Something Fun To Do Around Coventry?

mew

As strange as it seems, plans for my daughters birthday now have to be changed due to a Red Panda getting pregnant at Dudley Zoo. As such we are now looking for something fun to do around Coventry or Birmingham for her 14th Birthday.

Our original and hectic itinery was:

Sat: Thorpe Park
Sun: Central London
Mon: Legoland - drive up to Coventry hotel.
Tue (Birthday):[STRIKE] Meet & Feed Red Panda at Dudley Zoo[/STRIKE], Laser quest & Bowling at Coventry.
Wed: Drayton Manor Theme Park.

The problem we have is we have visited most of the attractions in the area at least once (Sealife, Cadbury World, Warwick Castle, Conkers, Plantasia, Kenilworth Castle, West Midlands Safari) and she isn't interested in revisiting any of them

Any suggestions would be appreciated, she likes experiences such as indoor skydiving and Ariel Extreme etc and usually animal experiences but she's done most now with the exception of Red Pandas and the ones she is too young to do.

bylromarha

Feed a different animal at Twycross Zoo?

http://www.twycrosszoo.org/feed-our-animals.aspx

Go to the snowdome?

http://www.snowdome.co.uk/

Fly a Jumbo jet?
http://www.747simulator.co.uk/

Anything she fancies in Stratford?

hcb42

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/gardens/ryton.php

mew

bylromarha wrote: »

Feed a different animal at Twycross Zoo?

http://www.twycrosszoo.org/feed-our-animals.aspx

Go to the snowdome?

http://www.snowdome.co.uk/

Fly a Jumbo jet?
http://www.747simulator.co.uk/

Anything she fancies in Stratford?

We wasn't overly impressed with Twycross zoo on our previous visits. Chester & London our obviously better but a fairer compassion would be the excellent zoo at Blackpool.

I'd be struggling with Stratford, It looks a nice town but we struggle to get her interested in anything remotely historical now. A few years ago we had English Heritage memberships and had some great days out, now though unless we can convince her it will help with her school work, we have no chance (maybe next year if she doe Shakespeare for her GCSE's)

I'll defiantly be looking at the Flight Simulator, that's something she would probably be interested in and I forgot about the Snow Dome, I'll also see what there.

mew

hcb42 wrote: »

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/gardens/ryton.php

Unfortunately like the suggestion of Stratford, Now my daughters a teenager, no matter how nice a place looks (which it does) we would have no chance of an enjoyable visit.

bylromarha

mew wrote: »

We wasn't overly impressed with Twycross zoo on our previous visits. Chester & London our obviously better but a fairer compassion would be the excellent zoo at Blackpool.
.

Don't know when you last went to Twycross, but they had a major overhaul a few years back. Spruced up a lot.

Obviously not on London Zoo par, but not much will be!

Boating in stratford is loads of fun

Also quite a few airports around the area which do flying gliders/hot air balloons type stuff.

Also there's a fast cars track in kenilworth - can't remember the name, but worth looking into?

And have a look to see what's on at the NEC - there may be a show of interest to her.

courtney22

Bullring shopping?

Mand_x_

How about a real driving lesson in a real car. I got one for my 14 year old nephew and he loved it and now have my kids begging for a lesson too. http://www.thenec.co.uk/whatson/young-driver - based at NEC Birmingham
I took my lads to go ape and you have the option of a tree top adventure or the sedgeways. We did the tree top adventure and my 2 still go on about how it was the best day out they have ever had. As for me, I am glad I did it but never again. I think I may take pictures next time. It was very challenging but I did feel completely safe. It was lovely as a mom to do so something with the family where we can all still muck in a support and encourage each other. The zip wires were great fun and not just because it was the end of each course lol. The closest one however I think is the one we went to which is Cannock http://goape.co.uk/days-out/cannock

I was going to recommend Meriden Beach which would have been great in nice weather but when I just searched it to get a link for you it appears it is not open at the moment

When I was 14 my Nan paid for me to have a photo shoot and paid for a photo for me. I still have it now 20 years later and remember how grown up i felt having my hair and make up done. That might be anice idea. ID at Burlingtons still do them and if you have a hunt about you can usually get a voucher to get 1 free photo but they are based in the city centre and you go back a couple of hours later to view the pictures and you can spend a couple of hours at the Bull Ring while you wait.

Hope you have a wonderful time whatever you do