Apparently over in Chatham, England later this coming May, they plan to open Dickens World, an indoor theme park. I will bring the moldy world of Charles Dickens to life for a mere $25 ($15 for children).
$125 million they are sinking into it. I guess they have great expectations of success.
RElive the misery of the Cratchits. Wait in line for the ride through Bleak HOuse. And the Great Expectations restaurant is a must. The food is already on the tables covered in cobwebs, dust, and mold.
Eek.
Lord how I hated reading Dickens in high school.
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by Enzo » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:31 am
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by troubleagain » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:05 pm
I actually enjoy Dickens, but I can't imagine how this could be a successful attraction.
Oooh, yes, let's see what a Victorian orphanage was like! Or debtor's prison! Or poor house! OOOOOOooooh, even better, let's re-create scenes from A Tale of Two Cities, complete with Sidney Carton being decapitated!
Oooh, yes, let's see what a Victorian orphanage was like! Or debtor's prison! Or poor house! OOOOOOooooh, even better, let's re-create scenes from A Tale of Two Cities, complete with Sidney Carton being decapitated!
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by Lance » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:16 pm
Perhaps it will be something like a Renaissance Festival. More jousting and feasting, less open sewer in the middle of the street.
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by The Beer Slayer » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:09 pm
And the Great Expectations restaurant is a must. The food is already on the tables covered in cobwebs, dust, and mold.
Your waitress will be a snobby adolescent girl who insults your social status, smacks you across the face and then shoves you out the door.
I plead the Fifth, but if you want to get pushy I'll plead the Second.
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by Enzo » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:17 am
The newspaper story had a photo of some lout who portrays a rat catcher. He wanders around the place instead of a large rubber mouse or duck.
Oh mummy, there's a gruel shoppe. Can't we have some gruel??? PlllEEEEEEase?
It will take visitors on a fascinating journey through Dickens’ lifetime as they step back into Dickensian England and are immersed in the urban streets, sounds and smells of the 19th century.
Oh mummy, there's a gruel shoppe. Can't we have some gruel??? PlllEEEEEEase?
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by MM_Dandy » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:32 pm
There are several attractions that look like that here in South Dakota. They're basically variations on the 1880's ghost town. They don't do so well on their own, though, and seem to work best if they have something else to go with them (like a car museum, or a gas station).
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