Review - The Winter Wonderland at Tamworth Snowdome

I could quite easily describe the winter wonderland in 4 phrases:

Magical, Breathe taking, Amazing and Cold.

OK so the last word would be obvious but let me explain my other choices.

When you first walk in to the winter wonderland snow play you are straight away whisked into the magical atmosphere. The snow beneath you crunches and sinks below you. LS loved this. I must tell you I found it hard to walk on at first but I found it go easier as you go on, if you don’t wish to walk on the snow there is a wooden path which goes around most of the trail. There are lots to do in the snow play/trail.

There is a place where you can go sledging down a snow hill and other smaller snow humps situated further round the trail. LS was too small to enjoy this but from what I saw everybody else was enjoying the fun, also there are sledges around the trail which LS did attempt and she loved it.

Further around the snow trail (going left) you will find a couple of fantastic photo opportunities, the first is a family of polar bears and further round a Santa’s sleigh filled with presents. 

On your way round the trail you will see sign saying “Look out for the Yeti” well I must say you’re not likely to miss it as just further round the trail you will find a huge statue of a YETI! (Another photo opportunity).

Just past the yeti you will find your back at the start of the trail and you have to go back to the yeti to find the Winter Wonderland theatre, which is where you go next.

Now if I’m honest the show was the part I as least looking forward to mainly because I didn’t think LS would enjoy it, boy was I wrong. She loved it. As soon as the Basil Brush theme came on she along with all the other children where dancing and clapping and getting really excited to see what was next. When Basil Brush and he two assistants “Billy and Cindy” came on her eyes were glued to the show. It wasn’t just the children that enjoyed Basils show as long with myself a lot older members of the audience were laughing at his silly jokes and funny antics. My favourite part of the show was when Santa came on and got the audience involved in a panto style shouts, this for me made it feel more Christmassy.

The final part of the day was going to see the animals. They had rabbits, chickens, goats, donkeys, pigs and Reindeers YES Reindeers! You could pet some of the animals such as the rabbits and even the reindeers, we both enjoyed this. The rabbits were LS favourite. There was also place for you to have your photo taken in a sleigh which was great! We got a very lovely picture what you think?

There were 100 if not more lovely Christmas trees all around the trail covered in different coloured lights, I liked the blue light as they were jut lovely. Some of the trees where surrounded by large candy canes and other Christmas decorations. The best tree was a huge tree covered in blue light situated upstairs with the animals, it reached right up to the ceiling where it blending amazingly with the light on the ceiling, it really was I think breath taking. It completed the night beautifully. Overall it is a great family experience and I would definitely take LS again.

I would like to also mention the lovely free gifts from the wonderland, which were a free picture of us on the sleigh, a Thornton’s chocolate, and also a lovely Basil Brush teddy. 

Thanks Danii & LS

This review was written by Danii who write at Yummy Mummy Sausage and You Want My Opinion.

The Tamworth Snowdome Winter Wonderland is open now until the 31st December.  Prices start from £12.95 and under 2s are free. Visit their website to check availability and book your tickets. 

Review - Winter Wonderland at The Tamworth SnowDome

In the new year I will be launching a new blog called Midlands Mums. This will be a blog for Midlands Parents by Midlands Parents, with places to go, see, shop and eat. We've been fortunate to be offered a chance to review some events before the blog launches, so I have decided to post the reviews on here as they are Christmas Shows.

This first review is by Keira, she describes her self as Mum of one (Sam, age 2) with one more on the way. I live in Birmingham. Creator of Mamascarf, breastfeeding scarf allowing mums to feed discreetly, comfortably and stylishly in public

So here is her first review of the Winter Wonderland at the Tamworth Snowdome

I was very excited to be invited to Winter Wonderland at the Tamworth Snow Dome with my family for the opening night. My little boy Sam is 2 ½ and this was our first Christmas event of the year and we also took along his little friend Sonny who is the same age. We were wrapped up warm as per our instructions and I actually had the boys in waterproof trousers (good move!).



We arrived at the Snow Dome and had to wait for about half an hour which wasn’t ideal with 2 little ones but soon we were allowed into the snow. It is a big area with an ice skating rink in the middle, it’s filled with snow (actually quite deep snow) and lined with Christmas trees and other festive stuff. There are lots of wooden sledges for you to pull children around and there are slopes (not v steep)with rubber rings to slide down on. It looked great. Unfortunately the boys were not so impressed. Within about 5 seconds one had lost his welly and had a soaking wet sock (resulting in a trip to the car for a new pair) and the other had removed his mittens and fallen in the snow and was crying because his hands were cold. Great! Things soon improved though and they had a sledge ride and a play in the snow.


From here we were taken into a theatre and were treated to a Sooty and Sweep show with help from 2 enthusiastic young presenters worthy of CBeebies. There was plenty of audience participation and the boys were mesmerised. I was amazed that Soo actually sounded like I remembered, surely it wasn’t the same person!? Father Christmas also made an appearance on stage (unfortunately this was the only time we saw him).


From here we moved onto the animals, which was great. It was done out in a stable style with various animals in pens. There were chipmunks, pigs, donkeys, rabbits, sheep and my favourite the reindeer. The pens were quite low so all ages of children could see the animals. There was also a big sleigh where you could have your photo taken by the machine and pay for it on keyrings etc. There was a wooden hut that you could look through the window of and was filled with toys, this was Father Christmas’s house. I must say I was a bit disappointed as I thought every child would get to meet the man himself as it would have been Sam’s first time.

On the way out we were given chocolate lollipops for the little ones and adults were given a heart chocolate (would have liked the lollipop myself!). Overall it was a really enjoyable few hours (the brochure quotes 1 ½). It’s not cheap, full price tickets are £16.95 (dates 5th,6th, 12th, 13th, 18th-24th Dec) and saver tickets at £12.95 (dates 1st-4th, 7th-11th, 14th-17th Dec) but where else do you get real snow, reindeer and entertainment in the Midlands!

More info can be found at www.snowdome.co.uk or for tickets telephone 08448 000011.

It is open until 31st December and booking is advised. Opening times are 9am-9pm daily.

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Thank you Keira for that great review!
 
Look out for our Flat Stanley Review coming soon
 
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