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This years circus was not like any other Barnum & Bailey circus that i have attened in the past. There was no excitement. It was just boring and bland. there was not 3 rings, few clowns and few trapeze artist. Even though my seats were low enough to see everything, they way the circus was setup, my view was minual.I would not recommed this circus!
The show was awesome. My daughter is still talking about it.
Very disappointing…the show was not what it used to be. I went approximately 5 years ago when RBBB circus came to town and it was extraordinary…it was an action packed event. There was always a big distinction between Al Shryne circus and Barnum & Bailey circus…not this year! What has happened? Did RBBB change ownership?
This circus was a great show for all ages. Very enjoyable.
It was entertaining but not what I expect and have received from my past Ringling Bros Circus shows. I missed the info before I bought the tickets that said it was just a one ring circus. I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had not been to so many other Ringling Bros shows that were so great; I expected the same from this one.
We have attended Over the Top and Zing Zang Zoom in Miami during last 2 years. This was a miniature version. The stage was poor, performers were fumbeling a lot. Fewer performances and animal. Simply felt loke a run on the mill under the tent circus which you can see for $5. Shorter duration.
This is the first time in over 40 years of seeing the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus that I can sadly say, I was disappointed. It was a mini version of what I had seen for years. One ring, limited acts, just a scaled down show. The ticket prices did not seem scaled down. I will go again and take my grandchildren.
I was disappointed with the show. As the mother of a young child, I was looking forward to the clowns and things to keep him interested. The humor of the "clowns" was lost on the kids so it seemed like there were long stretches of time where he was bored. He did like the animal acts and the magic was great. There was excessive dancing and time fillers. Also, the souvenirs were way overpriced. With money being tight for everyone, $10 for cotton candy or $20 for a souvenir light toy is a little crazy.
We were very disappointed in the entire afternoon. First of all, our seats were horrible. We were 1 riser up from the floor and people seated on the floor next to the stage blocked our view so anything going on on the actual floor....like lions doing tricks was pretty much non existent for us. The show itself was the weakest circus I have ever seen....small and acts very marginal at best. The prices on everything sold there were horrendous....just absurd! $10.00 for cotton candy???? come on...this is a show for children. I think we were taken advantage of. This was clearly about someone making money and not entertaining children. My husband and I took our 3 yr old granddaughter.......spent $38.00 each (including her ticket), $51.00 on food, $10.00 on a program that was a joke and $20.00 on a wand. So, the evening cost us $195.00 plus parking downtown. We will not be going back. You asked for it, you got it. Big waste of money!!!!!!
This was a scaled-down version of the circus I remember as a kid. It was only one ring, and felt like "America's Got Talent--The Circus Version". The high-wire act was only 7 feet off the ground, and the trapeze artist (singular) spent only 3 minutes in the air going from one trapeze to the other one time and that was it. I don't remember ever seeing the dog or cat acts at other shows, although they were good. The clowns were actually boring and there were several times I wished for the big X from the tv show to stop the act and move on.
Was very disappointed. I remember going to the circus as a kid and seeing the 3 rings and so much going on you didn't know where to look. This time it was 1 small ring and not very many animals. I was excited about our seat b/c they were the first row head on to the ring but when we got there they had floor seating that pretty much blocked our view.
I knew I was in trouble when they closed the section I bought tickets for and moved us. It was awful. The show was sooo slow getting started my child got bored. I was not impressed they have geared this show for a pre-teen aduience. It is not family friendly at all.
The tickets were way overpriced for how poor the show was. Where were the clowns?! It was mainly guys in little leotards with their stomachs out dancing around! The animal shows were of poor quality as well. Bottom line-if you're going to charge that much for tickets ($34.75/ticket) put on a good quality show!!! We will not be back to see Ringling Bros!
It was a lot of fun, but not your typical "3 ring" circus. Only one ring, heavy on the acrobatics with a little majic and animals thrown in. Entertaining but short in duration and average on most of the acts.
Excellent show!! This was the 2nd time that we saw it and it was just as wonderful as the first time!!
Ringling Bros. was awesome-kept the whole families attention and everyone had a fabulous time!
I suppose that the problem was that I went into the circus with high expectations. It is after all, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. The greatest show on earth. When we vsited the website for Illusicination beforehand we left with the impression that David DaVinci would be doing magic with his arsenal of birds for the entire circus (at most we saw two or three birds.) This was not the case. In fact, he did not do more than one or two tricks that didn't seem obvious and only a total of maybe four "illusions" throughout the entire show. Moreover, the website flaunts the RARE WHITE LION which was shockingly absent. And the "lion tamer" did little more than make these big cats lay on the ground and get back up on the stools. We took our children to see the shrine circus a few years ago and that was a pretty good circus, but I thought they were really in for a treat now because we were going to the circus of all circuses. And that just wasn't the case. As an aside I was appalled at the act that included the little dogs, from our seats we could see the dog they made jump from the high pole trembling as he became aware his only way out was to jump down. Oh and the prices for souvenirs were OUTRAGEOUS!!! And I mean outrageous, even for a circus. You expect to pay eight dollars for a coke but ten dollars for a bag of cotton candy, come on. The least expensive souvenir that I saw was fourteen dollars and these were not the ones being advertised. My daughter saw a pink light up spinny thing that she just had to have and I asked how much it was. The gentleman said twenty dollars and I actually laughed out loud. I thought for a split second he was joking...nope. Save your money and wait for the shrine circus, at least their proceeds benefit a charity.
The opening was spectacular! My 12 year old said, "are you not supposed to know where to look? There's so much to see!" The magic was truly amazing! Top notch! As always the acrobats are what take my breath!
We went to see Barnum & Bailey circus 4 years ago and it was truly the GREATEST show on Earth. There were 3 rings of things going on. Went to see it again at the FedEx Forum this weekend and the first thing I noticed. They lost 2 rings? Recession?? The one ring wasnt even in the center so half the seats had very awkward viewing angles. The show itself was pretty good. Just so much smaller than before. The price of the ticket certainly did not reflect that though. SEATING: Terrible seats. We were on the floor and a girder blocked the view of the one ring. Eventually we moved to the stands and had a MUCH better and cheaper view.
I have to start by saying that the first Ringling Bros. one-ring circus I attended was so disappointing because I had only seen 3-ring circuses prior to that one. This was the 3rd Ringling one-ring I have attended, just because I wanted my younger son to get the circus experience. I have to say that is was unexpectedly outstanding. There were dogs, cats, elephants, and LIONS! The performers was available before the show to sign the program books which my son loved. He also got to try on costumes, walk a tight rope and see some pre-show acts on the circus floor. The performers were amazing and we were not disappointed at all! Every minute was exciting and held our attention. Kudos to Ringling Bros. for this one!
