DW Experience Trip
Hey Guys,
If you weren’t at the meeting last night or if you were but weren’t listening, then we are looking at going to the Doctor Who Experience in London the weekend of July 8-10
Travelling down there is still being looked at but I’ve been doing a little research on the Greyhound buses. They depart from Buchannan Bus Station about 10pm and arrive in Victoria, London about 7 in the morning and the prices will be not more than £40 return. They only allow 3 months in advance booking online but if we most of us go that option we could be getting a return for as little as £20 each. Several people are already thinking of making their own way down so we will arrange to meet up in London in case you want to make your own travel arrangements.
Ticket for the exhibition will be no more than £20 and we can get a discount for a block booking but we’re thinking the Saturday.
We were also thinking of staying overnight on the Saturday, making a weekend of it, and returning on the Sunday night. So I’ve been looking at the cost of rooms. On the Sunday we are thinking of doing a Doctor Who themed tourist day. If everyone is in favour there is even a company that does this, although we may have a better time making it for ourselves.
If we get twin rooms and share then the big hoteliers (Premier Inn, Travelodge, Holiday Inn, Hilton) would be about £90 per room WITHOUT breakfast. So I’ve also looked at the B and B option. For double rooms per person and the average price is £45 per person per night, including brekkie.
Most of the places I’ve looked are in the Kensington area which is no more than 3 miles from the Olympia, where the Doctor Who Experience is.
It looks like a spend of about £90 plus whatever food and drink you decide.
We will leave all the travel arrangements up to yourselves but we want to get enough people to commit so we can get a discount for a block booking on the exhibition. To this end if you are interested we would need to get deposits by all concerned of £10 by the first April meeting so we can get numbers and get booking, as the sooner we book the cheaper it would be.
Let me know what you think
Barry