Dickens World

Dickens world,

Leviathan Way,

Chatham Maritime,

Kent.

ME4 4LL

We visited Dickens World, full of expectation having read the promotional material, only to have those expectations shattered. This event / attraction is not completed and does not in any shape nor form match the descriptions of the promotional leaflets.

* Cast of live performers - two people in costume with a skipping rope

* Great expectations boat ride - broken down, definitely an expectation

* Peggotty's Boat House 4D, HD cinema - Blank screens, technical difficulties

* Haunted House of Ebeneezer Scrooge - Ghostly figures walk abroad, must be in Spain or the Norfolk Broads, cos they aint in Kent

* Fagin's Den - The management Offices of this over hyped, 3rd rate attraction, they're picking your pocket just as Fagan would.

* Brittania Theatre - Not finished yet

* The Olde Curiosity Shop - A window with a few 2nd rate props in it

* Dotheboys School - Well its definitely not to SATS standard, well doesn't seem to exist yet

This is one of the biggest rip offs i've ever come across, VALUE for money 0, we were refunded our entry fee in full after complaining to the management, a clear indication that they knew that the attraction was sub standard and well below normal expectation. We are publishing this letter to let people know just what a rip off Dickens World is, its

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From the moment I arrived I was moved to an emotional state. I rarley experience such a reaction, previously my first visit to Dreamland when I was about 6 years old, then Disney in Florida and Paris. Now, Chatham!

The difference though is the emotions I experienced at Dreamland and Disney were big WOW factor excitement emotions. Dickens World in Chatham generates a whole new level of destination attraction amazement.

Awe inspiring, tummy churning expectation, dizzy making excitement, the fun of a new experience, all of these descriptions are nothing to do with the feelings generated by Dickens World.

This monumentally dull Chatham dockyard dirge of a concept-less poorly excecuted shed was about £10 milion and an imagination short of what was needed to make this naff piece of tatt work.

I'm not sure who was responsible for this particular example of what is amusingly described as 'fun' in 2008, but whoever it was he should not be treated as a grown up or given any more money to make any more Dickens Worlds. Please. In fact, if you are near him when he says 'I've got a great idea', have him put down. And for Gods sake don't invest in it.

And value? If the average per head for your average destination is £30 then Dickens World should be charging no more than £5. Hell, they should be paying you to enter reading some reports.

If you are advertising for an person whose job description reads 'bad ideas expert required' this is y'man. In any event,he has WAY more money than good ideas, and he should have asked proper imagineers and taken fewer of the concept descisions himself. Way fewer.

And if he has any money left folks and you are looking for a mug, sorry, investor, he's a major mark.