Chessington World of Adventures Resort Reviews

Visited during October half term. Very busy, queues in excess of an hour. Fright night attractions were good. Overall the park has a younger fan base, though the added attraction of a zoo will attract some older guests

Nice theme park, can be expensive if not on an offer or with a pass, some of the rides are getting a bit tired and could do with an overhaul.
But a good selection of rides to cover a wide age range.

Loved it. For adults and children alike. Food is fabulously expensive! Rides are awesome! Zoo is a must!

Amazing hand sanitizer everywhere there is social distancing Mark's in the queues which people stick to. Face masks are needed on some rides. Obviously when walking from ride to ride social distancing is hard. The only bad thing is they need to open more of their refreshments stalls

Superb themed zones and v friendly staff who genuinely seemed to enjoy trading the pog things that attach to the kids lanyards. Great interactive idea BTW.
Temple of Mayhem a Dad favourite! Why did we not get things like this when we were young

Great Park, lots to do for all the family, Gruffalo ride excellent, 1 day not enough to do it all. 1 downside - Maps and directions around park rubbish.

Good park. The zoo is small but amazing. My son got the giraffe experience. He absolutely loved it. Friendly staff.

It's good, but considering the last time I was here Rameses Revenge was new, not much has changed since. Even so, with a bargain deal on season passes it will be well worth with out for our theme park loving kids.

There really is something for everyone at Chessington! Rides suitable for all ages and the zoofari is always good. The all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta is very good value and we would recommend that above the various burger outlets. We are annual pass holders and visit at least three times a year. A great day out whatever the weather.

A really good place to visit for young kids and families who aren't into massive roller coasters (like us)!

Great day, very quiet and didnt have to queue long at all. Good covid handling. Staff great.

Great day out que passes very straight forward not long waiting times

Nice place for Young children. Kids need to be at least 0,9m height for most attractions.

Great place for families. Polite and friendly staff around the resort. Full of fun rides like Vampire, Tiger Rock and Kobra.

Needs a make over buildings with scaffolding around them pavements dirty needs a really good clean

Loved it and so did the kids but my advice is take a picnic as the choice is limited and the cost is crazy for a family

love chessington, especially if you stay I hotel too

Worth a visit kids always have a lovely day here. Only fault can get busy so lot of waiting im queue.

Great day out.. food outlets are pretty basic.. no real choice foe health eaters..kids loved it

Still probably the best equipped theme park for children & adults.
Even the hotels Aztec and Safari were absolutely spot on

Had an amazing time here, may not have the scariest rides but its the atmosphere and looking at the animals which makes it 10/10.

Greats for all ages lots of rides for big kids and small a massive zoo and loads of attractions, so mutch to do the kids love it.

Nice day out for the kids. You need to take your own snacks otherwise the costs can add up. Can get over crowded too.

Fantastic, family friendly park. Stayed in the safari room, got upgraded! Food was good, but not brilliant. Rides were fantastic, enjoyed everything we went on. Only issue is the queue times on the app and in the park, was told tomb blast was 15 minutes, but we had to wait well over an hour.

Totally ruined my daughter reaching the magic 1m 40cm height. Hence grown up rides.
They would not let her ride Rattlesnake with her daddy. As different body shapes. He is of average build. No signage to state thus.
Really sad. Made me want to cut up our Premium annual passes. As not cheap, I didn't!

Decent, much better with reduced capacity as we got on more rides! Only 4 stars because the tigers looked like they were struggling with the size of the enclosure.

A fun venue for families ..probably best for children up to 12/13 years old in my opinion . Well run . Found the Safari ride a bit disappointing but otherwise a very good experience

Great fun, but get there early and avoid school holidays.

Great day out. Good range of rides for all ages from toddlers to teens. Would have been nice if we could have gone on more rides. Queues were well over an hour long for rides

Great venue with great staff, shame about long waits for the rides.

Great place for keeping my 20 something kids amused for the day

Busy, but expected. Largest issue is the parking. Be very careful as with the field parking there is no control of where people park. Many people were completely boxed in by muppets with no clue how to park their own cars. The end of an average day was really destroyed by being trapped in a horribly run car park.

Wow. I haven't been to Chessington in years. And on the strength of my poor visit today, with my son, it will be years until I go back.

I don't really know where to start. Unlike the lines for the rides, I'll try to keep it short.

The queue for Vampire said 70mins. However, we entered the line at 12:01 and actually got on the ride at 14:04! The ride itself was decent but,, nothing special in relation to other marquee rides at theme parks. The queue area was unimpressive and boring until the hall where you get on(see pic). A few skulls, some grass and two screens randomly showing fireman Sam ... Odd. After this insane wait, we couldn't actually get on too many more rides as each was roughly 60mins.

The tiger enclosure was tiny with the animal walking up and down over and over again.

The wait time for all of the decent rides were huge. Even when the line itself wasn't that long. (See pic). It seemed more like bad design than the park being super busy.

