I spent a lot of money on an experience and didn't enjoy it

[Newname101]

There's something I've wanted to do for ages, do dh and I bought very expensive tickets yo do it. We travelled into London which he hated and it was short and wasn't for me, I left feeling stupid and sad that we spent out money on it. Dh said at least we gave it s go and we had the money spare. I enjoyed walking through St james park with dh more than the activity.
It's really made me doubt myself and worry about doing things in the future.

I took my F1 fan brother to this and he loved it. There is so much to see, a great mixture of technical info and just cool stuff. Grosjean’s car is jaw dropping. The gift shop is insanely insanely expensive though!

you'll love iron maiden dont agree about bruce's voice its amazing

ive been to loads of things i didnt like it happens

We did this with Dubai, if it makes you feel any better.

I am taking Kielder off my list. Your description is so vivid I feel like I lived through all that shitness!

I felt the same about Meat Loaf. I was a huge fan but when I saw him his voice was starting to go and I believe the rest of the tour was cancelled because he was ill. I was just so glad I'd seen him though.

Enjoy Iron Maiden!

I felt like after being forced to go to the Warner Bros Studio tour. I thought it was going to be shit and it was shit!

The lowest point was seeing Ellen Degeneres studio. Who cares!

It's all so personal! I was hugely disappointed with ABBA voyage despite being excited about going, maybe my mistake was taking DH instead of friends. He was uncharacteristically enthusiastic until he revealed that he was very excited about seeing how they had made it all work from a technical basis .

I just found watching a screen at about the same cost as a festival did little for me, the best bit was when the live band was centre stage.

But you win some, you lose some.

Surely that is just the luck of the draw on the night you go - either clear or cloudy

I don’t think it helps that every ‘experience’ is just so expensive these days. Standards (quite rightly so) are set high before you go. A lot of the experiences would be perceived differently had you not had to spend the equivalent of many hours of work on them !

The rest of it sounded lacklustre too tbh. Broken telescope, broken observation hatch, dull presentations, smelly toilet....

Before we had DC, DH & I travelled a lot, did a lot of experiences & still try smaller ones with our DC. Some don't meet expectations, some still make me smile! All are good conversation & the bad ones make people laugh!

We view it as having done the experience is the joy, and even if disappointing, it's still not a waste to get out of your comfort zone & try something different. It is a very dull life to not try!

Still on my list of things to do, this doesn't put me off

Except for museums, galleries and the very occasional theatre production I have rarely wanted to do stuff indoors. I went for a walk in the Peaks today and visited a stone circle, a trig point and ate lunch looking at glorious views across a valley up on a ridge. Had a cup of tea in a cafe and then some chips. The entire trip was about £25, out for 7 hours. It’s personal though but nothing beats nature for me.

Thank you, that's great to know.

Dh said at least we gave it s go and we had the money spare. I enjoyed walking through St james park with dh more than the activity

He has the right attitude, it was something you wanted to try, you gave it a go and didn't enjoy it. At least you know now, you'd be just as upset if you had the chance to try it and didn't.

Glad you enjoyed walking with your DH, sometimes we take these ample pleasures for granted.

I have seen this advertised and would love to see it. Is it like they are really there on the stage, back in the 70s?

You could go to 10 things and three of them might be crap, but three might be incredible. And if you hadn’t had done all 10 you’d never have got to do the incredible ones. It’s the price you pay for having an interesting life!

If it was the aquarium it's dog shit and £££

@HereForTheAnimals

Yes it really is.

Thanks for the heads-up. It wouldn't be the same without Nicko anyway.

My brother spent 12k taking his kids to Disneyland and they all had a bad time and hated it. One poor event is just life.

I did the same thing in 2019! An expensive LARP thing I went to, went down on the Thursday and came home on the Sunday. Didn't know anyone there. I enjoyed bits of it, but other times I felt completely miserable and wanted to go home! I'm glad I tried it once, but once was enough.

@Strawberryorangejuice I am relieved to read @Blueemeraldagains post, we have tickets for February half term so hoping it wasn’t that. I am as excited as DC!

I'm not a fan but my parents are so grew up hearing it.
My daughter is a fan so took her her birthday. We both enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the simulator and some of it did go over my head but she was thrilled with all the info and things. Definitely worth the money.

Beside the point but The Murder Exhibition??! The whole country has gone murder mad. Murder as entertainment. That sounds absolutely awful.