This was my 1st visit to a circus. I guess I expected to see more animal shows and tightrope walking, juggling, etc. It seemed most of the show revolved around the ringmaster and some other guy battling over who's circus it was. And then the ringmaster's hat went missing for what seemed to be an eternity. And the singing 'over the top'--stringing out the word top forever was really 'over the top.' I understand there needs to be fillers while performers change, the previous segment is cleared so the next one can begin, etc. But it really seemed to take a long time. I am a 30+ y.o. mother and my 5 y.o. son was begging to leave about 30 mins into the show which lasted about 2 hours. The acrobats were cool, the animal shows were really impressive. But the set up/clean up for these acts far exceeded the time of the actual shows which was disappointing. It seemed more of a theatrical musical performance than what I stereotypically think of a circus.