York Maze fireworks given ‘royal’ seal of approval (From York Press)

Attended last years event... what a complete rip off! We paid somewhere in the region of £60 for a family of four to get in, then was robbed again once inside for over priced sub standard food, drink and fairground rides. Then to cap it all off, the firework show lasted no more than 10 minutes!

Having attended the firework display at York Maze last year as a family of 4 I certainly never paid anything like £60!! The display was out of this world and we were all entertained with the fire performers beforehand. Got my tickets for this year and can't wait!!

jibber jabber wrote:
Attended last years event... what a complete rip off! We paid somewhere in the region of £60 for a family of four to get in, then was robbed again once inside for over priced sub standard food, drink and fairground rides. Then to cap it all off, the firework show lasted no more than 10 minutes!

Can't believe we attended the same event. I wrote a comment last year about how we enjoyed it. My family and I arrived early evening last year and spent some enjoyable hours there. They had a fantastic time including eating great hog roast rolls and the fireworks were spectacular. The kids have been begging to go again this year.

We for one will be going back to York Maze Fireworks as it always well organised and family friendly.

Sounds like "jibber jabber" is representing one of the other displays going on around here! He or she obviously never actually went to the Maze Fireworks last year as they would know it only costs £40 for a family of 4.

It seems that the success and the good value for money that the maze offers is getting the competition riled!

Our family of 4 went and we had delicious food, the fireworks were brilliant and it was a great evening out.

For years we had no fireworks. Now everyone is squabbling about which event is best! Now that's a good thing in my book.

wailingyorkwalls wrote:
Sounds like "jibber jabber" is representing one of the other displays going on around here! He or she obviously never actually went to the Maze Fireworks last year as they would know it only costs £40 for a family of 4.

It seems that the success and the good value for money that the maze offers is getting the competition riled!

Our family of 4 went and we had delicious food, the fireworks were brilliant and it was a great evening out.

I can honestly say we did attend last years event, the event was hosted by either radio York or minster fm and the fireworks set off by Arthur brown.

We certainly paid more than £40 to get in to the event, although on reflection £40 would have represented a more realistic figure for what little enjoyment we experienced. The fireworks were good, but as i mentioned earlier, they only lasted 10 minutes which is poor.

With regards your suggestion of writing in on behalf of possible competitors, i can assure you this year we plan to have a family bbq and shop bought fireworks in the back garden.

If you enjoyed last years event and/or plan to attend this years event then have a fun safe time, hope its better than last year, but don't say i didn't warn you.

That woman looks nothing like the Queen!

That woman looks nothing like the Queen!

Oh yes!
The Firework Display Promoters Battle is heating up nicely.

I thought it could become a clapometer style contest but really it's getting good, please let it degenerate into firing the whoosh bang things at each other across a field to decide it!

wailingyorkwalls wrote:
Sounds like "jibber jabber" is representing one of the other displays going on around here! He or she obviously never actually went to the Maze Fireworks last year as they would know it only costs £40 for a family of 4.

It seems that the success and the good value for money that the maze offers is getting the competition riled!

Our family of 4 went and we had delicious food, the fireworks were brilliant and it was a great evening out.

As you will know if you look on here regularly, I am one of the few who post using my own name so I can assure you I am not 'Jibber Jabber' and their post does not in any way represent Kaboom.

Far from being riled, I have a great deal of respect for Tom as, when York had no fireworks displays and was getting criticised around the world in the media, Tom was the only one who stood up and did something about it.

It was partly out of respect for Tom that I organised Kaboom for Sunday 4th November so that I didn't interfere with Tom's plans. I genuinely believe there is room for both of us.

Good luck Tom and by the way - I think it was a top idea getting a look-a-like to promote your event! :)

jibber jabber wrote:

wailingyorkwalls wrote:
Sounds like "jibber jabber" is representing one of the other displays going on around here! He or she obviously never actually went to the Maze Fireworks last year as they would know it only costs £40 for a family of 4.

It seems that the success and the good value for money that the maze offers is getting the competition riled!

