Paid collaboration with The Pink Dragon Centre
The Pink Dragon Centre celebrates its 25th birthday this yr! This summer time marks 25 years of Cardiff’s premiere leisure vacation spot, and one of many first sights within the unimaginable regeneration of Cardiff Bay.
Like numerous you, I bear in mind when it first opened, again in August 1997. It was known as Atlantic Wharf Leisure Village again then and was formally opened by Louise (then Nurding, later Redknapp) of Everlasting fame. My first go to was to Evolution nightclub (the place you’ll at present discover Merely Fitness center) intently adopted by a movie on the cinema multiplex, which was like nothing we’d ever had regionally earlier than.
Since having kids, it’s been the placement of many a household time out. We’ve watched goodness is aware of what number of movies on the 12-screen Odeon Cinema, and put our 10-pin expertise to the take a look at at Hollywood Bowl. We’ve loved household meals at in all places from Bella Italia and 5 Guys to Volcano Japanese, Spice Route and Oriental Backyard. Plus there have been lots of ice lotions at Cadwaladers. We’ve met everybody from the Batman, Buzz and Woody to the Easter Bunny, and made all method of artful creations at their free household enjoyable occasions.
The Pink Dragon Centre was one of many very first native sights that I labored with on Cardiff Mummy Says, means again within the early days after I was writing about life with a child, toddler and pre-schooler in Cardiff. I’m delighted to nonetheless to be collaborating with them on showcasing all of the incredible issues they’ve happening.
As you may think about, there’s loads occurring at The Pink Dragon Centre to have fun it being 25th years for the reason that centre opened. In truth, right here’s 25 issues you are able to do at The Pink Dragon Centre this summer time to have fun its milestone birthday.
You might also like my Pink Dragon Centre twenty fifth birthday Reel over on the Cardiff Mummy Says Instagram web page.
Let me know your recollections of The Pink Dragon Centre from the final 25 years and should you’ll be visiting this summer time. Try The Pink Dragon Centre web site right here.
25 issues to do at The Pink Dragon Centre this summer time to have fun its twenty fifth birthday
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- Play it cool and luxuriate in 25% off bowling at Hollywood Bowl if you bowl earlier than 11am in the course of the summer time holidays. Enter the code ‘SUMMERFUN25’ on the checkout hollywoodbowl.co.uk (See web site for T&Cs.)
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2. Make youngsters’ celebrations a breeze and guide a celebration bundle at Hollywood Bowl – with packages accessible for younger ones and teenagers.
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3. Check your expertise and have enjoyable within the incredible arcade amusements. You possibly can even win some prizes.
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4. Take pleasure in a Household Feast at Hollywood Bowl’s Diner, the place you may take pleasure in two grownup meals and two youngsters meals, 4 tender drinks, plus onion rings all from solely £20. (£20 when booked on-line and £30 if buy within the Bowl.)
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5. Beat wet days and catch the newest blockbusters at ODEON – Minions, The Railway Kids Return, DC League of Tremendous-Pets. And better of all, grown-ups pay youngsters’ ticket costs with ODEON youngsters – each day throughout college holidays.
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6. Immerse your self within the final cinema expertise at South Wales’ solely IMAX display.
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7. Really feel such as you’re visiting Naples at Bella Italia the place youngsters eat for £1 with each full paying grownup Monday to Wednesday 4.30pm-6pm and Thursdays 4pm-6pm.
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8. Take pleasure in a candy deal with at Cadwaladers. Will or not it’s one in every of their many flavours of ice cream, an indulgent cake, or maybe one in every of their image good sundaes?
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9. Sink your tooth into your individual customised burger at 5 Guys – with over 250,000 burger combos, make yours distinctive.
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10. Take pleasure in 50% off the a la carte lunch menu at Volcano, with over 100 dishes to select from.
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11. Take pleasure in meal-time offers and limitless free refills on tender drinks if you dine at Spice Route all summer time.
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12. Let your kids construct their very own meal with the Cardiff Bay Tavern’s decide’n’combine menu. Little eats from £2.99, massive eats from £3.99.
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13. Share your #RDCTasteofSummer snaps when eating on the Centre for an opportunity to win a deal with.
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14. Embark upon a journey full of spices at Zaika, an Asian and grill restaurant serving up quite a lot of regional and conventional dishes native to the Indian subcontinent.
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15. Take pleasure in a roarsome chew to eat on the RDC earlier than seeing The Lion King at Wales Millennium Centre or wind down and refuel after a go to to the Aqua Park or Cardiff Bay Enjoyable Park with a hunger-busting lunch at The RDC – and luxuriate in as much as six hours free buyer parking. See web site for parking T&Cs.
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16. Sit back and browse a narrative guide on the cozy cushions within the Inexperienced Zone, and take a selfie underneath the birthday rainbow banner.
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17. In case you managed to select up a pack of the free birthday sunflowers that The Pink Dragon Centre have been giving freely, don’t neglect to plant your seeds at dwelling and tag them #RDCBirthdayBloom to allow them to see the way you’re getting on.
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18. Get the children’ inventive juices flowing with colouring actions on Cadwaladers synthetic grassed island.
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19. Wave to Josh and Kally within the centre as they host Capital FM Drive Monday to Friday 4-7pm.
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20. E book a babysitter and savour your date night time: meal for 2 adopted by the newest blockbuster.
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21. Hop on the Minions trip after testing the movie at Odeon
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22. Sprout a pair of wings on the Be The Dragon graphic subsequent to 5 Guys
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23. Be a part of within the Centre’s twenty fifth celebrations! Well-known Welsh artist Nathan Wyburn is creating an unique artwork set up to have fun the twenty fifth anniversary, made solely out of buyer photographs and particular occasions on the Centre through the years. Whether or not you’re consuming out, bowling or on the cinema, so long as you’re on the Centre they need your snaps. Remark, DM or e mail information@thereddragoncentre.co.uk to submit your photograph to be used within the mural.
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24. Have fun the Centre’s twenty fifth birthday with a enjoyable weekend of free actions on 28 and 29 August. Dive into the birthday ball pit full of 25,000 balls – discover the particular silver ones for an opportunity to win prizes. Have your face painted without spending a dime, plus artist Nathan Wyburn can be inviting kids to create their very own self-portraits utilizing distinctive and strange elements. See web site for timings.
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25. Want The Pink Dragon Centre a contented birthday and share within the celebrations on social media, in addition to sharing your recollections of the RDC. Extra occasions are but to be introduced, so by following The Pink Dragon Centre on social media, you’ll be the primary to know.
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Observe Cardiff Mummy Says on Fb, Instagram and Twitter for extra info on particular occasions at The Pink Dragon Centre, in addition to many extra concepts for household enjoyable in Cardiff and past this summer time.
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