To ask if you’d enjoy this holiday ?

[CryJustALittleBit]

All inclusive hotel in Spain.

Fancy dress competitions for kids and kids club for general ents etc discos

Some of the male hotel guests putting on drag acts as evening entertainment

Two pools - one indoor / one outdoor

Sharing a dinner table with another guest couple at the hotel

Space invader machines /Pac Man etc

Pool table

VERY predominantly British guests

Hotel is right next to a beach

Plenty of cafes and bowling alleys near by for entertainment

Nice ‘bar’ area where you can also get drinks like milk shakes etc

Courier service so you have the option to go on day trips etc

Hotel guests in general are a bit ‘Phoenix Nights’ iyswim

So, what’s the verdict ?? Y Viva Espana?

This is MN. Of course it was going to be a no!

I'm thinking that's what he'll will be like.

Hell on earth IMHO. Why pay to go to Spain when you could stay at a British holiday camp and experience similar!!

Alright for a few days of the ents on offer are good (not guest drag acts!) good local bands that sort of thing. I prefer a mixed clientele myself, really enjoyed the TUI ones which had lots of Germans, Dutch, various Nordic, Belgians, few French and mainland Spanish as well as Brits and Irish - British vs German silent disco was particularly fun as was karaoke pan European style.

I like a classy city break and cultural tours but an also like a fit of mindless fun too

Forgot to mention fruit machines !!

By the space invaders there’s fruit machines !!

Point of spain? sun sea beaches ...as opposed to here?

I mean I probably wouldn't book it. But say someone said I've found this great deal for an AI in Spain and I'll pay for it all. I wouldn't say no.

Surely not all the evening entertainment would be my taste but I'm sure I could occupy myself at another bar in the vicinity or whatever.

Not my cup of tea personally but I'm sure lots of people would love it and have a blast.

I would absolutely hate it and I think my family would too. Actually DH wouldn't mind any of it as long as he wasn't at work snd round probably find it funny . My ILs kept asking us to go on holiday with them and BIL family. I was so afraid it would be this type of holiday and kept saying NO because going with them wouid make it totatally unbearable .

I ask cos it was my favourite holiday ever but wondered what everyone else thought

MN is quite snobby at holidays so it’s going to be a no! Plenty of people enjoy this type of holiday in the real world especially when they have children.

My mum, daughter and I went on an all inclusive to Tenerife last year and bloody loved it! Definitely not my mums normal holiday choice, but loads to do for my daughter and make friends, we could relax by the pool and no cooking! We all thoroughly enjoyed it and I'd definitely do it again!

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The fact it was on a beach would be a big bonus

I went on a AI to fuengirola last year. I really enjoyed it. We did day trips and boat trips, why Spain is so looked down upon, I don't know. I'd rather holiday with other Brits than a lot of German/Russian/French men. I wouldn't want to share a table, though.

It wouldn't be my thing, but glad you enjoyed yourself OP.

I would hate virtually all of it

I would loathe every minute of it but when my (now adult) children were young, I think they probably would have enjoyed that kind of holiday more than the camping holidays in France we did!

Wouldn’t ever have been my thing , not even when our kids were small as they didn’t do children’s clubs etc , drag has no interest to me and I’d prefer not to share a table . Each to their own , it’s not for me .

In which case, it's a brilliant holiday.

Hideous beyond, to me I'm afraid.

My idea of hell but then everyone is different

Sounds like an episode of Benidorm. Not my thing, but plenty enjoy it.

I’m 66 and to this day I look back on the holidays we had at Butlins in Ayr as children with nothing but love and affection. They were great, probably very much like the OP’s holiday and it can be great to do something different and have a bloody good laugh.

No, I wouldn't but lots of people would love it, hence why it exists.