Have visited the show many many years and always enjoy it. Enjoyed the comedian again this year until I came home and checked him on line. Didn’t need to watch him at Thursford. Every part of the act was on line for years. Needs to change and be updated!!!

We paid £52 each ticket for the Thursford Christmas Spectacular so I thought it would be as good as a London Theatre show. The costumes, sparkle, musicians, and dancers were great. One or two singers hit a bum note but mostly ok. The person that held the show together was Kev, an Albanian comedian compere, he was fantastic. We could have listened to him all afternoon. He was hilarious. The show was bitty and had no structure. They would do better running a complete story. The couple next to us left at the interval! Beware of the steak slice too, mine was cold and left me with a bad stomach for the rest of the day and the following!! Also watch the prices in the shops - we noticed one plastic sleigh ornament was priced over £50 and you can buy the same in B&M for £20. Slightly overpriced I think.

I had heard great things about this show and so went with friends to celebrate two birthdays. Unfortunately our £55 tickets had a very restricted view due to upright posts. The tiered seating was only tiered by a couple of inches and therefore meant that I couldn't see over the person in front of me. I spent three hours trying to look round heads and posts. The performers were good, comedian/compere was funny, but there seemed to be no flow to the production, it just felt like lots of random things thrown together. I have to say that I was really disappointed. There is also a light show experience on at the site. This would have cost a further £20 to visit so we didn't bother, having paid so much money I think it would have been nice to have had that included in the ticket price, they already have a captive audience for the food and drinks so having us stay for that would only have increased their chances of us spending more money.

After hearing so many fantastic reviews from previous years, my family and I were extremely disappointed. It certainly wasn't spectacular at all. The stage and costumes were fantastic but that's it. How some of the singers actually got parts I do not know. Some parts of the show seemed to have been thrown in to fill some time, like a lady juggling balls. It's basically a variety show and most of it is absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. My daughter actually asked if we could leave on more than one occasion. We have been to Cromer pier summer and Christmas shows over previous years and can honestly say their performers and shows have been SO MUCH.

Yesterday was my 29th visit to the Thursford Christmas Spectacular. It is an amazing show but, sadly, the Christmassy content seems to reduce year on year and is becoming more of a London Theatre Cabaret show than a Christmas show. The only difference being one would pay a lot more money to see a London Cabaret show. We might go next year for one final visit, haven't decided yet. The other downside is the free for all to get out of the car park after the show. The marshalling staff are extremely efficient and helpful with getting cars in and parked but it is a different story trying to get out. There is no help, no organisation and it is a free for all with those having the strongest nerves to battle their way into moving traffic, coming from all directions, being the winners. It took us over an hour to get out last night.

When we arrived, on what should have been a busy day in the summer holidays, the car park was practically empty, which set alarm bells ringing. But, unfortunately, we went in anyway. It is a very odd place to visit. Half of the exhibit has Christmas items stored around it, it looks a mess. It’s also really off putting trying to look at the steam engines and tell our children about them when there are Pink Panthers or demented looking monkeys straddling them. One of our children said “this place has creepy vibes” and to be honest, she wasn’t wrong. Rides only run for very specific time slots, which is also disappointing for the younger ones who would have liked to have gone on a couple of times, but we just weren’t prepared to wait in this strange place for the second time slot, because it was pretty awful. Cafe was adequate. Toilets were clean. Park was average. Would never visit again. Please learn from our mistake and don’t waste your money.

Sadly this year was only spectacular in name only. The host was more suited to a comedy club rather than this venue. The food in the restaurant was expensive, and equally unspectacular. On the plus side, the dancers and singers were amazing. Not enough wow compared to last year.

We have been to the Christmas Show many times, it is always enjoyable and a great spectacle but this year overall left the 5 of us pretty flat. We know how lucky we are to have such a wonderful venue and well staged show in our rural area but the content this year was, we felt, not up to scratch compared to previous years. Why? Well firstly and mainly the compère/comedian who was crude, smug and managed to compare himself in one “wordsmith” skit to the all time greats. Get a life man, you wouldn’t make the undercard on any of their shows. Quite the poorest link person we have seen there, lots of positive energy but not much memorable content. The singers, dancers, musicians were all first class in their own spheres as were most of the variety acts. The exception was the mountain biker. What the heck that was all about we don’t know. So you have someone who can control, bounce and manipulate a mountain bike - it really didn’t translate into a stage act particularly on a raised stage with little ability to see the stage floor. Overall though we didn’t feel that the show had any great balance or flow. There was too much orchestra and singing in the second half and the Mary Poppins content in the show didn’t produce the normal show stopper we normally enjoy. Having said that the Irish Dancing in the second half was controlled, skilled and performed to a very high standard indeed. The isle performances also showcased the singers and their superb voices wonderfully. We don’t regret going and will be back, just some personal thoughts on this year from us. Here’s to 2024.

The show was amazing BUT if you go to a matinee as part of a coach trip when you buy the additional ticket to go into the Wonderland ( Well worth seeing) you are told you will NOT SEE THE LIGHT SHOW (as you have to return back to the coach immediately. They need to empty the car park to get the evening coaches in.) You have access to the light walk but as you can see from my picture while it's pretty in daylight it's not the magical experience it is sold as So you pay the full concession price for HALF the experience the evening visitors will get