i went here the summer before last as i was desperate to ski after our long stint in the Alps for the 2007/2008 season. It's late, and i feel like writing so if you can suffer to read it, this won't take long.
Basically, the "piste" is about 50 or so meters long and actually, the snow is quiet good. I would say better than the snow-cannon mush you get lower down here in the Portes du Soleil. You can even find "powder" down the sides of the run if they haven't bashed it recently.
I could spend the next week describing how much it isn't like skiing in the Alps, but then you already know that because it's in Milton Keynes! However, actually, even for, as i now consider myself, an experienced skier, i had a lot of fun in two hours. I got to practice tight turns, small jumps and bumps, and get my balance back.
For £80 for two people that's really not bad considering that it'll take the average person about 2-3 hours to get their legs back on their first day of skiing and those hours will cost you a lot more than £80 (flights, accommodation, etc). And that's also 2-3 dangerous hours. Remember i landed on my head on my first day back not so long ago. Chest still sore.
So actually, i would highly recommend going to your local snowdome before setting out on a ski holiday even if you're a regular skier. More than that, if you haven't skied before and are setting out on your first holiday i would say it should be mandatory to go. You will save so much time in learning how to don your boots and skis, ride button-lifts, and do basic turns. I predict that if you do ski indoors before your first "real" ski-trip, you'll easily be bumped up to the class above beginner on your second day of lessons because you'll be much more advanced than your peers. And consequently your entire early ski-career will get off to a much faster start.
Hmm, maybe i should consider some Google Ads for the snowdome...
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