**Apologies as cannot PM at moment but hoping that Notname may see and reply or anyone else with any experience ref the Bear Grylls at NEC. Definitely going to book as part of Christmas present but was wondering whether it was exhaustingly busy - thinking archery and skydiving or will that not. E enough to do . DS Would be on his own . Did you go on a weekend or school holiday - we live outskirts of London so a long day out for us but happy to do it - is anytime of day better in your opinion - can we see a thing of the skydiving or do we just sit and drink coffee all day ?
Sorry only just saw this (i’m used to just killing threads so never check back 😂)
Ds went with Dh and I booked four activities (archery, rock climbing, high ropes and sky dive) plus there’s an assault course that’s free. I left 30-60 mins between each activity and a bit longer at lunch time, so they were there 10-5ish. It cost about £140 in total (£70 each) as prices were half the advertised cost - not sure if this is a perma offer or we were just lucky.
They went at half term and we stayed in the premier inn nearby the night before as we live a couple of hits away, and we did Cadbury world and shopping in Birmingham the day before (dd and I shopped while they did bear Grylls on the second day too).
There is a cafe there but think it’s a bit bog standard. Dh and ds went to nearby pizza express for lunch. Dd and I went back to meet them before the sky dive and we were able to watch and video. Dd then had a free go on the assault course before we left.
They loved it, especially the sky dive (and paid a bit extra for another go). The high ropes course was much better than expected- ds has been to go ape a couple of times and thought this might be a bit tame, but it was really high and quite challenging.
I’d def recommend it, but it sounds like it’s a long way to go for just a couple of activities. If you can stretch to doing a bit more it makes it more worthwhile I guess.