Squonk or anyone else who know Scarborough and surrounds well-Whats happening with Flamingo Land?

[FLIER]

We're off to Scarborough next weekend.
I tried to get onto the flamingo land website today for directions etc and it won't open. I then discovered that is been getting done up. Can anyone tell me when it will be reopening and is it suitable for a 3.5 year old?
Also, does anyone have any recommendations for this age of child for things to do? I know about Peasholm park, Kinderland looks good too. anything else?

mmm. you have to park your car up top because you can't drive around RHB. All rinky-dinky little cobbled streets, quaint cottages and teeny shops selling over-priced bits of driftwood.

ah, but very pretty bits of overpriced driftwood

RHB is one of my favourite spots on the planet. And it has the best fish and chip shop ever!

Sandsend is the place where it's safe and fun to let your children float around on dinghies etc as all the children block up the river and make a natural lagoon

I had my first holiday romance in Scarborough

Now, I was 17 when I was last there, which is many many moons ago, I remember a place called Mr Marvels (??). Where the chairlift was. Also the outdoor swimming pool with flumes...

so is sandsend and RHB the same place?

sandsend and robin hoods bay

different, but similar

ah, thankyou it IS sandsend that i thought was rhb.DOH!

Flamingo Land is fab for all ages (if a little pricey) Someone earlier said 4 and unders free ? DS is 4 but I had to pay for him!!. As Squonk said, food is ?fast? ? hopefully the service has improved greatly since I was last there in April!! (could not have possibly got any worse ? believe me)

Eden camp nearby(towards Malton)s fantastic too 'specially if raining - (if you?re interested in the whole WWII stuff) ? lots of huts that take you through the highlights as it were - beware of ?the Biltz? hut (5) if you have littlies with you ? can seem a bit scary.
The ?shelter? one smells of phoo!!! but it?s showing how people sheltered during air raids and includes the London underground, so probably pretty realistic!!
There?s a screened off corner in one of the other huts ? it does have parental guidance notices on it, but you might not notice them ? I think it?s one in the late 20?s ? has graphic pictures of the ?holocaust? you might want to watch out for.

My DS (almost 5) loves the place ? been 3 times in less than 6 months now!! (this last weekend being the latest)

If you get chance to get over to Bridlington, a ride on the newly opened, this weekend just gone, Bridlington Eye might be worth a look!! (like the London Eye but a tad (ok, quite a bit) smaller!!!..

Hope you enjoy your trip to the nether regions of East Yorkshire.

We all thought Flamingoland was brill. There's a burger place (might be burger king) for the usual cheap stuff. Other food ok but var pricey. Not totally awful or anything.

their own burger bar i think, the bakery in the same area was abismal!..all 'fresh' food was stale, but the resteraunt acrros from itnear entrance served nice baguettes at lunch time.

we went to eden camp recently on a yr 3 school trip (me as parent helper) it was really good and very reasonably priced

can anyone recommend a decent hotel or b&b in scarborough? would like to take ds for a night or 2.