Club La Costa Welcomes Walk On Water

Club La Costa venues Monterey and Sunningdale had an extra special treat for their Easter holiday. The Resort Group had booked the Walk On Water Teams twice a week all though the break and even better – it was free for their guests.

Tuesdays were reserved for Monterey and Thursdays for Sunningdale and the adults and children had a whale of a time their luck at walking on Water. It seemed that every guest had at least one go and some went in 3 or 4 times!

The weather was fabulous and highlighted just how beautiful both of the venues are, with help from the animation teams everyone had a great time.

It is impossible to be able to mention all of the participants, but there were a few who really stood out. Pride of place has to go to Richard Lock, aged 42. a guest at Sunningdale,  he was persuaded to dress up in a clown costume and have a go in the ball, as you can see from the pictures, he won’t be winning any Walk On Water Olympics, but he had us all in stitches.

We should also mention Ellie who was a guest at Monterey. Ellie went in at every opportunity and by the end of her break she was outstanding. Not bad for a 4 year old. Whilst Owen, also aged 4, took the youngest participant award at Sunningdale

Gladiator challenges, races and sheer ridiculousness went on throughout our time there, and we loved it.

Whilst many guests were stranded at their resorts due to the ash cloud from the volcano in Iceland stopping all flights across Europe, we tried our best to make up for having to stay on our beautiful island, in the sunshine for longer than anticipated, we hope we made your extended stay a little more bearable!

Club La Costa have decided that they will book the Walk On Water Teams again for the whole of the summer break – so see you all there!

Stranded In Tenerife

The Easter Holidays have been extended somewhat worldwide, and none more so than in Tenerife. The Walk on Water Teams have done their best to relieve kids boredom and parents angst! Whilst most of the children are delighted that they are not back in school yet, anxious parents are tearing their hair out wondering just when they will be able to get back home.

Several of the hotels that we visit are being used by the airlines as a holding place for tourists so, as and when the flights restart, holidaymakers are all in one place.

Bouganville Playa and the Princesa Dácil are two such hotels and were rammed with kids itching to do something! We were mobbed as soon as we arrived at both venues by adults as well as baby wannabe hamsters!

We also had two more bookings at Club La Costa’s Monteray and Sunningdale. All the children were disappointed that they had to finish their sessions, however with all of the trouble with getting back to the U.K, it seems they will get to have another go this week as compensation!

Tenerife Golf & Country Club was as busy as last week and it was great seeing our three superstars again, apologies for not getting your names, but you know who you are. Surprise of the day was when their mum went in for a go in the Ball. She was absolutely great, rubbish, but great to watch. A+ for giving it a go Mum!!

Santa Barbara was also busy with loads of plane refugees, we re-met a lot if last weeks hamsters as well as some spectators who had a go this time.

Laguna Park 1 had one family who flew in from Liverpool on possibly the last flight to leave England. They all took the challenge and had a great time, we also enjoyed meeting Connor who insisted he was the best hamster of the lot, although he was the only one who thought it!!

Mentions should also go to Sol Tenerife, La Siesta, Las Dalias and of course Sunset Bay and Harbour – far too many challengers to mention.

As flights are still not up and running, we look forward to seeing you all again this week. If you are lucky enough to leave before we get to your venue, thank you and we hope to see you again later this year – for a scheduled length holiday!

More Easter In Tenerife

The first week of Easter got off to a great start – but it had nothing on the second, to say Walk On Water were busy is the understatement of 2010! Firstly we extend a welcome to Dominique who has joined us. Training to be a beautician in the mornings, she then comes out with the teams and has proved to be an invaluable asset to the company, even though she says she is exhausted and has never worked so hard!

It felt like every child from the U.K and Spain wanted to take on the challenge, as usual with varying degrees of success.

To manage the numbers we had two teams out and about for four days a week, all doing at least three venues a day, the downside of this means that we failed to get many names, but you all know who you are!!!!

