Needing some help from you local folks. We're taking our 8-year old nephew to see Texas at Palo Duro next weekend and I wanted to ask about seating. We'll probably get tickets on the far left or far right since we'll be spending plenty of $$$ on other activities while he's here.

Do those of you who have been there before have any input on this? Are seats on the outside sections okay? Should we sit near the front or farther back?

I haven't been there since I was his age, so any advice is appreciated!

The far left and right sections have some partially obstructed views. I'd consider the left or right, at least. I realize the tickets are sky high, but it is not something you do every week, or even every year, so it might be worth the few extra bucks.

Generally I'd avoid the very front, since the seats are at or below stage level. But I'd still shoot for the mid section or the front half, so you can be sure of seeing and hearing well.

They have a few package meal/show deals, you might compare those prices.

My kids and their spouses are in town this week, and all went Wednesday night. When they wake up, I'll see what they have to say. I ordered their tickets online, and got them the meal, too. Unfortunately (or fortunately as it turned out) the web site is really clunky. I was supposed to be able to print their tickets out on the computer, but the web site would not allow me to do so. They sent an email which was also supposed to have tickets to print out, and all it did was kick out 16 pages of one or two lines per page.

Maybe it's because I use Firefox and Thunderbird, not IE and Outloook. But it worked out, because when they went to the box office (here in town) Wednesday to straighten it out, it turned out I had ordered show tickets for the night before and dinner tickets for that night. But they moved the show tickets to the correct night for the kids without a complaint.

It was probably operator error, but you have to order the show tickets then order meal tickets, and it is easy to mess it up when done that way, so I'll blame the web site.

Take a raincoat or light jacket, it does sometimes rain in the area and get cool at night. You may end up leaving them in the car, but at least you can go get them at intermission if you need.

Going anyplace else interesting or need some ideas?

Had another thought....going to assume you're bringing a big group. If the 8 year old nephew is the only child in the group, get good tickets for him and one or two adults, and get the rest of the adults the far left or right seats.

My kids said if you do choose the far left or right seats, you probably want to get as high as you can. If you recall, the indoor scenes are done on little stages on the wing. If you're too low, they could block your view.

Thanks for the info! It's just going to be the hubby, nephew and I...our lil' bit will be spending the evening with some relatives so she won't be out so late.

I'll probably spring for the left or right sections instead of the far outside sections. We love hiking in the canyon, but it's been probably 25 years since I've seen the show, so my memory is pretty fuzzy!