Oh how I love this place sometimes here for work and sometimes with the kiddos we always have a great time coach driver get free entry to the park and use of the staff canteen which is really really cheap and good food too
Visit on the 10/09/20
Fantastic as the most of the children are back to school so no queuing but way over priced some rides were not open until 1pm witch was super annoying...staff looked unhappy and were not very unhelpful .. the young lady taking our tickets on entry to the park was so rude just grab my phone to scan the tickets I question how many phones she had touched and got some silly mumbling remark behind her mask ... food very very over priced take pack lunch... they did however have good social distancing signs and good parth management cleaning the rides didn't take long so not much delay .. over all our kids loved it and didn't know any difference... I haven't been to Chessington for a long time it could of been better
Good for smaller children, stayed in the hotel which was everything you would expect
Good experience but find the ride are still the same 9 years after i last visited. No update at all. Kids loved it but it was not that exciting for me. To make matters worse car was beached in the mud.
Stayed at the safari hotel. Was amazing. Kids loved it
More suitable for children as none of the rides were extreme
Good day but put 4 stars at it was not social distance and enough
Amazing place there were a few problems with some of the rides. However we were given a free pass to get back in. Plenty of rides catering for all ages. Food was well priced some eat all you can. Went for the Pizza my boy has a bad peanut allergy. No problem for the staff,who were happy to help. Top attraction. Great show it was penguins of Madagascar when we were there it was absol fabulous.
Fun place to visit. Has rides for kids and older people. Loved it with my family.
It's a great experience, except one day it's not enough.
Theme park is old and needs modernization, not good for pushchairs or disabled as ramps are not at all entrances and have been added at a later date.
Great for children and adults. Lovely day out if you have kids. So good there. Lots of rides of all different levels of scariness. Great from anyone aged 2 - at least 90. There's Theresa thing there for everyone to do at least once. Busy on some days though. Went there on an insect/bakers day and all the lines were at least 90 mins long. On other days on the other hand some really really quiet and you could ride everything within 5 hrs. Really highly recommend it to all of you. Really good food aswell and drinks offered there. Lots of mini restaurants everywhere. And good accessibility.
Cracking day out for all of our family, so much to do and see.
We booked this day out using our Tesco club card vouchers which worked out perfectly.
Usually in theme parks food is rubbish and over priced but we were nicely surprised with quality and price of the food available.
The park was kept clean and sign posts around the huge park really came in handy.
Would highly recommend to anyone and everyone.
My son loves this place, so much to do and see. Great family day out.
It was a little cold and damp but otherwise I great day for the kids.
The only regret was buying a burger there. If you want to eat a burger there don't.
Long wait times for rides, seems a bit of a rip off. Won t be rushing back
Booked online for tickets, was a very wet day but everything was open and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselfs
Great park. Good variety of rides. I went with family including a 2yr old / 5yr old and 9yr old and plenty for everyone including adults.
Tip would be to buy the queue jump tickets as lines do get long quickly.
Great day out though. Very clean. Merchandise reasonably priced as is the food.
I really enjoyed all the experience at Chessington world of adventure today
It's full of fun with all different kinds of attraction like live shows rides animals I had a fabulous time with my family and friends. Your kind regards from Greta sakalauskas
First time back at Chessington post lockdown. Extra procedures on arrival (temperature check) all went well. Although numbers are supposed to be limited, it did not feel that way, seemed quite busy. Rude queues still long due to extra cleaning. The biggest issue was the changes to the food outlets, some places closed and long queues everywhere plus limited seating. I know it's difficult but it took the shine off a good day.
Is not a bad place to spend a day with the kids,quite expencive though.
Not Impressed
Overall I was not Impressed with Chessington. Serious lack of organisation with regard to queuing, the layout is also a bit strange in my opinion. Quality of the food was poor and it was not fresh, stale bread for the hot dogs, doughnuts were also stale and to add to that expensive. With other places to choose from I wont be coming back in a hurry. Paying additionally for car parking on the way out topped it all off.
A fantastic adventure with an underrated variety of great attractions. Not just a theme park but also and interactive experience and zoo. Their sea life experience is really quite similar to sea life in London, albeit a little smaller.
I went on Halloween and walked through the interactive experience which is great for kids. I had the day off work and came early allowing plenty of time to go on all the rides and some repeated.
Rides were constantly breaking down. Even with a free adult voucher it was still ridiculously expensive to get in. All staff seemed to be a spotty teenager with a fear of the general public. Visited guest services for a ride access pass as I can't stand for long only to be met with a 25 minute standing queue! Save your money and go else where.
