Rollercoasters4Life
TS Member
I am after a little help on a trip to London I will be making in October with the missus - if anyone could in anyway help I would be extremely grateful.
From Tuesday 7th October to the Saturday 11th October I will be making a trip down south to visit the lovely London for the first time and also be visiting a few other Merlin Attractions during the visit too. This is the planned course of events for the 5 day trip:
Tuesday: London
Wednesday: Thorpe Park
Thursday: Chessington World Of Adventures (Day) / Thorpe Park Fright Night Passholder Preview Event (Night)
Friday: Thorpe Park including Fright Nights
Saturday: Legoland Windsor
I've been Thorpe Park before but that is it for down south so thought we would make a long trip for the other attractions and do Fright Nights at the same time. We have a hotel sorted its near Thorpe Park and are now looking towards sorting out our day in London and here is where I would like some help. The rough plan for London is like this:
9:30 - Madame Tussauds
11:15 - London Eye
12:00 - Sealife Centre
1:00 - Lunch
1:45 - London River Cruise
2:45 - Sightsee - Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, etc.
6:00 - Spot of food
7:00 Go To The Top of The Shard
Now thats the rough idea, things will probably change time wise/attraction wise on the day but we will see how that plays out. To make my questions easier to read I will just lay them out in numbers rather than a big paragraph as it makes it easier to answer and to read, so here goes....:
1) I am looking to park my car outside of the centre of London to A) Not pay the congestion charge. B) Not to pay the hefty car parking prices. Now I was wondering is there a tube station outside of the centre of the London with reasonable full day parking but that has a good link to Baker Street Tube Station (Madame Tussauds) then I can use the Tube (Baker Street Station) to get to the London Eye (Waterloo or Westminster) Anyone have an experience doing this?
2) On the Madame Tussauds, London Eye, Sealife Centre is there a separate queue for Merlin Annual Pass holders or is it just one line? I'm guessing I just go to it like a normal Merlin attraction and queue to go in and no pre-booking is required, e.g Fright Nights.
3) To use the tube I might as well just get a Visitors Oyster Card hadn't I as I am only going to be there for one day. Is it right that there is a maximum cap charge per day so no matter how many journeys you do it will be capped at that highest price like mentioned here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/visiting-london/visitor-oyster-card?intcmp=4043
If anyone could answer any of these questions I would be very grateful and if you have any other tips.
Thanks in advance.
From Tuesday 7th October to the Saturday 11th October I will be making a trip down south to visit the lovely London for the first time and also be visiting a few other Merlin Attractions during the visit too. This is the planned course of events for the 5 day trip:
Tuesday: London
Wednesday: Thorpe Park
Thursday: Chessington World Of Adventures (Day) / Thorpe Park Fright Night Passholder Preview Event (Night)
Friday: Thorpe Park including Fright Nights
Saturday: Legoland Windsor
I've been Thorpe Park before but that is it for down south so thought we would make a long trip for the other attractions and do Fright Nights at the same time. We have a hotel sorted its near Thorpe Park and are now looking towards sorting out our day in London and here is where I would like some help. The rough plan for London is like this:
9:30 - Madame Tussauds
11:15 - London Eye
12:00 - Sealife Centre
1:00 - Lunch
1:45 - London River Cruise
2:45 - Sightsee - Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, etc.
6:00 - Spot of food
7:00 Go To The Top of The Shard
Now thats the rough idea, things will probably change time wise/attraction wise on the day but we will see how that plays out. To make my questions easier to read I will just lay them out in numbers rather than a big paragraph as it makes it easier to answer and to read, so here goes....:
1) I am looking to park my car outside of the centre of London to A) Not pay the congestion charge. B) Not to pay the hefty car parking prices. Now I was wondering is there a tube station outside of the centre of the London with reasonable full day parking but that has a good link to Baker Street Tube Station (Madame Tussauds) then I can use the Tube (Baker Street Station) to get to the London Eye (Waterloo or Westminster) Anyone have an experience doing this?
2) On the Madame Tussauds, London Eye, Sealife Centre is there a separate queue for Merlin Annual Pass holders or is it just one line? I'm guessing I just go to it like a normal Merlin attraction and queue to go in and no pre-booking is required, e.g Fright Nights.
3) To use the tube I might as well just get a Visitors Oyster Card hadn't I as I am only going to be there for one day. Is it right that there is a maximum cap charge per day so no matter how many journeys you do it will be capped at that highest price like mentioned here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/visiting-london/visitor-oyster-card?intcmp=4043
If anyone could answer any of these questions I would be very grateful and if you have any other tips.
Thanks in advance.