We are at centre parcs this weekend (not a thread about the closing on funeral day fiasco). All adults. Been here maybe half a dozen times in the past with DC and loved it. Used to joke that the price meant the neds/chavs were priced out and we were the scummy family - this is for context - I am not a snob at all and am fairly low maintenance.
this weekend I feel it’s really gone downhill. Here’s the evidence;
- swimming pool quite dirty with litter abandoned all over the tables etc
- showers in pool quite cold as were the pools themselves
- communal areas quite shabby and unclean - ditto outside areas
- Tables in bars/restaurants not cleared for ages - in sports bar lounge and there were lots of empty tables but were totally cluttered with previous occupants dirty dishes
- really restricted menus in restaurants- one “restaurant” was 99% burgers - not one pasta dish for example and only fish offering was traditional fish and chips - which I like but felt more like being in a seaside cafe
- Really long waits to get served with staff chatting amongst themselves rather than serving
- coffee shops not open until 9am despite families being up with kids from crack of dawn
- lodge we are in is pretty shabby - dents on walls, toilet doors with broken locks, mismatched patio furniture, only 2 sets of cutlery in 3 bed villa
- lots of children running around completely ignored by parents - a girl of about age 10 ran across the top of the sofa I was sitting on shrieking, made me spill my coffee and when I said “careful, you shouldn’t be running on furniture” just laughed and continued on her merry way
- quite a lot of drunkenness - I may BU here as I am a recovering alcohol abuser (although I rarely drank outside the house) so maybe noticing it more now
I know this sounds very first world problems and I am grateful to be able to afford a weekend away, but AIBU in being disappointed that centre parcs no longer has the luxury feel about it?