We arrived at Amalie Arena at about 6:10pm. We had no trouble picking up our tickets at will call. We headed to our seats, and then down on to the show floor for the awesome interactive pre-show activities. It was so much fun to watch Luke’s face light up as the animals, clowns and acrobats performed right in front of us. The pre-show is so worth getting to the arena early for, make sure you plan on it for your trip to the circus.

Next, Luke had to buy his souvenir, he had money burning a hole in his pocket and he bought a $20 sword…it wasn’t even a light up sword! We headed back to our seats as the pre-show ended and Luke bought himself some $14 cotton candy that came with a souvenir hat. He was a happy kid!

I love that the circus starts with asking everyone to stand and sing the National Anthem while the American Flag is paraded around the arena by a girl on an elephant. It is a great way to kick things off before the grand parade begins. During the parade I was talking with Luke about some of the acts he would see during the evening. His eyes were as wide as saucers when the elephants paraded out.

The first half of the show included acrobats, The Torres Family in the Globe of Steel, the big cats, clowns, more acrobats and the elephants. Oh and the Legends…a Pegasus and a Unicorn!

After intermission, the show started with the Menagerie. There were performing pigs, dogs, llamas, goats and donkeys! The pigs were my favorite, they were HUGE! Then there were more acrobats, a high wire motorcycle act, trapeze artists, horse back acrobats and more clowns before the closing parade.

There are still more shows in Tampa this weekend! There are 3 shows Saturday, January 9th at 11:00am, 3:00pm and 7:30pm and 2 shows on Sunday, January 10th at 11:00am and 3:00pm.

The rest of the Legends Tour is:

• Orlando, FL January 14-18
• Jacksonville, FL January 21-24
• Birmingham, AL January 27-31
• Greenville, SC February 3-7
• Greensboro, NC February 10-14
• Philadelphia, PA February 17-21
• Brooklyn, NY February 25-March 6
• Newark, NJ March 9-13
• Norfolk, VA March 31-April 3
• Hampton, VA April 6-10
• North Charleston, SC April 13-17
• Worcester, MA April 22-24

Tickets are available online at ringling.com. If you would like to see more pictures and some videos of the show, check out my Instagram!

We had a great time at The Greatest Show on Earth and we know you will too!

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Happy New Year!

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This giveaway is only for shows at the St Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL so please don’t enter if you are unable to go to that venue. This giveaway will end at noon ET on 12/31/10 and will be chosen by Random.org.

Mandatory 1st Entry Go to Ringling.com‘s Fully Charged! page and check out the new acts. Come back here and leave me a comment tell me which act you are most excited to see.

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