For Halloween, we visited Warwick Castle as part of our Merlin Annual Pass ambassadorship. It had been recommended to us by a few friends as a lovely place to visit in general so we couldn’t wait to see what it had to offer.
We took a walk through a scary feature and then we headed to the Horrible Histories maze for Jack’s benefit. He has been watching a lot of Horrible Histories recently and is loving it so he was very excited for the maze. My mum took Olivia whilst Steve and I took Jack round the maze. It was lots of fun even if we did get a bit lost, trying to find the next section, haha.
We then headed further towards the castle to see what Halloween events were on. Unfortunately we found that although Warwick Castle is usually very family friendly, it didn’t seem to be the case for Halloween. Halloween is obviously a scary time of year but with it being a family friendly place, you’d think some of the events would be okay for kids. There was only a handful of things that Jack could do – and he did mention being bored at one point as there was just so little for him to do at his age. Halloween there is only really enjoyable if you are over the ages of 8 for some things and 12 for others.
Steve and I managed to do quite a few things – we headed to the seance which was certainly very creepy, the doll’s house which made me shudder and the plague section which may have caused me to shriek in fright. We headed for lunch too but the one small restaurant is crammed into this tiny little space and it was quite stressful trying to get food on such a busy day.
Not all was lost though when it came to Warwick Castle for the kids though. Steve took Jack up the steps so that he could look out on the ground below and he had so much fun. It was all he talked about on the way home – he is such an adventurous soul and loves nothing more than exploring with his Daddy.
Whilst we were a little disappointed with what Warwick Castle had to offer for kids of Jack’s age, we have heard that it is much better at other times of the year so will definitely be heading back soon. However it was a great event for Steve and I as we got to do plenty of the different events there as a couple and it was nice to spend time with just him.
Warwick Castle is definitely one of our favourite castles in the UK.
I am a Merlin Annual Pass Blogger Ambassador, I was given a Merlin Annual Pass to do this review with my family and I was not paid to do this post. If anyone would like to confirm any details in the post, please email info@merlinannualpass.co.uk
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