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PRESS RELEASE: Escape to a Winter Wonderland with Away Resorts this Christmas

Escape to a Winter Wonderland with Away Resorts this Christmas

Away Resorts kicks off family festive breaks with two-day Winter Wonderland break from December 6-8

 

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Away Resorts is preparing for a bumper festive season this year with four Christmas breaks to choose from, the first of which takes place on December 6.

The two-night Winter Wonderland break will see the ballroom at Mill Rythe Holiday Village in Hayling Island transformed into a Winter Wonderland and the winter scene (with snow guaranteed) will form part of the park's backdrop for Mill Rythe's most lavish-ever production – the Christmas Show Spectacular, which will see one of the performers wearing a dress lit up with hundreds of LED lights within the structure of the showstopping costume.

 

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? 
 
prices lead in at £129 per adult, £55 for 8-15-year-olds, £28 for 2-7-year-olds and under 2s are free 
  
Then it’s fast forward to the four-night Christmas Special from 23-27 December, which brings together all the best bits from a good old family Christmas with Christmas carols, classic Christmas TV, fun and games, mulled wine and mince pies and a visit from Father Christmas.

                                                                                 

The Mill Rythe Entertainment Team dress up in traditional costume from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol welcoming all guests with a serving of roast chestnuts. 

 

On Christmas Eve, there will be children’s carols and Christingle service, and of course the popular countdown to Christmas Day. 
 

Father Christmas arrives in person on Christmas morning with a sack-load of presents for everyone. Classic Christmas TV will be screened on the park's big screens and guests can enjoy more mulled wine and mince pies.


Boxing Day celebrations include lots of fun games and activities with a fancy dress party in the evening.

 

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

 

The Betwixmas Showbreak, 27-29 December

The perfect break for families who need an excuse to get away over the festive holidays. It’s great for some post-Xmas relaxation as guests can just sit back and enjoy the great entertainment provided by the Mill Rythe Resident Show Cast, visiting cabaret and live resident band. Plus selected drinks are £1.50 between 6pm and 10.30pm each evening.

Two-night, full-boardadults from £99, 8-15-year-olds £40, 2-7-year-olds £20, under 2s free

 

New Year Special Celebration – December 29-2 January

Live music and entertainment throughout this four-day, full-board 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 EveAfter dinner, the party atmosphere will build all the way through the night with live music, party dances, show time with the resident cast and James Hutchinson’s brilliant tribute to Olly Murs, as the countdown to 2014 begins and the confetti canons explode. The dancing and celebrations continue on into the early hours with resident band Jetset and disco.

 

Four-night, full-board break, adults from £325, 8-15-year-olds £159, 2-7-year-olds £80, under 2s free

 

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 being merry.
 

As well as the Christmas Spectacular, the Show Cast will be performing West End-inspired shows such as their newest show The Greatest Musicals of All Time and the all-new Champions of Rock, alongside brilliant visiting tributes including Nya King as Whitney Houston, Only Olly, Totally Tina and The Octaves.

  

Press contact: Angie Cronin

Loudbird and Communications

Tel: 07970810302

 

Notes to editors

About Mill Rythe Holiday Village

  • 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
  • About Away Resorts
  • 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.