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Aug 6, 2006 by Robert Scherling from Los Angeles, CA
Overall Rating: 10

• The most historical spot in Tombstone, AZ.
• Its very hot in southern Arizona in the summer and the show seating is in the sun.

“The OK Corral in Tombstone, AZ is the site of the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. A map drawn by Wyatt Earp himself shows where the gunfighters stood on October 26, 1881. Life-sized moving figures explain the gunfight. There is also a boarding house and photo gallery next to the gunfight site displaying photographs of 1880s Tombstone and the Apache Geronimo taken by a local photographer. We saw Doc Holiday's room in the boarding house. At 2pm every day the Gunfight at the OK Corral is re-enacted. The show is aimed at families and includes a safe gun demonstration and several silly skits before the actual powerful reenactment of the gunfight. After the show, they let us take our photo with the Earps and Doc Holiday, Next door we saw Tombstone's Historama with a moving diorama and video telling the history of Tombstone narrated by actor Vincent Price. Our ticket also included a copy of the original 1881 Tombstone Epitaph newspaper with the reports of the Gunfight. ”

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May 20, 2006 by Rob from Alexandria
Overall Rating: 10

• The real thing.
• Southern Arizona is HOT in the summer.

“The O.K. Corral is the famous gunfight site where Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and McLaurys on October 26, 1881. You can "Walk Where They Fell" on the very spot where the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral began. There is also a display of over 100 1880s photographs of Tombstone and the Apache Geronimo taken by C.S. Fly whose Photographic Gallery is next to the gunfight site. You can also learn the story of Tombstone at Tombstone's Historama, an audio-video presentation narrated by

Vincent Price. Every day at 2 pm the gunfight is reenacted. Show tickets are only $2 and he show is aimed a the younger set. You can also purchase a reprint of the 1881 newspaper reports of the gunfight in the Tombstone Epitaph. This is the event that made Tombstone famous and should not be missed.”

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Jun 16, 2005 by Lee from Louisville, KY
Overall Rating: 3

• Some of the museum/building tours with authentic artifacts were good.
• Unrealistic, amateur locals playing cowboys

“The OK Corral and Tombstone in general were a little disappointing. Having seen it so often on TV I thought they would have made it into more of a tourist site. There are tours of some refurbished buildings such as saloons and hotels, you can take a stage coach ride in town and they have a few character actors who strole the streets such as gunfighters or saloon gals. The OK Corral is a reenactment of the shootout that is pretty amateurish. It almost seems like they gave some local teenagers toy guns and told them to go out and do something like you've seen on TV. The whole town and all activities can be experienced in no more than a couple hours. The Boothill Cemetery was the biggest dissapointment. I was expecting an old, restored cemetery but instead it appears to me a plot of ground that somebody has fixed up to look like a cemetery with new markers laid out neatly with the names of famous outlaws and good guys in a well manicured gravel pathed area.”

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