1. At some point, you try (and fail) to use a badly imitated British accent—and cue all the Shakespeare lines you hated in high school.
2. You inevitably run out of cash between the food, activities, and ridiculously priced souvenirs, so you have to join the line of Faire people trying to use the ATM.
3. You realize that YOU’RE the weirdo if you didn’t dress up—and even if you did, chances are everyone else is on another level.
4. You can never enjoy another Panera bread bowl after trying the RF’s beef stew because, let’s be honest, it will never compare.
5. You’ll get your fortune told…. then get it told again when you don’t like their predictions about your love life.
6. You’ll fall in love with your knight for the jousting tournament.
7. You’ll get incredibly lost when you refuse the map from the town crier and have to try to navigate the much-bigger-than-you-realized Renaissance town.
8. You’ll realize that dressing medieval doesn’t just mean princes and peasants apparently—there are a lot of Jack Sparrows and Bambi around.
9. You’ll try to get a front row seat for the R-rated Tortuga Twins show even though you know it runs the risk of being pulled up as an audience participant for a raunchy act.
10. And finally, when you return home nearly broke and definitely exhausted, you’ll already be planning your visit for next year. Huzzah!