The food cost was laughably high.

Two locker locations were out of order and staff weren't in the loop as to which lockers were available. Twice I went to ask staff for working lockers and twice I was sent to ones that weren't working.

The height requirements were odd. Vampire had a much lower minimum than some slower rides.

The staff in general didn't seem to be that switched on or bothered about being there. A lot of youngsters, which is good, but they seemed like they would rather be elsewhere. There was one guy that was sweeping, however, who was super helpful. He insisted on walking us to our ride instead of just pointing and going about his day.

There aren't actually many good rides. There's no getting around that. And scorpion(plus another ride) was closed. As we're some of the restaurants.

The park lacked a vibe, looked tired and needs money spent.

It make be slightly unfair for me to compare it to Disneyworld/Universal/Busch Gardens or Euro Disney. But, if I can't compare it to other theme parks, what can I compare it too? Its not cheap, the wait times are similar, if not worse than most big theme parks elsewhere and in terms of feel, it's light years behind. I'd put Alton Towers and Thorpe Park in front of this now.

If you've not been to a BIG theme park, you're a season pass holder, you're staying in the hotel or you have young kids, your experience may be better. But, for me, I couldn't wait to get out. And even my son wasnt bothered about any of the rides.

I keep thinking about other things that were bad, but like the queue for Vampire, this review is much longer than expected. And I can't be bothered. I hope other have a better time.

Sadly the zoo was closed. This was disappointing. On the upside the big cats were very easy to see today. The shows were pretty good. The gruffalo ride was a bit disappointing. Not so good now. The food was good. The car parks not too bad. Quite a nice day out with a 5 & 2 years old.

The place is loosing its magic, food expensive and really poor quality. Expensive tickets, paying for parking, not much done to the park at all.

You queue everywhere, even to pay for car park, which is by the way what feels like miles from the park. The rides are fun but again queues are impossible. And closing at 5pm? What's wrong with them? Could stay open til later in the summer months.

The staff were friendly the food was delicious and the rides were fun

Had a great day, park was clean and staff polite and helpful.

Amazing experience! Staff very helpful, some of them were a bit confused on the deal but I excuse them as they were hotel staff and not park ones... We did absolutely everything we wanted and relaxed. The bed amazing and so soft, I wanted to take it home! The food at the hotel wow! So good. We loved it all. We want to come back

Well worth the money. Sooo much to see in 1 day. We only saw the theme park but three is the zoo park too. Will be back. Loved all the water rides as we went on a day that was 31 degrees. Sun tan lotion dispenser on arrival but never saw any water fountains.

Would not recommend this place to anyone. We did the pizza deal on line. On arrival to the restaurant show them my ticket on the phone said they couldn't accept I need to print it off. Went to guess services who said they print off the ticket and this should be fine. Expecting all staff to be trained correctly on park product's. Went back to restaurant they refused the printed tickets said I need special ones from the hub. People at the hub was buying annually park tickets which understandable take time to take pictures etc.. massive que.
Wasted an whole hour of my day just to save money. But time is money. Kids was tied hungurry would have been easier to pay at the restaurant. Plus staff have no correct training. On top off this we got over charged on our hotel room. A stress free break was very stressful. I recommend lego land. Really nice place well worth the money.

It's ok. We came with 4 year old twins and 2 8 year olds. They in honesty enjoyed it however the maps are just awful in locations lol. Filled a couple of days but for the price I feltbtge maintenance was very poor. Radio controlled boats just sunk and left. Radio controlled jeeps just abandoned. I realise it's not huge but the small things make all the difference

Nice day out for the family. I can imagine it gets pretty hectic over the summer. Some good rides and a zoo.

Due to winds most of the rides were closed and animals didnt want to come out

Kids loved it. Great rides only shame was a couple wernt open when we went. Food places are mega expensive so take snacks if you can.

Okay for what it is very good for the kids though they loved it.

Chessington World of Adventures is a really good place to go it keeps me away from reality of life I can on wine and chill out I like the feeling I like the names of the rides the staff extremely helpful and friendly and always seem to be smiling and happy. And they seem to be keeping the park up-to-date clean and tidy. I know I haven't been to Chessington for a while because I was ill for quite a long time but I will be renewing my annual pass for this season definitely the only ride that I would question at Chessington his router connected to hurts my ankles cos I've got arthritis and finally even the staff on the admissions terms dolls are friendly and a good laugh that is why I've given 5. If I could give a 6 star I would.

Good time with a young family. Slightly more suited to children taller than 1.2m

Fun day out and disabled friendly allowing easy access to rides

Fun for all the family . 6 hours going on rides . Watching the Gruffalo show . Eating lunch . Amazing time . Annual passes are a must and definitely worth it .

Had a fabulous day here with our little family, lots to do with even small children.

my 4, and 7 years old daughter lived their day at chessingtonworld of adventures

I'd suggest planning your visit and you will need more that a day to enjoy everything. Family had a nice day, long wait for rides though.

