What we mean by pampering parents while children play
Thinking of that special day out with your children? Well there is often a problem. Usually, what is best for you as parents isn’t great for your children and what is best for your children isn’t that great for you. Take that fabulous spa for example, well of course children can’t go there, or how about that delicious cream tea in a lovely hotel? Problem again. Children get restless and then you end up stressed as you tell your little ones to lower their voices, and stop running around or climbing on the furniture. Ok so put the kids first and go to a ball park, messy play area, or football ground. Well they have a nice time, but all too often, you the parents are left standing in the cold or sitting around in dismal areas with concrete walls, plastic cups, slot machine coffee and formica top tables. Our aim is to address this problem head on. We want to delight and pamper parents and children at the same time in the same setting, so that everyone goes away feeling that they’ve had a wonderful time.
"So what will we actually do during our visit on an Enchanted Sunday or Enchanted Easter Day?"
While you enjoy a breakfast or afternoon tea in one of our beautiful tea rooms your children are offered the most stunning activities, right there in the middle of the room . You can also purchase a massage and manicure and your children can visit The Amazing Enchanted Kingdom...and to top it all - there's a live show!
Your ticket includes a delicious breakfast or afternoon tea for all the family in one of our sumptuous tea rooms and Easter eggs on Enchanted Easter Days. Each of the tearooms is designed to offer you and your family a truly nurturing environment. You’ll enjoy the most beautiful fabrics, loads of cushions, warm lighting, antique furniture and fabulous paint effects.
Our Egyptian Tea Room
Our Baroque Tea room
Our Rococo Tea room
Your tea area will include a lovely sofa or chaise longue and beanbags for the children. Here is an example of one of family tea areas (number of sofas according to number of adults and children in a group).
Extra teas/coffee/juices/snacks/wines/champagne can also be purchased.
THEN THERE'S ALL THE PLAY...
Whilst parents lounge around on sofas in our beautiful rooms, reading magazines and newspapers, eating their most sumptuous breakfast or afternoon tea, children can enjoy our exciting play areas right there in the centre of the tea rooms! Activities include puppet making, balloon modelling, lego and construction, clay, and really unusual arts and crafts. On the Easter Days we will run special Easter egg hunts and egg decorating sessions.
WE EVEN HAVE SPECIAL BABY ACTIVITY AREAS TOO (0- 18 MONTHS)
to entertain, fascinate and delight your very little ones…
YET MORE PAMPERING FOR PARENTS: VISIT OUR CHILL OUT ZONE
In our chill–out zone for parents you can enjoy a seated massage or manicure at a very reasonable price. Children are not allowed in this area. (Costs vary in terms of whether another adult in your party will be supervising the children during your massage or whether you will require one of our trained child care staff to supervise.) Limited availability. Booking the day before your visit advised.
AND IF DURING YOUR VISIT, YOUR CHILDREN WANT TO RUN AROUND : JUST GO DOWNSTAIRS AND SAMPLE THE DELIGHTS OF THE ENCHANTED KINGDOM
When your children want a freer run around time during your visit then there's our Enchanted Kingdom. The Enchanted Kingdom is a place full of lights and sounds, all manner of amazing things for parents and children to do together. Children can run around in here to their hearts content, do African drumming, perform puppet plays, enjoy sand and water play, make lovely things. There are also interactive games with professional play leaders/actors and there’s face painting and dressing up of course!
Interactive games with professional play leaders/actors
And there's face painting and dressing up of course!
AND THERE’S EVEN A LIVE SHOW to end with…..
And if all this isn’t enough, you can watch our live musical show (including fabulous puppets) specially targeted for 0 – 8 year olds.
The following are all included in each entrance fee
- Cream tea or sumptuous breakfast for all the family in extremely luxurious setting
- A wonderful live show (musical interactive theatre with puppets)
- Free entry to The Enchanted Kingdom
- Surprise meetings with magical characters
- Arts and crafts
- Sensory zone
- Bounce zone (including bouncy castles)
- Messy play zone
- "Let's pretend zone”
- Lego and construction zone
- Puppet zone
- Drumming zone
- Dressing up zone
- Interactive games
- Special baby activity areas (0-18 months)
- Parents can also choose to purchase a manicure, facial or
massage from our Special Parent Chill Out Zone
Our mission
- To delight and pamper parents and children together in a stunningly beautiful and comfortable place.
- To provide parents with exceptional quality time with their children: a real ‘do-it-together’ experience.
- To provide children (age 0- 8 inclusive) with truly magical experiences that evoke awe and wonder
- To develop children’s creativity and imagination through a range of fabulous activities including arts and crafts, drumming, puppetry, construction toys, messy play, sensory play, bouncy play, cup cake decorating, singing, interactive games, live theatre.
- To provide parents with relaxation and replenishing time knowing their children are having a wonderful time.