Winter Wonderland In Hyde Park Sat 22nd November 2008 - Sun 4th January 2009 Opens This Week!

FOOD! GLORIOUS FOOD! CONTINENTAL FOOD & DRINK GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET ENGLISH STYLE CAFES & BARS

With the festive season well and truly here WINTER WONDERLAND is now only a few excitement-fraught days away, set to open to the public in spectacular grand style this SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER. Keeping the credit crunch concerns at bay, WINTER WONDERLAND is officially this year's must have Christmas bargain with admission for all absolutely FREE and many child discounts available for rides and attractions from as little as �2, making it the perfect dose of Christmas magic in a fairytale setting.

WINTER WONDERLAND continues to excite and enthral both the media and the public boasting main attractions such as the phenomenally popular outdoor ICE SKATING RINK, the largest in the capital, and the gravity defying SNOW BALL BUNGEE DOME.

Bona fide star of the show is the spectacular OBSERVATION WHEEL that parades 200 ft high over Hyde Park, providing a full 360� panoramic view of London, with an incomparable perspective of the capital's skyline from its 40 luxurious heated gondolas.

Most importantly, this year WINTER WONDERLAND'S food and drink offering has doubled in size and makes a welcome return. A sumptuous range of food, drink and delicacies will be provided from England and the European continents. Set against a magical backdrop of London's beautiful Hyde Park, with thousands of Christmas lights, tastefully decorated Tyrol-style chalets, a Bavarian Village tucked away under the snow slide and a German Christmas Market, WINTER WONDERLAND is a truly magical festive experience for adults and all the family.

The GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET has a range of wooden huts offering continental food including sweet treats such as roasted nuts, gingerbread hearts, crepes and confectionary to the more savoury delights of a Bavarian Hog Roast, seasoned steaks and hearty German Bratwurst sausages. Complimenting such culinary delights will be Bavarian chilled beer and warming 'Gl�hwein' (German Mulled Wine).

The traditional English fayre at WINTER WONDERLAND will include hearty carvery sandwiches complete with festive relishes, traditional English style pies and pasties, baguettes and salads. The menu will include free-range turkey sausages & mash with cranberry and orange relish; a vegetarian gratin of parsnip, celeriac and chestnut with Savoy cabbage and roast salmon with braised leeks and mash. Lighter options include soups, warming baked potatoes, stews and our own Park Porker - free-range sausage in an organic roll. Children are not forgotten with a selection of children's items both hot and cold. For puddings and sweet things, it's chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate with chocolate crispie cakes, chocolate fudge cake, chocolate and cranberry brownies and the best hot chocolate for a winter's day with whipped cream and melting marshmallows. The Festive Food Hall offers traditional English Ales, hot spiced cider, mulled wine and hot toddies. Just the thing to warm you up after a skate on the ice!

WINTER WONDERLAND, London's biggest and most popular winter tourist attraction, guarantees fun for family and friends alike. In addition to the main attractions - the largest outdoor ICE SKATING rink in the capital, the gravity defying SNOW BALL BUNGEE DOME and the spectacular OBSERVATION WHEEL - it also includes rides such as the 'Haunted Mansion', the 'Fantasia Ride', the 'Christmas Coaster', the 'Wave Swinger' and the 'Reindeer And Santa Express'. The fun doesn't end there, further attractions added include the newly arrived 'Ice Palace Mirror Maze', never before seen in the UK, thrill seeking Themed Simulators, a 60 m Giant Toboggan Snow Slide along with more traditional fun-fare classics such as the Cup & Saucers, Carousels, Helter Skelter and Sleigh Rides.

No Christmas event would be complete without a visit from Santa who will be waiting at the VICTORIAN BANDSTAND GROTTO with his sack of souvenirs and elves each day until the 24th December. HYDE PARK'S WINTER WONDERLAND is set to open in true festive spirit in the midst of choirs singing carols by candlelight and hundreds of lights illuminating the Serpentine Road that runs through the park.

With a percentage of WINTER WONDERLAND'S profits going to CAPITAL'S 'HELP A LONDON CHILD' CAMPAIGN this remains the most talked about winter tourist attraction in the festive season this year. For information and ticket details: www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com 0844 847 1771 or 0844 844 2121 (Groups)

For further press and media information on WINTER WONDERLAND please contact Margaret Murray / Gerard Franklin / Ellie Rance @ Frequency Media 0121 224 7453 /margaret@fmguk.com 0121 224 7452 / gerard@fmguk.com 0121 224 7456 / assistant@fmguk.com