edinburgh dungeons

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good if you get money off vouchers, other wise oer priced imo.

i enjoyed it, lots of good effects and we certainly all screamed alot. boat ride could have been better though.

has anyone encountered creepy autopsy man? i was picked to help out in his demonstration - he is very very creepy.

oh and go to the toilets somewhere else - toilets in there are so dark you can hardly see a thing. (they are also smeared with - what i hope was - fake blood)

The boys in our family (DH and 2 DS) have been to the London, Edinburgh and York Dungeons, and liked Edinburgh the best.

There is just so much more in Edinburgh's history to lead to an authentic dungeon.

Just remembered, tehy have also been to the Amsterdam Dungeon - but still Ediburgh was teh best.

I didn't realise there was one. I'm near Glasgow but can get to Edinburgh fairly easily.
Would a 7yr old into all things scary like it do you think?
I'm off work from 23rd December till January 5th so could go then, or save it for half term.

ISTR that it is on Waverley Bridge, so right next to the station, MW.

I've booked for 29th December and we'll make a day of it.
I'm finding it hard to find things to scare DD with that are age appropriate!
This looks perfect though.

Don't know if I would take a 7 yr old TBH. My DS went age 10 with a bunch of scouts.

I went with freind last month and def wouldn't take DD age 9 yrs. I wouldn't fancy trying to get out with a panicy child who is hating it.

It was all good fun but some bits made me tremble and I don't spook easy, some girls in our tour were really screaming and shitting themselves .

Really?
Oops. DD does love all things scary, of course I don't chuck on horror films for her to watch but all I can find to suit are goosebumps videos and similar books plus things like the Jaws films and the Indiana Jones fims, particularly the Temple of Doom which she says is the scariest. She likes Dr who aswell and going through the woods in the dark (I pretend there are demons coming to scare her further, she loves it strange child!)

Obviously the dungeons looks scarier but it does say child tickets sre for age 5-15 so I didn't think it bad for her?

I think taking a 5 yr old would be child abuse . Perhaps a 7 yr old that is very up on special effects etc, but TBH its all a bit too real because it is real actors in front of you and around you not on TV, special effects add to it and combined with adult visitors around you screaming it could all be a bit oo much. Plenty time in the future to scare her silly here I would say 10 plus perhaps.

Oh Crap.
I'll have to have a think about it. She knows I've booked and when and is really up for it but of course I don't want to traumatise her. I did read some reviews which said it was rubbish so I took that as a good sign for taking a child, as in not that scary.
Maybe I'll book Mary King's Close instead.

I took a 5 year old and a 9 year old (not mine ) they 5 year old was a bit scared in places, but was ok as long as I told him it was just people dressed up.

I cant watch horror films but I managed the dungeons. I think its less scary if its a bigger group of people going round. Was 2 children aged about 7-9 when I was there and they were doing spooky noises in the dark trying to scare the adults, and I assume the actors wont pick the children to jump out at. (Parts where it all goes pitch black then an actor is right in front of someone and gives them a fright)

Oh that sounds reassuring if there are children of similar ages going.
DD really does love being scared.

We went on Monday and DD loved it.
I thought it would have been a bit overpriced if I hadn't got it cheaper by booking online.
It wasn't really scary though, just a couple of jumpy moments. DD particularly liked the Sawney Bean bit as the actor came right up to her and called her a revolting midget, she thought that hilarious!
The other people there were lovely too and made sure DD and the two other kids (aged around 10 I'd say) got right down at the front of each part so they could see.

Great for kids who like being scared but probably rubbish for adults as not scary enough.
My enjoyment came from DD's enjoyment of it, more than for myself.
We das a fab day though, DD went on a few rides in Princes gardens and then we went and played with all the display toys in Jenners and got some goodies from lush.