This year the Home of Halloween, The London Dungeon, is promising its biggest and boldest Halloween yet and a hysterically horrible addition to its activity is now on offer – bed & breakfast courtesy of Mrs Lovett.The devious sidekick of Sweeney Todd is opening the doors of her ‘meat’ pie shop in the bowels of The London Dungeon, for unique bed and breakfast accommodation exclusively through social accommodation site, Wimdu.co.uk, for a limited number of stays this October.
 

Only available through Wimdu.co.uk (http://www.wimdu.co.uk/offers/3HGMN1UU) the stay costs just £86 and includes a tour of The London Dungeon with pie and mash supper in the Ten Bells Pub. Guests will be tucked in with a bedtime story read by the host herself, then left to survive the night with just a chamber pot and oil lamp.  Those who make it through will be rewarded with breakfast of porridge and tea in bed served by Mrs Lovett.

Arne Blackwenn, CEO and co-founder of Wimdu.co.uk says: “Wimdu.co.uk is all about providing interesting, quality accommodation that offers an experience you wouldn’t receive in a regular hotel. Mrs Lovett is unlike like the traditional hosts who list their properties with us, but we simply daren’t turn her away!”

Hywel Mathias, Lovett’s landlord and General Manager of The London Dungeon added.  “Margery Lovett is a true entrepreneur.  She’s made her pie shop a roaring success with her innovative recipes and I am sure this new venture will be just as successful. But those who aren’t lucky enough to get a B&B booking can visit her pie shop and sample all the delights of our Halloween season at The London Dungeon every day until 5th November. As well as Mrs Lovett and Sweeney Todd there’s a whole cast of characters to meet here”.
 

In fact, the Halloween experts at The London Dungeon are putting on a lavish new pumpkin-filled Halloween production. Master of revels is the mischievous Pumpkin Keeper who will be dishing out trick or treat sweeties. Will it be a yummy Chupa Chup or a revolting insect lolly? Then it's down into the depths of the Dungeon for Halloween encounters with a cast of London's most infamous names bringing to life 1000 years of London’s Dark past in 18 shows. Add in some stunning special effects, edge of your seat surprises and two exiting thrill rides and you've got the perfect recipe for a scarily good fun Halloween.

FACT FILE

• Mrs Lovett’s Halloween Pie Shop Bed & Breakfast stays are available only at Wimdu.co.uk
• Cost per night based on two people sharing is £86
• A limited number of stays are available in the run up to Halloween excluding half term week (w/c 27.10.13).   Guests must be over 18 to stay
• Stays include last tour of the day at The London Dungeon, pie and mash supper, overnight accommodation and breakfast
• Halloween season runs at The London Dungeon for the whole of Halloween and until 5 November
• Open until 10pm on Thursday, October 31; until 8.30pm on 29 and 30 October; until 7pm on 26, 27, 28 October and 1, 2, 3 November. Please check website for other opening times
• Best prices online at www.thedungeons.com/london
• Prices from £22 (adult), £16.50 (children)
• The London Dungeon is situated in County Hall next to the EDF London Eye
• Enjoy a whole London day out and save 25% with combination tickets for the London Dungeon, EDF Energy London Eye, SEA LIFE London Aquarium and Madame Tussauds
• Nearest tube: Waterloo/ Westminster

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For further information please contact:

LONDON DUNGEON: Claudia Parker/Karen Abrams at freerange communications on 020 7402 9966 or claudia@freerange.eu

WIMDU: Charlotte Ryder: Charlotte.ryder@diffusionpr.com / 02072910241 / 02072910230
Emma Wills: emma.wills@diffusionpr.com / 02072910257 / 02072910230

Note to Editors:

About Wimdu

Wimdu is a social accommodation community that brings together travellers and hosts from around the world to enable consumers worldwide to travel like a local. Wimdu enables hosts to generate additional income on their spare rooms, while guests can search for a room and a rate that suits them. The site lists a range of over 150,000 properties internationally across over 100 countries with everything from boltholes in Berlin to English castles. Wimdu was founded in 2011 by serial entrepreneurs Hinrich Dreiling and Arne Bleckwenn who wanted to harness social media to transform the way consumers are travelling worldwide. 
 

About the London Dungeon
The London Dungeon is the Home of Halloween and this year will be staging its biggest, boldest and best Halloween season yet in its new home in County Hall London with six weeks of mischief to keep you on a knife edge, from 25 Sept to 9 Nov.

Bring the kids or come with your mates at night. We will send you on the ultimate thrill-filled, pumpkin-tastic journey. It is 1000 years of history into 90 minutes with actors, live shows, laughs, scares and rides.  There are also Dungeons serving up historically authentic scary fun in York, Edinburgh, Blackpool, Warwick Castle, Hamburg and Berlin 

MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS is the leading name in location-based, family entertainment, and has seen the most successful and dynamic growth of any company in the sector over the last five years. Europe’s Number 1 and the world’s second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates 98 attractions, eight hotels/three holiday villages in 22 countries and across four continents. The company aims to deliver memorable and rewarding experiences to its 54 million visitors worldwide, through its iconic global and local brands, and the commitment and passion of its managers and more than 21,000 employees. 

Among Merlin’s attractions are  - SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, LEGOLAND, The EDF Energy London Eye, Dungeons, Gardaland, LEGOLAND Discovery Centres, Alton Towers Resort, Warwick Castle, THORPE PARK, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Blackpool Tower, Heide Park, WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo, Sydney Tower Eye and SKYWALK, Siam Ocean World and Busan Aquarium.  All brands which are distinctive, challenging and innovative – and which have great potential for growth in the future. Visit www.merlinentertainments.biz for more information.