Warners Historic Hotels

[pumpkin]

i do not know if this is off subject but I have just returned from Warners Norton Grange classic resort and have just booked to visit Nidd Hall in November.

Anyone visited a Classic Resort and Historic Hotel and what are different from the resorts and hotels?

[Butlins_Remembered]

Is there such a thing as a warners holiday camp anymore?

Or do they just deal with country houses now?

[nattyjane]

Yes there are a few camps left. About 5 I think they are called 'classic resorts'. My sister works in the entertainment department at Lakeside on Hayling Island. They are adult only, all half board and the guests stay in chalets ~ somE single rooms are very, very small with just enough room for bed, wardrobe and ensuite. Day time entertainment includes realaxation activities like spas and swimming, they still do sporting competitions and pub quizzes. I think there is bingo every night and then enetertainment, similar to centre stage shows and also have guest appearances e.t.c She has meet lots of famous and not quite so fammous names. Hope this answers your question.

[nattyjane]

i do not know if this is off subject but I have just returned from Warners Norton Grange classic resort and have just booked to visit Nidd Hall in November.

Anyone visited a Classic Resort and Historic Hotel and what are different from the resorts and hotels?

Apart from the accomadation differences, from what I have heard the hotels are either character (set in areas of beauty or significance) or historic. I think the facitlies and entertainmant are along the same sort of lines, though some specialise in certain things like one has a spa like skeggy and onother has its own wildlife centre. The charcter hotels have vast ground and sporting activities like biking e.t.c. Thats all I can remeber from what me sister says and the brochures she has brought home.

[Butlins_Remembered]

Yes there are a few camps left. About 5 I think they are called 'classic resorts'. My sister works in the entertainment department at Lakeside on Hayling Island. They are adult only, all half board and the guests stay in chalets ~ somE single rooms are very, very small with just enough room for bed, wardrobe and ensuite. Day time entertainment includes realaxation activities like spas and swimming, they still do sporting competitions and pub quizzes. I think there is bingo every night and then enetertainment, similar to centre stage shows and also have guest appearances e.t.c She has meet lots of famous and not quite so fammous names. Hope this answers your question.

Many Thanks, Nattyjane, This has answered my question :D

p.s I was was on the warners website the otherday but at the time i was unaware they were called "classic resorts".... :D

[nattyjane]

They are all 'centres, holiday worlds or resorts' now camps is just not a modern enough word to describe them lol :shock:

If any one needs any more info on warner ie want to apply to be an entertainer pm me as My sister is in charge of aduitions and recruitment. I am not advertsing jobs) but I pm Timmo with info and he didn't get it....

[Anonymous]

I thought Stevie Dee was in charge of all Warners/Butlins ents team auditions.

[nattyjane]

I thought Stevie Dee was in charge of all Warners/Butlins ents team auditions.

Hi ya I'm not sure about Butlins but yes thats right, the person who is top of the ladder so to speak and who the completed applications go is Stevie Bee (not Dee).

The auditons for the entertainments staff are held at Lakeside on Hayling Island and My sister holds them and consequesly says yay or nay. lol Sometimes poeple do contact the resort without going through the cv and writing off for application form etc get an audition a lot quicker.
I'm sure Mr Bee has a lot of important roles and jobs to do.

Its a job that does actually have a very high turnover of staff. They also have waiting lists of the poeple that are good enough and offer them a job as soon as one comes up.

[SweetDenzy]

I would like to know why the holidays at these resorts are so expensive. Why do disabled people have to pay a supplement, this is not entirely fair. We are hoping to go there next year but it is going to cost us a ?100 than it does at Hemsby. HELP I WILL HAVE TO START SAVING NOW. :roll: :x has anyone been to there, what is the food like, it looks very nice in the brochure. How big are the double rooms.

