Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video I'm going to be giving you a tour of
our holiday lodge. We have come away to Center Parcs for a few days and I feel so lucky to
be staying in one of their brand new Waterside Lodges, so I wanted to show you guys around
because I love videos like this. Whenever we book to go on holiday somewhere I will
go onto YouTube and look at what the room is going to look like or look at what the
resort is going to look like.
I'm going to show you this because it's brand new, so if anyone is going here then it'll
be nice for you guys to have a little look around, and it's always nice to just be nosy
as well.
So, as I said, it's called a Waterside Lodge, so it is amazing. It is right on the water,
but I will show you everything. It sleeps six people, so as we are a family of five,
it is just us here. We haven't brought anyone with us.
I will stop talking and I will literally just walk you around like you're around our lodge,
and yeah, here we go.
So, this is the lodge here and we're staying at number 94 at Elveden Forest, so you sort
of walk up like this. There's a place to park all of our bikes. We have hired out ones with
a trailer and also a tandem because our children are still quite young, but yes, there's a
stairway down to the jacuzzi and also the waterside there. There's also a little walkway
here because it's just been made. I think it's probably going to mature as, obviously,
time goes on, but down there is a little beach so the boys can feed the ducks and everything
and you can see there's fish. You can even fish here.
But then, we walk up to the front door. Hello. And I'll just take you in. The key is also
a bracelet so you literally just go like this and it lets you in, so that's good. I won't
lose my key. And then, you come in to this really beautiful hallway. Look at this. There
are stairs down to the living area and kitchen, and then there is a place here for shoes,
our luggage is here. Place for jackets and sports stuff and things like that. This definitely
feels like a really nice, big, open space. I think because of the ceiling height and
everything, and it's very like nautical themed.
So, I'll just take you this way. The first room that you come to is just here. It is
called the Aft Cabin. This is the first bedroom and I just love the décor. I love the mustard
and the blue. This paneling on the storage and the walls as well. It's just very cool.
There's lots of storage for all of your things. And as I said, it's very nautical, even the
window is.
In this corner over here there's a vanity unit and there's also a TV. You could push
the two beds together if you wanted to. We think our two older boys are going to stay
in this room and all of the bedrooms have an en suite. I really like decor again in
here. They've got a really cool, huge picture on the walls which you may recognize. They
do this in some of the other Woodland Lodges in Center Parcs, and yeah, I just love it.
Straightaway when you walk into this lodge it definitely feels more luxury than a lot
of the other lodges that I've stayed in at Center Parcs. We probably been to Center Parcs
seven or eight times, and we've stayed in many different types of accomodation and this
is definitely the most luxurious that we've ever stayed in.
But now, I will show you the two other bedrooms which are at the front of the lodge and they
have a really nice waterside view as well. On the way to those rooms there is a huge
cupboard here that has things like our cot that we're going to be using for Jackson,
a highchair as well, and there's a hoover and bits like that. It's a really big sized
cupboard.
And then, you come to the Port Cabin and the Starboard Cabin as well, so I'll just take
you into this one first. We have a really good size double bedroom in here. Again, beautifully
decorated very similar to the other room that I showed you. And there is again a TV, built-in
storage, vanity unit, and the most beautiful balcony. Yeah, so you can literally come out
of your bedroom and this is your view. Look at how amazing this is. And the beach for
Center Parcs is just around that corner, but it feels very secluded here. There's like
no one around. And if you look down, that is the balcony for the downstairs living area
with our barbecue seating area. There's four sun lounges as well. And this balcony is also
a shared balcony with the next bedroom.
This is the en suite for this bedroom. Again, really, really nice. So well done. I love
that rope mirror. And again, a nice, big image in the shower.
And then, moving onto the Starboard Cabin, this room is quite similar. I think this is
where me and my husband are going to stay, so very nice room again. I'll just turn the
lights on so you can this quite cool up lighting just there. The ceiling is all wooden, just
really, really funky like some of the fixtures and they've really gone over and above what
they normally do in lodges, I think. Again, a vanity unit, storage the same. And again,
you get the same balcony as the other balcony and it's just so beautiful. We've been so
lucky with the weather. We've only just arrived, but it's 24 today and I think it's forecast
for 24, 25 for the next few days as well, so it's going to feel like a proper holiday,
so we're thrilled about that.
And I'll show you the en suite. And then, the en suite in the Starboard Cabin is the
biggest. It has a really nice bath with blue paneling and a cool canoe, boat image in the
shower bit as well. So, we'll probably bath our children in there. And yet, it just feels
very spacious. I put my makeup bag already. And, yeah, I love the floor. It's very well
done.
