Fall brings football games, cooler weather and maybe a trip to Plantersville and the Texas Renaissance Festival. However, where there's a crowd, there's a chance to pass or catch what's going around.

Last spring, fear during the first wave of the H1N1 outbreak hurt business at the Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie. Now, Ren Fest organizers in the Brazos Valley are hoping history doesn't repeat itself.

This year, the H1N1 precautions start at the ticket counter at the Texas Renaissance Festival, and continue to places like the King's Table and Queen's Pantry, where their majesties' loyal subjects are doing their part to defend the kingdom from the virus.

"We use a lot of bleach products. We wipe down all of the cases with the clorox bleaches," said Bridgette Renault, an employee at the Queen's Pantry.

The bug isn't stopping merchants from showing off their wares.

"Now put the horn right up to your mouth and buzz into it," said Eric Empy, to a group of children at the Horn Shop.

"After everybody uses it, we use an anti-plague spray just to make sure nobody's spreading anything," said Empy.

Not everyone at court is concerned, "Oh no my lady, oh no we've lived to a ripe old age of 42," said festival goer Moreen Dieden.

"Other than wiping my hooves when I go into the stable, other than that I'm really not doing nothing different," said Chryon the Centaur.

A few fair-goers took the opposite approach with protective body armor. While not an option for everyone, at least one person dressed as Merlin the Wizard, said not to worry, and predicted the virus would end soon.

The Texas Renaissance Festival continues every weekend through the end of November.