A Lapland Christmas in Kent

24/07/2007

The magic of a Lapland Christmas daytrip will now be available in the UK for five weeks over the Christmas party season. Lapland UK opens in Bedgebury Forest in Goudhurst, Kent, on 24 November 2007.

The new attraction, which takes about four hours to experience, features Father Christmas, real reindeer, husky dogs, Raymond Briggs’ ‘The Snowman’, Hollywood snow and ice special effects.

“Bringing a high quality Christmas experience to this country has been my dream since visiting Lapland with my wife and our four boys in 2002,” said creator Mike Battle.

Lapland UK will be offering timed entry tickets, in an effort to avoid lengthy queues during the popular Christmas party season. Uniformed Air Lapland staff will check ‘passengers’ in for a fantasy flight with Raymond Briggs’ ‘The Snowman’.

Emerging from the ‘transporter’ visitors will find themselves in an ice and snow-covered forest.

There are many activities for children and adults such as making gingerbread and becoming ‘North Pole craftsmen’ in the toy factory. Families will also have the opportunity to visit the Saami village (indigenous people of Lapland) for traditional story telling, listen to toy soldiers playing Christmas party music on their trumpets, and send a letter at the post office.

The highlight for many children will of course be meeting Father Christmas himself in his snow covered woodland home. Ticket prices start at £90 for a family of four.