Las Vegas Excalibur : Merlin & The Dragon

This is the spectacular free show that ran nightly back in the 90's. Rumors are there is talk about giving the moat a face lift and awakening the sleeping dragon. We'll be hoping they do !!!

[@adraxas13]

That thing is mechanically and visually one of the coolest fucking things i have ever seen, also it is scary that its just left rotting in the castle walls.

[@theskyischill]

I wanna sneak down there and see the old rotted dragon!

[@lbeyyt6581]

@@theskyischill someone just uploaded a video of it last week

[@albertbozesan]

@@theskyischill here's the vid :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/g52Yg4ePbaxoo7c

[@FlimFlamFloom]

I mean, Disney does it better in Fantasmic

[@DayxXxDooms]

​@B N do they though 😅

[@josephperez9821]

The kid reacting throughout makes this more fun to watch. Oh man nostalgia hurts :(

[@Its_me_hi13]

It's so good!

[@TheProtogonistMapusaurus92938]

:(

[@planetmuskvlog3047]

Lol “get outta here ya silly poker head!”

[@macktight]

@@planetmuskvlog3047 he says "get out of here you stupid booger head!"

[@ratbones620]

I can’t believe this was voted the worst attraction in Vegas when it was around. It’s honestly super impressive even for the technology at the time.

[@Lilith_DragonPuppet]

I hate that they both are now stuck in the starting zones search Excalibur dragon rediscovered please you can see him once more

[@tcfunvids]

I agree.

[@LaZavionSoda]

THIS!? THE WORST ATTRACTION!?!? People literally have no taste SMH!!! 😒

[@warnegoodman]

the kid liked it

[@talasimu]

Just watched the video of the dragon’s current state. Love that videos exist of the show when it was running full swing!!

[@tcfunvids]

Thank you for your kind comment.

[@peytonwalker8050]

Do you have a link for that video?

[@PeterGER2000]

@@peytonwalker8050 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g52Yg4ePbaxoo7c

[@bradyoneill5117]

The kid talking to the show is totally me when i was their age and i love them

[@JoryStultz1234]

Back when Vegas was all about imagination, just revisited and it seems less themey now and more corporate.

[@nicolewuelleh8637]

It is. It has none of this magic it used to. The volcano is the only early 90s attraction still there. :(

[@ryanb4940]

It never had “magic”… Vegas is to gamble drink and have sex with strangers. There’s a reason these shows are gone. Vegas is NOT family friendly lol

[@Crazy_Sarah98]

I think present day strip is cool, but seeing stuff like this makes me sad

[@lil_bear]

Yeah a lot of the free attractions are disappearing

[@lanmoore8391]

@@nicolewuelleh8637 that's about to be removed soon.

[@atomsmash100]

It is a rather lackluster "battle", but I'm sure the kids loved this. Place me in the column of people who wish that Vegas had not de-themed. The resorts were more interesting when we had dragons, the Wizard of Oz, and Pirate battles.

[@tcfunvids]

Absolutely. All the free outside shows were awesome in the 90's.

[@coltoncooper1275]

Being born in Las Vegas in 97 and a young child in the 00's I never got to experience this until now! Thanks for sharing.

[@tcfunvids]

You're very welcome Colton Cooper.

[@bigdumbanimal23]

The best part was the kid's commentary!

[@tcfunvids]

Thank you Mark, that was my 4 year old daughter Stephanie.

[@a-1886]

I wish they’d bring this back! I always stay at the Excalibur and always wondered how the show was 😭

[@tcfunvids]

Hi Adriana. This show was one of the best outside shows on the strip. I wish they would bring it back too.

[@69wagon1]

They are bringing it back pretty soon was just their with the crew

[@tcfunvids]

@@69wagon1 That would be great. I heard something about it coming back as well, but then I heard later it was just a rumor. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[@deanatgmail]

@@69wagon1 did they bring it back?

[@isabelpompa9051]

@@deanatgmail I was there last year. sadly no

[@TheGuyNamedWolf]

Ah man, I used to see this as a kid sitting my dad's shoulders. Thanks for the memories!