Always have fun there & have visited 6 times now, my boys love it. Queuing is not to bad wait time on average is about 40mins. Nice food around the park.
Best rides so amazing lovely day out with the family. Also makes me remember my childhood.
OK. I we went on a sunny Easter holiday, so it was beyond crowded. Some rides had 2h30m queues. Rides are a bit tame.
Absolutely loved it here. There is soooo much to do. Our 2 teenagers had lots of fun on the big rides. Our toddler had lots of fun on the little rides. Mummy and daddy indulged on both the big and little rides.
Great day out, staff were great, park was clean and tidy, animals were beautiful x
Great theme park for families. 1.2m min height for most good rides.
Nice hotel, need to improve the booking system, I. E breakfast, diner, swimming
Hotel staff were excellent, room was clean, tidy and we'll appointed. Views out on a Giraffes, Zebra and other wildlife from the room. Food in the Azteca hotel was good but not outstanding.
Total waste of money! Tickets are not cheap but no much to do inside. We went with our 3 kids (4 years old and twins 2 years old) and we found it boring and not family friendly. The waiting time for Gruffalo attraction was 80 minutes!
Park itself was good, clean and tidy,liked the rides, queue were long but that's expected, food over priced in my opinion
Great place yto visit. Bit of a nightmare to get out of the car park. Definitely needs a re think.
security staff bully kids and try to intimidate adults. Just normal staff dressed as security. If you complain you are asked to leave. Problem being they cannot ask you to leave as you are on private ground. Also police will not attend. They will not refund for food either and had to get our credit card company to refund. Remember it is your right to see any footage they have of you.
Good for kids. Ok for adults. Has long waiting times for good rides.
Out of season so zoo only, great fun, lots to see. Some bits just for hotel residents, so check what is open when you go.
Great time here. Would have liked to be able to use the normal pool more often, but what a fun packed trip. Great food, helpful staff and lots to see and do. Especially great if you're staying overnight. Take advantage of seeing the animals in the evening after the park closes and the amazu treetop adventure if you have kids. Also you get to go to the park an hour before official opening time to go on some of the more popular rides, such as the gruffalo one.
Really good. Download the app for timings yo help plan your visit. Recommend planning where you want to go before so you don't end up walking around a lot.
Had a great time with the kids, but it was busy. We stayed in the hotel was really nice and offers early entry.
Brill day! Yes it rained, yes food stores weren't open but the kids had great fun!
Lovely service all day, and queues were minimal. Staff were very friendly and helped us. Originally rides were shut, but opened within an hour to make sure the experience was worth it.
You have to wait hours to get on a ride. And the zurfiri ride has only a few animals, nothing spectacular
A must place to visit for every age.. excellent day out with family
Kids always comes back happy.Always loved the place.Been around10 times wanna go more
A great theme park ideal for younger kids and families. A great zoo and safari ride. There is also a small sealife.
Overall great and my son loves it which is the main thing. The children's pool however is a bit shabby. The adult bed was rock solid and the noise in the night was horrific. Told the following morning there had been an incident but offered nothing. The park seems more geared towards coining you out of money at every single turn and whilst some areas are great, lots seem a bit tatty
Absolutely amazing place for a day out with children. Lots of different things to do. Good theme park rides for adults and children. Good choices of places to eat and if a yearly pass holder than you get discounts too.
Fun family adventure! Lots of amazing rides, disable friendly and many food options
We love going to Chessington but was disappointed with waiting around for rides while staff were having a chat for 5 mins before starting the rides when everyone was on the ride securely and it was safe to depart. When it was mentioned on twitter you get asked to pop into guest services to let them know but you would have to queue for 2 hours to speak to someone. It was very busy as it was Easter weekend so expected queues but unless you have fast track expect to be in massive queues while they give all priority to the fast trackers. It's fair enough to save seats for fast track but not to fill the whole ride with them when others have been waiting 2 hours to get on a ride. Other than that it is a great park and very clean and well layed out
Went just over a week ago considering not all the rides are open as it's winter. The rides that was open was better than expected all in all a good unexpected day out
Great place to bring the kids to see the zoo or going on rides. Staff are really helpful as well.
Like any theme park expect plenty of queues and long waits to get on the good rides. Some ok rides there but nothing to scream about
Great family orientated Adventure Park - the most popular is Gruffalo (Julian) and Tums blaster (Robert). Recommended with Merlin Pass.
