http://faves.com/users/eric/rss?st=user%3aeric++tag%3a%22Charles+Dickens%22tag%3a%22theme+park%22http://faves.com/Your community view of the Web.en-usSun, 03 Jan 2010 01:35:49 GMTSun, 03 Jan 2010 01:35:49 GMTFaves RSS Generator60http://faves.com/images/logo_login.gifhttp://faves.com/14030<img src="http://i.faves.com/01/40/e936/2a620467/26691f430263b468be_5.jpg" /><p>They're going to open a Dickens theme park in Kent next month. Definitely a stop I need to add for the inaugural London trip I've been trying to plan for years. Now if the exchange rate could just get reasonable!</p><blockquote><p>Quoted: Sandwiched between a cinema multiplex and a factory outlet, and housed in a hangar the size of four football pitches, Dickens World is a theme park based on the Victorian answer to Mickey Mouse. Opening in Kent at the end of next month, it's a day out for the family that brings to life the 15 novels by Charles Dickens; actually make that 13 - they haven't managed to squeeze in Barnaby Rudge or Bleak House. Never mind that the books tackle child exploitation, poverty, murder and domestic violence; the indoor attraction is based on designs by the creator of Santa World in Sweden so the emphasis is firmly on fun, fun, fun.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://faves.com/users/eric/dot/82920173385">Comment at Faves</a> | <a href="http://faves.com/Out.ashx?u=http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/classics/story/0,,2059804,00.html&amp;d=82920173385&amp;t=books,Charles+Dickens,London,literary,theme+park,literary+tour,thepugetnews&amp;ls=rss">View original page</a></p>http://faves.com/users/eric/dot/8292017338520.82920173385Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:22:53 GMTericbooks,Charles Dickens,London,literary,theme park,literary tour,thepugetnews