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To have genuinely thought Center Parcs was enclosed in a giant bubble?

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steps2change · 05/10/2014 13:05

I am at a stage in my life where Center Parcs may be just the thing. But I had this idea that it was all under a giant (and yes it would have to be bloody ginormous) bubble, a la Eden Project.

I do not mean "metaphorical bubble of getting away from it all".

Was there some kind of advertising at some point that gave me this idea? DP thinks I'm barmy.

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MykleeneArse · 05/10/2014 13:05

Isn't it?

CrohnicallyPissedOff · 05/10/2014 13:06

You mean it's not??

thatstoast · 05/10/2014 13:08

It's a metaphor?! Fuck that, I'll stick with Bluestone.

SavoyCabbage · 05/10/2014 13:08

I thought it was too till I went. I've a feeling there is one in Europe that's in a bubble/dome thing.

We can't all have hallucinated the bubble!

NeedsAsockamnesty · 05/10/2014 13:09

It was in their adverts for years

houseofstark · 05/10/2014 13:09

I remember my mother thinking the same thing! I think the TV adverts used to show the bubble that's over the pool complex and it confused people.

PickleSarnie · 05/10/2014 13:10

I thought it was too.

Quite relieved it wasn't though

EddieVeddersfoxymop · 05/10/2014 13:10

Ha ha I thought so too! Where did we all get this idea from?

ScarlettlovesRhett · 05/10/2014 13:11

I thought part of it was under a bubble too - the adverts always had a giant bubble!

SetPhasersTaeMalkie · 05/10/2014 13:12

I thought so too until this thread actually. I can't say why though.

3pigsinblanketsandasausagerole · 05/10/2014 13:13

I thought so too!

Wishfulmakeupping · 05/10/2014 13:13

Shattered my illusions then...Thats me off to Butlins then

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steps2change · 05/10/2014 13:15

Sorry for any illusions that I may have shattered!

I was trying to suggest to DP that we should go for the Center Parcs that was built most recently, rather than based on location / where we actually might want to go, because they will probably have built a bigger bubble than they did with the older Center Parcs.

Hmm.

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MelonOfTroy · 05/10/2014 13:16

Me too, I thought it was all in domes a la Eden Project

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 05/10/2014 13:16

I did too - imagined it as some kind of giant dome with its own managed climate Blush

CatsCantTwerk · 05/10/2014 13:16

You mean it is not? Shock

FannyFifer · 05/10/2014 13:17

Is some of it not in a big dome thing,I always thought this as well. Smile

StripyBanana · 05/10/2014 13:18

I used to think that as I remember wondering about the horse riding and hhow they must have woods under it.

There must have been an advert....

I'm not sure of the appeal other than to pay the "chav tax" and ok only mix with other wealthy people...

WeAreEternal · 05/10/2014 13:19

It is because of images like this used in a lot of the old advertising.

I have spoken to so many people while at CPs in the past who were surprised to find it not under a dome when they arrived.

To have genuinely thought Center Parcs was enclosed in a giant bubble?
To have genuinely thought Center Parcs was enclosed in a giant bubble?
To have genuinely thought Center Parcs was enclosed in a giant bubble?
Original poster
steps2change · 05/10/2014 13:20

After some googling:

"The Center Parcs at Elveden used to be inside a glass dome, everything under one roof, until it was destroyed by fire in 2002.

It has now been re-built and it's not under the one roof any more, it's been built so if a fire does occur it will not spread like it did last time. I used to work there until early this year and was there during the fire and the re-build."

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PetulaGordino · 05/10/2014 13:20

This thread is hilarious! What kind of marketing have they done that gave this impression? It must have been all the focus on the swimming pool complex

Fav · 05/10/2014 13:20

At whinfell the swimming pool and shopping village/loads of restaurants are all under one big glass building.

HavanaSlife · 05/10/2014 13:20

I used to think the same

RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime · 05/10/2014 13:22

From the Guardian:

"The whole site is not under one roof. The dome is the centre of activity for the leisure pool, restaurants, shops, shows and so on, but you are living in a bubble, whether you're actually inside one or not."

It is obviously associated with being in a bubble for lots of people!

WeAreEternal · 05/10/2014 13:22

This was their advert in the 80's