[@tcfunvids]

Hey WolfJounin, you're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the memories.

[@aspieotaku3580]

I rember in 1999 you could feel the heat from the dragons fire far away.

[@Trainlover1995]

I stayed at Excalibur last week. The moat is currently drained because of the drought, and I saw the track the dragon ran on.

[@onmas909]

Seeing this breaks my heart. I wish I could experience this in person as a full-grown adult now. I super vaguely remember the show and being scared of the dragon. As I grew up, I was happy that Merlin's house stayed. I returned to Vegas years later only to find that the moat is completely gone. Vegas is a shell of its former self, but unfortunately, this will never come back because people like the way it is now for some reason.

[@NicoleCampbell]

Thanks for posting. I was looking down on the dragon track the other day with a tear in my eye. This video brought back some great memories from my first trips to Vegas as a kid.

[@tcfunvids]

You're very welcome Nicole. I'm glad this video brought back those good memories for you. Your comment made my night ! I very much appreciated the free outside shows the various resorts were doing back in the 90's, and it's sad to see them gone. It looks like the volcano at the Mirage and the fountains at the Bellagio are the last ones left. They recently shut down the Siren's at the Treasure Island which was a great show too, but not as Good as the original Buccaneer Bay pirate battle. That one was my all time favorite. It would be great to see the resorts bring them all back.

[@emmastraub6842]

This is really cool I wish could have gone to this I love Merlin.

[@CybershamanX]

(3:41) "Get him out of here! Go back you silly (pooper?) head! Ha ha ha!" 🤣 Gotta love kids, man. I wonder where they are now. They need to see this. 😉

[@christopherquinn6188]

They should bring this back with modern animatronics

[@Its_me_hi13]

Thank you for posting this! There's so many old vegas attractions from the 90s that I wish I could see videos of

[@tcfunvids]

Hi Alexis You're very welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. This is a video I will treasure always, and my 4 year old daughter who you hear on the video was amazed at all of Las Vegas.

[@YaoiWiccan]

The creppy part is my last trip to Vegas (Feb 2019) the gate for the dragon was opening in the wind and the dragon is still there! Kinda creppy in the dark.....

[@wickedfeylady]

That's disturbing as hell

[@timtrickz92]

I saw the same thing a year later.

[@YaoiWiccan]

@@timtrickz92 I hate to report but this past December they drained the pound and removed the dragon for good! 😪

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

@@YaoiWiccan I went there in 2018, and saw the Merlin house there! Please don't tell me they removed that too!

[@AndreaEvansTribute]

Are they bringing it back? Someone start s petition!

[@ShiningAroha]

I would have loved to have seen this show live as a kid.

[@laughgather]

People always told me, but i wouldn't believe it until this.

[@tonyjacobs2768]

The only thing that's going to be left is the fountains at bellagio. I loved seeing this as a kid.

[@alexandraadrian4186]

I love the little kid’s comments in the background 💀💀 I was probably the same age when this was filmed

[@truthseekerKJV]

Hi Alexandra. Thank you for your nice comment. That's my daughter Stephanie at age 3. This was her first trip to Vegas, and I have to say her reactions to the casino floor, all the lights inside and outside, plus all the free shows like the dragon, the volcano at the Mirage, and the pirate ships battle at Treasure Island are a cherished memory for sure.

[@LaZavionSoda]

I love Vegas, wish I got to experience this attraction but it closed before I was even born... 😑

[@timbattle8711]

I had so much fun working on this dragon in Valencia. I put a lot of them scales on his back.

[@tcfunvids]

Wow that's cool that this video has brought in someone who actually worked on the dragon. Was this Valencia California ?

[@adraxas13]

Was it really 70 feet tall? Also, how big was the machinery inside?

[@mchris6]

The kid’s commentary is so cute.

[@truthseekerKJV]

Thank you for the nice compliment. That's my daughter who was about 4 back then.

[@UltimateGenosyko]

@@truthseekerKJVhow old is she now?

[@tcfunvids]

@@UltimateGenosyko She just turned 34.

