Very entertaining, interesting and fun (Events in York)

Member Name: delith

Product:	Events in York
Date:	25/02/07 (38 review reads)
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Advantages: I think it's cheaper to book online (and you get in much faster)

Disadvantages: I think it is too scary for very young or nervous children

My husband and two boys aged 7 and 9 visited the York Dungeons today. We pre-booked last night online, it cost us £30. This meant not having to queue (although there wasn't a very big queue). It took about two hours and it scared the 7 year old rigid throughout, and even our mouthy 9 year old was quiet in places.

It was very educational, and we learned about the plague, Guy Fawkes, Dick Turpin, torture, court procedure, execution, immuration (being walled up) and being trapped in a burning building.

The actors who took us round were very entertaining (especially the man in the surgery who told us about plague symptoms, the high judge and the chief torturer).

The labyrinth might have been more promising if there had been fewer people in there at the same time - it just made it obvious that we were going round in circles and not trapped in a mirrored nightmare after all!

We all enjoyed ourselves and thought it was worth the money - we went in at about 10.45 and came out just after 12.00.

I would be wary about taking in very young or nervous children (my 7 year old is scared of the dark and that alone terrified him until his eyes adjusted).

Only downside is that straight after the execution, you emerge blinking into daylight - straight into the giftshop to be plagued by children demanding money for various gruesome artefacts.

Summary: Definitely worth a look (I think they have the same sort of thing in Edinburgh, London and Amsterdam