Christmas comes early for UK holiday parks operator
Away Resorts adds three new Turkey and Tinsel breaks with first one on 11 November
- 8 Turkey and Tinsel breaks to choose from
- First Turkey and Tinsel breaks start on 11 November with three, four and seven-night durations. Prices from £169 per person for four nights’ full-board
- Christmas with all the trimmings and none of the hassle
- Show Cast entertainment team to provide the park’s most lavish-ever production alongside West End-inspired show
Away Resorts has added three new Turkey and Tinsel breaks for 2013 at Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island due to demand from guests.
This festive season, there will be eight breaks in total with three, four and seven-night durations to choose from. The first break takes place on 11 November and prices start at £169 per person for four nights' half-board
To get into the yuletide spirit, the Mill Rythe ballroom will be transformed into a Winter Wonderlandand the winter scene will form part of the park's backdrop for Mill Rythe's most lavish-ever production – the Christmas Show Spectacular.
The show is arranged and orchestrated by Away Resorts’ team of musical directors, who are an elite bunch from London's West End, world tours, and top TV shows. Direction and choreography is given from leading principle theatre stars from some of the most famous West End Theatre productions, not to mention costume design by the best in the business from as far afield as Hollywood.
The festive-themed musical extravaganza will be performed by Mill Rythe's Show Cast entertainment team. The show will include classic and contemporary Christmas favourites, including O Holy Night, Little Drummer Boy, Jingle Bell Rock, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town A Spaceman Came Travelling and Do They Know It’s Christmas?
As well as all the Turkey and Tinsel breaks, there are three festive breaks to choose from over the Christmas period, where guests are guaranteed to have a good old family Christmas this year with Christmas carols, classic movies, mulled wine and mince pies, a visit from Father Christmas and the traditional family Wii challenge.
One of the highlights of the four-night festive break at Mill Rythe, the Wii family challenge on a giant screen sees families go head to head to become the champion of Wii Sports Resort.
All of the three breaks are full board, and families who want to stay longer have the option to combine two breaks.
Everything is catered for during the Christmas Festive Breaks and the New Year Break, so all guests need to worry about is eating, drinking and not missing the Queen’s speech.
The breaks include:
Four-night, full-board Christmas Festive Break – December 23
Adult prices £359, 8-15-year-olds £144, 2-7-year-olds, £72, under 2s free
For the ultimate in festive celebrations, this four-night break from December 23 will have all the glitz and glamour of Christmas with lots of extras including the Mill Rythe Entertainment Team dressed in traditional costume from Charles Dickens ' s A Christmas Carol welcoming all guests with a serving of roast chestnuts.
On Christmas Eve, there will be carol concerts and Children’s Christingles and of course the popular countdown to Christmas Day.
On Christmas Day, Father Christmas arrives in person down the chimney live on stage with a sack-load of presents for all the children.
During the day, a classic Christmas movie will be screened along with mulled wine or mulled cider and mince pies. There is also a huge family Wii challenge on a giant screen. Boxing Day celebrations include an evening party and fancy dress.
* Two-night, half-board Betwixmas Showbreak 27-29 December
Adults from £129, 8-15-year-olds £52, 2-7-year-olds £26, under 2s free
So you’ve spent Christmas with the in-laws, now it’s time for you and the kids to have some fun.
Escape to Mill Rythe’s Betwixmas Break. Great for some post-Xmas relaxation. Sit back and enjoy the great entertainment provided by the Mill Rythe Show Cast team and live resident band. Plus selected drinks are £1.50 between 6pm and 10.30pm each evening.
Four-night, full-board New Year Break – December 29
Adults from £299, 8-15-year-olds £120, 2-7-year-olds £60, under 2s free
Live music and entertainment throughout this four-day family break is what will make this New Year Special Celebration stand out from others up and down the country.
Away Resorts is offering its guests the chance to get the new year party started early at Mill Rythe Holiday Village with its New Year Special Celebration break
The Mill Rythe chefs pull out all of the stops and put on a fabulous gala buffet for everyone to enjoy on New Year's Eve. After dinner, the party atmosphere will build all the way through the night as the countdown to new year begins and the confetti canons explode. The dancing and celebrations continue on into the early hours with the Abba Story Book (performed by Show Cast), resident band JetSet and a disco.
For guests who want to stay a bit longer, there is the option to combine the Christmas Festive Break with the Betwixmas Break for a six-night, full-board holiday with prices from £399 per adult, 8-15-year-olds £160 and 2-7-year-olds £80. Under 2s are free
Alternatively, the Betwixmas Showbreak can be bolted on to the New Year Special Celebration to make a six-night, mixed-board basis holiday with prices from £359 for adults, £144 for 8-15-year-olds and 2-7-year-olds £72. Under 2s are free.
As well as the Christmas Show Spectacular, the Show Cast team will be performing West End-inspired shows such as Back to the ‘60s Show, ABBA – A Musical Story, Champions of Rock and The Vera Lynn Story. All the music between the shows and late into the evening will be courtesy of resident live band Jetset.
Press contact: Angie Cronin
Loudbird and Communications
Tel: 07970810302
Email: angie@loudbird.co.uk
- Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island is owned by UK holiday parks operator Away Resorts, which launched in 2008, when it acquired its first park, Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight. The operator then went on to buy Tattershall Lakes Country Park in Lincolnshire before acquiring Mill Rythe in 2010. Away Resorts bought its fourth park, Barmouth Bay in north Wales earlier this year.
- Mill Rythe Holiday Village is one of the original 1940s Sunshine Holiday Parks and has welcomed generations of the same families since the ‘40s because of its high-quality, yet affordable, half-board holiday offering.
- Since Away Resorts acquired the park in 2010, it has invested more than £1 million in refurbishing all of the rooms, renovating the park’s public spaces and employing a high-quality entertainment team which boasts West End credentials. The investment has paid off when the park was awarded Tripadvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for consistently scoring four stars or above in its reviews.
- The team at the park have embraced Mill Rythe’s holiday camp heritage while keeping its holiday experiences to its guests firmly grounded in 21st-century entertainment and culture.
- The Mill Rythe team pride themselves on going that extra mile for their guests, and the comments on Tripadvisor – “A good budget holiday but with five-start treatment”* – are a key indicator of how hard the staff work. *Review posted on May 31, 2013
- Away Resorts is a private equity-backed UK holiday park operator, with a head office in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
- Away Resorts currently operates four holiday parks in the UK: Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park on the Isle of Wight; Tattershall Lakes Country Park in Lincolnshire; Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island and Barmouth Bay Holiday Park in north Wales
- Whitecliff Bay is its coastal escape; with its own secluded beach. Tattershall Lakes is the lakeside retreat with a range of water sports on offer, including cable wakeboarding, and also a golf course and new £1.2 million leisure complex with pool, gym, spa and lakeside outdoor hot tubs. Mill Rythe is the operator's entertainment's hub, with a full programme of shows and musicals throughout the year appealing to all ages, and featuring West End calibre performers, from an Abba showcase and Champions of Rock show, to the first UK musical theatre production based on the life of Vera Lynn. Barmouth Bay is the perfect place to escape from the pressures of modern-day life, with its beach-side location and Snowdonia in the background.