Model Railroading in Clécy (14) — Attraction in Caen

Not worth it. First of all the model world where advertised as the 2. Largest in Europe, which is not true. Second, with your ticket you get one ride with the train driving around the park with about 2 km/h if my measurements are correct, and about 20 minutes to look at the model. But even though it is obvious that a lot of time went into the building the model then there where still trains and wagons falling off the track(one train, one wagon while I was there). The model basically seems way to personal with the guy who build it first giving a tour (only in French so kind of useless for someone speaking English) of the model before actually turning it on, but you get a guide in English which is worth nothing except a couple of words telling you what you are looking at and a short story of the model with "me" and "my dad" written after their names. Afterwards he turned it off and started to speak to the guests instead of letting us out(time wasted in total must be over 10 minutes). The only other thing to do where seeing the history of the place and something about limestone. NOTE: one ticket = one ride and 20 minutes of watching the MODEL and you pay 9 euro for that(30 minutes model and 6:30 minutes train) and if you add the additional time spent waiting and seeing the lime stone thing then you will have spent about one hour and paid 9 euros for it. CONCLUSION: Not worth it and I have spent waaaay to much time complaining and...

First of all, the train layout is fantastic. A lot of attention to detail and it looks great. The not so good... Access to the model train building is limited to around 30 mins. You are allowed in as a group and then ushered out half an hour later. The trains only run during this time and you can't stay and watch them. It's a little disappointing when your paying almost €10 to get in per person. The food on site is not good value for money. There are no vegetarian options (even the cheese on toast is pre made off site). It's not cheap and is very basic (assuming they even have the things you might want in stock). The pizza and chips (which is around €10 also), is a mini frozen pizza with around 8 flakes of grated cheese on it. There is a mini train ride which you can also go on once and lasts around 4 minutes. On site, there is a bouncy castle (well, train), the model railway and a mini railway ride to entertain kids... It takes around an hour in total.

For a family of 4... We've spent almost €80 here on what I'd probably not want to spend more than €20. The place has potential but just isn't engaging enough for what it actually costs. Would we come again? No. Would we recommend it to others, possibly... But I'd make it clear that the price is far higher than similar attractions considering the amount of time and engagement you have. I wouldn't recommend the food or drink... Even a...

Ok but not for model rail enthusiasts. We travelled some distance for this since the advertising suggested a high quality very large layout. I'm sure the flyers exaggerate the size of the layout and what's there is a very simplistic over busy, toy-like layout which you are limited to half an hour to view, much of which is in the dark (pretty lights for sure but too long not seeing much). The layout is a mix of French and German stock and is crammed full static rolling stock and locos as well as traffic jams of lorry's. There plenty of fun features to spot and button activated animations to engage the kids. All in all not terribly realistic but quite fun. The garden railway is also limited to one ride per ticket and isn't all that special. There's not a lot else to see so you could be done in 90 mins without rushing. Fun for kids and reasonably priced but don't travel an hour to see it like we did, expecting a whole days...