centre parks help please

hmc

just been looking on the site at sherwood forest
it would just be my 5 yr old and i
in possible may
£331 for 3 nights
but can i have some clue of how much other stuff would cost it gives you no clue
is it best to take your own food and how much could we do for free to fill a week end and have fun

thankyou

mark55man

restaurants on site slightly dearer than on high st.

i've only been to longleat one, but we kept 4 kids busy for a weekend in the swimming pool and rapids - 5 might be bit young but if so other aspects of pool might enjoy

if you can take your own bikes and cycle round that's cheap

indoor sports like table tennis, etc were quite cheap

telly had a few channels (not just terrestrial), and we had a dvd so take your favorites

meal for 2 wouldn't be that dear if you wanted to go out - but obviously if you wanted to stay in take your own food as the shop there is not cheap

hth & have fun

pinkmami

I don't find the restaurants on site at all expensive & not dearer than those on the high street. As the PP said you can go swimming, cycle, walks, but rollerskating is reasonable (I think I paid £3.75 for an hour last time). Seeing its 3 nights you could eat out one evening & the supermarket is very well stocked with pizzas etc so you could easily eat in cheaply.

matt1987

Me and my partner have been to Sherwood twice now, and I am going again on 1st March for a 5 night stay.

Whenever we go, we never eat in our accommodation! We always eat out at the restaurants. If you just have a main course, then its not that expensive, and expect to pay about £20 - £25 for 2 people. However, when you start having starters and desserts it goes up to about £45 for 2 people.

There is a sports bar at Sherwood that do some cracking offers with food. They have an offer every night from Buy one get on free on platters, to buy one get one half price on grills, it really depends on what night you go.

Last time we went, we ended up spending about £300 over the weekend!!!! Basically its as expensive as you make it.

sammie1884

As matt1987 says its as expensive as you make it, we have been to center parcs loads of times and we completly vary what we do each time, so never spend same ammount.
The main thing for free is the pool, which is awsome, when we were kids we used to spend all day in there! they have a pool side cafe so you can have some lunch in your cossie!
There are nature trails that will keep your lo occupied, miniture golf is good and from what I remember I think it is about £3 for and adult and £1.50 for a child. the kids disco in the evening is free, there is bowling as well and they normally will have some kids activities going on over the weekend which you can find out about when you get there.
I dont think the restaurants are expensive and I think the parcmarket is reasonably priced (same sort of prices as sainsburys) the bakery do great baguettes and cakes. If I was going for a weekend I would probably eat out on sat for dinner and sun for lunch and then eat the rest of the meals/snacks at the villa.
I hope this helps

heppy23

As other folk have said you can spend what you want. We've just got back from a weekend at Whinfell.

Breakfasts we always eat in the lodge - stuff we take (cereal, bread for toast, croissants etc).

Lunches we do 50/50 home and out. We bring cold meat/salad stuff/cooked sausages etc. Kids can pick and poke at stuff like that for snacks.

Evening meals we generally eat out as we are knackered and can't be bothered to cook. We bought pizzas with us this time for the arrival night meal as we arrived in two groups and it was late to be going out.

The fridges are pretty big and there's plenty of cupboard space, we always end up taking far too much stuff and bring loads back.

A 5 year old will probably be happy spending most of the time at the pool and on the play areas etc. You could perhaps book one "big" activity per day as a treat but sometimes you feel like you are racing round keeping to timetables.

When we went last year we booked loads of stuff for my son who was 3 and a half at the time. He enjoyed them but he got fed up for being told we had to go here and there.
This time (he's 4 and a half now) we didn't book anything (apart from the show) as we booked late. We just let him decide what to do (with a bit of steering).