Santa's Wish Kingdom at Westfield, London - FREE (Booking fee applies)

Aidy

Following on from the success of the Harrods and Selfridges Father Christmas bookings I see that the new Westfield shopping centre in Shepherds Bush is now taking bookings:

http://www.wishticket.com/app/chooser.aspx?e=335

No idea how good it will be - the description says:

Spectacular Santa's Grotto in 3D Animation
Your experience will begin with a magical 3D journey where sparkling wisps of 3D Colour and enchanting 3D special effects will whiz you off to Santa's beautiful Lapland Palace.

And yet more ...

A major collaboration between some of the top heads in the industry have come together to create an incredible Christmas Grotto this year.

Long are the days when Santa just sat in his chair whispering ho ho ho... now its all about interaction, magic and imagination together with amazing 3D interactive technology.

Westfield London are going to be the very first shopping centre in the UK to have a fully 3d Interactive Christmas Grotto starring the very special Wishfinder Fairy™ who will be making her appearance for the first time this year.

The Christmas Grotto has been made from hundreds of particles of glitter and ice effects with continual changes of colour and anyone of any age will be able to come along enjoy the experience.

Your experience will begin with a magical 3D journey where sparkling wisps of 3D colour and enchanting 3D special effects will whiz you off to Santa's beautiful Wishkingdom backed by specially created music.

Imagine meeting Santa and his Mythical 3D Wish finder Fairy™ who sits and interacts with him on his hand and helps you to catch your very own wish!!

The entry cost is FREE although to secure a place if you book in advance on line there is small booking fee (£1.20 per person).

There is also a non obligatory charity donation of £1 to help a London child.

The grotto opens on Friday 14th November and remains open from 10am – 8pm every day until Christmas Eve.

parahandy

Now if they can do something like that for free, why can't Braehead in Glasgow???

UltraCheap_2

Harrods is FREE - so I am going to stick with that!!!

£1.20 booking fee per person seems steep to me!!!! :eek:

bluenitsuj

UltraCheap wrote: »

Harrods is FREE - so I am going to stick with that!!!

£1.20 booking fee per person seems steep to me!!!! :eek:

I do not know what the world is coming to when £1.20 is too much to spend on your children Harrods is free but many many people were not lucky enough to get tickets.

Aidy

Harrods is completely sold-out, and Selfridges only have some limited mid-week availability, so this could be an alternate opportunity if you live in or around London.

Not sure if presents are involved, but it doesn't sound too bad for a magical experience

chmmy

bluenitsuj wrote: »

I do not know what the world is coming to when £1.20 is too much to spend on your children Harrods is free but many many people were not lucky enough to get tickets.

Maybe it's the booking fee that's too much, rather than paying the cost to get in? Like I booked selfridges which is £2 each, but works out at £1 to Charity and £1 booking fee, Id rather the £2 went to charity, does it really cost £1 each ticket to book online ?(including printing out my own ticket)

skinnygirlnot

hello,
stupid question but do you only book for children or do adults accompanying children have to be booked too?

Aidy

skinnygirlnot wrote: »

hello,
stupid question but do you only book for children or do adults accompanying children have to be booked too?

I think you book for everyone going in / on the experience. Website says:

Entry (per person)

antstr01

I have just tried booking this online but had a few problems with their website. I did manage to find a number for their booking line (08719189218) dont bother listening to the prompts, just press option 4 and it will put you through to a human. (Quite friendly as well)
It is £1.20 booking fee but at leat you are guaranteed a place and it is per person.
The guy on the other end of the line stated that he expected it to be busy because there is no spaces left at Selfridges or Harrods.

blue_monkey_2

Thanks for this OP, I never realised they did anything like this or thought about taking the kids. Have booked for 6th Dec and there seems to be a good number of weekend tickets still available so we have booked and then will go see the lights down Oxford Street in the afternoon/early evening.

ETA: I just wanted to add that when we booked there is a space to fill in if you have a child with Special Needs requirements so you get that little bit of extra help you if you need it.

shadej

£1.20 suits me just fine.
My local mall in Ilford which we visit every year is £5.95 with a toy.
Last year whilst shopping in Lakeside, I noticed they had a huge one and its free with a toy. The line was way too long though so we skipped it. But they do offer a free booking line.
I will be heading down to Westfield this year, 3D sounds good.