Anyone been Drayton manor park (or any other amusement park)

by **louise0208** on Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:14 pm

need a bit of advice......

its my 3 kids birthdays all in the same week in a few weeks time & i want to take them out for the day, the older two are 9 & 8 and the little one will be only 2....which means taking shed loads of nappies, juice, wipes, pushchair etc....

does anyone know if there are areas around the rides where we can leave the pram & bag so we can all go on some rides, of do i have to stand around watching everyone else having fun while pram-sitting & getting fed up, like i had to 2 years back at gullivers kingdom (my son was only 6 days old)

would rather go drayton manor as its only an hour away & the kids are a little bit older so can go on the bigger rides...but anywhere around the midlands will do if you could recomend somewhere?

thanks

by **SCUBA** on Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:28 pm

I here the american adventure is focused more for the younger familys
we always used to go there when i was younger but dryton manor is amazing too but not been for a while (mums favrouite thou)

Hope this helps

by **SCUBA** on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:36 pm

4get that american adventure closed

by **louise0208** on Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:43 pm

has it? i never knew that!!

thanks anyway

by **SCUBA** on Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:17 am

The American Adventure Theme Park has announced with regret that following a period of difficult trading it has taken the decision to close the American Adventure Theme Park near Shipley, Derbyshire. As a result American Adventure will not re-open for the 2007 season. All rides are currently being marketed for sale and the remaining staff are assisting with these disposals. It is anticipated that this exercise will be completed during this year when the leasehold for the park will revert to Derbyshire County Council.

The American Adventure Theme Park states that it has invested considerably in trying to make the Park a commercial success but a fall in attendances, which has been experienced across the UK theme park market, has proved impossible to overcome. The company would like to thank all of its staff and customers who over the years have contributed to making American Adventure a fun family experience.-

Taken from there website i used to love it there to as a kid

by **louise0208** on Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:58 pm

we took the kids american adventure last year & got chased around by a huge swan all day!!!

im still waiting for the weather to cheer up so i can go drayton manor....today would have been ideal!!!

by **johndeejay** on Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:50 pm

I tell you where is worth a visit - Camelot theme park.

I took my family there for the first time last week and had a fantastic day that I would recommend to anyone!

As well as all the usual kids rides there was live jousting and an amazing new ride called Knightmare!

I did not expect a ride that pulls the highest g force out of all in the UK to be at Camelot. The Knightmare ride has some amazing drops that both the kids and I loved.

It was always somewhere that I heard was ok but not great but if you are every bored or want a really fun place to take the family and keep them entertained all day then you should go to Camelot!