It was day 1 of our Paulton’s visit yesterday and it was busy, they are sold out for the week, but queue times were still quite reasonable. I have no idea how they manage to not have ridiculous queue times to be honest when it seems so busy but it’s fantastic. PPW is the busiest area of the park where queues can be 40mins or more for some rides. I guess that area is still the parks main attraction.
The Caterpillar coaster was the ride we ended up queueing the longest for believe it or not. I’m not sure why but the staff on that ride seemed really slow and disorganised. Everything seemed much more efficient on practically every other ride.
Tornado Springs is just ? * chefs kiss * best themed area in the uk hands down. It’s not massive but not tiny, just the right size imo and the soundtrack is great, details are great. It’s just great. We got on Storm Chaser twice and it really is a fun coaster. It goes faster than it looks. Super fun coaster. Can’t wait to go on it again tomorrow, it never really had long queue times throughout the day which I find so bizarre (in a good way) for a brand spanking new ride
Kids loved the driving school, cars are easy for little ones to operate and there’s a little video you can watch in the queue line before you go in which tells you all you need to know. Bought them ‘licenses’ afterwards and it was £20 for 2. A little steep but they get a cool lanyard too. They get their pic taken near the beginning of the queue and then you get a receipt which you take into the shop afterwards.
I went on Cyclonator alone as my kids aren’t quite at 1.2 yet. Loved it, felt like I was practically upside down at one point. I’d love to see more rides like this at Paultons, there seemed to be a constant stream of people going on it so hopefully that is a good sign for the future in terms of more thrilling/intense rides as there is clearly a demand for it. Nearly pulled a muscle trying to climb into the seat as I am vertically challenged myself and the seats are quite high, I bet the operators get some laughs at the expense of people trying to climb into those seats?
The station building for their new coaster ‘Farmyard Flyer’ looks almost done. No track as of yet. I don’t think this coaster will be anything too amazing as I think it will be aimed more at younger children, but still great to see them working on a new addition already.
My favourite coaster I think was Flight of the Pterosaur. Another one that goes faster than it looks. Solid ride, wish it was a little longer though.
Cobra is one of the older coasters but it’s a goodie. Just wish that area of the park had a bit more about it as whilst it’s pleasant enough, there’s no themeing or atmosphere.
Did the log flume, it’s a decent enough ride but again has zero theming or charm. Nice way to cool off at the end of a hot day though.
Really looking forward to today. Plan on visiting the splash park for the last hour of the day before heading home.