Cardiff Model Engineering Society puts on family events throughout the year giving members of the…read morepublic the chance to take a ride on their miniature passenger-carrying railways, running through a section of Cardiff's Heath Park. It's something smaller children seem to enjoy, and some of their parents too (and not just the closet-train-spotters amongst them). Known officially as the Heath Park Miniature Railway and Tramway, all the work at the site is down to the voluntary efforts of keen members of the Society, which is a non-profit making organisation. The Society was founded in 1948 and moved to Heath Park in 1987, and its current site has two railway tracks and a unique electric tramway, two model railways, and refreshment facilities. To visit and ride on the railway you do have to wait until a family 'open day' event crops up - but these take place throughout the year. Although their website appears a bit dated, it is actually well-maintained and currently shows events taking place right up until the 'Santa Special' in December 2010. Have a look at http://www.cardiff-mes.org.uk/RailwayG.html for details.

I once wrote to Vue Management to complain about Vue in Romford. The seats were soaked in God-knows…read morewhat, the screens were covered in mess, there was popcorn everywhere, the projector was projecting wrong, there were balloons randomly in the theatre blocking the top corner of the screen. Their response was at least honest; "Unfortunately, due to the clientele in Romford it is difficult for us to maintain a consistently high quality" - and I believe them. The Vue in Romford is decent as Multiplexes go; but the problem comes when you find lots of kids who'd rather text each other across the room and make random turrets type noises than watch a movie. We used to avoid this by going to screenings at 11pm. But we found that although the kids were gone, their mess wasn't. I complained a much of times and to be fair to them, I got a few free tickets-- but it got to the point where I'd rather pay to go somewhere else and not have to sit on someones unwanted popcorn. Cinematically; the films are presented well; good sound and good size screens; but often you'll find coke splashed on screens or my biggest problem; holes in the screen (meaning shiny bright sparkling areas). A cinema that tries to be good but doesn't quite pull it off. Go elsewhere.

This Vue cinema is great, you can either buy your tickets downstairs from a dedicated ticket desk,…read moreor go up some escalators and buy your tickets with your popcorn, or you also have the choice of buying them online and collecting them from a ticket machine. In the main lobby, you have a Ben & Jerry's stand from where you can get some yummy ice cream, next to the stand they have a selection of pick and mix. The lobby looks nice, but is always pretty busy during the evenings so I suggest getting there early. As Paul mentioned there is a lack of food, but to be honest there aren't many cinemas that do a huge range. As this is near a shopping complex there are a few places you can go to eat. I am a huge popcorn fan, and Vue does do tasty popcorn. The screens are good and the seats are comfortable, this Vue is great to watch any film =)

I give it five stars because the price for a movie is just that good. Every movie is £4, a 3D one…read moreis £5 (I think). They have a lot of the latest movies, some indie movies too. Yes, the rooms are not as cared for as in more expensive cinemas (though it's mostly the customers fault who behave like pigs and leave rubbish all over the floor), but I will NOT complain as I got to watch a lot of big-bucks movies for £4 only. They have had movies like Beauty and the Beast, Ghost in the Shell, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mad Max:Fury Road - Black and Chrome edition, Boss Baby, Smurfs so you usually have plenty of choice, be it for grown-ups or for kids. You will pay more for drinks and snacks than for a movie, to be honest. I usually make a day out of it and go to 2 movies since it's so cheap.

Although not every screening room is as polished as other, higher priced cinemas - you really can't…read morecomplain when you're paying £4 per cinema ticket, no matter what time of day. Been coming here for about 6 months now and saw Guardians of the Galaxy there in screen 7 last night. Could not fault it at all. Not forgetting that two large Tango blasts, a large popcorn and a bag of chocolate m&m's came to just under a tenner. Fantastic place - wish there were more in the UK.