[rh20030]

Hi sweetdenzy,
I've been to Lakeside once a couple of years ago and had a great time. I don't know why disabled people pay a supplement, that seems a bit unfair, but the place is very well maintained and the staff incredibly helpful, the rooms very comfortable and the food is very very good. Entertainment is what you might expect from a holiday camp although with maybe not as much going on during the day as Butlins, but the evenings are great.
I also have been to Sinah Warren on Hayling Island which was also very good, if anything slightly better than Lakeside. I just prefered the layout of Sinah Warren. Sinah Warren has a separate restaurant and Ballroom, which I liked, whereas at Lakeside the dining room and ballroom are the same room and I found this a bit of an odd arrangement.
I do find Warners expensive, but you really do get what you pay for!
I hope this helps
Richard :P

[SweetDenzy]

Its not just disabled people that pay a supplement it is single people as well. Yeah it is an odd arrangement having the dining room and ballroom together, makes it a bit cramped. Not a good idea with wheelchairs I would have thought. I do undestand you get what you pay for but you see we go with a group and we are lucky enough to be out all day so we do not really use the facilities. What we need it for is a base and Hemsby is nearly ?100 cheaper than Lakeside so we have decided to go back to Norfolk. There must be places we have visited yet.
THanks anyway.

[Pob7161]

I was Ent,s Manager at Norton Grange My first Warner resort had a great time from Norton I whent to Nidd Hall As Entertainment Manager fantastic time miss the the team one of the best i ever had...miss you guys....you know who you are..lol... Steive Bee is no more... It has all changed now I left 3 years ago hardly any body i know is left...
Steive Jackson is still there, Nick Jones has just returned...I miss all the fun times...

[Smileysal]

Pob, ive sent you a pm ;)

[basguy1968]

The main warners holiday camp was Dovercourt, where i worked.A lovely camp i have many wonderful memories.I still keep in touch with friends from the camp even though it closed in 1990. would be intrested to stay at the other warners centres to see what they are like

[CurlyTherms]

Is there such a thing as a warners holiday camp anymore?

Or do they just deal with country houses now?

I don't think they cater for the ordinary people either the price they charge. ?367 per person for a week half board. Its cheaper to go full board at hemsby. You'd have to be a millionaire to go there.

[CurlyTherms]

The main warners holiday camp was Dovercourt, where i worked.A lovely camp i have many wonderful memories.I still keep in touch with friends from the camp even though it closed in 1990. would be intrested to stay at the other warners centres to see what they are like


they are not holiday centres anymore, and very expensive. Yep i remember dovercourt and yarmouth on the isle of wight, now norton grange. I even remember they had two camps called puckpool and st clare and merged them to become harcourt sands now being bought out and demolished. why do they keep doing this?
You may remember me a sweetdenzy but had to change my user name. you still working in basildon?

[basguy1968]

hi yes im still working in Basildon. still enjoy my work i still miss the warners camp after all these years

[Roy S]

I don't think they cater for the ordinary people either the price they charge. ?367 per person for a week half board. Its cheaper to go full board at hemsby. You'd have to be a millionaire to go there.

It's cheaper to go all inclusive to Tenerife! (but the atmosphere is nothing like it used to be at Warners Dovercourt)

[wolla]

i do not know if this is off subject but I have just returned from Warners Norton Grange classic resort and have just booked to visit Nidd Hall in November.

Anyone visited a Classic Resort and Historic Hotel and what are different from the resorts and hotels?

The hotels do feel more like hotels but with cabaret Entertainment. The classic resorts are more like the 'old camps'.

Hope this helps, I have worked at both (and even had my bands red at the little church attached to Nidd Hall!) You'll love it - very nice area.

Warren

[Pob7161]

Warren When did you work at Nidd Hall? and what did you do there...?

Scott

[warren]

i do not know if this is off subject but I have just returned from Warners Norton Grange classic resort and have just booked to visit Nidd Hall in November.

Anyone visited a Classic Resort and Historic Hotel and what are different from the resorts and hotels?

Main difference - classic resorts are former holiday camps (albeit with signifficant investment and improvements) and Hotels are converted Manor House hotels (theatre and hotel blocks added)