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Original poster

To stomp back to Jorvik and demand our money back?

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Stealthpolarbear · 30/10/2014 21:34

When we asked dd what her favourite bit of our visit was she said "learning all about the cavemen"
Hmmmm

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Minions · 30/10/2014 21:54

He he, made me chuckle. Could have been worse, she could have said the gift shop Grin

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 30/10/2014 21:57

YANBU except YABU because I looooooovvvveee Jorvik and all things Viking.

(Where's that Fru when you need her Wink )

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Stealthpolarbear · 30/10/2014 22:27

She would have said the gift shop but we applied the look before steering them through it at breakneck speed

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WitchWay · 30/10/2014 22:29

I went while pregnant & the "realistic smells" made me heave Hmm

ScrambledeggLDCcakeBOAK · 30/10/2014 22:30

I though Jorvik was brill!

Thought the cavemen were excellently done [blink]

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Stealthpolarbear · 30/10/2014 22:32

Err yes dear :)
It was good, although a couple of cavemen would have added a certain je ne sais quoi. Maybe I should suggest it.

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bruffin · 30/10/2014 22:51

When we went dd was about 9 and prone to over imagination. When we got to our turn she refused to go on the ride. Theyb et us wait a few goes but she refused. They were lovely and showed us a short cut to the end where we could wait for dh and ds. They gave dd an opportunity to get on again but in the end they let me on and let ds go round a second time.

OwlinaTree · 30/10/2014 22:54

Did you see the couple DTD in the hut?

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Stealthpolarbear · 30/10/2014 22:59

No owl. Are you sure they were Vikings not just very frisky modern humans

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Stealthpolarbear · 30/10/2014 23:01

Ok really dim question
They were the Viking. Before them were the Anglo Saxons and after them the Normans etc. we've just had Victoria times. What are we going to be? There have already been Elizabethans.
Will we be the X factor generations?
I have a feeling when someone tells me I'm going to feel v stupid but it's late and I'm drunk

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cosysocks · 30/10/2014 23:02

When I was at uni one of my flat mates was used as a cast for one of the figures.. It does reek though.

TheCraicDealer · 30/10/2014 23:04

DP and I were there at the beginning of the month, they have the same ride along thingy in the Titanic Centre at home but it's up through the innards of the ship.

I thought it was a very short exhibit to be honest- when we exited at the gift shop I had to shush DP as he roared, "was that fucking it?!". Although I did get a good snap of a Viking poo Grin

Solasum · 30/10/2014 23:06

Stealth, I think we are New Elizabethans?

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Stealthpolarbear · 30/10/2014 23:07

Phew so I'm not that dim thanks
Craic we had been warned that it was expensive and short . We had realistic expectations

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tywysogesgymraeg · 30/10/2014 23:08

Think we are the "New Elizabethans"

TheCraicDealer · 30/10/2014 23:12

Although we were disappointed Stealth, we then went to Yorkminster and saw Michael Portillo filming something boring. Our spirits were adequately lifted.

tankytoppy · 30/10/2014 23:14

Ooh, I like the sound of being a New Elizabethan.

TyneTeas · 31/10/2014 01:17

Anyone who loves Jorvik needs to go here just a few miles to the East

www.murtonpark.co.uk/

The viking village will probably be closed for school use during term time, but if you go in school hols there will probably be Viking weapon training and craft stuff on (in addition to how great the village is as well as the farming museum and roman fort)

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 31/10/2014 01:23

We loved Jorvik and DH and I sniggered at the "shagging couple" and managed not to alert the DCs to what we were sniggering at Grin but then right at the end when they tell you all the figures are based on the actual faces of the skulls they excavated, it made me go all "peculiar" Confused and felt a bit weird somehow.
I can't even quite explain why, but I think part of me can never quite decide how many years there are between archaeology and grave robbing, and the thought of them actually remodelling the dead people made my flesh crawl a bit. If they's said it at the beginning of the trip rather than the end, I don't think I'd have gone - we've never been back.
That said, the DCs loved it, and were absolutely convinced we'd gone back in time after the shaking seats in the "time machine" Grin I jut got irationally squeamish at the end.

waithorse · 31/10/2014 07:37

I love this thread and am very jealous, I haven't been since school.

firesidechat · 31/10/2014 07:50

I went while pregnant & the "realistic smells" made me heave hmm

We went years ago and my abiding memory is feeling horribly sick and just wanting to get out, fast. I thought it was hideous. I wasn't even pregnant at the time.

NorksWar · 31/10/2014 07:56

How did I miss the shagging couple?!! I only saw an old man having a dump wwhen I went earlier this year!

IsabellaofFrance · 31/10/2014 07:57

DD loves Center Parcs ad asked if we can go back there on holiday. When I asked her what she liked best, she piped up 'The toy shop'. We didn't even visit the toy shop Confused

monal · 31/10/2014 08:18

I went once when I was about 11 and I can still remember the smells.

Paleodad · 31/10/2014 08:37

Archaeology is never graverobbing Wink most of the time it's a question of getting human remains and/or stuff out of the way before a bloody great building/road/quarry trashes the lot