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Folie Douce Les Arcs

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I see that Radio Les Arcs have confirmed (on Facebook) what was a widely accepted rumour that Folie Douce is coming to Les Arcs.

I suspect this could rapidly become one of their most successful sites as they'll be next to a pedestrian accessible lift (Villards) which is open every day for night skiing and runs until 7.30 pm. Certainly not good news for the Arpette,

Whether it will be good for the resort remains to be seen!
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In 'The Lodge'? Simple conversion, or will they re-build?
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I imagine a conversion of the Lodge should be fairly straightforward - we'll see!
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Certainly not good news for the Arpette,

You can ski back from the Arpette, albeit a little earlier but form yje Folie Douce you have to get a bus back. I'll prbably stick to the Arpette.
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johnE wrote:
I'll prbably stick to the Arpette.
Prices will be cheaper too.

I can just about ski back to my place from The Lodge, with little bit of a skate across the hill, but spending time at a Folie Douce is only occasionally tempting for me these days, so doubt I'll be a regular visitor. Nice to have in resort, for the 'Folie crowd'.
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@johnE, very easy run back to 1800 (more a short stroll for rob@rar) but I appreciate less easy for 1600 dwellers.
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Alastair wrote:
(more a short stroll for rob@rar)
Skating uphill when you're drunk is quite the challenge!
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Skating uphill when you're drunk is quite the challenge!

I think it takes a lot of money to get drunk in the Follie Douce
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Skating uphill when you're drunk is quite the challenge!

I think it takes a lot of money to get drunk in the Follie Douce
Load up in the Arpette, slide down to Folie, stagger home when you can't remember what your name is.
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A weakening brand these days no longer the cool place to be seen , in Val and Tignes Cocorico is the venue , what’s the betting that one of these in spring up in the 3V soon .
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I was hoping we could keep the "Henry and Henriettas" away from Les... Evil or Very Mad
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Rob Mackley wrote:
what’s the betting that one of these in spring up in the 3V soon .

Do you mean a Folie Douce? There's one in Val Thorens and one in Meribel already...
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@iainm, he means Cocirico
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Well give the people what they want!

‘The cool kids go elsewhere...’

oh bore off! If people want to pay €10 a glass for nasty rosé whilst someone on a saxophone toots a tune whilst they instagram story it to their mates then all power to them. No one is forced to go and it doesn’t seem to change the overall clientele of the resort (see also Avoriaz).
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I was hoping we could keep the "Henry and Henriettas" away from Les...


I think they are long gone from Folie Douce, its more like a scene from Towie nowadays.
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Nadenoodlee wrote:
Well give the people what they want!

‘The cool kids go elsewhere...’

oh bore off! If people want to pay €10 a glass for nasty rosé whilst someone on a saxophone toots a tune whilst they instagram story it to their mates then all power to them. No one is forced to go and it doesn’t seem to change the overall clientele of the resort (see also Avoriaz).


Quite. I'm a bit past the core Folie demographic and more likely to be the sad old git buying bottles of fizz to try and recapture some yoof* than the young and beautiful. But it's fun for what it is and doesn't pretend to be anything else.

*cept I'm too cheap and just as likely to be skiing still in Folie operating hours.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, IIRC, (and likewise whaaaay past their core target market), it ain't that expensive in a Folie. Couple of beers in Alpe D'Huez did not seem massively outrageous.
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Agree - beers a Euro or 2 above "market" for vastly better entertainment if that is your bag. Obviously they make bank by trolling in wannabe high rollers into spraying real bottles of champers around and or buying drinks for the PYTs.
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Dave of the Marmottes wrote:
Agree - beers a Euro or 2 above "market" for vastly better entertainment if that is your bag. Obviously they make bank by trolling in wannabe high rollers into spraying real bottles of champers around and or buying drinks for the PYTs.


That's the one reason I steer clear of them, and any bars with VIP areas - I'm not that keen on being sprayed with champagne by smirking Russian gangsters.
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Having never been to one of these establishments I shall be interested to see what it's like but I don't think it'll become a regular hangout. I'm also certainly well beyond their target market.
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This march in Mirabel they had amazing shows. While in Val Tho you had a DJ with groovy beats but less interesting than the Pano bar in L2A.
So we'll wait and see
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Im a regular in Val dI. Great food in the self service and I’m still into disco/house despite being in my 50s.

As above, it doesn’t pretend to be anything other a good apres bar for a range of ages and budgets. I’m a fan and hope the LA one is a success.
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