[@GloryInWonderland]

I miss the treasure island show too :((

[@sophieviersen2671]

The youtube channel named Freddy Trap posted a video of how the dragon looks like right now behind the walls, pretty awesome! He also shows a part where you can see a little bit of Merlin. Thanks for this video! It’s really amazing to see it🤩

[@omaresames]

I’ve been looking for this for many years. Thank you for bringing back a core memory

[@tcfunvids]

Hi Omar, you're very welcome for the memory. Thanks for your comment. Be sure and share the memories with others !

[@crow-t-robot]

Wish I could have seen this! It would have scared the crap out of me as a kid lol.

[@Khvidviewer37]

Ah... even though my dad took me around the strip on his days off back as a kid (he was a taxi driver here), this was one attraction I never got to see. I only remember Merlin coming out of the top of the tower to say things that were muffled by blaring music. I DO remember my dad saying that there was a dragon beneath the castle and I never believed him because I didnt get to see it lol this is proof it did! Also if anyone remembers (or it was a crazy dream) but wasn't the Caesar's Palace current Atlantis show something else before? I could have sworn it was a little mermaid themed show. I remember the decorative statues there having signs on them for people not to sit on because things would come out of them. Cant ask my dad anymore because unfortunately he passed, and mom doesn't seem to remember either. But walking on the strip with dad as a kid are some of my favorite memories and I still wish Vegas was as family friendly and thematic as it was back then :) I'm sure I would have appreciated living here more if it still had heart, even in the free attractions. Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history!

[@tcfunvids]

Hi Lydia, It's been many years since we saw the Atlantis show. I don't remember any of it. Anyway, you're very welcome, and I'm very glad you liked the video. Thank You for the nice comment.

[@urhomiejess]

Now both Murphy and Merlin are sealed away left to rot in Vegas. The Excalibur is wack if they think this show wasn’t worth doing

[@IsItOctoberYet]

100% need this back with a update since the volcano is leaving

[@zackrichardson290]

The little boy is the best lmao so cute

[@tcfunvids]

That's my little girl. 😁

[@teriyakipirate9121]

How dare they vote this Vegas's worst attraction. I wish I had seen it I work at Excalibur now and saw Merlin's door open today!

[@UptownWatta]

Is merlin still in there or the dragon?

[@teriyakipirate9121]

@@UptownWatta merlin is still there but he's missing his head. I dunno about the dragon cuz that door is still closed

[@UptownWatta]

@@teriyakipirate9121 wait.... he's missing his head???? What happened?? And as of a cple years ago I saw the dragon in there

[@teriyakipirate9121]

@@UptownWatta i dunno what happened I tried finding out any way I can! I have a picture of him but idk how to send it through KZbin

[@lbeyyt6581]

@@teriyakipirate9121 still have the merlin pic? Someone uploaded a video of the dragon recently still there

[@nicolewuelleh8637]

Thanks for posting this. This was always closed when we were there.

[@tcfunvids]

You're welcome Nicole. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@vin9693]

Thank you so much for posting this, this show is so cool, its so sad that these two hae been left to rot

[@truthseekerKJV]

You're very welcome Vin. It's very nice knowing that so many are enjoying this old video we took in Vegas in the early 90's that has been kept all this time.

[@vivdiva]

I'm glad you posted this because I never saw it. For some reason the show was shut down almost immediately, I always wondered why. II remember seeing Excalibur and Luxor built and I used to go to Vegas all the time, but I missed this show!

[@tcfunvids]

QueenV, I'm glad you found the video and are able to see the show. It was a great memory for my family to make this video as well. You can hear my daughter making all the comments as it happened. She really loved the show and I treasure this memory with her.

[@janalawinterwing8589]

According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Hotel_and_Casino the show ran from 1993 to 2004. I seem to remember seeing it at least twice over a number of years when I was young. I wish they'd reboot it.

[@cweed76]

I got to see this in person. It was so cool and pretty creepy!!

[@tcfunvids]

Thank you for your comment C Weed. This was one of the best free shows seen in Vegas back in the 90's.

[@tamikojohnson8031]

I wish they wouldn't have taken Merlin and the dragon out..staying here doesn't seem the same....they should put it back!!

