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

[Jay Park]

Does 'peccy' cover the siphoning of petrol and leccy?

I guess it reads that way

 

[neonwilderness]

Vicar's 'disgust' as parents swear at volunteers over fully-booked Santa experience

A VICAR has expressed her “complete disgust” at parents who swore at church volunteers after they were unable to book a free visit to see Santa.

www.theboltonnews.co.uk

You may understand my complete disgust by the abuse my staff are experiencing from people phoning for a place to visit Santa. When told we are fully booked, they are then swearing down the phone saying we should be able to fit them in. Sadly, I will be thinking very seriously whether we can provide this sort of service next year as I cannot let my staff or volunteers be abused in this way.

 

[T & P]

It seems long waiting times is one of the main themes this year...

Parents left furious after two-and-a-half hour queue to get into Santa's grotto

Parents and families have slammed Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire, after an 'administrative issue' left them waiting in queues with nowhere to sit for two-and-a-half hours

www.mirror.co.uk

But as these things go, these parents didn't have it as bad overall. £14 per head is not nearly as bad as others previously reported, and for once the venue and the decorations look really nice.

 

[platinumsage]

Vicar's 'disgust' as parents swear at volunteers over fully-booked Santa experience

A VICAR has expressed her “complete disgust” at parents who swore at church volunteers after they were unable to book a free visit to see Santa.

www.theboltonnews.co.uk

Perhaps it's God's way of telling them that they're a church and wtf are they doing pissing about with a Santa experience.

 

[muscovyduck]

Perhaps it's God's way of telling them that they're a church and wtf are they doing pissing about with a Santa experience.

maybe it was one of those novelty nativity types where they add in a few extra characters or do it from the point of view of one of the shepherd's sheep

 

[cupid_stunt]

It seems long waiting times is one of the main themes this year...

Parents left furious after two-and-a-half hour queue to get into Santa's grotto

Parents and families have slammed Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire, after an 'administrative issue' left them waiting in queues with nowhere to sit for two-and-a-half hours

www.mirror.co.uk

But as these things go, these parents didn't have it as bad overall. £14 per head is not nearly as bad as others previously reported, and for once the venue and the decorations look really nice.

The parents complained of the long queues, and one mum fretted so much about the overcrowding, that she called the police.

Since, the castle has closed following advice from local authorities.

 

[neonwilderness]

'Fyre Festival of Santa events': Christmas village shut down after complaints

An Adelaide family Christmas village event is told to shut down after a storm of complaints online about the cost of the tickets and the quality of the display, which included a makeshift sleigh attached to a mobility scooter.

www.abc.net.au

Photographs of the event, posted on social media, show a sleigh attached to a mobility scooter, a foam mat path surrounded by paper lights, a cardboard hut decorated with disposable plates and a maze, made from crowd fencing and covered in tinsel.

I feel upset because I got excited over something only to realise that it's not … what they advertised.

Another parent said she had paid about $130 for tickets to the event and "instantly felt a feeling of shock and disappointment as soon as we walked in".

"If you're going to create a small community-run event with homemade signage and activities, then it needs to be advertised and priced accordingly,"

We've listened to our customers and, we agree, Santa's Winter Village does not meet the expectations of our customers, the broader community or our team at Colonnades and we apologise for the disappointment and inconvenience this has caused

 

[cupid_stunt]

That one is truly brilliant, I am loving the sleigh attached to the mobility scooter, real class that is.

Compare those photos to the ones used to promote it -

 

[Badgers]

'Fyre Festival of Santa events': Christmas village shut down after complaints

An Adelaide family Christmas village event is told to shut down after a storm of complaints online about the cost of the tickets and the quality of the display, which included a makeshift sleigh attached to a mobility scooter.

www.abc.net.au

Potential post of the year IMO

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Potential post of the year IMO

I was just coming on here to post this. Well done our Antipodean cousins

 

[T & P]

The sheer cheek of the fuckers...

 

[Voley]

Santa's mobility scooter.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Santa's mobility scooter.

Well, he is getting on a bit.

