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Stavros Flatley and Shaheen Jafargholi at Butlins, Bognor Regis

WOULD have loved to be in this audience:

...Or this one, wow...

But instead we enjoyed this.

Butlins Bognor Regis Ocean Hotel launch: Bloggers' round-up

 

Is this really Butlins? Yes it is, it's a snow cave in the Ocean Hotel's spa and the assembled parent bloggers couldn't believe it either...

THE disco lift was a winner, a snow cave in the spa was a mind-boggling curiosity and big red balloons are a marvellous addition to any party. 

These were some of the points reported by parent bloggers invited to the launch of the £20 million Ocean Hotel at Butlins, Bognor Regis. And if you had to sum up the sentiments expressed most strongly in the variety of posts, I think it would be fair to say:

Cor, I didn't know Butlins was like that.

Bognor Regis Butlins 2009: Entertainment review - Chico, Eoghan and more

AT the launch of their £20 million Bognor Regis Ocean Hotel, Butlins reported trade was up by 10 per cent on last year - itself a "bumper" period. While cash-strapped families staying closer to home must account for a significant part of this improved fortune, Linda Jones wonders how much of it is down to new visitors lured by the likes of Diversity and Eoghan Quigg.

And, as the unveiling of the spa hotel signals the biggest move yet to forget any 'hi-de-hi' image, does the entertainment measure up?

YEARS ago at a Welsh caravan park, me and my dad watched someone called - if memory serves me right - Uncle Paul - try and fail to fight his way out of a sack.

The botched escapologist act was one of the funniest things I had ever seen. Tears rolled down our cheeks - along with the rest of the audience - as the poor soul's muffled cries sounded out.

There were a couple of half-hearted countdowns while he was trapped by what looked like little more than two bicycle locks before an apologetic colleague ambled on with a key and it was all over.

In video: Our room at Butlins Bognor Regis, The Ocean Hotel

WE recently joined various bloggers at the launch of Butlins' £20 million Ocean Hotel. The above video was made by Melissa and Emily to show you what our room was like.

It's certainly not the best quality video and there are a few faltering moments as our very own aspiring Judith Chalmers has a think about what to say, but we hope you like it!

A round-up of bloggers' posts about our Butlins adventure will follow, plus details of the once seen never forgotten entertainment...

Blognor Regis here we come - Butlins set to launch new hotel

THIS time next week Butlins at Bognor Regis will be hit by some of the UK's finest blogging talent - as it unveils a swanky new hotel.

I know that the wondrous Joanne Mallon from Parentdish is going and have a sneaking suspicion the super-talented (I am not just saying this, she really, really is) Keris is up for it, as well as Antonia Chitty and Jo Wildman - another two writers I can't wait to meet thanks to all the help and encouragement they have given to me and lots of other people online.

I'm very sad that none of my fellow mums who came to Florida earlier this year will be there, especially as I have another sneaking suspicion that the two trips are likely to be connected as PRs latch on to the 'power' of parent blogging, thanks in no small part to their adventures with Mickey. 

The thought of DulwichDivorcee getting flirty with a redcoat had me all a flutter and I know Laura would have me in stitches at the prospect of experiencing a performance from Eoghan Quigg. I fear we may have heckled together.