Splashdown Waterparks Reviews

Good variety of slides but needs a lazy river please.

brilliant day out! booked online couple of days before (no email confirmation tho).
arrived just after 10 for the 10-11 wave. started easy and worked up to the severe flumes!
after 5hrs, and a lot of rides and queueing, we were shattered and called it a day.
v v busy place, but great fun. queues were 15-30mins per flume, (would really benefit from a waiting times display to help decide which flume to go down next/balance the queues).
Having read reviews before going, we DID see attendants looking after the changing rooms and squeegying the floors.
It seemed tho, that Splashdown could do with a lick of paint and refurb. I'd imagine the reviews would improve a lot if this was done.
We'd def return tho. great fun day out.

Had very good time with my family however i had some difficulties with the staff.

I enjoyed this place so much in may that i booked a hotel in Bournemouth for August and will go again AND take my girlfriend along. Plus i will record it because im a youtuber. Make sure to check my channel out!

Brilliant for all ages, took a large group and there was plenty to do for everyone

Was only half open...took my 21 yo son my 20 yo son and my 9yo daughter....cheap fun...I was the only one to do the vortex...!!! =)) my only issue is changing rooms!!!!!!! You wait forever for a room...also the showers...but hey we still enjoyed our time =)

Amazing experience with my kids , I will definitely recommend this place

Had a great time lots of really fun slides, we went early and would advice because it seemed to get very busy around 12 noon.

Enjoy getting wet and wild! There are many slides although i would recomend to bring any young kids. I would advise you to just buy the 2 hour ticket as you can get quite cold and boref

Two words.. disgusting and chaotic!
I can't be bothered to moan because I'll be writing an essay, this place is NOT young baby/toddler friendly (unless you want to climb 2 flights of wet stairs, whilst trying to bypass people with massive rings waiting for the flumes to the splash area which is hardly lifeguarded and full of older children anyway.
The changing rooms are filthy and rubbish family/changing facilities
Parking is a nightmare.
Avoid.

Great fun for the family - ages 8-16 all loved it, as did ages 39-40 :)

Good place to take children. Lots of flumes and exciting rides and would definitely recommend!

Been there before and considered going for a Birthday Treat, But ended up going somewhere else. It was said to be dangerous and slides are quite difficult to get on due to lines.Lines up to an hour Long and all were very run down as was everywhere. Flumes/rings were slipping off people causing burns due to friction on slides.100% would not recommend

PLEASE READ !!
Before going to splashdown I read loads of reviews that said 'bad parking, not many spaces' and 'it was disgusting and dirty'. No, this is not true! Right next door to splashdown is a massive tescos, so even if you do have trouble parking (which we didn't, there was loads of spaces) you could find one in tescos.. Also splashdown itself was not dirty or disgusting, it's a huge place and obviously that is hard to keep 100% clean at all times, but I didn't once think it was unclean, and I am a clean freak!

The day out itself was fantastic! I went with my boyfriend and we had an amazing time! This attraction is deffo worth visiting!

Easy to find, ample parking and very friendly service.

Fine, probably need more staff but it's a great place

We had a great time here. The grandchildren loved all the slides.

Unsuitable for toddlers!

Basically unless you have 10 year olds that would be crazy about flumes do not go there.

Bit rundown, rusty & not particularly clean. Had to queue out of door for 1/2hr in the rain!!! But the kids had fun which was the whole point of going I suppose. 6/10

Lots of fun slides, good for children and young adults, but appallingly basic and dirty changing rooms and the entire place could do with a deep clean. Additionally despite paying to get in charges for use of the hairdryer. There's also a new traffic light system that seems to make the queues progress much slower, but I guess lights are cheaper than trained staff.

Wicked fun even thou it was a busy day still didn't have to wait to long , lots of fun highly recommend

One of the best water experiences I've had. Will definitely come again.

Very fun place, 13 water slides of different kinds, great for kids and adults, not to crowded on an August weekday, note that there isn't too much place to sit around and spectators area might get busy.

