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

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Just found out that the All Blacks are playing at Twickenham on Saturday and I'll need to change my route to avoid that area.

grumble, grumble...

 

[cupid_stunt]

Just found out that the All Blacks are playing at Twickenham on Saturday and I'll need to change my route to avoid that area.

grumble, grumble...

That's a good start!

 

[iona]

how time flies when you're enjoying yourself other people's misery

cfy

 

[cybershot]

Idea.

We should start doing donations to people who want to attend something potentially shit in their area so their ticket gets paid for them in preparation for the shitness? If they strike gold and get refunded they can then refund us our donations, or instead donate the refund to the server fund?

 

[Badgers]

CrapLand™

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Disappointed to say that the Enchanted Woodland was not too shabby, was pretty well done and £30 for a family of four.

However it was pissing it down, which made it a bit miserable

 

[moomoo]

Disappointed to say that the Enchanted Woodland was not too shabby, was pretty well done and £30 for a family of four.

However it was pissing it down, which made it a bit miserable
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No disappointed children?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

No disappointed children?

None, they all seemed very stoic in the face of the downpour. Reasonably priced and quite well done, what a swizz!

 

[moomoo]

None, they all seemed very stoic in the face of the downpour. Reasonably priced and quite well done, what a swizz!

Oh.

 

[neonwilderness]

Any smoking elves?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Any smoking elves?

C'mon, it's 2018, can we please stop objectifying the elves?

 

[Ground Elder]

Trafford Centre bosses defend Peter Rabbit grotto after some parents complain about 'creepy' bunny

"This looks terrifying! I was expecting a suit not Cliff Richard with ears."

 

[DaveCinzano]

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Shameful journalism - there's clearly seven sweets and three chocolates there.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Trafford Centre bosses defend Peter Rabbit grotto after some parents complain about 'creepy' bunny


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“...many slammed it as 'creepy' and 'sinister', saying they had expected the costumed characters, not actors dressed up...”

Fuckwits-in-fuckwits-are-never-satisfied shocker!

 

[Badgers]

Christmas parade branded a 'shambles'

 

[neonwilderness]

Christmas parade branded a 'shambles'

It was a total shambles. My daughter looked at me and said 'Is that it Mammy?'.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Christmas parade branded a 'shambles'

Swansea's annual festive event promised "dynamic dance-troupes" as well as "spectacular shows and stages".

But roadworks in the city centre saw the parade scaled down, leading to a barrage of criticism on social media.

Roadworks , what a excuse.

 

[moomoo]

Christmas parade branded a 'shambles'

Damn! I was just going to post a link about that!!

 

[Badgers]

Damn! I was just going to post a link about that!!

I have my people trawling the web for failure. You have to be quicker than that.

 

[T & P]

Damn! I was just going to post a link about that!!

Join the queue

Perhaps we should play an informal game and award one point to the first one to post here a fresh story.

 

[wiskey]

Disappointed to say that the Enchanted Woodland was not too shabby, was pretty well done and £30 for a family of four.

However it was pissing it down, which made it a bit miserable

Not in keeping with the thread but we've been to the local arboretum for something similar the last few years and it's been really nice.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Will people fucking stop posting about nice experiences.

It's very disappointing when clicking on this thread.

 

[skyscraper101]

Organisers of Glasgow Christmas lights switch-on slammed

Organisers 'Slammed' - check

Children 'in tears' - check

 

[T & P]

Not a big story by this thread's standards, but 'dozens of people expressing overwhelming objection' has a nice ring to it...

Dozens of people have expressed overwhelming objection to a Christmas Fayre's "ridiculous" entry fee.

The event in Llandudno is charging people £4.50 to enter this year, compared with £2.50 last year, although children under 16 are still free.

But many said they couldn't afford to fork out and some called for a boycott.

Yesterday, we reported how business owners in the town said road closures for the four-day event are costing them thousands of pounds in takings.

It also emerged that parents of children performing on the stage at the event are having to pay the entry fee to watch them.

What you had to say about Llandudno Christmas Fayre's controversial entry fee

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Organisers of Glasgow Christmas lights switch-on slammed

Organisers 'Slammed' - check

Children 'in tears' - check

Ms Mullen said they specifically chose to come to Glasgow's light event but have been left disappointed by the experience.

"We could have went to other lights but we came to Glasgow beacuse this is where we stay,

"Stay" being Scotch for "live".

So they specifically chose to go to Glasgow cos they live there. Marvellous

 

[T & P]

I've just revisited the very first Lapland thread (linked to on the first post of this thread). £25 admission ticket does not sound that expensive anymore, in particular considering how many laughs one would have got out of a visit there. I guess that's inflation for you...

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Why can't Moonpig make a card out of this?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I've just revisited the very first Lapland thread (linked to on the first post of this thread). £25 admission ticket does not sound that expensive anymore, in particular considering how many laughs one would have got out of a visit there. I guess that's inflation for you...

Does the ONS include disappointment in the 'basket of goods' yet?

 

[Ground Elder]

Reindeer puppet at Lowry Outlet started singing 'inappropriate' Christmas song

I thought 'that's a bit inappropriate'.

 

[T & P]

Reindeer puppet at Lowry Outlet started singing 'inappropriate' Christmas song

At least this was a genuine case of inappropriate language. A couple of years ago a firm was forced to recall a soft toy mouse that sang ‘Jingle Bells’ because some imbecile parent complained on Twitter it sounded like “Paedophile, paedophile, paedos all the way!”

Dorset firm recalls 'paedophile' mouse

ETA: here’s the Evel grooming mouse