It has a hotel with Viking bedrooms, a zoo, dinosaur park and it's listed among the top 20 amusement parks in the world
It boasts a huge theme park, a zoo, a dinosaur park and is famously home to Thomas Land - so it's little surprise that Drayton Manor Park is a big hit with families. But it has also just been named in the Top 20 best amusement parks in the WORLD at the 2023 Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Awards.
As soon as we arrived at the hotel I could see the kids' faces light up, with lots of Thomas the Tank Engine theming in the main lobby. They were swiftly informed that during our stay, there was a Thomas trail to explore around the hotel which they loved doing, finding little clues across the venue which would lead them to a little prize each.
Indeed, it took us two hours to get on for the first ride, due in part to a technical glitch, but the kids were heavily invested at this point so we resigned ourselves to staying in the queue. Annoyingly, after the lengthy wait the kids absolutely loved it - and, as soon as we were off the tiny boats, came the cries of "again, again".
Right next to the zoo is also the dinosaur park, which my younger boy was particularly keen on. He loved racing around and seeing the giant models of the jurassic creatures and posing up for a photo with the T-Rex at the start of the site. Heading back to the hotel for our evening meal, we had booked into the Garden Rooms buffet restaurant, rather than the Parklands a la carte which was all booked at the times we wanted. You need to book your restaurant times for both breakfast and dinner before you go on your trip, and I'd advise to do this as soon as you possibly can to get the times you want.
My two absolutely loved this and it was just a really unexpected and nice thing to lay on for families we thought. Having watched the Vikings rollercoaster Jormungandr do a few circuits though, I decided this would probably be a bit easier on the stomach and it was an enjoyable family ride. It definitely whet my son's appetite, he was soon clamouring to have a go on the bigger rollercoasters inside the main theme park including the Accelerator..
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