I think the kids had a lovely time in the pool and the prices for 3 hours (only avaliable option after 10 o'clock) I just find it bad that spectators have to pay a fiver each to sit on hard uncomfortable chairs for 3 hours. This should be free surely????

Very busy! and I still have bruises 3 weeks on from visiting. The rings are not really suitable for adults.

Fun almost soaked a member of staff in 7-up rides are amazing gets really busy after a while and i like the idea off the outside part to

Too busy. Didn't feel safe. No rides for children with less confidence or disability. Changing rooms cramped, showers didn't do job.

I like this place! I love to come here with friends.

Mostly only for the bigger kids who can swim and are brave enough - most of the flumes are 'fast' or 'severe' with hardly anything for the less speed-inclined. The 'severe' rides are very fast, sometimes totally dark. The 'infinity' is particularly entertaining - launching you into a large circular bowl with a hole in the middle that dumps you head-first into a deep tank below!

Kids love it. Spend hours having fun. Don't like the watch price ticket to be honest. We are the parents bringing the children to the venue to be unfairly charged. Without the parents to travel so far the venue would not exist.

What a good couple of hours out. Some of the slides are quite exhilarating, some less so!

Larger swimming area would be good, and something to tackle the longer queues would vastly improve the experience.

Really great fun but you need to be patient for the queues during busy periods.

Great fir kids and bigger kids, not stingy on the chips either

We had a lovely day out at this water park. We arrived a bit late because of the traffic but the staff are nice and very friendly,the water was warm. Good for all ages. I recommend.

Fantastic water park to visit! Lots to do and managed well, would definitely go again !

A fun day out especially with the kids, busy during the holidays but the rides are worth it

My children loved it here! It was very cold in the smaller children's pool though!

I took my 5 year old son here and we had a fantastic time. As it was winter, the outdoor slides were closed, but there were ample indoor stuff to occupy my son and I. My son surprised me and he went on every slide and loved them all - although he is a strong swimmer for his age, so a weaker swimmer may find one or two slides a bit difficult. Seemed to be enough life guards about the place (not loads, but just enough). There is no actual swimming pool (except from toddlers and smaller children pool) which surprised me, but in the end it turned out not to be a problem. I did not see any clock around the place until late afternoon, when I realised my son and I had been in the place for over 4 hours! We went on each ride one more time and in all spent over 5 hours. My son and I loved it, we drove 80 miles to get there and 80 to get back, a long drive but, oh so worth it. my advice is get the day pass and make a day of it. So glad I found this place!

First time back in 20 years with my 7 year old son as an excuse to come back!! 20 years ago a wasn't so knackered after two hours of walking up steps!! Felt in in my legs for a few days after! We both really enjoyed ourselves and will Def come back again.

Mangers and employees constantly making sexual jokes and talk around my kids. Disgusting, never returning.

Children had the best of time really hard to get them out

The kids pool buccaneer splash could do with a clean. There was grit in the bottom.

The kids love it. It could do with a thorough clean and update.

Overall pretty good but not perfect.

We went the first day it was opened after several months refurbishment and I honestly didn't see what had changed.
I last went at least 10 years ago and it was exactly the same. The changing rooms and lockers are packed in which means there is very little space to move around.
There was only 1 shower that worked properly (just about) and the rest either trickled or did nothing.
The tag system didn't work for most of the day so we were being told to go down the slide by, I presume, physcic staff as there were no screens to look at.
I was shouted at for not having a rubber ring while assisting my autistic nephew on the Mississippi drifter and yet while we were in the Jacuzzi area there were a group of boys trying to drown each other and no one told them off.
The bubble benches no longer work which was one of my favourite things to do when feeling tired.
The queues were horrendous and poorly organised. The staff seemed extremely bored and uninterested. It also felt like there were too many people there.
I witnessed a member of staff panic when a child was presented to them with a nose bleed. Instead of using her radio she just stuttered at the parent and eventually told him to go and find someone on the front desk. His child left a blood trail which wasn't cleaned up.
We had to queue for 20 minutes to get our deposit back. Then they ran out of change.
That said we had 4 hours of fun and I would like to go again. Maybe not on a Saturday though.

