Family Outings: Tap your inner knight and head for the Renaissa...

Four-year-old Sophia Boudreau of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., is captivated by Fiddle, a parrot, during story hour at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee.

[Nancy]

The Renaissance Festival is one of the most overrated events I have ever attended. It seems to attract a great number of former "Trekies" and others of that ilk. If you've been there once, there is little reason to go back because it is the same thing every year--overpriced food and merchandise. How this has continued to be a yearly event is beyond me.

[Mark]

Anyone know what kind of reptiles they had at the petting zoo? So sad that there cannot be responsible pet owners. This is no way to show kids who are interested in reptiles how to treat them as well as other animals :( http://www.reptilefreak.com/