Crap seasonal attractions

[Sebastian Cobb]

Can anyone beat 100 tonnes of sand in a failing mall car park?



Not really sure why the rides appear to be more expensive with the membership card. And the double exclamation marks after covid safe hardly fill me with confidence.

[shiftwork2]

Imagine the dregs families going to this, doing prole shits in the sand.

[Sebastian Cobb]

It has a licenced bar so if we're lucky we might see a good dad brawl.

[shiftwork2]

GIANT FUNFAIR HUGE

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

100 tonnes of sand... and it has a sand pit!

[idunnosomename]

Presumably they charge for whats left of the car park

[steve98]

Featuring a THRILL-PACKED ambergris* hunt, with potentially UNLIMITED REWARDS, for the LUCKY finders!

*Whale puke.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

A lot of Leeds 'Light Night' in November looks very cheaply made and unimpressive, but then some of the stuff really is quite good. I suppose the lingering disappointment is how quickly the quality of the attractions deteriorate outside the main 6 or 7.

Nuremberg does a similar one, 'Blau Nacht' which is marginally more impressive. By total coincidence I have been twice when that event has been held and the second time there was a bit less energy and a bit more 'right, this again...' to the atmosphere.

[Butchers Blind]

Guaranteed sand will be soaked in urine within a few days.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Presumably they charge for whats left of the car park

Dunno about now but MH used to be free and have lots of parking. I thought most outer-city malls did this to attract people over city/shopping centres.

As discussed before it did used to have a monorail to take people from the far car park(s) to the centre which they charged for and nobody used. It eventually got sold to a mall in Australia.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Nuremberg does a similar one

As a motorsport professional, I was very disappointed by their famous rally.

[steve98]

Looks lie we might have a winner! Local Merry Hill lass Greta, dwarfed by what she believes may be a 15 pond lump of ambergris, worth many thousands.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Paddling pool being stress-tested by top engineers as we speak.

[Ferris]

I'd be all over this, no question. Pissed up in the car park but there's sand there so it's alright.

[shiftwork2]

That's because you're from the West Midlands and this is the most sophisticated thing you've ever seen.

[touchingcloth]

GIANT FUNFAIR HUGE

My favourite Julia Roberts quotation.

[Ferris]

That's because you're from the West Midlands and this is the most sophisticated thing you've ever seen.

Mate there's sand and some rides for a quid a go, what else do you need?

Honestly.

[Gurke and Hare]

Almost certainly doughnuts too.

[Gurke and Hare]

A lot of Leeds 'Light Night' in November looks very cheaply made and unimpressive, but then some of the stuff really is quite good. I suppose the lingering disappointment is how quickly the quality of the attractions deteriorate outside the main 6 or 7.

Nuremberg does a similar one, 'Blau Nacht' which is marginally more impressive. By total coincidence I have been twice when that event has been held and the second time there was a bit less energy and a bit more 'right, this again...' to the atmosphere.

Eindhoven, the self-styled home of the light bulb has a similar light art festival every November. It was really good when I went, with the architecture cleverly incorporated in the works - this, for example:



What appears to be the interior of the building is actually projected onto the building exterior. There are lots of similar things, it was a great show.

Utrecht has a similar thing in December, but when I went to that the exhibits were slightly less impressive:



Still visit Utrecht, it's a charming little city, but go in summer really.

[Ferris]

Almost certainly doughnuts too.

Hadn't even thought of that. Nice one!

How do you reckon they get all the sand away in September? Lads with shovels and a skip or what?

[imitationleather]

They used to turn a big part of my street on Newcastle's Quayside into a sandpit with deckchairs and the like every summer. I could never get past the feeling that it must have been absolutely packed full of dog shit.

This year they've gone for the far more sensible option of astroturf.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Hadn't even thought of that. Nice one!

How do you reckon they get all the sand away in September? Lads with shovels and a skip or what?

Some property developer will have it away for a nearby build.

[steve98]

There's a Greggs and a Krispy Kreme (in the shopping centre,) so that's a plus... Strange there's no reviews on-line, and just a few official pics - why are there no "bitterly disappointed"/"Furious" visitors?

[Sebastian Cobb]

No way is that 100 tonnes worth of sand, where's the rest of it?

[Jerzy Bondov]

God I'm so fucking miserable. If the thought of some sand being dumped somewhere doesn't cheer me up then I don't know what will

[Huxleys Babkins]

No way is that 100 tonnes worth of sand, where's the rest of it?

In that bloke's shoes.

There's a Greggs and a Krispy Kreme (in the shopping centre,) so that's a plus... Strange there's no reviews on-line, and just a few official pics - why are there no "bitterly disappointed"/"Furious" visitors?

What's to get bitterly disappointed about? It's free and the advert isn't making ridiculous claims. It's just some sand and a funfair.

If you want fury, you need to start charging £30 a head and promising Disneyland.

[gilbertharding]

Every year (well - in the before times), they had a beach/funfair/type thing on London's happening with-it Southbank - with beach huts and food trucks and everything. Never saw the harm in it.

At xmas, too - they have a similar winter themed thing. Good place to go after you've had your office xmas do. Nice.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Every year (well - in the before times), they had a beach/funfair/type thing on London's happening with-it Southbank - with beach huts and food trucks and everything. Never saw the harm in it.

At xmas, too - they have a similar winter themed thing. Good place to go after you've had your office xmas do. Nice.

1988: Let's monetise the car park by having a passenger monorail to take people to the mall.

2021: Let's monetise the car park by dumping some sand in it.

[steve98]

God I'm so fucking miserable. If the thought of some sand being dumped somewhere doesn't cheer me up then I don't know what will

A visit to Santa's Sandy Summer Grotto?

[Captain Z]

No way is that 100 tonnes worth of sand, where's the rest of it?

It is 100 tonnes, it's just that the pit is 5m deep.