 min of the show was the only parts with an "Arabian Nights" theme. The rest was nothing but a wild west show...very disappointing

12/09/02

Save your money

by esined at Citysearch

We waited for over an hour in a smoke filled waiting area. The show was horrible and not an Arabian Theme story. Food was mediocre, I could tell vegetables sides where frozen, not fresh. The waited took a long time for soda refills.

• Pros: good parking
• Cons: crowded waiting area, overpriced, overrated

10/18/02

Definetly Disagree

by sarahann328 at Citysearch

The lighting was toooo dark to see your food, which I think may have been a good thing. The food choices were limited and the show lacked real entertainment. I would not return.

• Pros: none
• Cons: food, show

10/17/02

Must have been bribed

by JJK1107 at Citysearch

My family and I went to the Arabia Nights dinner show and it was atrocious. The food was mediocre at best. When we were served it was luke warm. The show consisted of poor night club style lighting with some ( not much ) catchy music and horses running in circles. If you want a special dinner show evening with that someone special, there are many other choices that will give you a better show and food.

• Pros: some music, cant see food, unlimted wine
• Cons: hard seats, poor show, bad staff

07/20/02

Avoid VIP seats

by kinoyuto at Citysearch

We purchased VIP tickets, and the VIP seats were on the second floor (Skybox). When the actors/actress came below us, they became completely invisible to us, and this occupied about a quarter of the stage ground. The actors/actress almost ignored our seats and they even did not look at us. The skybox is shielded by glasses with pillars! This means that the pillars interrupted the vision and that we could not hear the players voices directly, and players could not hear our applause. We felt like we were in a cage and watching a TV show. I strongly discourage people from purchasing VIP tickets.