Sadly, not the East Coast of the US of A, but rather Great Britain.
It's also not that epic, but at least the trip report title made you look in here!
I do think I could have Taylor in tears though by part three, we'll see...
Like all epic reports, this shall be a day by day account of it all...
We started badly... I had major issues at work on Wednesday night and Thursday. I needed to wait until I'd tested everything after work before finding out if we'd be able to make the trip Thursday night.
Knowing our destination, some would say "pray for failure"
The Final Destination? Skegness Butlins. For those from abroad, Butlins was the pioneer in holiday camps in the UK. Imagine concentration camps only with worse food and forced amusement - it's quite similar
Luckily, we had a break on the way there in a cheap Travelodge room outside of Lincoln. This broke the three hour plus journey up a bit so we didn't have to rush in the morning (mornings and rush are two words never to use around madame_furie ).
Here is the lovely lodge!
It looks just like all the others!
One huge breakfast on, and we're heading for our first port of call - Bottons Pleasure Beach. We're not allowed to book into Butlins until 4:00 p.m. so we decided to hit the Pleasure Beach for an hour or so to keep the children entertained (plus of course, coasters family_furie haven't yet been on ).
However! Look at what we passed (not my photo):
I didn't realise there was one. Imagine my disappointment when I found out there was no Sleeping Beauty Castle or any kind of Disney-esqueness at all. Less indeed!
Well, that's the Disney fanboys upset, may as well do the same for the Thorpe fanboys!
Everywhere around he was called Thorpe! It's really common, but even after seeing this sign:
I couldn't find a single mediocre ride anywhere!
Actually, that sign really annoyed me. It means hidden speed cameras. It annoys me for two reasons.
1. Speed cameras are meant to be "safety cameras". Their obvious presence is supposed to slow traffic. It's the fact they're visible which is supposed to mean they're for safety no money making. Hidden cameras makes a mockery of that argument.
2. If you have Stealth Cameras... Don't put signs up telling people? "Secret Nuclear Bunker" anyone?
Where was I? Ahhhh! Bee coaster of course! We arrived in Skegness and parked up on the delightful sea front (yes, there was a touch of sarcasm there).
Had to head for the bee coaster first, as Maxi-Minor_Furie was very excited about it!
Bees on a coaster!
Excited maxi-minor_furie!
We got four laps of the coaster! Bargainous! It's a great kiddie coaster I suppose. Better than a mini-apple and all that!
Can anyone say "Copyright infringement"? (other than me in all of my recent trip reports?
No, this wasn't at Norton Disney!
Nephew-of_furie shouting "Is this a credit?"
Speaking of which, a certain ride at Skegness is notorious for stalling halfway round the circuit. It was very windy when we arrived, but they still sent it out, and guess what? Yep, it stalled halfway around!
The thing that got us though was the technique for getting it back to the station!!! I thought they#d have some kind of fancy device or something... Not just send a greasy bloke up to give it a shove... But he did!
Maxi-Minor_furie thought it was really funny
But it was okay, it made it round for us!
There was another "credit" in the park open (the Big Apple), but we skipped it, because we're we're uber hardcore enthusiasts who don't actually give a stuff!
so, we left Skegness and Bottons and headed for our weekend home away from home! Butlins!
all the entertainment is gathered under this massive tent thing. I use the word entertainment in the loosest possible way.
Although the seven foot tall walking robot was actually almost awesome!
Some areas you had to tip toe through though to make sure you didn't upset them...
And just for Ollie!
They had this Pataponic bus from Sony on site all weekend. Several PSP's and PS3's advertising the new Sony Summer experience.
And that was it for day one. Tomorrow we have fun fairs, Fantasy Island, Bears, Trains, Planes and Automobiles! Hurrah!
It's also not that epic, but at least the trip report title made you look in here!
I do think I could have Taylor in tears though by part three, we'll see...
Like all epic reports, this shall be a day by day account of it all...
We started badly... I had major issues at work on Wednesday night and Thursday. I needed to wait until I'd tested everything after work before finding out if we'd be able to make the trip Thursday night.
Knowing our destination, some would say "pray for failure"
The Final Destination? Skegness Butlins. For those from abroad, Butlins was the pioneer in holiday camps in the UK. Imagine concentration camps only with worse food and forced amusement - it's quite similar
Luckily, we had a break on the way there in a cheap Travelodge room outside of Lincoln. This broke the three hour plus journey up a bit so we didn't have to rush in the morning (mornings and rush are two words never to use around madame_furie ).
Here is the lovely lodge!
It looks just like all the others!
One huge breakfast on, and we're heading for our first port of call - Bottons Pleasure Beach. We're not allowed to book into Butlins until 4:00 p.m. so we decided to hit the Pleasure Beach for an hour or so to keep the children entertained (plus of course, coasters family_furie haven't yet been on ).
However! Look at what we passed (not my photo):
I didn't realise there was one. Imagine my disappointment when I found out there was no Sleeping Beauty Castle or any kind of Disney-esqueness at all. Less indeed!
Well, that's the Disney fanboys upset, may as well do the same for the Thorpe fanboys!
Everywhere around he was called Thorpe! It's really common, but even after seeing this sign:
I couldn't find a single mediocre ride anywhere!
Actually, that sign really annoyed me. It means hidden speed cameras. It annoys me for two reasons.
1. Speed cameras are meant to be "safety cameras". Their obvious presence is supposed to slow traffic. It's the fact they're visible which is supposed to mean they're for safety no money making. Hidden cameras makes a mockery of that argument.
2. If you have Stealth Cameras... Don't put signs up telling people? "Secret Nuclear Bunker" anyone?
Where was I? Ahhhh! Bee coaster of course! We arrived in Skegness and parked up on the delightful sea front (yes, there was a touch of sarcasm there).
Had to head for the bee coaster first, as Maxi-Minor_Furie was very excited about it!
Bees on a coaster!
Excited maxi-minor_furie!
We got four laps of the coaster! Bargainous! It's a great kiddie coaster I suppose. Better than a mini-apple and all that!
Can anyone say "Copyright infringement"? (other than me in all of my recent trip reports?
No, this wasn't at Norton Disney!
Nephew-of_furie shouting "Is this a credit?"
Speaking of which, a certain ride at Skegness is notorious for stalling halfway round the circuit. It was very windy when we arrived, but they still sent it out, and guess what? Yep, it stalled halfway around!
The thing that got us though was the technique for getting it back to the station!!! I thought they#d have some kind of fancy device or something... Not just send a greasy bloke up to give it a shove... But he did!
Maxi-Minor_furie thought it was really funny
But it was okay, it made it round for us!
There was another "credit" in the park open (the Big Apple), but we skipped it, because we're we're uber hardcore enthusiasts who don't actually give a stuff!
so, we left Skegness and Bottons and headed for our weekend home away from home! Butlins!
all the entertainment is gathered under this massive tent thing. I use the word entertainment in the loosest possible way.
Although the seven foot tall walking robot was actually almost awesome!
Some areas you had to tip toe through though to make sure you didn't upset them...
And just for Ollie!
They had this Pataponic bus from Sony on site all weekend. Several PSP's and PS3's advertising the new Sony Summer experience.
And that was it for day one. Tomorrow we have fun fairs, Fantasy Island, Bears, Trains, Planes and Automobiles! Hurrah!