The Princesa Dacil in Los Cristianos gets a special mention as that was the only hotel that tried to get Fred Flinstone into one of the balls. He only failed as his costume wouldn’t fit!

The teams would like to extend a welcome to Kirk, a new animator at Laguna Park 1, he had a go in the Ball, he had no choice as all the children present had a go and felt he should join in. He was rubbish, but thoroughly enjoyed his experience – at least we hope so, he was unable to speak afterwards!!

Bouganville Playa had more than its fair share of children, all of whom wanted to have a go, they were possibly the most organised of all our venues, they organised themselves into a queue and waited patiently, egging each other on. Well done and thank you to all of you.

Tenerife Golf and Country Club was the busiest we have ever seen, with some of the nicest families. An extra special mention goes to Michael who was absolutely amazing in his ball, he just got in and ran around like a demented hamster. All of the children had got together and managed a competition with €1,00 prize money going to the challenger who managed to stay upright the longest! Michael won by a mile – who was paying out the prize remained unclear – but it added an extra frisson to a great afternoon.

We had more sessions where the guests were treated by their hotels – Club La Costa venues Monteray and Sunningdale played hosts for some very long sessions. As expected practically every guest seemed to turn up and have a go. Together with incredible weather, it made for some fantastic afternoons for both guests, staff and the Walk on Water Team.

Garden City – based within Club Olympus was, as ever, very busy and Kate and Gabi – the animators at this venue – were rushed off their feet. We had some real hamsters here and practically every child went in at least twice providing great amusement for the adults who all watched, from the bar!

We should also mention other venues visited in the past week, thank you to Las Dalias, La Siesta, Sunset Bay and Sunset Harbour, Island Village, Santa Barbara and Tropical Park.

We have had a great time of this Easter period, met some fantastic kids and their parents, thank you to everyone who had a go.

Easter In Tenerife

After a few quiet weeks, Walk On Water is back! We were hoping for some good weather to make up for the last two holiday, half term and Christmas, and the gods smiled on us – the sun was blazing!

Our first special mention for the holiday goes jointly to John, aged 68 and his wife Sylvia, a spring chicken at only 64. They spent their Easter at Sunset Bay and decided that the kids needed to be shown a thing or two about how to challenge The Balls! After having a go John’s comment; “The brain said go, but the body said stop!” Sylvia declared “It was brilliant, I would recommend it to anyone, it is safe and fun” We couldn’t have put it better ourselves!

We visited Laguna Park 1 and were deluged with kids all wanting to have a go, no hamsters, but several brother and sister combinations all trying to outdo each other.After 2 hours we ventured off to Sunset Bay and Harbour where we were disappointed to find it was really quiet. Until we blew up the Balls, suddenly there were children everywhere! incredibly well-behaved, they queued for their turn beautifully, a real credit to their parents, who were enjoying some well deserved peace and quite – at the bar!!

Finally we headed off to one of our favourite venues, Garden City. As expected the pool was packed but Kate and Gabi managed to get everyone organised into some semblance of order and we were off. Special mention at this venue has to go to Charlie who accepted the challenge twice and was a real superstar!

Another day – another venue, or two, Princesa Dacil was first up and we were pleasantly surprised to see so many Spanish children waiting. Although we didn’t have any grown up, the kiddies held their own, including 3 siblings, each tinier than the last who were adorable!

Bougainville Playa was next on our list, although we had some trouble finding a plug point that worked – to many freezers on in the bar! – we finally got going and were amazed at the antics of some of the challengers. We even had one little girl doing hand stands and cartwheels which was a first!

Laguna Park 1 and 2 were filled to capacity, unfortunately meaning that we had to turn some children away, which we hate doing, but most of them are still here so perhaps they will get lucky this week.

Shame also for people waiting to have a go on resorts in Golf del Sur, the wind on Sunday was so strong it wasn’t safe to take the balls out – but we will see you all on Wednesday instead!
Happy Easter to everyone!