Disastrous family seasonal attractions and the never to be forgotten Lapland New Forest Theme Park

[Wolveryeti]

It's not a fake lapland, but it's in the same spirit as this thread: Woman pays £45 for Christmas dinner - and gets this

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Getting ripped off by shoddy Xmas dinners is a national tradition. What an awful woman.

 

[T & P]

The lesson every parent should have learnt from all these stories is never buy tickets in advance, even if (especially if) the event is being marketed as likely to be sold out and advance ticket purchases being essential, and wait for the first reviews from visitors.

Also, I've never had much time for drones, but I guess one could come handy to do some surveillance on the event in question. Though admittedly a drone would have still been unable to capture the full glory of the 'bustling Christmas market' and nativity scene at the now legendary Lapland New Forest.

 

[hipipol]

The lesson every parent should have learnt from all these stories is never buy tickets in advance, even if (especially if) the event is being marketed as likely to be sold out and advance ticket purchases being essential, and wait for the first reviews from visitors.

Also, I've never had much time for drones, but I guess one could come handy to do some surveillance on the event in question. Though admittedly a drone would have still been unable to capture the full glory of the 'bustling Christmas market' and nativity scene at the now legendary Lapland New Forest.

 

[Ground Elder]

We're off Just back from the wonderland, my daughter reports that "The 'ice rink' was a muddy piece of slidy plastic with people staggering about in ice skates"

 

[pogofish]

Excellent - My faith in the traditional British Christmas has been restored for yet another year!

 

[Ranbay]

Furious families slam Bakewell Winter Wonderland which didn't even have a Santa

Badgers

 

[wiskey]

Wtf are people doing going to see santa in November ffs?

still, I'm glad to see tradition is continuing, I was mentioning only yesterday to derv that I'd not seen a disaster yet this christmas (except this: Bristol Christmas markets inundated with complaints)

 

[bi0boy]

I saw in a local rag there's a "winter wonderland" planned for Canvey Island in a couple of weeks time.

 

[pogofish]

I saw in a local rag there's a "winter wonderland" planned for Canvey Island in a couple of weeks time.

Go - Get photos, bonus points for distraught/traumatised children!

 

[neonwilderness]

Furious families slam Bakewell Winter Wonderland which didn't even have a Santa

Badgers

I know the weather doesn’t help but the organisation was poor.

 

[UrbaneFox]

I saw in a local rag there's a "winter wonderland" planned for Canvey Island in a couple of weeks time.

Well spotted, Brother Bi0boy. I have alerted UrbanCanvey and they will be sending a crack team to investigate BEFORE the kiddies are in tears.

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[SaskiaJayne]

Winter wonderlands should be illegal without proper snow making equipment.

 

[Voley]

Leicester Council's Xmas tree has been attracting a bit of attention on Twitter:

They had issues with 'heavy tinsel'.

 

[Manter]

Furious families slam Bakewell Winter Wonderland which didn't even have a Santa

Badgers

Likened to the Somme.

Ffs

 

[billy_bob]

Go - Get photos, bonus points for distraught/traumatised children!

Don't the children in Canvey look like that all the time?

 

[DotCommunist]

Likened to the Somme.

Ffs

my buddies didn't die face down in the mud so these assholes could ruin christmas

 

[Manter]

my buddies didn't die face down in the mud so these assholes could ruin christmas

I'm trying to imagine a Christmas market with shelling and screaming

 

[DotCommunist]

all the carols are wilfred owen and seigfred sassoon poems

 

[tim]

I'm trying to imagine a Christmas market with shelling and screaming

The bosch these days take a more subtle approach undermining our cultural identity and pushing us towards glycemic comas with their gluwein and stollen.

Its good to know, however, that we have launched a counter offensive.

 

[pogofish]

Don't the children in Canvey look like that all the time?

Don't know - but images of dying dreams always warm the cockles..!

 

[doddles]

Bakewell Winter Wonderland labelled a 'disgusting mud bath'

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

So glad Bakewell has delivered. NOW I feel right festive!

 

[Teaboy]

In their defence who could have predicted that a field would get muddy in November and December?

 

[Ranbay]

In their defence who could have predicted that a field would get muddy in November and December?

Michael Eavis?

 

[Supine]

Haha, I read about the shit xmas theme park in this mornings Metro. It reminded me of this thread.

We need more pictures of smoking elves

 

[Libertad]

We need more pictures of smoking elves

 

[DaveCinzano]

We need more pictures of smoking elves

Can Lazy Llama sort us out with a smoking elf smiley?

 

[Orang Utan]

Leicester Council's Xmas tree has been attracting a bit of attention on Twitter:

They had issues with 'heavy tinsel'.

What's wrong with that? Looks fine to me.

 

[emanymton]

I'm trying to imagine a Christmas market with shelling and screaming

A bit of shelling would improve Christmas markets. IMHO