is 3 too Young for the York Dungeons?

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Hi we are trying to think of days out round Yorkshire for the family this year as we are not going on Holiday this year

we aren't overly flush so don;t want ot have to spend loads

we were thinking of the York dungeons as ds (7) would love this but we have a 10 month old and dd3 - I have never been do you think that they will be scared?

yes, defo.

I don't actually think I could take any of mine, my 7yo and 9yo would be scared too.

Can you or your dh/dp do somthing with the young ones whilst the 7 year old goes on with one of you? Ds1 went on when younger than 7 and he was ok.

I wouldn't take a 3 year old, unless you want to try to explain why people in the old days found it necessary to saw each other in half lengthways whilst still alive.

Can recommend York Castle Museum, Clifford's Tower, the National Railway Museum, the York big wheel, Jorvik (although pricey)...

It's been a while since I went (OK, about 10 years!) but assuming it hasn't changed much then I would say it is too scary for a 3 year old. It was also quite gory iirc, lots of torture scenes and whatnot and it was quite dark in there.

If you've ever been to Madame Tussauds it's quite similar to the chamber of horrors (if that's still there, I haven't been there for years either!)

There's lots of stuff going on at NT and English Heritage sites around Yorkshire.
Agree rail museum is brill and free!

The dungeon is horrible - I wouldn't take a 7 year old let alone a three year old. The York wheel doesn't exist anymore but the Catle museum is good, as is the railway museum.

tbh, i think Dungeons is too much for even 7 year old...

Take them to Creepy Crawleys on outskirts of york - fantastic indoor and outdoor soft play

Also the waterworld type place is fun for children (though i hate it)

If it's anything like the London Dungeons they'll be totally freaked out and you'll have to take them out pronto.

York Dungeons scared me! Take them to the Railway Museum instead. The Castle Museum is great too but very expensive for a family last time we went.

lol thanks everyone...glad I checked!!

going to have a look at some of these places suggested are there anymore easily accessable by bus or train as we don;t drive

so what is Jorvik then £26 isn't that bad for the day compared to Lightwater Valley and Flamingo Land lol

Jorvik is a museum with a ride that goes through a recreated Viking village. It's good fun but it won't last the day, maybe a couple of hours at most.

Jorvik is pricey because you are in and out in about an hour. It's a tour round a recreated Viking village in a little electric cart. It is quite interesting though. The Castle Museum is better value because your ticket is valid for unlimited visits in a year.

You can also do things in Leeds e.g. Royal Armouries (I think that's free, and they have fun things like reenactments, jousting and falconry), Tropical World and Roundhay park.

aahhh I see lol - -I suppose if I was going to York for the day we could do jorvik and the NRM

Might have to visit the Royal Armouries seeing as how we are in Leeds not sure if the kids would think it was boring but didn;t realise they did reenactments etc

My DD was 9 when we went and was so scared she refused to get in the car. The staff were brilliant with her and showed us a short cut to the end and let us wait until DH and DS came round and let me on from there and Ds was allowed to go round again.

Harrogate is nice for a day trip (easy train) as they have a fantastic new play park in the town gardens. Or Knaresborough (direct train, old castle, riverside walks, boats, charming market town etc)

Also scarborough is easy by train from York
And Pickering (lovely steam train station at Pickering - North York Moors railway)