and a defeatist to write off next week at Centreparcs (>£1,000) because 12 year old ds has broken his toe and can't properly participate...or should we just go and make the best of it?

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Ds has just broken his toe (Monday). Treatment is conservative - rest as far as possible, walk as little as possible, elevate when you can and avoid any sport for around 4 weeks whilst it is healing.

We have CP booked next week and the following activities booked and paid for : Laser Combat, Quad bikes, Family Crossbows and the High Ropes Challenge.

Laser Combat won't work - he can't run (just limp and shuffle) and is not prepared to do it on that basis and be a sitting duck. Not sure if he could do Quad bikes?, family crossbows would be do-able, but High Ropes a 'no'. He also wouldn't be able to do the 'tropical swimming purgatory paradise' due to the risk of him banging his toe in the rapids / down the slides etc. He is also going to struggle to walk the distances between activities (or though maybe he could go on a bike?)

I am inclined to cancel because it is essentially an activity holiday which he will have to watch from the sidelines (with a bitter disappointed expression of martyrdom on his face) ....but on the other hand, the alternative is him spending the last week of his holidays mostly in his bedroom on playstation 4...and then there is the money we lose....and dd will be a bit peed off

Should we go anyway....pfft, I don't know

Can't you bandage his foot up really well and then cover it with something like this so he can go swimming??

Is there any chance that you have medical/travel/holiday insurance through eg your bank account? We have this through our HSBC account - if it covers UK holidays as well as foreign travel, maybe you could claim on this and rebook?

I'd cancel and rebook, if you have insurance or if CP won't charge too much. My boys were a similar age when we went regularly - they would have been very miserable if they couldn't participate fully,

I'd go with a Playstation. Both of my boys would be super-happy to be left it the cottage all day with it.

If you go at the very least he will be uncomfortable in pleasant surroundings. Plus he may well be able to do more than he thinks possible at the moment. Cancelling the whole thing would be an awful shame.

We had a similar situation where pre booked activities at CP were no longer suitable for medical reasons. We spoke to them and they were really helpful and happy to switch the bookings to something more suitable.
That said, in a week he will probably find he's a lot more comfortable and able to do more anyway.

You won't be able to change dates at such short notice. You would have to cancel, claim on insurance and then rebook.

I've been at CP with a broken toe and managed loads of things, even the pool if you're careful and avoid the Rapids. You can cancel any activities without any problems.

Activities I can think of you could do easily with a broken toe:

Archery
Clay pigeon shooting
Golf range
Aqua jetting
Snorkelling
Kayaking
Electric boats
Pedalo
Pottery painting
Fencing
Street Karting
All of the nature activities
Wildlife photography

If you're buying him a Limbo cast protector, ring them before ordering and ask for one designed for swimming in.