Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Report by Tom Drynda

This show is a wild and exciting show obviously themed around the American Wild-West Cowboy days. Get your tickets early (there is a discount for MKC card-holders). There may be two shows per day (check at Guest Relations or at your hotel). Plan to start queuing at least an hour before the show is due to start. You must purchase your tickets beforehand. How early you purchase your tickets depends on the day you go, and which show you intend to see. You can purchase your tickets well in advance by phoning the reservations number shown in section 4.2 (it's the same number used to reserve hotel rooms).

You don't get allocated seats until you enter the building just before the show. I'd advise anyone going to see this to start queuing fairly early as the earlier you get your seats, the closer to the action you are.

The tables aren't really tables as in a normal restaurant, but just a bench that can hold about ten people with a long table in front of you over which you see into the arena. The tables all overlook the arena and so everyone has a good view.

The 'table numbers' are coded by colour letter and number. The lower the number, the closer you are to the action. The letter defines the sector in your team area in which you will sit, and the colour defines the team you will support during the show. The team colours are representative of American ranches:

Golden Star Ranch, Texas
Blue Moon Ranch, Wyoming
Green Mountain Ranch, Montana
Red River Ranch, Colorado

After being issued with our hats, we passed through to the extremely large bar having our photo taken officially on the way. The bar is truly enormous, but fills up quickly. Order a beer as soon as you get there. You could order a beer in their souvenir beer glass which is in the shape of a cowboy boot. You can also order cocktails here.

If you want to order wine with your meal, you have to go to a smaller bar that you pass on the way in before you get to the main bar.

Pre-show entertainment and cowboy training takes place before the arena is loaded. The entertainment we had was the band appearing at Billy Bob's Country and Western Nightclub in Disney Village (currently The Dooby Brothers). They played a number of country and western songs and took us through "How a cowboy cheers" (lifting your 'chapeau' off your head, waving it in the air and shouting YAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO at the top of your voice) and a host of other fun-type things. This really sets you up for the show.

The loading of the stadium takes place a colour at a time. The colours are green, red, yellow, and blue.

I don't really want to spoil the fun of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show by giving away too much detail here. Just let me say the food was very good, the beer (or cola) was as much as you could drink (whenever the staff came 'round to your table with their pitchers) and the entertainment was funny, exciting, and in short it was one of the best evening's out I've had in a very long time. Do not miss this. DO NOT MISS THIS ON ANY ACCOUNT!

The current price is FFr 295 for adults, FFr 195 for children, including meals and beverages.

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