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Gulliver’s Splash Zone Milton Keynes
During the year we stage various seasonal events at the parks, and we were one of the first to get into Christmas. Now it seems like anyone with a public toilet is turning it into a Santa’s grotto! Halloween has really come on in recent years and we now host Trick & Treat Weeks at all three parks. We also host one-off appearances from various costumed characters, and have held regular performances from CBeebies’ ZingZillas for the past two seasons. This allows us to dip our toes in the water with branded characters. We are one of the few parks that has stuck by our own mascot, Gully Mouse, and I’m pleased to note that we still sell a healthy number of Gully toys in our shops.
I am not involved with the day to day running of the parks anymore, but I’m there to act as a sounding board whenever Julie and Nick need me. One of the sad things that has happened as some of the bigger British parks have come under corporate ownership is that you've lost that family touch at a lot of places. I used to have an address book of all the park owners in the country and if you were driving past you could go in and have a coffee with them. I miss that. I’m proud that Gulliver’s remains a family business. Everything is owned by us, and we don't do it if we can’t afford it. It’s nice to see the children’s thought patterns are similar to mine now that they are grown up. Julie and Nick have really put their shoulder to the wheel the last few years, and with the opening of the Splash Zones, the hotel and all the other new things, it will certainly stand us in good stead for some time to come.
gulliversfun.co.uk Ray Phillips was talking to Owen Ralph
Gulliver’s Dinosaur & Farm Park in Milton Keynes NOVEMBER 2013 The Gully Gang 63
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