'Here's how the week went downhill... stupidly, we 調書をとる／予約するd a lot to do': Holidaymaker's hilariously honest 中心 Parcs review goes viral

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By Jessica Hamilton

Published: 15:57 BST, 20 March 2024 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 21 March 2024

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'Here's how the week went downhill.'

So begins one holidaymaker's hilariously 'honest' ビデオ review of a family 中心 Parcs stay, which has gone viral on his Instagram account (@alexdodman), with over 114,000 likes and over 7,700 comments.?

In the clip, Alex Dodman drily lays out the cost of all the activities he paid for and what he thought of them ーに関して／ーの点でs of value for money.?

And it's not good news for 中心 Parcs, with Alex 追加するing before he 明らかにする／漏らすs all: 'Stupidly, we 調書をとる／予約するd a lot to do.'

Alex Dodman's 'honest' ビデオ review of 中心 Parcs' Woburn Forest 訴える手段／行楽地 in Bedfordshire (above) has gone viral

Alex drily lays out the cost of all the activities he paid for and what he thought of them ーに関して／ーの点でs of value for money. 'Stupidly, we 調書をとる／予約するd a lot to do,' he says?

Alex, from Saffron Walden, Essex, visited the Woburn Forest 訴える手段／行楽地 in Bedfordshire with his partner and two children last month. He begins his review by showing 中心 Parcs' website's 'fantastic date selector 道具'.?

He （人命などを）奪う，主張するs: 'You can 人物／姿／数字 out the kids' school holidays when it [the price] jumps up by a grand. So you know it's time to 調書をとる／予約する that magical family trip away.'

He then checks into his 'ridiculously overpriced shed', before 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing the host of activities?the family experienced.

First up was go-karting.?

In the ビデオ, Alex 明らかにする／漏らすs a 'small 固める／コンクリート跡をつける' and pedal go-karts that 要求する 'using your own energy'.?

First on the 協議事項 was go-karting.?Alex 明らかにする／漏らすs a 'small 固める／コンクリート跡をつける' and pedal go-karts that 要求する 'using your own energy'

The family tried football pool at the 訴える手段／行楽地. 'Just don't bother,' Alex drily says?

He sarcastically 発言／述べるs: 'For four of us, for 20 minutes, it was only ￡41.'?

Next on the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） was football pool.?

明らかにする／漏らすing a 巨大（な） pool （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する on the 床に打ち倒す with footballs on 最高の，を越す, Alex says: 'Yeah, just don't bother with kids. [It was] ￡14.50 for half an hour.?

Running through the next 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of activities, Alex says: 'Kids' cupcake decorating, ￡27 for two kids for 45 minutes. S***.

'Kid's 小型の jet skis, ￡25 for two for a whole nine minutes at 9:30 in the morning. S***.'

Then, a ray of 日光. He 述べるs 中心 Parcs' interactive squash, which cost ￡18 for 45 minutes, as '現実に decent' and says it 'knackers the kids out'.?

Alex 述べるs 中心 Parcs ' interactive squash (left), which cost ￡18 for 45 minutes, as '現実に decent' and says it 'knackers the kids out'. によれば Alex, badminton was another worthwhile activity. He paid ￡18 for a 45-minute game?

Next in the montage is a game of badminton, for which he paid ￡18 for 45 minutes. Alex says it's 'not bad, just get a good partner'.?

But then more 失望s. His （映画の）フィート数明らかにする／漏らすs a room 十分な of interactive lights and a 巨大（な） toy フクロウ, which turns out to be the 訴える手段／行楽地's?'Winter 追求（する），探索（する）' activity.?

The 判決??'[I paid] ￡49 for 20 minutes. I repeat, ￡49. 絶対 s***,' says Alex.

He was also let 負かす／撃墜する by the 訴える手段／行楽地's 小型の jeeps. For his two kids to ride the 4x4s for 20 minutes, he says it cost ￡49. 敗北・負かすd,?he says: 'I don't even know where to start.'