Our family of 4 went and we had delicious food, the fireworks were brilliant and it was a great evening out.

I can honestly say we did attend last years event, the event was hosted by either radio York or minster fm and the fireworks set off by Arthur brown.

We certainly paid more than £40 to get in to the event, although on reflection £40 would have represented a more realistic figure for what little enjoyment we experienced. The fireworks were good, but as i mentioned earlier, they only lasted 10 minutes which is poor.

With regards your suggestion of writing in on behalf of possible competitors, i can assure you this year we plan to have a family bbq and shop bought fireworks in the back garden.

If you enjoyed last years event and/or plan to attend this years event then have a fun safe time, hope its better than last year, but don't say i didn't warn you.

Couple of corrections on both sides.....maze ticket prices....I've checked my email from last year and the adult ticket was £12.50 (and I'm guessing that, based on this years, the child was £9.50) so even if it was 4 adults going then the total cost would've been £51.50 (including booking fee).......

However I, along with many other people, went to the maze last year and thoroughly enjoyed the show....which was well over 10 minutes long....If you want proof, check out this 15 minute video on Youtube...
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=L-vtoahtZ
iU

And as to having a better, cheaper, time at home....having seen the price of fireworks in the shops, and add to that the cost of the burgers, etc that you want to bbq, you'll probably find that you'll end up spening a lot more for a much less quality event.

I'm actually giving the RatRace event at the Knavesmire a go this year, simply because it's easier for me to get to than the maze (and cheaper)...though as it's on a different day, I might give the Kaboom event at Rawcliffe Park a try as well.

Just wrote a long reply and the net seems to have eaten it despite saying it was accepted...

BigJon wrote:
Just wrote a long reply and the net seems to have eaten it despite saying it was accepted...

oops....just took a long time to appear....

BigJon wrote:

jibber jabber wrote:

wailingyorkwalls wrote:
Sounds like "jibber jabber" is representing one of the other displays going on around here! He or she obviously never actually went to the Maze Fireworks last year as they would know it only costs £40 for a family of 4.

It seems that the success and the good value for money that the maze offers is getting the competition riled!

Our family of 4 went and we had delicious food, the fireworks were brilliant and it was a great evening out.

I can honestly say we did attend last years event, the event was hosted by either radio York or minster fm and the fireworks set off by Arthur brown.

We certainly paid more than £40 to get in to the event, although on reflection £40 would have represented a more realistic figure for what little enjoyment we experienced. The fireworks were good, but as i mentioned earlier, they only lasted 10 minutes which is poor.

With regards your suggestion of writing in on behalf of possible competitors, i can assure you this year we plan to have a family bbq and shop bought fireworks in the back garden.

If you enjoyed last years event and/or plan to attend this years event then have a fun safe time, hope its better than last year, but don't say i didn't warn you.

Couple of corrections on both sides.....maze ticket prices....I've checked my email from last year and the adult ticket was £12.50 (and I'm guessing that, based on this years, the child was £9.50) so even if it was 4 adults going then the total cost would've been £51.50 (including booking fee).......

However I, along with many other people, went to the maze last year and thoroughly enjoyed the show....which was well over 10 minutes long....If you want proof, check out this 15 minute video on Youtube...
http://www.youtube.c

om/watch?v=L-vtoahtZ

iU

And as to having a better, cheaper, time at home....having seen the price of fireworks in the shops, and add to that the cost of the burgers, etc that you want to bbq, you'll probably find that you'll end up spening a lot more for a much less quality event.

I'm actually giving the RatRace event at the Knavesmire a go this year, simply because it's easier for me to get to than the maze (and cheaper)...though as it's on a different day, I might give the Kaboom event at Rawcliffe Park a try as well.

......and you can easily cycle to the Knavesmire event as well.

PP - You can actually cycle to the maze as well.....that's how I got there the past couple of years

Wow! What an absolutely amazing resemblance to the Queen. I fully believed that it was actually our monarch herself. God Bless her, and all who sail in her.