Cycleracer Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Wanna blend it in with the railway museum so was thinking the Yorvik or the dungeons, the dungeons I have done many years ago but whats the yorvik centre like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 all those are good attractions in york, suppose it depends if you like vikings or not lol http://jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/about-jorvik/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 I've never been in the jorvik centre, but it seems to disappoint more of it's visitors than just about any other attraction in York; I'd say go by all means but don't get your hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owethemnowt Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Like much of the falsely over-praised pre-packaged and very much invented tourism - it is disappointing. Long queues, treated like cattle, hard to access, long way from parking and expensive. York is one of those places full of history yet packed tight by modern development. The ring roads keep you out. The road system keeps you away from where you want to get and is also impossible to comprehend for the visitor. The useless park and ride is designed to keep cars out of the city and yet you are expected to leave your car miles out, go by bus and then spend the day endlessly walking. There are too many visitors wandering up and down with little to do. You can throw a postage stamp over its entirety but can't squeeze a postage stamp between the packed hoardes forming queues for a fat rascal, ice cream or cup of tea. The countryside that surrounds it is free and empty by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martss Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 From what I remember it's one long queue. Queue to get in, queue for the ride. The ride takes you round a Viking village, not that impressive to be honest, the staff are in character. Get off the ride, queue, into a display area where there is a selection of items they've found on the site then end up (as always) in the gift shop. I can't say it's the kind of place you could go back to very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 It's OK but not stunning. It's probably one of the almost obligatory things to do while in York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Like much of the falsely over-praised pre-packaged and very much invented tourism - it is disappointing. Long queues, treated like cattle, hard to access, long way from parking and expensive. York is one of those places full of history yet packed tight by modern development. The ring roads keep you out. The road system keeps you away from where you want to get and is also impossible to comprehend for the visitor. The useless park and ride is designed to keep cars out of the city and yet you are expected to leave your car miles out, go by bus and then spend the day endlessly walking. There are too many visitors wandering up and down with little to do. You can throw a postage stamp over its entirety but can't squeeze a postage stamp between the packed hoardes forming queues for a fat rascal, ice cream or cup of tea. The countryside that surrounds it is free and empty by the way. York is easy to get to and whilst you pay an arm and a leg to park, there are plenty of car parks (Nunnery Lane and Marygate are ideally situated, at the top of Micklegate and by the Ouse, near the soon-to-be-closed-to-motorists Lendal Bridge respectively). I don't bother with park and ride for a number of reasons. The best way to get there is by train. To say there is nothing to do is ridiculous. There are the walls, Museum Gardens, the two rivers (offering rides or you can hire your own boat); there is the glorious Minster, the National Railway Museum, the narrow streets bustling with tourists and street entertainers. And then there are the pubs and bars. Can't understand why folk queue for Betty's but that's their choice. York is a great place let down by a council which makes Sheffield's seem quite good. As for the Yorvik Centre, it's "okay". I think you'll do it once and tick it off your list. I'd much rather be in Ye Olde Starre Inne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 And then there are the pubs and bars. Can't understand why folk queue for Betty's but that's their choice. sounds like the magpie cafe in whitby lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 sounds like the magpie cafe in whitby lol Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Absolutely. baffles me why people queue right down the street to get in that place, the fish and chips might be good but they cant be the best thing ever??? nowhere else in whitby dont do em similar? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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