Not had a whinge for a bit.
The kids are off school for SIX WEEKS so I've taken a few days out to do some family stuff. We decided to visit the Camelot theme park http://www.camelotthemepark.co.uk because it's quite close to us and we hadn't been before. Some decent rides and a Very good knight's in armour show, with jousting, sword fencing etc. but apart from that the place is pretty naff, overpriced, and dirty - the toilets were a disgrace. Not only that some of the rides you had to pay extra for and there was dozens of stalls littered throughout the park pushing cheap Chinese cuddly toys through a variety of ‘games' - the guys running these stalls were really on the hard sell and must have been paid on commission.
The price for the day £16 per person, concessions only for OAP's and kids under 1 metre tall; so it cost us £64 for 2 adults, 2 kids and a baby. We had a similar experience at Gulliver's world last year. I don't profess to being a theme park guru, but I can compare my experience of UK theme parks with ones in the States like Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal Studios etc. These places are what I would describe as World Class. It seems to me in the UK we have gotten used to paying top dollar for barely acceptable.
BTW we did have a good time and I've got a cracking photo from the log flume.
Regards,
Simon
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