Santa Land - NOT recommended

[Milliways]

I see that MN have a link to SantaLand & I can only hope that it has improved from the "Wonderland" a few (2?)years ago. The snow was yellowing and patchy, It was very over commercialised, had to follow round in a group. Massive waiting area beforehand with nothing to do except buy overpriced tat. Long queue for dangerous sledging, Pay extra for photo in sleigh & then join a queue to see ONE of the santas who are obviously all in a row of booths! Santa was as fake as a chocolate teapot & the present was dire & worth about £1.50.

My kids were sooo disappointed, and we had to pay a fortune in parking fees on top of the entrance tickets.

Go to Paultons Park instead

I agree. We took DD to that at Birmingham, paid £19-ish per ticket, had to pay parking too at NEC plus petrol for a 100-mile round trip. And it was CR*P.

This sounds more like a show e.g. like the Baby Show with 'an experience' thrown in to attract more children. 100+ retail outlets. Ouch.

Was that Santas Kingdom or is that something else?

Santa's Kingdom - that was it. Here's the review I posted on mumsnet at the time. DD would have been almost 6yo.

Is Santas Kingdom on the go this year?

I saw it from the other side.

Santa Land is being plugged on the MN homepage & newsletter, & I had a sneaking suspicion it was the same as the one we did at Earls court the other year. The webiste looks the same (post office, rides etc). TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY

where exactly is it? was thinking of going to the wonderland thingy at gullivers world. is it the same thing?

My kids loved santas kingdom aged 4 and 6 at the time and so did the adults with us, but then we didn't pay so that helped. Lots of things people weren't happy about but i think comparing it to shows at the same price like thomas etc it was ok.

I think from the advertising people expected a lot more than they got.

I spent 4 weeks polishing the elves hats! We had about 12 santas on the go.

I went 3 yrs ago with 4 yr old neice. She loved it. I thought it was ever so good. Am taking DS this year to the Earls Court one. It is a bit c**p if you are an adult but my neice really really enjoyed it.

its good at sundown at christmas its in rampton nr retford. nottinghamshire

I spent 2 months in the place and still loved it when the snow fell outside the post office and the atmosphere in the snowcave. The guys doing the "shuttle" bit were great too. Especially the poor guy who had to wear moonboots 2 sizes too small for him . Had fun on the snow slide too when closed . Santa presents were rubbish and stalls were pretty cack too. I will try and get the contract for that if we ever get it up here again.

SS I'm sorry but I have taken DD to lots of things and on value for money Santa's Kingdom comes pretty much at the bottom. In fact I cannot think of anything that comes below it so it is at the bottom.

I think all the kids shows are expensive and the merchandise over priced. Like Thomas or Noddy. We only go if I get comps. I would never pay the kind of money involved in taking a family of four.