So, anyway, now I will show you downstairs and the living area which is where all of
my children and my husband are at the moment. And you can always count on Center Parcs to
think about children in every circumstance. So, I love that there's a staircase everywhere.
It's very, very safe. The windows have locks on them and it's just great because I have
an eighteen month old son and it's pretty scary.
So, let's see. I can see the boys through the windows. See them in the living space
just there. So, we'll go down in this little hallway bit. There's a big chalkboard which
is true like Center Parc style. They always put those in the lodges. And then this is
the downstairs toilet, so this is good that there's one with the living area, and yes,
basically just a toilet. My boys have left the seat up which is like a usual. Again,
it's all paneled. Really, really cool.
And then, this is the living area and it's so beautiful. Here we are. Here's my boys.
It's very quiet. So, as you walk to the kitchen there is a breakfast bar with stools which
is where Caleb is sat and this is the kitchen here. It's really, really lovely. We had a
grocery pack on arrival which is amazing. You get some basics, coffee, tea, sugar, jam.
There was even some sweets. They've already cracked them open. The tiling is very cool.
Microwave, everything you're going to need. You know how it is. Freezer, some cool little
décor bits, like this globe is really cool. So, this is the kitchen and it looks out onto
the big, blue living area. There's also a wine and beer cooler in there.
It refills [inaudible 00:07:37].
Essential, essential.
There's seating all the way around the room and there's windows everywhere as well, so
it's really nice and bright. You can see the little beach there, a phone. There is a humongous
TV just here and that is above the fireplace which has little candles in it, but there's
just like the little light-up electrical ones, so that's really good when you have a toddler.
And then, there's firewood over here. This is a working fireplace. More seating. And
then, there's a chair and a huge L-shaped sofa which we've basically been hanging out
on the whole time, and then, over here is the dining area which has lots of seating
around it. And then, all of it looks out to these huge bi-fold doors.
Come here. There's... Mom, two birds in a nest and there's loads of eggs.
Oh, there's two birds. Okay.
Look, look they're on. They're on.
What is it? What did you see?
Two birds have one, two, three, four, five-
Oh, look.
... six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
You're literally... I don't know if you can see that. There's a little nest just there
with the mommy.
And there's 10 eggs.
10 eggs, [inaudible 00:08:47] is saying. It's literally like just off of our balcony, so
that is so cool. I wonder if they'll hatch while we're here?
I really hope they do.
So amazing. This is our baby Jackson. He keeps seeing fish and going crazy when he sees little
fish in the water. So, yeah, it's just so beautiful.
So, this is the terrace or balcony or veranda. I don't know what you want to call it. It
has an amazing view and it's very quiet. There's only two other Waterside Lodges just here.
I don't even know if anyone's staying in them. We've got a big, gas barbecue here as well.
A huge seating area for all of us. Matt has just opened up all the bi-folds, so now the
living space is just all open. So cool.
And now, I will show you something so cool that we were so excited about. There is a
jacuzzi. So, you walk down this way to the jacuzzi, and again, there is a child safe
door so the kids can't just run out and down to the lake or anything like that. You just
open it up, and then this is the jacuzzi.
There's a place for your towels. There's a shower and this is the jacuzzi here. Our kids
have already been in it. They were so excited. We haven't got the jets on at the moment,
but you get the point. And then, here there is a little deck that goes right down to the
water and I think you can sit here and fish. Again, if you have a license. I'm sure there's
a sign somewhere. There's Jackson getting suncream. And there's a little room right
next to the jacuzzi which literally has fishing rods, I think. And yeah, it says a bit about
fishing there. You can be fined without a license.
And there's stairs next to the jacuzzi which go up to the car and the front of the lodge
as well. Come in. That's our veranda. This is from the little beach-y bit.
We've just noticed that on the table there is a message in a bottle, so should we read
it? It says, "Welcome to your Waterside Lodge."
All right, so that is it. That is a tour of our Waterside Lodge at Elveden Forest Center
Parcs. I hope you enjoyed having a little look around. We're off to enjoy our holiday
now. I'm feeling really, really lucky. And, yeah, if you're not subscribed to my channel,
I would love for you to subscribe for more. I will definitely be posting videos of our
trip here and what we get up to. And, yeah, see you later. Bye, guys.
[inaudible 00:11:29]. No, the fish wants it. Give it to the fish.
When he goes under, I think the fish will get all [inaudible 00:11:30].
That's my bread.