How much for that? (Lightwater Valley)

Member Name: Darren Evered

Product:	Lightwater Valley
Date:	15/04/09 (35 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: It took only an hour to get there

Disadvantages: Lazy effort by the owners

This was the second time we have visited in exactly a year and my impression hasn't changed. It cost £78 for a family of five which doesn't sound much per person but when you add all the sweets ad toys to that you are looking at a ton at least ... for a day out. Notice that I didn't mention buying food. We made that mistake last year and we 'll never make it again. Put it this way, we all had stomach ache for 3 days after our last visit and that included us all eating at different food bars through the day. The lowlight were the doughnuts that tasted like they had been on display for a week and were that bad that everyone left them half eaten.

The part that will stick in my throat is that some of the rides that weren't working last year sill weren't working this year so they have had 12 months to fix them with no result. We were also booted out early last year because the staff wanted to go home early or something so the kids tried to have a go on the remote controlled cars to use up some time only to find that they weren't working and there wasn't anyone around to complain to and lo, this year the same thing happened again.

Overall, if you don't mind qeueing for ages even though the car park was only a quarter full, and you don't mind the limited number of rides and the foul food and you're 12 so you didn't have to pay, it's fine.

...and the worst part of it all is that it's not that much worse than all the other attractions around the country. I'm sure here is some sort or cartel out there making sure that no one has to make much in the way of investment in facilities so they can all charge what they want knowing that we'll pay hatever it takes to entertain our children. God alone knows what our foreign cousins think when they come over to visit. I bet it's not good.

Summary: Where else can you go?