[@tcfunvids]

I agree 100% !!!

[@PhantoRoyce]

This scared the PISS out of me when I was kid

[@vegastocali]

This is so awesome!!

[@tcfunvids]

Vegas to Cali, Thank you for the great response.

[@mK-qw8df]

I went to Vegas 25+ times from the late 90s to 2010 and not once was this show working 😭

[@samifranco5541]

the kid comment make this video 10 times better XD

[@tcfunvids]

Thank you for the nice compliment. That's my daughter.

[@marlanfarrokhi]

Vegas is super corporate now. It’s not about the guests experience it’s about everything else now

[@justimagine2403]

Epic. Why can't we have cool things anymore. Like water.

[@Yaboitotor]

Yo this is like a clip of on of the dinosaurs at Jurassic park trying to escape and attack the guests

[@Shayoshow]

This shit traumatized me as a kid. I ran into the street screaming Hahahaha

[@Shadowball311]

nah cause I know I ain’t the only one thinking about how scary it would be to fall in there 💀

[@sinfulrose1822]

Wow I never knew this was a thing in Vegas. Born and raised here 😅

[@Harbinger28567]

It's coming at us at a frightening pace.

[@Yaboitotor]

This looks like found footage of the Spinosaurus breaking out of its enclosure

[@Yaboitotor]

From Jurassic park

[@billydebianchi2046]

I dont remember this one. I remember treasure island and Caesars they should still do this

[@AnnaHill-nt1sz]

I wasn't born in this time. But I wonder if life was better. The commentary was adorable, honestly I feel as if humanity just isn't as amazing as it was before :(

[@K3NTCLARK]

My friends Dad was one of the techs. It doesn't look like this anymore here.

[@428redd4]

This use to scare the shit out of me when i was a kid

[@loganking5440]

The dragons still there rotting sadly, hope a collector buys and referbishes both merlin and the dragon. I highly doubt the show will ever come back

[@james5057]

ceasar palace has a outside show to.. in there shopping center

[@tcfunvids]

Yep, they call it The Fall of Atlantis. I really like their circular salt water fish tank as well.

[@james5057]

@@tcfunvids agree it's pretty cool

[@garcia207]

2:03 “Dracarys.”

[@ShrimpoHunterWoody]

This show was so good, it's a shame that nowadays the dragon and Merlin are rotting nowadays, the dragon under the bridge and Merlin in that house

[@tcfunvids]

Yeah, the new management of Vegas has really screwed things up.

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Greetings! May I use this footage in a video I'm making about underwater animatronics? I will give your channel full credit.

[@tcfunvids]

No sorry. I don't allow that.

[@aisharaguini]

Is bro vapin

[@carconreras3545]

Does anyone know why they stopped this show ?

[@tcfunvids]

Hi Car, they stopped the show to save money. The modern Vegas turned corporate, and is poorly managed, and that's why they're hurting.

[@PeterGER2000]

Here is a video of the dragon recorded in 2022: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g52Yg4ePbaxoo7c

[@Qusin111]

looks fake, lol I loved watching this with my kid. I also have some recordings of it as well.

[@sophinal]

Why no more dragon

[@tcfunvids]

It's more than likely due to the cost. Vegas has more ignorant corporate executives looking at the bottom line and they've removed just about all of the great outside shows they used to put on.

[@emeliecheramie]

It's such a shame. My host told me both animatronics were sold off years ago :-(

[@adraxas13]

They weren't, the dragon is at least still rotting inside the lair. Idk about merlin tho.

[@mfmiinka8026]

@@adraxas13 There's a video of him now

[@bettierusso5410]

Oh yes....the kindergarten days of Vegas! Even though the sound of the little one in this talking....Vegas is for ADULTS

[@tcfunvids]

Back in the early 90's, Vegas was smart and used these great outside shows to draw the adults who normally would not come because there was nothing there for the kids. This move made Vegas flourish. Since they have removed these great attractions, look at them now. Struggling to stay afloat.

[@scottholder4776]

Yeah ok idiot

[@zachreese6540]

🤡🤡🤡🤡