Take a trip to Sunny Southend! (Adventure Island)

Member Name: ns1209

Product:	Adventure Island
Date:	09/08/09 (56 review reads)
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Advantages: Free admission, no long queues, fun, good rides

Disadvantages: Not massive and no Alton Towers

Adventure Island is a theme park on Southend seafront and is next to the world famous pier which is the longest pleasure pier in the world. Adventure Island used to be called Peter Pans and is the biggest free admission park in Britain. This is really good and means that if you don`t want to go on the rides you don`t have to pay a rip-off fee like £30 if you don`t want to go on the rides. If you want to go on the rides you buy a wrist band or you can buy tickets but these are expensive. Adventure Island is no Alton Towers but is still a great day out!

The wristbands let you use the rides as much as you want all day. The wristbands vary and some let you go on more rides than others.
Mini bands cost £10 off peak and £10 peak and are slightly cheaper online. These bands are for children smaller than a metre.

Junior bands cost £12 off peak and £15 peak and are cheaper online. These bands are for children between 1 and 1.2 metres.

Big adventure bands cost £18 off peak and £22 peak and are cheaper online. These bands are for people above 1.2 metres.

Wristbands are cheaper if brought in the evening and there are various offers available.

Adventure Island opens at 11am and closes between 8pm and 11pm.

MY FAVOURITE BIG ADVENTURE RIDES

The Green Scream is a rollercoaster which is high up and themed around a crocodile. This ride is quite fun and most people would enjoy it.

Tidal Wave has two waterslides one blue and one green. You go down them in rubber dinghy and this is a great laugh. The blue one is out in the open and good fun. The green slide is mostly in the dark and you can get very wet so I would advise you to go on this ride towards the end!

Rage is the biggest ride in Adventure Island and is probably the best and the scariest! It involves a massive vertical drop and twists upside down and is the best ride for you thrill seekers!

Archelon is another fun ride and is a giant turtle with swings which spins around high up in the air! This is not that scary and just a laugh!

THE BEST RIDES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (Juniors)

Barnstormer is another rollercoaster and is quite good.
The Pharaoh's Fury is one of my favourite rides! It spins around and around and is themed like Ancient Egypt. The person on the heaviest side gets very squashed though!

Over the Hill is a ghost ride which used to be the Beelzee Bob's Trail. It follows the same track but now has more computer effects and looks quite cool. I think this is a good ride and is not taht scary so little kids could come in here too!

The Mighty Mini Mega is a great little rollercoaster which is quite fast and has lots of turns making it an enjoyable ride.

RIDES FOR MINI BANDS

Crooked House - This is a very old attraction and is quite small and you walk around the crooked house.

Lighthouse Slip - This is basically a helter skelter.

Big Wheel - This is a big ferris wheel which gives excellent views over the park and Seafront.

Flying Jumbos - Ride an elephant that goes up a little bit and spins around.
These are just some of the rides at Adventure Island.

The park also has some restaurants like the Jungle Jive Cafe and some stalls to buy food like doughnuts and chips. There are some pay per play attractions like include go-karting, dodgems and rock climbing. There is also an arcade where you can get tickets and next to this there is an area with mini-bowling which is surprisingly fun!

Another great thing about this park is there are practically no queues and the longest queues are about 5 minutes!

Overall Adventure Island is a great theme park for all ages and is also fairly cheap. It has many rides and you also don`t have to queue long. Include the fact it is free to enter and you have a pretty good small theme park! I however would not travel more than about 30 minutes to get here!

A fun day out if you live locally!

Address
Adventure Island
Sunken Gardens
Western Esplanade
Southend on Sea
Essex
SS1 1EE

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Summary: Worth visiting!