Neil Hopkins

Review of West Midland Safari and Leisur...

The safari trail was busyish. It took 2 hours to g...

The safari trail was busyish. It took 2 hours to go through, but of those 2 hours, most of the time was spent queuing at gates where there were no animals to see. The longest queue was towards the emd for the giraffe enclosure. We spent 20 minutes waiting to get in there, only for the keepers to move the giraffes through a gate and away as we got there!

The box of food was a nightmare. Due to the design if the package, which opened loosely at both ends, and didn't properly seal, there was more of the food in crumb form in my car than there was in any animal's belly!

The theme park was quiet. I took my 4 year old on the rhino rollercoaster for her first ever go on one. She enjoyed it... once. Unfortunately the ride operator was put under pressure by riders to let it go again. My daughter wasn't keen on this but was ok. When the 2nd trip stopped, the operator did the same again! He was pandering to a few excited riders without taking the wishes of others into account. At no point did he consider letting anyone who did not wish to ride again get off. My daughter is now scared of rides and didn't go on anytging else after being trapped on a ride against our will.

We had some fun in the arcade and the Boj play park, and dinosaurs were great. We made it to see the sea lion show which my daughter enjoyed.

Overall I found it a very expensive day for what we saw. Drayton Manor is orobably a better bet! At least if the animals aren't around you're not stuck waiting!

Gets 1 star for existing and the 2nd star for the side exhibits/games/shows. There's better to be found!