Hundreds slam Lapland park 'scam'

[MonkeyFunk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7758112.stm

Check out the slideshow, it's a good laugh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/uk_lapland_new_forest/img/9.jpg

[Shawn Hopkins]

That is a hilariously crappy park. The place to take children if you want to shatter their dreams, I guess. Sounds like the main problem is that they hyped it unrealistically. They probably shouldn't have promised snow unless they could, you know, make it snow.

[Chykin]

Yeah. That place sucks. It's about as realistic as a paper clip getting up, talking, and re-inventing nuclear physics. :sweat:

[chdr]

Is that a stuffed animal?

[Chykin]

Is that a stuffed animal?
Apparently a light-up stuffed animal.

[Czar Gato]

It appears to have been shut down- permanently.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/7765080.stm

[.bg]

Wow, I don't even know what's worse: the fact that people believed their adverts, or the fact that the operator of the park is trying to deny all charges.

[Captain Highwind]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/uk_lapland_new_forest/img/9.jpg

I suppose the plan would have worked if everyone had the mind of a delusional child, like say, Chistopher Robin or this guy here. (http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/Mr_Highwind/Calvin-and-Hobbes-calvin-and-hobbes.jpg)

[Starbraces]

Wow... that is hilariously embarrassing. XD Especially since I come from a proud family of Sami (native indians, or, Laplanders)... proud reindeer herders *cries on reindeer pelt in the livingroom*

[J'onn J'onzz]

Hahahaha, that's awful. I love the nativity scene, like 100 feet from all the people. Why was it way out there? Did they think there would be a gigantic crowd using up the whole field?

[Gatomon41]

Man, this is just plain terrible. Looking at those pictures, it was just a pathetic theme park. I really feel bad for the customers, having to shell out any money for this trainwreck.

[Mr. Wednesday]

Heh. That's just sad. It doesn't even look like a decent theme park. It's like Camp Krusty.

[Jtaylor1]

Isn't that a fire hazard? I can see the pine branches on the floor.

[Rook]

Apparently a light-up stuffed animal.

Isn't that a fire hazard? I can see the pine branches on the floor.

A light-up stuffed animal on a dry-wood floor nesting on of pine leaves...yeah, lets just end it here and say it was the sun focusing on some ice that caused the fire.

[veemonjosh]

I found this whole thing hilariously tragic...

But this article just makes it go beyond the kind of dark humor I'm comfortable with: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/7762855.stm

A security guard at a Lapland-style theme park criticised by visitors as "hell" and a "scam" said he resigned because he was "ashamed to work there".
Adrian Wood worked in the security hut at Lapland New Forest which opened on Friday on the Hampshire-Dorset border.

He said he resigned at seeing a family take their mother out of a hospice for what could be her last Christmas.Really, I can't even begin to imagine how that family must feel now.

[Baby Naruto]

I tried playing the videos in the articles and they wouldn't work, why aren't they working for me?

[HellCat]

I tried playing the videos in the articles and they wouldn't work, why aren't they working for me?

Might be because the BBC currently can't play videos for non-UK ISPs due to legal reasons.

And before anyonee says anything- when are you guys going to let us watch Hulu and such, hmm?

[GWOtaku]

Might be because the BBC currently can't play videos for non-UK ISPs due to legal reasons.

And before anyonee says anything- when are you guys going to let us watch Hulu and such, hmm?

Stupid region coding. Bah humbug.

Oh, right, the thread. What a fraud. I think what capped this for me was when their website became unavailable for "technical reasons." Haha, sure that's why it's down.

[Juu-kuchi]

Wow, this debacle has managed to give me a deeper appreciation for a more recent Simpsons episode involving a very crappy Christmas park. Which is shocking for me anyway due to my ambivalence of later seasons.

Man looking at those pictures is sad. I just wish I had the chance to see their actual website to see how far the lie went.

[Baby Naruto]

Might be because the BBC currently can't play videos for non-UK ISPs due to legal reasons.

And before anyonee says anything- when are you guys going to let us watch Hulu and such, hmm?

Oh, so that's why they aren't working lol. DUH xD *facepalm*

Thanks for answering my very stupid question :p.

[veemonjosh]

Except all the videos seem to play near-perfectly on my computer, and I have a US ISP...

[Baby Naruto]

Except all the videos seem to play near-perfectly on my computer, and I have a US ISP...

Maybe it's my web browser then? (I am using Opera (http://www.opera.com/discover/browser/))