Talking Stick Entertainment District BY TERESA BITLER Spend the Day: You’ll find a full day of fun when you visit the Talking Stick Entertainment District in Scottsdale. Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament, Scottsdale OdySea Aquarium, Scottsdale Morning: Start the morning at Arizona Boardwalk , where you’ll find numerous attractions such as 1 Butterfly Wonderland , the nation’s largest indoor rainfor-est conservatory, home to more than 3,000 butterflies. Then, head next door to 2 OdySea Aquarium . Its 2 million-gallon tanks showcase sharks, stingrays, sea turtles and other marine animals— as well as the world’s only rotating aquarium exhibit. Or, spend a couple hours exploring 3 Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs , featuring more than 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. Afternoon: That afternoon, make a splash at 4 Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark . Admission to the 85,000-square-foot indoor waterpark is free for hotel guests, but you can purchase day passes for the slides, water fort tree house, lazy river, wave pool and activity pool in the waterpark if you’re staying elsewhere. Great Wolf Lodge also has plenty of dry activities, including a multi-level ropes course, indoor mini-golf and an arcade. Evening: Step back to the 11th century at 5 Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament . You’ll eat like royalty—with your fingers—while feasting on roast chicken, buttered corn and potatoes. (Vegetarian options are available.) As you eat, cheer for one of six knights competing for the Queen’s favor in a two-hour tournament featuring jousting and hand-to-hand combat with real swords, lances, alabarda and mace. E. Del Camino Dr. LEFT TO RIGHT: ODYSEA AQUARIUM; MEDIEVAL TIMES 3 2 m a C e n t i ma Pi N. P 1 N. Dobson Rd. E. Vía de Ventura N. Pima Rd. 5 er P Roadrunner Rd. N. 90th St. y. k w AZ 101 Loop 4 51
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