点评:My husband and I took our 4-year-old and 6-month-old sons on the Santa by Steam experience today. We had previously been in December 2023 and it was great then, with a friendly, chatty Santa who gave a lovely gift. Unfortunately, today we had a very different experience. While the station was prettily decorated and the brass band there were good, the "Santa" was very disappointing. He seemed grumpy and unwilling to be there... He asked our son "What's your name?" and "How old are you?" but didn't react or respond to his answers, and made no effort to have any rapport or a conversation with our son. I don't think he even smiled! He then just handed over the presents, before standing up and announcing "I can't wait to get out of this gear" (indicating his costume) and shuffling off down the train. We didn't even have time to get a photo. The presents also weren't as good as in 2023, though we didn't mind that so much - it was more the fact that the Santa didn't seem to like children! We feel bad for our son, who believes that was the "real" Santa - I'm not sure he's going to be as excited about Christmas after this. Also, in the gift shop there was a man dressed as an elf behind the counter, who was also quite surly and just ignored our son saying "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" to him. I really feel quite let-down by Bodmin Railway. I think a different man should have been chosen to be Santa, and I can't think why they chose the person that they did.
翻译:今天我和丈夫带着我们4岁和6个月大的儿子体验了“蒸汽火车上的圣诞老人”活动。我们之前在2023年12月来过一次,当时体验很棒,圣诞老人很友善健谈,还送了精美的礼物。可惜的是,今天的体验却截然不同。虽然车站装饰得很漂亮,铜管乐队也演奏得不错,但这位“圣诞老人”却令人非常失望。他看起来很不高兴,似乎很不情愿待在那里……他问了我们儿子“你叫什么名字?”和“你几岁了?”,但对儿子的回答却毫无反应,也没有试图和儿子互动或交谈。我甚至觉得他连笑都没笑!然后他只是把礼物递给我们,就站起来宣布“我迫不及待地想脱掉这身行头”(指着他的圣诞老人服装),然后拖着脚步离开了。我们甚至都没时间拍张照片。礼物也不如2023年的好,不过我们倒不是很在意——更让我们失望的是,圣诞老人似乎不喜欢孩子!我们很心疼儿子,因为他一直以为那就是“真正的”圣诞老人——经历了这件事之后,我真不知道他以后还会不会对圣诞节充满期待。而且,礼品店里柜台后面还有个打扮成精灵的男人,态度也很恶劣,儿子跟他说“圣诞快乐”和“新年快乐”他根本不理睬。我对博德明铁路公司真是太失望了。我觉得他们应该换个人来扮演圣诞老人,真不明白他们为什么会选这个人。