A ride at Glasgow’s Christmas market has been dubbed “the new winter Wonka experience” by furious parents who are calling for it to be scrapped.
The ‘Grinch Train’ is one of many attractions at the city’s Winterfest, designed to entertain little ones during the festive season but mums and dads don’t think the £5 per person price tag is worth the fee.
During the one minutes journey, guests are taken up to a platform in what appears to be an old ghost train carriage. It then turns a corner where lacklustre lights decorate the ceiling while random bits of Grinch merchandise hang from the roof, as the train heads up a small incline, reports Glasgow Live.
There are also some Santas and candy canes to the side but it’s not the sort of thing you’d imagine when you think of this magical time of the year.
As the train ride nears an end and heads back outside, the ride is covered with the Grinch character, his dog Max and a sign to Mount Crumpit. The carriage turns back inside through black curtains before a quick drop. The iconic Dr. Seuss character is then introduced, clutching a bag for life with washing up gloves for hands.
Katy O’Brien, shared her frustration on TikTok. She wrote: “The new winter Wonka experience. This ride should be shut down. It cost £10 for me and my son to go on. Disgrace.”
The mum visited around a week ago and during our visit on Tuesday, November 26, we noticed some of the fittings were missing and somehow poor old Santa’s legs were up in the air too.
The sign outside reads “The Grinch That Stole Christmas” and it has been taken quite literally as the decor looks like it has been nicked by the Grinch himself.
Other users took to comment on how it looks like a “1990s ghost train has been recycled.”
One person said: “I’m obsessed with the fact that they’re just took a ghost train and stuck a load of grinch Home Bargains gear in it.”
Another added: “It’s like having a rollercoaster in your loft when you’ve spilt the Christmas decorations everywhere, I’m howling.”
A third wrote: “OMG I went on this last weekend! Such a rip off, cost me £20 because my daughter wanted to go on with her older brother and my other daughter didn’t want to go on herself.”
While a fourth said: “There was less than that when my son went on it two weeks ago. They’ve added to it cause it was empty.”
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