Drayton Manor Theme Park and Thomasland Part 1
We were at a loss as to what to do last Sunday. The weather was okay – well, it wasn’t raining anyway! – so Daddy and I suggested a trip out somewhere.
We gave them a few options but it was pretty evident which one would win the vote!
Drayton Manor and Thomasland are about half an hour from where we live – in fact it’s not far from Kingsbury Water Park where we went the previous weekend.
We bought the tickets online – highly recommended as the online price – even at short notice – is a whole lot cheaper than buying on the gate.
(It’s a further ยฃ11 cheaper if you book a week or more in advance.)
We arrived around lunchtime and headed straight into Thomasland. You may have seen the ads “now bigger and better” and we were pleasantly surprised. It’s not a whole theme park, but they have added a whole lot of extra rides and it feels more spacious.
The first ride we tried was Captain’s Sea Adventure. You sit on a boat and shoot squirters at other people and at the poor innocents watching! Great fun!
Next up was Toby and then the Blue Mountain Engines. Also new rides, also great and for some reason no queues at all!
Then we went on the troublesome trucks mini rollercoaster. Jack’s first rollercoaster and he loved it. You can see it in his face!
Next up we saw the Fat Controller doing his show! The kids were intrigued but not actually that interested in hanging around!
Next up was Cranky – glad we did it before lunch! And then we braved Bulstrode. Last time we were at Thomasland Rachel refused point blank to go on it! This time there was no stopping.
We had lunch in the new Sodor Airport. It was pleasant enough – the poor boy serving didn’t have a clue how to make a cappuccino – and there was a family completely ignoring their screaming child which was pretty irksome.
The price for a kids lunchbox was ยฃ3.95 – not bad for this kind of place.
After lunch we decided to take a train ride to the Zoo and Dino-trail.
The Dino-trail was no Jurassic park – but it was interesting enough.
Watch out for part two coming later!
June 27, 2015 @ 1:37 pm
It looks like you’ve had a great time exploring some of the different attractions at Thomasland and Drayton Manor, it’s great to see such happy faces on all the kids. the fact that they’ve extended Thomasland and made more space for guests is great and the new rides look like they were a hit with the kids. I look forward to hearing more about the Dino-trail in the next post! Thanks for Linking up with Country Kids.
July 2, 2015 @ 7:49 am
The kids had a fantastic time and it was great to take my littlest there now that he is old enough to enjoy a lot of the rides ๐ thanks for hosting and sharing.xx
June 28, 2015 @ 8:37 am
I have been thinking about taking Monkey to Drayton Manor for a while, although bit worried about price as we would need to stay over too (thanks for the tip about booking online). However your photos look great ๐ and your little ones look like they had a fab time. Looking forward to part 2. #CountryKids
July 2, 2015 @ 7:52 am
Definitely book in advance online as it is much cheaper. And there are plenty of local places where you could get a cheaper stay over rather than the hotel there. ๐ thanks for reading.x
June 29, 2015 @ 11:51 am
Aww the happy smiles is the proof of how much fun this trip is! Lovely photos =) #countrykids
July 2, 2015 @ 7:54 am
Thanks for reading ๐ my little man really loved it! Last time we went he was too young to go on many of the rides so it was a really different experience this time.xx
July 3, 2015 @ 9:43 pm
This is on our places to go list. It is quite a journey for us but it looks like a great place for little ones x
July 3, 2015 @ 10:17 pm
Thanks for reading ๐ my little man really loved it! Last time we went he was too young to go on many of the rides so it was a really different experience this time.xx