Damp squib: Alex 述べるd the 訴える手段／行楽地's 小型の jet skis as 's***'

Alex 明らかにする／漏らすs that a ride in two 小型の jeeps costs ￡49 for 20 minutes. 'I don't even know where to start', he says

'Winter 追求（する），探索（する）' featured interactive lights and a 巨大（な）フクロウ. The activity （機の）カム with a hefty price tag of ￡49 for 20 minutes

Alex then moves on to 中心 Parcs' Pottery 絵 Studio, which he （人命などを）奪う，主張するs '最高の，を越すs the lot'.?

He says: 'This has to be the biggest ゆすり，強要ゆすり in British history - ￡18 to 調書をとる／予約する for three, you'd think, "Yeah, not bad." But that's just to get in.

'Now they've got you, you're inside. Kids are buzzing. Time to buy a bit of 集まり-製造（する）d s*** to paint.

'One 襲う，襲って強奪する, one train, one マリファナ later, and I'm 76 quid 負かす／撃墜する.'

Alex 述べるs 中心 Parcs' Pottery 絵 studio as 'the biggest ゆすり，強要ゆすり in British history'

Alex 明らかにする／漏らすs that it costs ￡18 to 調書をとる／予約する the pottery studio - but complains that that is just the 入り口料金. He 追加するs: 'Now they've got you, you're inside. Kids are buzzing. Time to buy a bit of 集まり-製造（する）d s*** to paint. One 襲う，襲って強奪する, one train, one マリファナ later, and I'm 76 quid 負かす／撃墜する'?

Alex （人命などを）奪う，主張するs: 'Unless you can get your kids to swim and cycle around aimlessly for the entire week. You're f*****.' His ビデオ誘発するd a mixed reaction when 地位，任命するd to social マスコミ

The total cost of activities について言及するd in Alex's review 量s to an eyewatering ￡335.50.

And, 'this isn't even the half of it', he says.?

Filming the 訴える手段／行楽地's supermarket and 明らかにする／漏らすing a ￡3.60 jar of Dolmio's Bolognese Sauce, Alex says: 'The food prices are a p***take.'?He also （人命などを）奪う，主張するs there's a 'pandemic of 乾燥した，日照りの式服s', as he films a stranger wearing a 式服 in a caf? at the 訴える手段／行楽地.?

Summarising his week-long stay, he says:?'Unless you can get your kids to swim and cycle around aimlessly for the entire week. You're f*****.'

His ビデオ誘発するd a mixed reaction when 地位，任命するd to social マスコミ. Some Instagram?使用者s were quick to agree with Alex, with one 述べるing 中心 Parcs as? 'daylight 強盗' and another wondering 'why people big it up so much'.

使用者 'azizaramjane' commented: 'At last someone said it! At this 率 you might just 追加する a couple more thousand and go all-inclusive in a 5-星／主役にする訴える手段／行楽地 with 保証（人）d sun.'

However, others jumped to defend 中心 Parcs.?使用者 'mikedinni' wrote: 'Thanks for this review. The more people that think it's overpriced the better. Keeps it nice and 静かな for me. It's ￡420 for five days in March.'

使用者 'raddygriffinwood' 追加するd: 'Or just cycle around and use the pool for 解放する／自由な. 株 a 宿泊する with 延長するd family and it’s a whole lot cheaper. No one makes you 調書をとる／予約する a 負担 of activities.'

中心 Parcs commented: 'Each year 中心 Parcs welcomes over 2.2million guests, which means we are pretty much 十分な every day of the year. We 努力する／競う to 配達する a high-質 family short break and we re-投資する millions of 続けざまに猛撃するs each year to 持続する the high 基準s which our guests 推定する／予想する and value - over 60 per cent of those who visit go on to make another 調書をとる／予約するing with us.'?

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