Millennium Experience: Ticket Prices (Hansard, 18 March 1999)

§ The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

The New Millennium Experience company (NMEC) has today announced the pricing structure for entrance to the Millennium Experience at Greenwich. I have placed the full text of the NMEC's news release in the Libraries of the House.

Prices for the Millennium Experience at the dome were confirmed as:

Group Rates:
"Family Five" ticket: (2 adults + 3 children or 1 adult + 4 children)	£57.00 @ £11.40 each
Senior Citizens Group (of 15 or more)	£12.00 each
Adult Groups (of 15 or more)	£17.50 each
Individual Rates:
Single adult	£20.00 each
Children under 5	Free of charge
Children ages 5 to 15 inclusive	£16.50 each
Student card holders	£16.50 each
Senior Citizens	£18.00 each
J540 holders	£12.00 each
Education Rates:
Student group/college group visits	£14.50 each
School visits (all ages)	£8.00 each
Education Tours Scheme for Schools
(ages 8 to 16)	Free of Charge^*
^* As part of the NMEC's pricing strategy, up to 1 million free tickets will be made available for children through the Education Tours Scheme for schools and attractive discounts will be available for families and groups.

The NMEC has announced the prices seven months ahead of tickets going on sale to the public to allow the travel industry to finalise its prices. The NMEC is also in detailed negotiations with rail and coach operators about discounted travel to the dome. National Express coach operators have confirmed that they are proposing to offer, subject to negotiation, a discount travel deal offering a combined return coach tickets and admission to the dome for £29.99 from anywhere in England, Scotland or Wales.

The Government agree with the NMEC that these prices represent value for money and will enable the company to achieve its forecast 12 million visitors to what will be the largest concentration of educational, inspirational and entertaining attractions under one roof anywhere in the world during 2000.