Centre Parks question...

[wilfandrowlf]

schmalex said:

Rather than questioning the sanity behind spending £9.99 for 3 logs to burn in the middle of a forest, shouldn't you be questioning the sanity of going to one of those god awful places in the first instance?

Yeah I know, but I didn't choose it.
It's a family thing, and sometimes it's just easier to go with the flow!
One of the other guys coming with us likes a drink so we can enjoy a beer or 3 while the ladies take the kids on the slides.
Possibly by the fire.....

[schmalex]

wilfandrowlf said:

Yeah I know, but I didn't choose it.
It's a family thing, and sometimes it's just easier to go with the flow!
One of the other guys coming with us likes a drink so we can enjoy a beer or 3 while the ladies take the kids on the slides.
Possibly by the fire.....

Fair enough! As you say, sometimes it's best to just go with the flow and get enjoy a beer in peace!!!!

[DSLiverpool]

Booked a lodge for our first holiday with our 3 year olds, £1k for 4 nights ain't cheap but we all deserve a break and I don't want to fly with them just yet - ill report back on how it goes.

[sploosh]

We took a sack of coal. Nobody died.

Used to go when kids were young and took electric heater. Central heating is on a timer that assumes you're out in day and not up half the night with babies.

Great place for family hols.

[Rick101]

Just come back from Sherwood. Fantastic, will def go again.

Very professional, very pleasant, will def go again.

[chopper602]

richardxjr said:

I'm done with the UK parcs. But the one in Holland which is no further away, half the price, chav free, and has an indoor real snow ski centre; much better

I don't recall those fake logs either over there. Can't see the dutch putting up with that nonsense.

The one at Zandvoort certainly had the logs, so much so that when we went to the Center Parcs near the Nurburgring, I packed a box full. German Center Parcs have no open fire !!

We're trying a brand new one this summer, near Saarbrucken, opens 1st July, we're there first week in August <crosses fingers>

[New POD]

We went in that gap between GSCE's finishing and the schools officially breaking up for Summer as it was cheaper. Guess what? Lots of post A level/ pre-university students in groups, just broken up for the summer.

[DSLiverpool]

Had to hire a mobility scooter for my fil - probably the most fun I will have all week (apart from the Hopi candles - I love that st)

[944fan]

swerni said:

You are kidding aren't you?

No. I didn't say it was really nice or upmarket, but the attitude of a lot of the people who go there is that is is a cut above everything else. Like they are at their own personal country club or something.

My last holiday was at Sandy Balls () and that makes Centreparcs look like something really special!

[944fan]

swerni said:

I'm not sure Googling "sandy balls" from work is a good idea. :0

It will be fine try it

[Stedman]

944fan said:

Oh and Longleat is hilly as fk and more spread out than the other 'parcs.

SO GODDAMN HILLY

[RammyMP]

wilfandrowlf said:

£9.99 for three fg fire logs!:

I take the ones from costco, £20 for 12. And they are bigger too! The centre parcs ones are a rip off, as is most things at centre parcs!