York Dungeon, York

...== GETTING TO YORK DUNGEON, AND PARKING == The trusty Sat Nav got us all the way to York Dungeons, although it was quite well sign posted from the main roads. Parking was a bit of a nightmare - I had only bought cash along with me, with about £7 in change, assuming that the carpark would cost around £6 or £7 to stay for a few hours. It ended up costing about £10 - £11, so we ended up having to walk to find a shop to buy something so I could get ...
...York, and not the actual York Dungeons carpark - they don't have one. This wasn't a big deal, just a little infuriating that it meant we then had to waste time going to get some change, but I did notice on the back of the carpark ticket was a voucher for the dungeons for something like £7 off entry price, but we didn't use this, as we already had our voucher from SKY. Find the actual Dungeon was slightly tricky! There were sign posts, but it was ...

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...the beautiful historic city of York and one of the locations visited was The York Dungeon. I have to say I don't need an excuse to visit York, it is to me one of this countries treasures, but when my son asked whether we could go visit the dungeon I jumped at the opportunity of a day out. Situated on the corner of Clifford Street in York, not to far from the majestic Clifford's Tower I have to say that my first impression of the place wasn't that ...
...inside. The York Dungeon is by no means a cheap thrill. Adult Tick et GBP 10.45 Child Ticket (5 - 9 years) GBP 7.45 Child Ticket (10 - 14 years) GBP 8.45 Family tickets and fast track tickets are available and you can book online. I definitely enjoyed my visit to York Dungeon, it was fun. I can see why they hike the price up though, it's not the sort of place you would visit twice, after all it's the element of surprise that makes it so exciting. ...

Shes-a-minx 04.09.2004 · Read full review
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I have visited The York Dungeon on two occassions now, the first time was with my children about five years ago, which was great fun as they were young teenagers. The second time I went with my husband and two adult friends - so I will try to explain the reactions with both visits - as believe me it was totally different without the children. Well to start with you will find the York Dungeon in the York City, it is just off the river in Clifford ...
...queuing all depends on the amount of people there. On our first visit there were about 30 or more people and it took about 30mins to get in, on our second visit there were only about 10 people infront of us and it was about a 10 min wait. Whilst you waiting you are entertained by the staff that are dressed up as plague victims - they come round and talk to you, shout at you and pick on the children in the queue. It is very entertaining, they say ...

arnoldhenryrufus 09.08.2005 · Read full review
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...as a student in York for 3 years and never visited the dungeon until I decided to cram a few touristy trips in with my boyfriend before I leave in June. Anyway, this is a decidedly scary experience. The dungeon is actually underground, which adds to the chilling,ice-running-through-your veins atmosphere. As you descend you hear the pitiful wails of torture victims, the bloodcurdling screams of those poor souls condemned to be bricked up alive, the ...
...gruesomely realistic. York is reputed to be one of the most haunted cities in Britain, and in the Dungeon you will meet the ghostly lost Roman Legion…who disappear through a brick wall (wonderful special effects.) Finally, we saw the tortured body of St George, who was executed for being a Christian.The manner of his death was especially terrible. He was first tied to a cross and his flesh raked with iron combs, then nailed to a table and chained.He ...

ali_clautour 18.05.2004 · Read full review
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I live in York and have always meant to visit the York Dungeons. You know what it's like, wherever you live, you never go to the tourist places: Londoners don't spend their weekends in Madame Tussauds or on the London Eye, people in Edinburgh (er, Edinburgh-ites?!) don't go to the castle etc... well last week I finally got around to it, and can I just say I'm sorry I left it so long! I should start by saying that I lo-o-ove being scared! I love ...
...are 10 minutes walk from York Railway Station on Station Road, 5 minutes walk from Rougier Bus Station Rougier or if you're coming in by car, both St. George's Field and Castle Car Park are both closeby. The groups are guided from room to room by professional performers. Be prepared for some audience participation, people do get pulled out of the crowd to be the actors and actresses foils: my boyfriend got picked out and shoved in a room on his ...

elsmc 26.04.2007 · Read full review
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...will find this dark side, York Dungeon, but beware,blink and you might miss it. From the outside it looks very small. As soon as you enter you are plunged into darkness for your walk to the pay in desk. I thought it was a little expensive at £11.95 each. Luckily we had some days out vouchers from Tesco clubcard deals and only had to pay £1.50 each. Here were the highlights We went into a room where there were displays with information about the ...
...behind us and took us into what was a supposed to be Dr Surgery from the plague times. There, the man told us about the plague, the symptoms and the healing techniques that were used. Once we escaped from the pscho Drs assistant we had quite a long wait in a corridor with display boards about vlad the impaler and the history of vampires. where some of the group also had a toilet break. After wuite a while a young man jumped out on me and scared ...

rabbitfighter 30.08.2006 · Read full review
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Its quite scary especially for younger children and teens but we wanted more so we decided to go on a ghost walk, we have been on most and they are a bit boring but this time, we went to the golden lion pub and then on Gothic Mollys ghost walk, it was great, there were two storytellers and the stories were very chilling indeed, and perhaps not as suitable for children but i think if your not feint hearted this is the one to go for, it took in a few ...
...the other walkers were nice too and the whole thing ended in a party atmosphere where people were sharing their ghost stories with Adrian Spendlow, who has a show on the local radio in the morning so we caught another couple of stories there, we also met some very nice people who were on holiday too. ...

DorisMaynard2005 29.10.2008 · Read full review
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Visit was spoilt by one of the "actors" adopting a really aggresive attitude to his party. Belittled a number of people which was both embarassing for the customer and reflected badly on the company. At the end of the tour he simply switched the lights off and stormed off in a huff leaving several elderly people to find their own way out of a dark room. Tour was about 1 hour and involved a number of different actors taking you into separate rooms. ...
...the last one went too far and on another day somebody would have give him a slap. Complained to the manager, along with half a dozen others, and manager did not seem the least suprised when the "actor" in question was identified. Promised a review of what had gone wrong along with a letter of apology but heard nothing since. So, if you want to pay good money, nearly £13, to be humiliated in front of others - this is the place. Personally I wouldn't ...

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