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Is it me or do the prices for the hotels just get higher and higher too..... Please tell me what warrents a price of £170 (online price minus the 10% online discount) which equates to nerly £190 full price for a one night (wedsnesday) stay just simply bed and breakfast?! So essentially £190 for 2 people to sleep and get ready and have breakfast.....is that really a fair price to charge?

Add to that fuel, tickets, dinner, food in the park.....fortunatly annual pass comes in handy but realistically it could cost about £500 for 2 adults to spend the night away and get into the theme park and eat.... Could go abroad for a week for that!!
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For Smilefest I booked a room for 4 adults for 357 which is under £40 per night per person which isnt that bad value in my opinion.
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ShoesU wrote:Is it me or do the prices for the hotels just get higher and higher too..... Please tell me what warrents a price of £170 (online price minus the 10% online discount) which equates to nerly £190 full price for a one night (wedsnesday) stay just simply bed and breakfast?! So essentially £190 for 2 people to sleep and get ready and have breakfast.....is that really a fair price to charge?

Add to that fuel, tickets, dinner, food in the park.....fortunately annual pass comes in handy but realistically it could cost about £500 for 2 adults to spend the night away and get into the theme park and eat.... Could go abroad for a week for that!!
That seems very high.
I suggest you phone them to book as i always get a great price.
My cost for this year 2 days in SL hotel 2 days park entry and 2 days water park entry comes to £240 for the two of us.
Plus i got free fast tracks as well :)
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Yes, that does seem expensive... I got all inclusive for end of April (Park tickets, B&B) for 5 of us for £307. Best to give them a call and see what deal they can do. The online prices aren't tactile so can't help you shop around for the nearest cheap dates like an operator can.
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I was looking for a price for 2 nights in the Enchanted Village over May Bank Holiday weekend, and the price it gave me was £531, just for 2 nights B&B.

Obviously with it being a bank holiday weekend and the EV being new I expected the price to be high but that is just extortionate! I'm now probably going to stay somewhere nearby as £265.50 a night for B&B is not something I'm prepared to pay.
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It'll be the bank holiday that drives the prices up... if you can book sometime ether side of the holiday the prices will be much cheaper. Then again, nearby hotels/B&Bs are quite good, or so I gather.
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Benb wrote:It'll be the bank holiday that drives the prices up... if you can book sometime ether side of the holiday the prices will be much cheaper. Then again, nearby hotels/B&Bs are quite good, or so I gather.
It's my birthday on the bank holiday Monday, hence why I was looking that weekend.

I've always been able to find quite cheap rooms for the on-resort hotels, it's just bank holiday and the fact the Enchanted Village will only have been open a couple of weeks means they've hiked the prices up as they know people will pay it.
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