Drayton Manor

[Indestructable]

I am taking my nephew to Drayton Manor in July and looking for bargains as ever. If anyone happens to see any 2 for price of 1 offers for Drayton Manor, maybe on cereal packets or anything can you post here. I have seen loads for Chessington and Thorpe Park but not for Drayton Manor so far.
Cheers.
 

[barhell]

Drayton manor don't seem to do alot of vouchers but you can use tesco clubard vouchers on a deal http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/browse.aspx?Ntt=&No=25&N=4294967294 this page and scroll down. Only useful if you have clubcard vouchers though.   

Apart from that i wish you luck.

[TightEnd]

is it worth a visit in people's opinion?

kids 8-12yo

[Indestructable]

Only been once before, but in view a yes. Like most theme parsk the entry is over priced as is drink and food etc, but worth a trip.

[rex008]

I went a couple of weeks ago. Got 5 and 6 year olds. It's massively improved from when I last went about 10 years ago. New Thomas Land is excellent for 3-7 year olds. There are a couple of really fantastic coasters too - GForce (upside down with no shoulder harness) and a stand up one, which is excellent. They also have the ride voted the scariest in the UK - a stand-up tower drop that is just amazing. Lasts about 3 seconds but jeeeeeezus. Superb for adrenalin junkies. Some of the smaller rides are good too - boozy barrels is fun, a Wild West car ride thing where you each get a little laser gun thing and compete on targets shot is entertaining. The log flume looked excellent too, but didn't manage to get on it. Queues were relatively long - I'd suggest getting there early and doing the big ones immediately.

We got in on a family ticket - £70 for 4 peeps. Expensive, but I think it was probably worth it.

Worth it for 8-12 YO? Probably, if they're ok on coasters. Should be tall enough for the big ones - 1.3m is the tallest limit (I think. Possibly 1.4 for GForce).

[relaedgc]

is it worth a visit in people's opinion?

kids 8-12yo

I went about 6-7 years ago and enjoyed it. By all accounts it has only improved since. It's generally hard to not enjoy a theme park.

[Indestructable]

Drayton manor don't seem to do alot of vouchers but you can use tesco clubard vouchers on a deal http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/browse.aspx?Ntt=&No=25&N=4294967294 this page and scroll down. Only useful if you have clubcard vouchers though.   

Apart from that i wish you luck.

Thanks, afraid it is Sainsburys for me but useful knowing.

[henrik777]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1382&page=5&highlight=drayton

"the kellogs cereal zoo tokens work for drayton manor"

Sandy

[henrik777]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1382&page=5&highlight=drayton

"the kellogs cereal zoo tokens work for drayton manor"

Sandy

http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/whatson/zoo/faqs.html


At which zoos can I redeem my ticket?
The free ticket can be redeemed at any of the following zoos (when accompanied by a full paying adult):-

Belfast Zoo, Chester Zoo, Colchester Zoo, Dublin Zoo, Edinburgh Zoo, Fota Wildlife Park, Paignton Zoo, Paradise Wildlife Park, Twycross Zoo, Woburn Safari Park, ZSL London Zoo, ZSL Wipsnade Zoo, Amazon World, Birdland, Birdworld, Blackpool Zoo Park, Blue Planet Aquarium, Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Curraghs Wildlife Park, Deep Sea World, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Dudley Zoological Gardens, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Exmoor Zoological Park, Highland Wildlife Park, Knowsley Safari Park, Lakeland Wildlife Oasis, Living Coasts, The Living Rainforest, Newquay Zoo, Raptor Foundation, Tropical World, West Midlands Safari Park, Wildwood Trust, WWT Slimbridge , WWT Arundel, WWT Castle Espie, WWT Martin Mere, WWT National Wetlands Centre, WWT Washington.

Sandy

[Indestructable]

Ok cheers will add Frosties to the shopping list.

[Indestructable]

Well the good news is that the Kellogg's voucher worked so cheers.
The bad news is that having taken a day off work to go on weekday when  the park should be quiet and little queues, i was welcomed with a sign which said along the lines of " Welcome to Drayton manor Schools week, please be assured we will do our best to keep the queues down" Arrrrggggh  it was bus load after bus load of pesky kids and we had to queue for 30-60 minutes a ride until 5 o'clock when they all went back to their buses. Plus it absolutely poured down.
On the plus side after the last hour of no queues on the rides my nephew loved it and managed to do Apocalypse 4 times in a row. I explained that it would be better if I sat out the last few times to try to take some photos of him. 

[henrik777]

Don't you tv stars normally pay 10% to agents ?

Sandy

[Indestructable]

If i had an agent they would have received £20 this year.  (Or if based on live poker results they would owe me.)

[AndrewT]

Indy only went so he could see himself on the TV screen when they show the photos they took as you go through the log flume.

[vegaslover]

Well the good news is that the Kellogg's voucher worked so cheers.
The bad news is that having taken a day off work to go on weekday when  the park should be quiet and little queues, i was welcomed with a sign which said along the lines of " Welcome to Drayton manor Schools week, please be assured we will do our best to keep the queues down" Arrrrggggh  it was bus load after bus load of pesky kids and we had to queue for 30-60 minutes a ride until 5 o'clock when they all went back to their buses. Plus it absolutely poured down.
On the plus side after the last hour of no queues on the rides my nephew loved it and managed to do Apocalypse 4 times in a row. I explained that it would be better if I sat out the last few times to try to take some photos of him. 

Hmmm schools week eh. Probably makes the local news up there. Just no stopping Indy getting on the telly!!!