muffin_girl
21-07-07, 11:48 PM
I dont mean cheap pricewise mind, just I got a "free" holiday 'cos my mums friend owned a caravan there (sandy bay) and throughout my 2 night stay there I couldnt help but think how much more Butlins not only had to offer but how the quality of it all was better as well, I know Haven started off as a kindof smaller caravan orientated Butlins but it seems to have gone downhill since I vistited there last with my grandparents and cousin, the indoor swimming pool was dirtier than the outside one (more dead bugs dirt and some things I dont even wanna know...) and allthough the outdoor pools were much better than Butlins (Minehead at least) (heated, 3 of them 2 of which you could actually swim in and a massive slide) and they did have a very nice mini golf course (at extra cost of course), everything inside the complex was all crowded together, you had a kids climbing area right next to the bar wich was surrounded by the arcade which allthough it was massive (to make sure they take ALL your money)
most of the arcade was wearing out, both the dance mats which i played on seemed highly unresponsive and the back panel of one kept clanking and it just seemed that even with all the money that was being made from all these machienes, they still couldnt be bother to replace broken ones.
A worse player than me (I mostly get AAA's and never get boos and was doing songs I knew i played well) would have allmost definatly failed, as they did, only experianced ppl were actually finishing the game.
and those are just basic cases of simple cleaning and replacing things. wouldnt even cost them that much. It just seems that all though butlins does seem to be taking more money of you and giving you less and less at least they have more to start with.
I know I'm just ranting really but what happened to just giving people a good holiday so they come back next year? I heard of so many people getting rid of their caravans and not coming back because of such high runing costs. soon i fear (and hope) the holiday camps will feel the effect of only having a few rich people complaing when things arnt perfect staying rather than hundreds of people who just want to have a nice holiday. (that is reasonably clean and not all broken.)
most of the arcade was wearing out, both the dance mats which i played on seemed highly unresponsive and the back panel of one kept clanking and it just seemed that even with all the money that was being made from all these machienes, they still couldnt be bother to replace broken ones.
A worse player than me (I mostly get AAA's and never get boos and was doing songs I knew i played well) would have allmost definatly failed, as they did, only experianced ppl were actually finishing the game.
and those are just basic cases of simple cleaning and replacing things. wouldnt even cost them that much. It just seems that all though butlins does seem to be taking more money of you and giving you less and less at least they have more to start with.
I know I'm just ranting really but what happened to just giving people a good holiday so they come back next year? I heard of so many people getting rid of their caravans and not coming back because of such high runing costs. soon i fear (and hope) the holiday camps will feel the effect of only having a few rich people complaing when things arnt perfect staying rather than hundreds of people who just want to have a nice holiday. (that is reasonably clean and not all broken.)