It was very nice day .. my kids like it and they was so excited .....very nice and helpful stuff .. i recommend for every one
Vampire was a big hit but room on a broom is consistently too long of a queue at 2hrs. Chessington should consider a timed ticket system for this attraction
It was so good but when you were waiting to go on the ride, it was really boring and the tv kept playing the same things and It got on my nerves, it was really good though! (:
A very nice place to visit especially if you have young children. Staff are kind and willing to help out.
Full day out but not very much for toddlers and queues are so long!
Very busy despite having to book in advance on line and covid. Queues up to 80 mins Sun 23rd Aug
Enjoyable day at Chessington with quite a bit for the whole family to get involved in. Kids really enjoyed the new Room On The Broom experience.
We re new Merlin Annual Pass members which helps to keep costs down ie free entry, 20% discount on food, drink etc although 2 of our Merlin passes wouldn t let us in the park and all 4 didn t work when trying to leave the Car Park.
Very very busy. Long queues. Understand they are cleaning rides which adds to the time waiting, but was here 6 hours and only got on 3 rides! Didn't see any animals and some rides were closed or not there currently..
It could be a 5 star experience but just far too many people. Loads of rides were 2 hours + and even some infant rides were 45mins. Really poorly managed with only 1 member of staff managing the whole ride. If they had employed 2 then the experience would have been better for everyone!! Park didn t close until around 7pm due to the fact they didn t to get through the long lines. Spoke to many who were also moaning and won t be back in an hurry.
A LOT of money for a broken theme park. Being turfed off a queue for a broken ride should be a rare thing, not part of the fear of the ride. Poor expensive food. Not sure I'll be going back..
I wouldn't bother with this place at the moment during this pandemic, rides keep breaking down, long ques even to get a drink social distancing once in non existent place is a bit of joke even if you don't go on anything still cost the same.
My husband and I met up with our two daughters, their families, nine in all , our younger daughter is 8 months pregnant, she was finding it difficult to find seating in the shade only rocks around the trees. Surely you could have some shaded seating for the people who can't sit or stand in the scorching sun.
Reality is you will have to wait outside and go through this controlled maze before entering the park. Social distancing and face masks are not worn by all. Ride times have increased by almost double because of distancing. We also found that the queues are hidden towards the sides of the rides so you are unaware of the length. If you have small children they will not be happy queuing for almost 70 minutes. I would honestly expect this to be the norm for a year. The staff are helpful and understand the frustration by all. But I do think this information needs to be clearly detailed on the website.
The rides were amazing. Most of the rides were amazing and I was very satisfied. The hotel was beautiful, the beds were really comfy. I would recommend this to anyone
Went on rameses to be told to get because was to tall and we had already been on it once and 2nd time was to be told we was to fat place is a joke wouldn't recommend to people driving over 3 hours away poor customer service.
Great day out! With distancing in place there is definitely less people around. Queues are equally long however because they leave empty seats. Zoofari 70-90 min for most of the day. Many food outlets and shops closed. Overall a better experience with the smaller crowds!
Lovely place, kids are always happy there, only very overcrowded, waited for over 50 mins for 5 mins Zufari ride.
Nice place to relax and have fun with rides that are not too scary!
The atmosphere is great with everyone having fun.
On the other hand, the park can get extremely busy at times and as a result, queue times can be ridiculous, such as 2-3 hours.
The best theme park period. I know that nothing can be done however the queue waits are ridiculous .... You are the guys with millions, innovate!
Always good for a day out with the offspring. If the front seats of the Vampire Ride are anything to go on, I wanna be a vampire. Not a huge thrill, but great sensation.
Not been back for four years and pleased to see it is still a high grade attraction and sits well as one of the Merlin family. Particularly like the grounds in which the park and zoo sit plenty of well kept green space. The excellent Vampire is made all the better from running through the trees. The new Tiger Rock is well worth seeing.
Now, it was really busy on my visit, but in a way that was good to see it so well supported. I was fortunate to be able to buy a couple of Fast Tracks so we could get a ride on the things we wanted. Between rides visiting the zoo on a terrific spring day made a good compliment to the busy rides. Definately wont leave it so long to return...
Brilliant day with the grandchildren. Be prepared to wait for the rides.but worth the wsit
It was a really lovely day out for the boys. One day is not really enough to get round the whole place. Me personally, I loved Sealife
Had a great weekend, looking forward to going again, stayed at the hotel, fantastic service and food!
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