This was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Can I just start by praising Mt. Juliet for brilliant organisation - from the moment you register and check in the organisation is superb. The little touches are there with Santas Elf reading out details about our little man when he walked in - a small but classy touch.

Mrs. Claus storytime was great fun, a really well decorated and themed room, lovely warm personalty in Mrs. Claus. The Train ride was fun - I see other people commenting on the lack of lights etc.. along the route - ok fair enough, but it was sold as a train to see Santa at the end of it, if it was sold as a magical train ride maybe I'd take exception, but it did what it said on the tin, the conductor elf was good craic, and it was extremely pleasant. Santa himself was wonderful, beautifully decorated grotto, nice friendly manner with the kids and a nice gift.

All in all well done Mt. Juliet - a wonderful experience, we will be back next year - it was tremendous value for money - you get over an hours entertainment for the admission fee - that is so worth it!

I booked the santa train for my 3 year old son, Isaac this year and all of us couldn't wait... the day arrived and i must say, Mount Juliet and it's grounds looked splended.. from the friendly staff welcoming us to the Christmas market's, all in all it created a great festive athmosphere. The santa experience was great, while there was a small delay it didnt diminish the overall experience and in fact it probably made Isaac more excited, isnt that what it's all about! We stayed over-night in the The King of Ossory, a beautiful manor house room, the only down side to our stay was, no room service and if so we couldn't find any menu or get in-touch with anybody to even ask. We are considering our family vacation in MJ next year.

We booked the Santa Train in Mount Juliet this year as we had heard how great it was. We arrived to what I would say was a cattle mart, we got to hear Mrs Claus story and brought to the train, I was thinking that the train was the best part from all the reviews I thought it would have had the grounds lit up a bit better down the back of the golf course was just fields with a few reindeer lit up we were very disappointed. We then were brought into the waiting area for Santa where the previous hour families had still not seen santa, we were then made to lie up and wait for our names to be called. we eventaully after 50 minutes got to see Santa which I was really disappointed with as there was no photo to be taken with him. only for I had my phone with me we would have no memory of Santa 2012. I wouldnt have even minded paying for the photo on the day seen as the train had been booked well in advance. We had been to Tayto World last year which was a lot more enjoyable experience and we will be going back there next year. overall we were very disappointed with the experience of Santa in Mount Juliet.

I have just returned back from Mount Juliet where my wife and I stayed for a very short break to celebrate our wedding anniversary. From the time we arrived to the time we left, we both had an incredible time. In fact, we both commented that we could not believe how quick the weekend went. There were many highlights from the bottle of wine in our room (to congratulate us on our anniversary) to the food which was simply outstanding.

However, there was one person that represented Mount Juliet brilliantly. Her name was Alex and she was our waitress on Saturday night in Kendal’s.

Alex was Friendly, knowledgeable, professional and very outgoing. In these tough times, we tend to concentrate on the bad things and not spend any time on the good things.

I would appreciate it if you could please pass on our thanks to Alex for making this weekend one of the best we have ever had,

Hopefully, we get to do this again next year.