Butlins in general

I have been going to butlins holiday resorts for the best part of 20 years and still enjoy them as much today as I did back then, but for very different reasons. Obviously as a child Butlins really excelled in every way but as I got older and went through my clubbing sort of age I still found going to Butlins with friends to be a great experience. Now I have a toddler myself the whole experience has changed again and is better than ever now just because I get to see the pure joy on my daughters face as Barney walks by and things like that. Butlins has changed considerably over the years in terms of size and quantity as well as seeing a shift in quality in ...  Read the complete review

I worked at Butlin's Skegness in the simmer of 89 and will never forget the experience. Back then you were payed £55.00 for a six day working week. I worked in the sweet kiosks and the shopping centre and met some good people. We used to joke about how it was the closest thing to being in prison due to the heavy handedness of the security guards and the very strict rules and regulations. Staff accommodation back then were the original 1930's holiday chalets with a bed, wardrobe and sink and only one plug socket. It was a sackable offense to have a double plug adaptor, due to someone the previous year overloading the socket and burning a row of chalets down. ...  Read the complete review

What can I say about Butlins??? Welll I use to work as a sales assistant for the Bognor Regis Butlins way back in 2002 and although it was a seasonal job I really enjoyed it. If things hadnt gone the way they had when i returned home for christmas I may well still be working for them now. Well I really enjoyed the day to day goings of Butlins everyday Id meet new people, some staying for a few days some for 2 weeks. I worked in the skyline pavillion either in the gift shop, sweet shop,Joke shop or on the sand stall. This made my job here more interesting as I would usually be doing something different everyday so it never got boring for ...  Read the complete review

Stayed at Butlins Skegness for Christmas,7 adults and 2 teenage girls.The accommodation was silver self-catering,the apartments were very comfortable and clean.There was entertainment from morning till late night ,lots to join in for younger children and I think it would be a Christmas they would never forget.We had the Xmas dinner and that was very good, the only down side was there is still lots of things you had to pay for and you might have noisy neighbours so take some ear plugs.The Red coats (if there still called that) were fantastic and put on some wonderful shows and they certainly earn their money!

Although I have only ever had holidays at bognor butlins, my mum visited the skegness resort and my friends have been to minehead. Apparently as Skegness is so big its more spaced out and harder to get to things so not as good as bognor. Minehead seems ok-ish. When people say there is nothing for little kids I do not understand that so just to set the record straight I will say about all the things for little kids: There is a special Bob the Builder land with shows throughout the day There is an indoor play area and a seperate indoor play area for toddlers and kids under 5 There is kids slides, bubble pool, shallow beach area's and more in the splash ...  Read the complete review