The park operator said on Tuesday (13 September) it would be closing its parks as a mark of respect to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who died last week, and to allow its employees to be part of the "historic moment".
However, the decision was met with an immediate backlash from guests, some of whom would have been required to leave their park part-way through their break.
In a statement, Center Parcs said guests would have to leave its five UK sites for 24 hours from 10am on Monday until 10am the following day.
Late on Tuesday, though, it partially relented and said guests not due to depart on Monday would be allowed to stay, although it warned that many amenities and activities would not be open or would not take place. It will offer discounts by way of recompense for this.
"The vast majority of our guests are either due to arrive or depart on Monday 19 September," said Center Parcs.
"We have however, reviewed our position regarding the very small number of guests who are not due to depart on Monday, and we will be allowing them to stay on our villages rather than having to leave and return on Tuesday."
Butlin’s to remain open
In addition, its parks will remain closed to new arrivals on Monday; guests due to arrive on Monday have been told they will not be able to check in until 10am on Tuesday.
Holiday park rival Butlin’s has confirmed its locations will remain open on Monday. "Following the announcement of Her Majesty’s funeral on Monday 19 September, we’d like to let all guests know who are due to join us on that day, your break is going ahead as planned," said Butlin’s.
"We’re reviewing our schedule including the airing of the funeral and we’ll email you with more information next week."
