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.
