tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340560222446184520.post5274864509234759534..comments2024-03-26T04:27:42.031+00:00Comments on North East Family Fun : Exploring the Southern Merlin Theme Parks with Tweens Sam Rickelton | Family Travel Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821185022874201776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340560222446184520.post-10649443437309738402019-08-14T10:10:10.385+01:002019-08-14T10:10:10.385+01:00Great post! We had merlin passes when the kids wer...Great post! We had merlin passes when the kids were teeny & did the london attractions and chessington one summer basing ourselves in a travellodge in surbiton. Really enjoyed using the passes! we def might look at buying them again in the future-thorpe park looks great and one we haven't done before. catherine hooperhttp://herecomethehoopers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340560222446184520.post-5762935343386807142019-08-13T21:48:17.219+01:002019-08-13T21:48:17.219+01:00We visited Legoland in Denmark a billion years ago...We visited Legoland in Denmark a billion years ago and I was always anti a UK version but it does look like they've replicated it really well!Helenhttp://www.honestlyhelen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340560222446184520.post-8874201038936423732019-08-13T14:08:07.256+01:002019-08-13T14:08:07.256+01:00I loved this Sam - this might be a lengthy comment...I loved this Sam - this might be a lengthy comment. I LOVE Legoland because we live fifteen minutes away and have had annual passes since the children were toddlers. As they're still only about 1.1m they're still small/young enough to really enjoy it and because we've had the passes it doesn't matter if we don't go on many rides - some times the park is HEAVING. And you're right, it's just a generally busy park. If we were further away we wouldn't visit that often and the queue times would definitely put us off. QBots are great but SO expensive there too. I grew up ten minutes away from Chessington and spend a big chunk of my childhood there. It's changed SO much over the years and it's definitely a great family park but we've had a couple of really bad days there over the last year that have put me off slightly - reading this has made me realise I need to go again and give it another try. The zoo, Sea Life and so many rides are fantastic. We felt the same after the safari ride - is that it!? Ours were just too little for Thorpe Park. They didn't like the small rides enough to go on them more than once and when we went it was SO hot and the beach area was heaving that it just wasn't enjoyable. I think we'll wait until ours are a little bigger like yours and then try again - it's so local that it would be a shame not to! Great post Sam - you've summer the parks up really well xDonnahttps://whattheredheadsaid.comnoreply@blogger.com