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

[Teaboy]

This one looks promising:

Winter Wonderland taking place in North Wales town for the first time this year

Absolutely. The phrase 'taking place for the 1st time' is very promising. The established ones do seem to be a bit too slick and lacking in lulz.

 

[neonwilderness]

Hopefully they will have some smoking elves

 

[hipipol]

Anyone making book on where the best/worst Mudworld/Rageland/ValeofTears will occur this year?
Obviously not definitive, the runners aint all declared yet - historically tho, off the top of my head, Hampshire seems to have the edge on utter shitness....

 

[UrbaneFox]

I should have invested in ice rink manufacture and installation.

 

[dessiato]

Assuming international entries are permitted, this one looks promising.

New Cambodia themed adventure park set for Valencia * Euro Weekly News Spain

 

[Ground Elder]

Assuming international entries are permitted, this one looks promising.

We live in hope

 

[Mation]

faces have been expunged.

Please, please, someone work that into an office scolding email

 

[UrbaneFox]

That photo is no good if they're going to blur out every disappointed child.

I don't think the one in the pushchair has been blurred; his parents have simply dressed him in traditional Jurassic ruff and cardboard box.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Mutiny as Norwegian Spirit passengers rebel on disaster cruise holiday

Passengers on a luxury liner staged a mutiny after their cruise turned into "the holiday from hell".

The 2,000 tourists on the Norwegian Spirit paid up to $10000 each for a once-in-a-lifetime "mystical fjords" tour, with excursions in France, Amsterdam, Norway and Iceland.
But passengers described the two-week cruise as "the worst trip ever" after the ship – which set off from Southampton on September 27 – failed to dock in Le Havre or Amsterdam, apparently because of high winds.

They were taken to Norway but the ship berthed in a "deserted" town which was closed to tourists, with the famous fjords viewable only from a distance. A stop in Reykjavik was cancelled and replaced with a trip to Greenock, near Glasgow – but the 275m-long ship was refused permission to dock there on Monday morning, and the captain decided to head to Belfast instead.

 

[Teaboy]

What a shambles. You'd like to think that these cruise companies have incidence of bad weather built into their business models and an understanding of when they should and shouldn't sail. Mind you the description of a deserted town in Norway closed to tourists could describe 98% of Norwegian towns and cities this time of year.

 

[Pickman's model]

Ale festival organiser says 'it’s not meant to be a piss up' after beer runs out

 

[cupid_stunt]

Not meant to be a piss-up, what planet are they on?

 

[andysays]

Mutiny as Norwegian Spirit passengers rebel on disaster cruise holiday

Details of the "mutiny" are a bit disappointing, no mention of the captain being set adrift in an open boat or any of the other generally accepted practices

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Details of the "mutiny" are a bit disappointing, no mention of the captain being set adrift in an open boat or any of the other generally accepted practices

They have tweeted !

 

[cupid_stunt]

They have tweeted !

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Be Tweeted!

 

[pinkmonkey]

Have we done the ‘Diner En Blanc’ fiasco? Guests left in ‘boggy field’ after chic picnic descends into chaos

Paris: The original exclusive event.

London: A tent and a queue.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Have we done the ‘Diner En Blanc’ fiasco? Guests left in ‘boggy field’ after chic picnic descends into chaos

Once inside, she said guests, who paid £25 for entry, faced “chaos” as they waited for up to two hours to collect pre-ordered champagne, wine and hampers which cost up to £99 per person.

£99 per person?

There're mugs, and then there're complete twats, in this case they are both!

 

[cupid_stunt]

LOL at the food provided to guests...



Was Pontins doing the catering?

 

[neonwilderness]

It was three and a half hours of standing around and getting to the location (which I paid £25 for ‘bus or boat’ and then simply rode the local bus); our £45 hamper took an hour+ to get, was scrappy at best and missing almost all the items in the description, including a bottle of wine; the tables were rammed in so we spent all night getting up and down to let people by; it was in a marquee in a local park and not at all the experience I see online.

 

[skyscraper101]

Why would they organise something like this anyway in late October in London? chances of mild weather were slim to say the least.

 

[pinkmonkey]

The mythical boat from Sloane Square

 

[pogofish]

Would you actually believe it - Edinburgh’s Christmas market doesn’t have planning permission:

Organisers of Edinburgh's Christmas Market 'should have applied for planning permission'

Even better, it is apparently going to be there for so long that it needs to be considered as a “development”, not a temporary event...!

 

[Badgers]

Would you actually believe it - Edinburgh’s Christmas market doesn’t have planning permission:

Organisers of Edinburgh's Christmas Market 'should have applied for planning permission'

Even better, it is apparently going to be there for so long that it needs to be considered as a “development”, not a temporary event...!

Clowns. Sounds like it will be signed off though.

 

[Badgers]

When this thread is bumped I get almost giddy with anticipation. More than any other thread or anything in my nothing life on urban :F

 

[Supine]

Smoking elf season is almost here

 

[Badgers]

Smoking elf season is almost here

The. Most. Wonderful. Time.

 

[cupid_stunt]

When this thread is bumped I get almost giddy with anticipation. More than any other thread or anything in my nothing life on urban :F

Yeah, it even tops the Pontins thread, just.

 

[Pickman's model]

Badgers

 

[cupid_stunt]

They have a bigger tree in one of my local pubs.

 

[Badgers]