My first rodeo!
by Billy0112 on 4/13/17Silver Spurs Arena At Osceola Heritage Park - KissimmeeRating: 4 out of 5Was excited to attend my first rodeo at the RAM National Circuit Finals at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. Had some friends in town from England, so we all went. Not expensive tickets, plus the kids were free, so a reasonable afternoon out. Got there and there were fairground attractions outside for the kids, BBQ and market type stalls. Once we were in our seats I was surprised that the event wasn't a sell-out, but then perhaps it's not as popular down here as it is in other states? I'd seleted our seats based on the fact that the release pens were directly below us and I thought it would give the kids a good view but the opposite was actually true and the commentator's 'stand' was directly beside us which was a huge, black, railed off type of scaffold area and meant that anything happening at the other end of the arena we were unable to see! That said, quite a lot of action happened where we could see it, so didn't hurt too much. The kids didn't like the events with the steers, the roping and tying, but they loved the barrel races, the bucking broncos and the bull riding, so all in all an enjoyable day was had by all.
There were food stands inside, but frankly the food is average stadium type stuff (of course) so I wish we'd eaten outside at the BBQ stands. Plus the fairground rides had packed up when we came out and the kids were disappointed.