点评:This was the worst value for money of any place we've been to on any summer holiday. Astronomical parking, very little play value, and a charge for absolutely everything.
Parking- three times more expensive than Willen Lake in MK, which is fairly notorious for being pricey. More per hour than most inner city parking! Long queues for paying (for anything) means you'd better allow an extra 30 minutes parking fee just to queue.
Play value - walk a very long way for a very small amount of play. We tried to do the short play trail, but the available map is mislabelled. This means we missed the thing we really wanted to go on and walked nearly half a mile to do a small climbing frame and 'woodland scramble' (some balance beams and rope). The park areas that don't require lots of walking are only really appropriate and fun for small children. The older park area has 4 baby swings, a nest swing and no normal swings. All the climbing frames were small. Almost none of the play was interesting or a challenge for my 8yo, and the walking was too much for my 4yo.
Marble trail - this was really fun; well designed in places but frustrating in others. My kids stayed for a long time at each of the 5 available runs, but again, not a lot of value for half a mile of walking uphill. There were two people serving on a nice Sunday in August, so it was a 15 minute queue to get a single ball. The £8 charge for a ball would be easier to swallow if I didn't have to pay the same amount in parking. We won't be coming back again.
We would have liked to combine the play trail and marble run to reduce the walking, but a map is £2 and doesn't include the marble run. There was barely any sign posting to the marble run from the information centre and I was told to "just follow the crowds" which led us to the end of the trail.
The whole thing feels like a money grab, rather than a genuine attempt to engage people in conservation or in being outside. We went to Aston Clinton park after, which is lovely, free and accessible.
翻译:这是我们暑期旅行中去过的所有地方中,性价比最差的一个。停车费贵得离谱,可供孩子们玩耍的空间极少,而且几乎每样东西都要收费。
停车费——是米尔顿凯恩斯市威伦湖公园的三倍之多,而后者本身就以收费高昂著称。每小时的停车费甚至比大多数市中心的停车场还要贵!无论要支付什么费用都得排长队,所以你最好再多预留30分钟的停车费来应付排队时间。
可玩性——走了老远的路,结果能玩的地方少得可怜。我们试图沿着短途游戏路线游玩,但现有的地图标注有误。结果我们错过了真正想去的地方,还走了将近半英里,只玩到了一个小型攀爬架以及所谓的“林地探险区”(一些平衡木和绳索设施)。那些不需要走太多路的园区区域,其实只适合年纪较小的孩子游玩。在较大的园区里,只有4个婴儿摇摇椅和一个鸟巢形状的摇摇椅,完全没有普通的秋千。所有的攀爬架也都很小。几乎没有任何一个游乐项目能引起我8岁孩子的兴趣或对他构成挑战,而对我4岁的孩子来说,走那么远的路也实在太吃力了。
弹珠赛道——这个真的很有趣;有些设计很巧妙,但有些地方又让人感到沮丧。我的孩子们在5条赛道的每条上都玩了很久。不过,为了走半英里的上坡路才去玩这些项目,性价比实在不高。在8月一个天气不错的周日,只有两名工作人员在值班,因此为了拿到一个弹珠,我们排了15分钟的队。如果不用再支付同样数额的停车费,那么购买一个球需要8英镑这一点也还能接受。但我们不会再来了。
我们本想把游玩路线与弹珠轨道结合起来以减少步行距离,但地图要价2英镑,而且上面甚至没标注弹珠轨道的位置。信息中心附近也几乎没有指向弹珠轨道的指示牌,工作人员只让我“跟着人群走”,结果我们只是走到了路线的尽头。
整个体验感觉就是在榨取游客的钱财罢了。这并非真正试图引导人们参与环保活动或亲近自然的举措。之后我们去了阿斯顿·克林顿公园,那里很不错,免费且易于前往。