点评:Being local we visit regularly with our young kids (under 5s) & always feel that the majority of other visitors have kids of a similar age. Over the years it seems it’s become less young children friendly rather than more sadly. The little under 5s playroom has been shut; there’s never any colouring set up anymore, the little Wendy house and toys have been moved out of the cafe. little touches like these make such a difference when you have young kids so it’s a real shame as there aren’t that many all weather attractions and the ticket fee is reasonable given you can visit all year.
We appreciate the special events at Easter, Xmas, Halloween etc but often find they are aimed at older children. visiting for the science fair event today we were a bit puzzled about what we were meant to be doing - there didn’t seem to be an aim / solution, & it all went over the kids heads a bit. The ‘demonstrations’ were very short and there was nothing interactive about them. Several of the actors were brilliant; the gruesome blood man, the rat catcher; the electricity lady. But it would have been good if there was more child participation needed - their fave bit was the Oakley stitchers potion making as they actually got to get stuck in!
It would be good if there were more interactive exhibits generally as there always seems to be lots of young kids visiting without much for them to do.
We love the pier usually but so disappointed today that around 75% of the machines were out of service and even the change machines were so we couldn’t get any coins to use the exhibits that were working.
The place generally needs some maintenance and could do with getting some grant funding or something to help repair and maintain things and stop it looking so tired.
We will continue to support.
翻译:作为当地人,我们经常带着五岁以下的孩子来这里,一直觉得大多数其他游客也带着年龄相仿的孩子。但多年来,这里似乎变得不再那么适合幼儿了,实在令人遗憾。原本供五岁以下儿童使用的游乐室现已关闭;再也没有提供任何涂色工具,咖啡馆里的迷你小屋和玩具也都被搬走了。这类贴心的细节对于带着年幼孩子的家庭来说意义重大。不过实在可惜的是,全年开放的景点本来就不多,而考虑到全年都可入园,这里的门票价格其实也算是合理。
我们很欣赏他们在复活节、圣诞节、万圣节等节日时举办的特别活动,但往往发现这些活动主要是为年龄较大的孩子准备的。今天我们是为了参加科学博览会才来的,却有些摸不着头脑——整个活动似乎并没有明确的目标或解决方案。这些内容对孩子们来说有点难以理解。那些“演示”环节非常简短,也毫无互动性可言。有几位演员的表现相当出色:那个扮演流血场景的演员、捕鼠人,还有那个扮演带电之人的女演员。不过,如果能让孩子们更多地参与进来就更好了——他们最喜欢的环节就是奥克利缝纫师制作魔药的那一段,因为那时他们真的可以亲自动手参与呢!总体来说,要是有更多互动性展品就好了,因为似乎总有很多小孩来参观,却没什么能让他们参与的项目。
我们平时都很喜欢这个码头,但今天实在太失望了:大约75%的游乐设施都无法使用,甚至连投币机也坏了,因此我们没法获得硬币来使用那些还能运转的展品。这个地方总体上需要一些维护,如果能获得一些资助或资金来帮助修缮与保养,就能避免它显得破旧不堪。
我们会继续提供支持。