 

[Teaboy]

If there is one thing that the UK truly leads the world in it's horrible and terribly expensive festive event dismalness. I'm not happy with these upstart aussies trying to muscle in on our territory.

 

[pinkmonkey]

That's a sports hall, isn't it? Those mats are gym mats, the lollipops are exercise balls covered in cellophane. When do we get to meet Santa's yoga instructors?

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'll be honest, if that were a community group making the best of things I'd be impressed with their improvisation and creativity.

Charging $30-40 though... eesh

 

[UrbaneFox]

CANDYLAND - Roald Dahl must be spinning in his grave.

 

[neonwilderness]

We need to find some photos of this one

'We want our money back'

Furious ticket holders are demanding refunds over last night's Winter Wonderland chaos - while others say they are now too scared to attend tonight.

www.kentonline.co.uk

Others expressed concern about social distancing, reporting long queues at the 'food village' - which one complainant said consisted of three vans.

"Avoid at all costs! We arrived at Detling Hill at 3.45 expecting a queue.

"We finally reached the entrance at 7.30pm and located a marshal who led us right to the exit as there was no point in staying for the last 30 minutes.

"We didn't get to see anything except darkness and car headlights. I had small baby crying non-stop and let down my ten-year-old too."

"I had high hopes to go out of 2020 with some spirit of good in my heart and you have squashed it. I want a refund - I am fuming."

 

[wtfftw]

Have we had this one? 'Creepy' drive-through grotto 'an absolute fiasco'

 

[cupid_stunt]

Have we had this one? 'Creepy' drive-through grotto 'an absolute fiasco'

"The Scrooge guy called us all mutants, said Santa has crashed his sleigh and the presents are in the mud, and there was a man in chains by a tree just staring at the car.

"It was creepy, but was meant to be for little kids.

"The light tunnel at the end wasn't even switched on and the Santa couldn't be less interested."

Another parent said: "The gifts were rubbish, not even wrapped, just in brown paper bags and they were things probably bought in Poundland."

Wonderful.

 

[brogdale]

We need to find some photos of this one

'We want our money back'

Furious ticket holders are demanding refunds over last night's Winter Wonderland chaos - while others say they are now too scared to attend tonight.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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That's covid-epicentre, tier 3 Kent FFS.
Quite why shite like is even allowed.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Have we had this one? 'Creepy' drive-through grotto 'an absolute fiasco'

"the light tunnel wasn't even switched on'

 

[brogdale]

"the light tunnel wasn't even switched on'

Having the child-catcher at the entrance is genius.

 

[T & P]

Fuck me, Christmas grottos/ festivals have really become the modern swindler’s go-to scam.

Who needs to rent an empty retail unit on Oxford Street to stand in the cold flogging premium-brand laptop boxes containing defunct Tesco own-brand tablets, when you can organise one of these gigs and pay some poor sods to dress up as elves on
an empty field from the comfort of your armchair?

 

[circleline]

Yeah, feel a bit sorry for these 'actors' , probably on not much more than minimum wage, trying to 'entertain' or 'perform' according to job description and carrying the yuletide expectations of jaded and over-disneyed families on their shoulders. 'The Grinch' person from up-thread seemed an enthusiastic sort but met with mixed reviews from the paying public.

I quite liked the sports-hall lollipops. But yeah, for a school play not a £50 a pop experience.

 

[marty21]

Fury over two-and-a-half hour queue for Santa's grotto at Belvoir Castle

Some eventually gave up before they made it inside

www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk

Furious parents!

 

[neonwilderness]

Another guest, Rebecca Leigh, branded the event a 'shambles'.

She added: "It's been such a rubbish year and this was one nice thing to look forward to but it was really poor and badly organised."

 

[T & P]

Having the child-catcher at the entrance is genius.

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it’s alright, they’ve sorted it all out now

Mocked drive-through Santa's grotto now 'magical'

The event was described as "shambolic" and but organisers say improvements have been made.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Thora]

I'm sad to report that I went to our local "Luxury Christmas Trail" today and it was festive and magical

 

[Thora]