Great rides. Animals are lovely too. More suitable for young families than adults.

Not like it used to be. As Merlin pass holders we still had to pay for refills of our drinks. For the amount of money we pay it should be free. Queues are always so long but I guess if you come on a nice day that's what you expect.

Loads of animals and great rides. Halloween displays and attractions are great.

Go on a rainy day, plenty of cover and indoor or covered attractions and pretty short lines.

Children love it best place to go just wish I had a annual past

Really good day out. Long queues though,but plenty to do.

It was quite disappointing as wanted to take granddaughter to see animals but there were not many to see, the ones we did see looked bored and fed up with nothing to stimulate there minds.

Fab place for the young kiddies. Mine are 15 months, 6 and 8yrs. The staff are really helpful. We keep returning year after year!

Fun day out. The park is very small and and can get a bit crowded. However it is worth the money.

Great day out waiting times not as bad as suggested by signage. 13 yo, 4yo, & 2yo all enjoyed. Gorilla was ace!!

A theme park, aquarium and zoo in one! Perfect place for all the family. We ve been twice this year with our 4 and 6 year old and they ve both loved it here. We got so close up to the lions and tigers which was amazing and the variety of rides for smaller children is great. Will definitely be visiting again.

Kids were kept amused but the fish and chips were awful soggy batter think they were undercooked.

Staff mostly young and uninterested in your experience at the park, most unaware of how to deal with anything but the most basic of issues. No longer autism freindly since change of policy this year, in my opinion.

Excellent day out. Very poor parking though. Took us 1 hour 40 mins to get out!

Had a great day today, making use of the Premium Merlin pass! Would like to also thank MATTHEW from parking and admissions who was so very helpful and polite. This is our second time here this month and we will definitely be back

Great family adventure park. Lots to do for kids and adults alike. Fast passes and disabled access available.
Huge selection of gift shops and restaurants. Would happily return soon.

Great theme park as it caters for younger and older children. Ample parking, places to eat, plenty of restrooms and first aid. Onsite hotel with restaurants and pool plus other facilities. One of my favourites.

Well run food fun and not everything rips you price wise if look around

It had rained all day and was told we would be compensated by getting a free return to the park..whoohoo!!! (check their website: rainy day guarantee). Lots to see and do here for all ages. My 6 year old was able to go on most rides accompanied with an adult. The zoo was lovely with talks throughout the day.

Wicked day out for the whole family. Something for everyone. Good food outlets. Reasonably priced.

Very good theme park for all ages. Easy to walk round, not too hilly. I have a 4 and 6 year olds and they had plenty to do

Great attractions butg no policing of queue jumpers. Quite annoying!

Chessington is a brilliant theme park, especially for families.

There is a wide variety of rides for all ages, a zoo and a Sealife Centre.

My favourite rides there are the sublime and world class, Dragon's Fury, Vampire and Rattlesnake.

Some rides where close ..long lines and very expensive

Theme park with usual ques which is expected for the summer. A little disappointed as they seem understaffed. One person doing everything, from entering and settling the people, setting the safety bars, manual checks, and then finally setting the ride off. Have two people do it and it will twice as fast. Disappointed one of the ride stopped working after a 40mins wait.. Also disappointing confusing exit fee for parking, some signs telling you to turn back and some saying OK to pay by touch at the gate. Make your mind up.. Then it takes ages to get through exit gates because the payment system isn't user friendly and seem like it was designed with double Dutch in mind. Simple things that could make things efficient are not even considered by the corporate management.

I wasn't impressed with no social distancing and very few people wore masks when they should have. Wont go again until Covid gone.

I love this place great if you have kids which are big but also great rides for smaller children

Paid a fortune, spent the whole day, went on 5 rides. Queuing is ridiculous. Not worth it.

Really fantastic theme park to go to if you re looking for family friendly rides and not just thrill seeking rides. Social distancing is slightly difficult in places but I felt very safe walking around the park as hand sanitiser stations were spread all around the theme park. Staff are extremely helpful and friendly here. Food is slightly expensive but this is a theme park don t forget. Best to book tickets online.

Great park! Really good for toddlers as well. Lots of rides and lovely zoo.

Visited many times but this time we noticed how tired the park looked. Several examples of staff shortages. Some kiosks operated with one staff who were overwhelmed with demand. Could 're stock fridges, wipe sides etc.we also saw lack of cleaning, they ran out of bottled drinks in some places and drinks machines were not working. The ride times were all wrong- several rides said 80 minutes but we waited only 25 which was good but made planning the day harder. These need to be more realistic on the app and on the board. Getting out of the car park was murder. We had a good day but think Chessington need to raise their game.

this place is fantastic plenty to do with kids of any age but bearing in mind is height restrictions for the kids so can not get on some rides we really enjoyed the day very easy to get too by car or train will go again on the 2for1 vouchers or if someone has a Merlin pass go friends and family perks a lot cheaper