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Parents were left fuming after a pricey attraction based on Disney sensation Frozen ended in disaster.

Excited children queued with mums and dads for the sold out event at an Essex hotel after being promised 'a truly enchanting experience’ that would recreate the magic of the animated hit.

Hopes were high, as publicity photos advertising the in-demand event featured lead character Elsa promising that visitors could ‘let their imagination run wild as they enter the magical Frozen wonderland'.

But upon entering, parents - who paid £15 per child and £5 for adult for tickets for the event at the Orsett Hall Hotel - were left feeling more than a little dissapointed.

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After being promised snow, revellers were gob smacked upon seeing a paddling pool with bubbles.

When parents queried staff, all they could do was fill the paddling pool with more bubbles.

Nicky Hopkins complained to the promoter of the event on Twitter after being left dissapointed. She said: "What a waste of time."

One disgruntled parent told the Daily Mail: "This is a joke.

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Katie Barnes, 35, from Hertford, added: "I could have done a better job at home."

The other in-house attractions weren't much better either.

Parents were charged £25 to send their daughters into the Princess Parlour, a 'beauty salon' where staff do face painting and dish out a plastic tiara and certificate upon completion.

Louise Clarke, 34, from Wickford, described the attraction as "appalling."

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She added: "My daughter was too short to see the show, there was no snow and nowhere to sit.

"£15 for that? It’s a joke."

One visitor, Kelly Hirst, said the event was "false and fake".

Another took to Twitter to write: "The Frozen event at Orsett Hall - What a waste of time and money. Awful! Complete rip off.

"People should definitely avoid."

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Tom Kenbery, director of HotHot Events, told Mirror Online: "This was a local event, and it was very much advertised as a local event.

"We are really disappointed that a journalist has come down with an agenda, expecting a £200,000 production, because we never pretended to be offering such a thing.

"On the first day there were some teething problems - we did not have enough seating for example, but these issues with quickly rectified.

"We did initially advertise that we would be having real snow, but we realised that would cost £10,000 and we don't have that kind of production budget.

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"We corrected this on social media and informed customers via email and on our website.

"Not everyone checks their email unfortunately so yes, some were left disappointed.

"At the end of the day we've got 300 people coming through our door for a sold out event. We as a company expect for a handful of customers to raise issues, that comes with the territory. I've ran Michelin star events that get complaints.

"But what is not being highlighted is all the great feedback we've had."

This is not the first opportunistic Frozen attraction to disappoint parents.

Last month, parents were outraged as a star of a Frozen spin-off show was showing a little too much skin for their liking.