If you only can do one show, which would you pick: Cirque Arcanus or Untrainable Dragon

[MamaKate]

We will only have one day at Epic and it will be our first visit. We are fans of both Harry Potter and How to Train Your Dragon.

We plan on trying to see both, but if we run out of time and have to prioritize one over the other, which would you pick, Cirque Arcanus or Untrainable Dragon?

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Cirque Arcanus, no contest. Show was better, and the air conditioned themed queue is much better than the outdoor holding area for Untrainable Dragon.

 

[GhostHost24]

I personally enjoyed untrainanable dragon more. But I'm also a bigger how to train your dragon fan than HP

 

[glocon]

Although I’m a bigger fan of HP than HtTYD, I thought the Untrainable Dragon show was better.
Both are good, but Untrainable Dragon gets my vote.

 

[cigarboo]

I enjoyed Untrainable Dragon more. I would say it tugs at the heartstring a little more if you enjoy the HtTYD series. Cirque Arcanus is pretty neat, but it's based on Fantastic Beasts which has less of the original Harry Potter feel. But it you were a big fan of Fantastic Beasts, then I would go with Cirque Arcanus. I think Dragons is a tiny bit shorter and have more showings, so that can also affect which you can squeeze in.

 

[angryduck71]

I am more of a Harry Potter fan, and I also enjoyed Untrainable Dragon more. BUT, try to ask a cast member if Toothless will be there... we did a show without him and it is not nearly as good.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I know the Untrainable Dragon show was having lots of problems my day, maybe it's normally better than what I saw? Overall the storyline was just painfully predictable and I didn't think there were real "surprises" in the Dragon show. Cirque Arcanus had more impressive sets/props (IME, other than Toothless), and it had more variety / storyline than the Dragon show.

Mild spoiler:
Toothless was nifty, flew around and landed, but that was kinda it. Does Toothless do anything more than just fly around slowly and land?

 

[MamaKate]

I enjoyed Untrainable Dragon more. I would say it tugs at the heartstring a little more if you enjoy the HtTYD series. Cirque Arcanus is pretty neat, but it's based on Fantastic Beasts which has less of the original Harry Potter feel. But it you were a big fan of Fantastic Beasts, then I would go with Cirque Arcanus. I think Dragons is a tiny bit shorter and have more showings, so that can also affect which you can squeeze in.

Thanks for the information. We do really enjoy Fantastic Beasts so it would be up our alley.

I am more of a Harry Potter fan, and I also enjoyed Untrainable Dragon more. BUT, try to ask a cast member if Toothless will be there... we did a show without him and it is not nearly as good.

Great tip . I'll be sure to ask.

I know the Untrainable Dragon show was having lots of problems my day, maybe it's normally better than what I saw? Overall the storyline was just painfully predictable and I didn't think there were real "surprises" in the Dragon show. Cirque Arcanus had more impressive sets/props (IME, other than Toothless), and it had more variety / storyline than the Dragon show.

Thanks for this! I really hope we can squeeze in both.