Centerparcs Reviews 

Lodge:
On arrival at the lodge we were met by a full dog poo bag directly outside the front door – this was well away from the main road where someone could have thrown it from. All indications it was from a previous occupier.
On entering the main bedroom en suite the toilet had brown staining beneath the waterline. This was extremely distasteful. My wife cleaned this away and the toilet was clean again. I have a photo should you wish but you can probably imagine the sight.
The floor in the main lounge area was grimy and needed cleaning. We swept it but decided to not get a mop and bucket out – really due to time. We wanted to get out and enjoy the parc.
The hob LED displys that indicate on/off and temperature selected did not show the numbers. Only part of the numbers were showing so you had to try to guess the setting. More worryingly was that you couldn’t work out if you had switched it off. This was the same for all 4 hobs.
Dishwasher – same issue with only part of the LED numbers showing. Again guesswork on what setting was selected.
Freezer compartment. Needed defrosting and unusable. Door wouldn’t shut properly as there was so much ice and no room inside for the same reason.
TV displays – none of the three TVs were smart TV capable and therefore we could not watch any NETFIX/Amazon prime etc. This was an issue as we as a family wanted to sit together in the evening and watch TV together. I think an HDMI lead may have solved the issue so we could link a computer to it but as this wasn’t mentioned in the prearrival documentation and therefore I did not bring one.

Activities:
Bowling – we booked bowling in the leisure center. On arrival we were told 9 out of I think 12 lanes were not operating due to technical issues. We sat and waited till a lane was given to us. This took probably near 30 mins. We were not offered any drinks or anything to offset the delay. There was no atmosphere in the area as all the lanes were broken. It felt like a ghost town.
Pottery – great fun but too expensive. 4 people we paid £111.

Overall feel:
This was a break for Halloween. Some on site shops sold Halloween items, many lodges were decorated by clients but the park was very obviously preparing for Christmas. Whilst walking around it felt like we were getting in the way of Christmas preps. Why wasn’t there more Halloween decor? Even some sort of kiddies trick or treat, perhaps a fancy dress disco??

There was much to be disappointed about from the above. We worked through these issues and our granddaughters had a great time. But Im afraid I have a nasty taste in my mouth. I spent a large amount of money for this break – over £2500 and was expecting a much higher standard.
Should I use centerparcs next year? Not sure yet.

We visited Centerparcs last summer for a family holiday and booked one of their executive lodges - at vast expense! We had a pretty good holiday but the value for money is very poor. The lodge was around £7k, quite spacious and the kids loved the hot tub and activities. That's the good part. The downside is that the lodge was equipped with only two tiny fridges, each with a shoeboxed sized freezer - which made bringing your own food for 8 people next to impossible. And worse, forced us to rely on their onsite food store, which is understocked, has minimal variety and is overpriced. Quality food is just not on their agenda! So we ate our at their onsite restaurants. That was an experience and a half. Really poor quality school dinner type food, fried, unhealthy, unappetising, bland and again, massively overpriced. The only half decent place was the Rajinda Prajesh. They charge a premium price to stay, and for that I would expect some good quality restaurants and food choices. Definitely not the case!

Having had a great time at Sherwood Forest I came home to find I had lost my purse
Contacted lost and found and 48 hours later my purse was delivered to my house. Special mention to Wendy who communicated with me throughout