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Quote: Originally posted by beezers on 16/6/2006

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Ghost walk? Sounds interesting. Is that something to do with the castle?

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http://www.yorkpass.com/

try this site may save a bit dosh

Have 13 & 11 year old girls and  we go regularly.

They enjoy - Railway museum (free,) Jorvic centre and dungeons (you can use Tesco vouchers for cheaper admitance if you cash them in for deals vouchers), Castle Museum is a great day tho not cheap. Good walk round the walls if nice weather, Eden camp is worth the short drive tho i would give the boat trips a miss, they are quite expensive and do not go very far. I beleive the York Eye is good also but have not been since it opened. We also enjoy sitting on the banks with a picnic watching the boat crews but not sure if any around as the students will be on their long summer hols lol. Hope that helps a little............

Yorvic center, I found to be a waste of money but each to their own. 

Castle museum is fab and when you've paid once you can go back as much as you like for the next year.  And of course the railway museum.  Both will take best part of a day if you look round them well.

Look on the Internet for vouchers. 2for1 etc.

Quote: Originally posted by beezers on 18/6/2006

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Thanks for all the replies. We had a look at the York Pass site and picked up a lot of ideas, our 10 year old daughter is desperate to go on the Ghost Walk and we all like the look of Eden Camp. I think we could have a busy three days!

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I went on the Ghost walk about eight years ago.  It was fab!!! 

Quote: Originally posted by beezers on 18/6/2006

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Thanks for all the replies. We had a look at the York Pass site and picked up a lot of ideas, our 10 year old daughter is desperate to go on the Ghost Walk and we all like the look of Eden Camp. I think we could have a busy three days!

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Hi

We've just got back from Rowntree Park with our 5 year old. We wanted to leave the car and walk so: 

We did Cliffords Tower, Castle Museum, York Dungeon and shopping on Saturday.

Jorvik Centre (really good), more shopping and a River Cruise Sunday.

Did the Railway Museum last time, you can spend a whole day there.

Theres loads to do, and most of it is family orientated, some of it is a bit expensive but what the heck, if you are a member of the CC, their "Member Offers" has some vouchers for discounts.

HTH

Paul

If the York dungeon is on a par with the Edinburgh dungeon then it is a complete waste of money and completely over priced.  My 10 year old son enjoyed it but my 9 year old daughter felt sick and we had to come out half way round - this after we had queued for an hour and a half.  We had some half price tickets and more - it was still £17!!  Complete rip off - just a load of wannabe actors and not much real stuff at all - jokes inappropriate for kids really - at one point I got soaked 'cos of where I was sitting.  Shop full of occult junk - the whole thing was completely uneducational and just supposed entertainment.  You have to experience it to wonder how they get away with it really - it relys on audience participation - I got put in the dock where they did a mock trial - good job I have a sense of humour! 

Years ago we went to the London dungeon - no actors then - just lots of "instruments" with lots of educational material - not sensational.

After that ramble - when we went to York we stayed at Goosewood - lovely and went on park and ride into York where we went in the Castle museum, Cliffords Tower, Jorvic and wandered about.  There is also the Minster, railway museum - ooh when we went in from the park and ride we were on a bendy bus which the kids thought great!

Deb

If you have bikes try cycling from the race course towards Selby and check out the scale representation of the planets. - http://www.visityork.org/media/factsheets/cycling.asp

If you're prepared to travel a bit further try http://www.aerialextreme.co.uk/ch/index.html (just off the A1 near Boroughbridge)

There are themeparks at Lightwater Valley and Flamingoland (near Pickering)

In York itself there is the Minster (visit the Cript and the tower) and walk along the Shambles and stonegate.

(The Dungeon is a bit amateurish.)

Well I think we have lots of ideas there, thanks folks.

The kids have looked up some of these on the internet and so far Eden Camp is a definite as is the Ghost Walk. I want to visit the York Castle museum and Castle Howard, so I think we will have plenty to keep us occupied while we are there.