I think this place is amazing but not for the inexperienced. Dangerous in places for those that can't swim. There was in incident where my 5yo daughter came off the ring and was under the water (deeper than her height) next to a lifeguard/member of staff who didn't notice. Luckily I saw her and was able to get to her in time. I dread to think what would have happened if it happened on a different part of the ride where I could have not seen her. I'm surprised nothing terrible has happened. More warnings and restrictions needed. Other wise wow! What a fun place to go

Staff show a 'don't care' attitude.Although at the reception,they said there is staff to guide u if needed,no staff inside to ask anything.Some one splashed water at a lady and when she complained after she felt suffocated,staff did not bother to care.There is no guarantee this is a safe place if staff are there but no help in danger.Avoid at all cost!

Im going today so excited I'll have more info later

Awesome place to visit for families and for friends, only let down was the rude member of staff who spoke to me like a child

Visited the park with my 5 years old son who had red been really looking forward to it. However , children aren't allowed to sit on your lap and there are no slides for the little ones we had a boring long 2 hours. The little swiming pool was shut when we arrived , later on i noticed you had to ask a member of statt if you wanted to go in . Then, since it was just the two of us in the little pool it just felt akward as the employee seemed bored and not wanting to be there.
Also, I left my bank card in the car and took enough cash for the admisson fee and some food,. That did not happen as you need to pay deposit for the wrist bands what you obviously get back on leaving but because of it I could not even buy food or drinks. Anyway, with small childred i would not recommend it but if your kids are brave enough to go down the flumes on thier own then it will be great fun.

Staff are brilliant, cafe is horrendous, overall not great value for money.

Absolutely amazing place. First time taking my 7yr old to a water park. Okay so the main pool was small but we still had fun playing with the floats. Flumes were great and no queues. We did go at the quieter time of 5pm and used our full 4hrs. Must be good as my child gets bored after 30mjns

Flumes were excitng and fast but lifeguards were not nice at times

Book in advance is strongly recommended, very busy, lots of slides and separate pools, eating area there, as you can guess because it's very busy it's not the cleanest in the changing rooms but there is always a member of staff constantly cleaning them! Would go again! Cheap for the entire family good half a day out!!

What great fun. My 5 year old loved the tube rides. Little too much for our 3 year old who enjoyed the little pool & toddlers play area upstairs.
Stayed until closing time !

Need refurbishment, very crowded during school holidays, not vey clean.

Great experience, and the staff were quite helpful and intetactive, but could improve.

Admittedly we went on a rainy bank holiday weekend, but it was extremely busy so queuing times were very long. Other than that, it offered things for children of all ages however it is a bit tired in places and there seemed to be an awful lot of debris in the pools - felt like it needed a deep clean. Considering how busy it was the attendants were polite and did a good job.

Excellent water slide park with queues that are manageable (particularly if you either get there early or are flexible as to your slides) - Mississippi Drifter is ace!

Generally great site, but a few things to be improved on... Sometimes the lifeguards seem to be far and few between for the number of users. There should be shelter between the indoor and outdoor rides. Being soaking wet with a chill going outside can be a horrible experience if you're queueing for 5 minutes before getting back into the water.

I was a first timer and for that it was a brilliant experience. I only add come for opening and already ready dressed then you're golden. Enjoy y'all

It was great fun, enjoyed it. Only downfall is that the showers are not private, there is one area for everyone where to take a shower so it's quite 'public'. Changing area also felt crumped. Don't remember seeing any hairdryer either but maybe I just didn't explore it fully.

Great fun for most of the family but not enough for those under 1m tall

It's a great place to for kids of all ages, I would recommend planning the a full day there as there are longs queues. Or plan to start early or late.
Good services, changing and shower facilities.

Good waterslides with unfriendly staff they should get lessons in customer service.