My trip on Saturday Dec 12th. We got to the park about 4:30 and it even though it was a nippy 45 degrees. We started out by going through twinkling Scotland heading to the Lil Clyde’s, but the line was long and the ride was packed. We then strolled on to Ireland where the lights were beautiful and sounds even better. We decided to try Corkscrew Hill and found that the line wasn’t too bad. We waited about 15 min to get to the front which we have waited longer before.
After that we wanted to make Griffon before it closed so we headed into the “greenly” lit path into France. We saw the entrance to the Penguin experience which didn’t seem busy so we figured we would hit it next. We got in line for Griffon and just as we did they had some technical issues so they had to run the cars through twice empty. Just as they were loading again they stopped people from getting in line as the temps were dropping. We made it on the ride the next to the last car of the night. We then decided to go to the Penguin experience. After seeing everything posted wasn’t all that hyped about it, but seeing as though my niece and nephews were with us and had never seen any I was excited for them. We stood in line for about 15-20 min and were let in. At first it kind of reminded me of Coleman’s Nursery with the animatronics, but then we got to the real ones and were surprised to see that they had 2 lines going where they had 3 penguins in each “enclosure”.
At this point the “natives” were getting restless and so we decided to head to the North Pole. I have to say that it was amazing seeing that clock transformed and the fountain look a little different. We never made it past there. While I was gathering pictures, the little ones took a turn on the Carousel which my mom said seemed to be faster than normal. Afterwards we waited in line for I know a good 20-30 minutes to see the jolly old elf himself. Now I have to say I’ve seen a lot of Santa’s in my day, but this one will make you believe. Once we finished with Santa we headed back to France to catch the train back to Scotland which by the way was packed. I’ve never seen the train that packed. We made it back to England in time to catch the last showing of “A Sesame Street Christmas” it was a great show! We finally left the park about 11. All in all it was a great day and we’re planning to go back with all the family the Saturday after Christmas. Maybe we’ll get some great deals and make it to the parts we missed this time.
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After that we wanted to make Griffon before it closed so we headed into the “greenly” lit path into France. We saw the entrance to the Penguin experience which didn’t seem busy so we figured we would hit it next. We got in line for Griffon and just as we did they had some technical issues so they had to run the cars through twice empty. Just as they were loading again they stopped people from getting in line as the temps were dropping. We made it on the ride the next to the last car of the night. We then decided to go to the Penguin experience. After seeing everything posted wasn’t all that hyped about it, but seeing as though my niece and nephews were with us and had never seen any I was excited for them. We stood in line for about 15-20 min and were let in. At first it kind of reminded me of Coleman’s Nursery with the animatronics, but then we got to the real ones and were surprised to see that they had 2 lines going where they had 3 penguins in each “enclosure”.
At this point the “natives” were getting restless and so we decided to head to the North Pole. I have to say that it was amazing seeing that clock transformed and the fountain look a little different. We never made it past there. While I was gathering pictures, the little ones took a turn on the Carousel which my mom said seemed to be faster than normal. Afterwards we waited in line for I know a good 20-30 minutes to see the jolly old elf himself. Now I have to say I’ve seen a lot of Santa’s in my day, but this one will make you believe. Once we finished with Santa we headed back to France to catch the train back to Scotland which by the way was packed. I’ve never seen the train that packed. We made it back to England in time to catch the last showing of “A Sesame Street Christmas” it was a great show! We finally left the park about 11. All in all it was a great day and we’re planning to go back with all the family the Saturday after Christmas. Maybe we’ll get some great deals and make it to the parts we missed this time.
This review is under the sole ownership of me and BGWfans.com the entire review or parts can be copied by request.
Some of these images are more modern art than picture.
Glad you and your family had a good time.