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Lapland UK 2016

Lapland UK is a magical, immersive 3.5 hour Christmas experience suitable for the whole family. Tours depart every 30 minutes and the ticket price includes:

  • A personalised invitation to every child from Father Christmas by post
  • Child elf passport
  • All activities including ice skating, gingerbread decorating and a personalised meeting with Father Christmas
  • A luxury gift from Father Christmas for every child over 12 months of age
  • A souvenir photograph with Father Christmas for each family
  • Thank you card from Father Christmas for each child on Christmas morning.

Before our visit to Lapland UK I was curious as to whether we would think it was worth the hefty price tag. If you’re thinking of booking now prices currently range from around £70 per person to £130 per person. I can tell you that after our visit I completely understand the cost. We’ve tried many Christmas experiences over the years and Lapland UK is by far the most magical, most personalised and least crowded. It was just amazing, and I know the children will remember it forever.

Lapland UK

Lapland UK – The Beginning

The tour starts in what resembles a departure lounge. We checked in, picked up our pre ordered elf jingles and relaxed with a coffee and the most delicious brownie I have ever tasted while we waited for our departure time.

The tour begins in a magical forest where you meet two elves. We learned that elves with big ears are very old, at least 80 and there were lots of giggles from the audience as Eco the Elf told us about herself and we discovered that Lapland lay just beyond the a big door in the forest. Once the doors opened we were transported to a magical snowy winter wonderland.

Toy Making

All three of my children loved helping the elves make toys. The workshop was beautifully themed and the children thrilled at this opportunity to help Santa by stuffing reindeer and building wooden teddy bears.

Toy making at Lapland UK

Toy Reindeer - Lapland UK

dsc_7911Gingerbread Decorating

Zak adores gingerbread decorating, so was thrilled to get the opportunity to use his skills in mother Christmas’ kitchen, again the room was wonderfully themed with amazing attention to detail, and the scene wonderfully set by Mother Christmas and her elf helpers.

Gingerbread decorating at Lapland UK

The Elf Village

After gingerbread decorating we were free to explore the Elf Village for an hour and a half before our allocated time to see Santa. The time was just enough to grab a quick snack ( the restaurant and snack bars serve delicious food and drinks, so make sure you’re hungry when you get there ), try our hand at ice skating, write and post letters to Santa and do some shopping.

The queue for ice skating was very short and fast moving, likewise with the restaurants and post office. The whole experience was very slick and smooth. I am hugely impressed. There were plenty of penguins to help younger children, and the staff on the rink were brilliant at picking up my little skaters when they fell over. All three of y children thoroughly enjoyed our time in the village, especially the ice skating.

ice skating Lapland UK

Post Office

The post office in the Elf Village is just beautiful and definitely worth a visit. We wrote letters which a helpful elf kindly sealed and then the children posted them through one of the many post boxes. I’m a bit unsure as to how Santa will fulfil Sydney’s list this year, but we will see what happens!

Letter to Santa

Post office Lapland UK

Visiting Santa

When your allocated time arrives look for a helpful elf near the bauble shop and you’ll be guided down another beautiful path. Make sure you save some jingles to buy some magical reindeer food on the way.

Reindeer Lapland UK

Once you’ve seen the reindeer and spotted Santa’s sleigh theres a little waiting area with a hilarious elf for entertainment. He made Hannah laugh uncontrollably for about 10 minutes!

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Seeing Santa himself was truly magical, the children were luckily on the good list and Santa knew that they’d done very well in gymnastics competitions and spelling tests recently. He was VERY well informed! We spent a good amount of time with Santa, again by far better than any other Christmas experience we’ve encountered. the children were each given a beautiful husky dog toy, all of which are very much loved even by my 9 year old!

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As part of the package you recieve the first photo taken in a lovely cardboard frame and can choose to buy extras also.

Our Verdict

We thought Lapland UK was absolutely amazing. It is expensive, but for us would’ve been a similar price to a theatre trip, and actually i think the children got a lot more from it and found it much more magical than a trip to the theatre. After visiting I now appreciate the cost of tickets and most definitely think it’s worth the cost.

You can see a few highlights of our visit in this video.

We were given complimentary tickets to Lapland UK.

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  1. Sarah | Boo Roo and Tigger Too says

    December 2, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    What an amazing experience and one that the children will remember for years to come
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  2. Mary Louise says

    December 7, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    I love your pictures, especially the one of your children dressed as Elves with Santa.
    We experienced Lapland UK last year and it was so magical!
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  3. Liz Burton says

    December 7, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Wow this looks absolutely magical! I’ve always thought it was pricey, but when you consider what you get…
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  4. Emma Raphael says

    December 8, 2016 at 7:52 am

    That sounds like such a special experience. So nice to hear that great Christmas experiences are out there! PS. good luck with the dog and the rabbit!! x
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  5. Erica Price says

    December 8, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    Your pictures are absolutely gorgeous – I’ve been wondering if we should take a trip.
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  6. Jen Walshaw says

    December 8, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    Oh, so magical. I love how it is so professionally done and you are right it is much more of an experience.
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  7. Kate Williams says

    December 9, 2016 at 6:51 am

    Oh that looks amazing! I’ve just had a look on their site to see if it would be possible for us to go next year!
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  8. Cass Bailey says

    December 9, 2016 at 9:57 am

    I’ve heard such good things about this place!

    Your photos make me feel all Christmassy 😉

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  9. Sonia says

    December 10, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    If we weren’t saving for our 2017 trip to the real Lapland we would definitely go here, it looks awesome x
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  10. Mary@Swimming Pool says

    December 14, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    Amazing, It’ll be awesome to go to this Christmas. But I wonder if it’s ok for kid under 12 months of age, or maybe I can go next year!
    Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience!

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  11. Emily@ juicer healthy says

    December 17, 2016 at 4:42 pm

    After reading your post, i could imagine my life would miss out a lot if my family wouldn’t go to this wonderful place! Lapland, see you in a few days!
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  12. chloe young says

    December 28, 2016 at 2:18 pm

    Looks fun

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  13. chloe young says

    December 28, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Looks like a fun place to go

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  14. kareen says

    February 15, 2017 at 9:17 am

    What lovely pictures!! My family visited there last year and it’s wonderful 🙂
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  15. Bestadvisor says

    February 22, 2017 at 10:34 am

    Amazing photos! Kids are so cute 😉

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  16. Vicky Cristina says

    March 23, 2017 at 3:15 am

    So…. I really want to go there and do all the activities. Would it be acceptable for a 26 year old to go alone
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