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Attractions in Barry |
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28/05/02 (454 review reads) |
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Advantages: Never very busy
Disadvantages: Ride Operators, Cleanliness, Value for Money
Barry Island Pleasure Park, 'Wales' Premier Pleasure Park'. If this is one of the best in the land I dread to think what some look like. It boasts over 50 rides and attractions - for all ages, all weather facilities, restaurants and disabled facilities. On my visit to the park my first impressions were of a park stuck in the past - the cleanliness of the park was appauling - litter bins full with piles of rubbish stacking up beside them.
*The Rides*
For families with young children the rides (or lack of them) are limited, many rides did not open on the advertised time and many rides in the current park brochere are not present. As for thrill seekers Evoloution is recommended, it is made up of four inclined pillars fixed on concrete foundations and converging on top where a rotating arm is connected by means of two swinging bearings. On the arm top are fixed some counterweights. The Rotating centre holds 10 vehicles with 4 seats each. Both Arm and Rotating Center may rotate in both direction and the speed is adjustable by the Operator.
*Value for Money*
With books of tickets available at six pounds each it is most dissapointing when rides are closed. The Park itself doesn't offer value for money with high food prices and rip-off merchandise
My visit to Barry Island was most dissapointing and do not recommend the park to anyone.
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- 09/03/05 i don't think this is a fair interpretationof barryisland pleasure park. Imyself was an employee there last summer. i think the staff do very well considering we only get paid 3.20 an hour. childrens rides are between 50p and 75p and adults rides range from £1-£1.50. which isn't unreasonable. you can buuy a book of 24 tickets for £6, that would getchildren 8 rides and adults an average of five rides, depending on the chosen rides, as they allrequire a different amount of tickets. The park is cleaned every day at closing time but rubbish does build up throughout the day, but it's a fairground, what do you expect?! the only reason rides do not open at advertised times is because we have to run safety checks to check there wont be a problem when customers get on, unless you'd rather we didn't do that and then you can have some kind of nasty accident if you like. also, we do have to wait for the operators to arrive, i mean, we all travel by public transport, so sometimes we are a little late. last summer, every ride was open within half hour after the advertised times, except when there was a problem and we had to keep them shut to fix them. obviously. although i have to agree with the food prices, some of the neighbouring food outlets are expensive, but some places are also reasonably priced. in the chipshopyou get a tray of chips for £1, is that expensive? i think not. thankyou siree
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- 29/05/02 Brief and to the point..... Very Useful to me..... I'll avoid this place like the plague.
Sadly some people seem to think very Useful opinions = length.
Length does not equal quality or usefulness.
Some of the crowned opinions I've come across are not useful at all..... with all the padding it's like opening up a tee-chest at Christmas only to find you've got a thimble as present..... when you don't even sow.
Anyway, welcome to dooyoo and don't let others put you off giving your opinion.
Anyone wanting to know your opinion of Barry Island Pleasure Park should find this very useful..... anybody wanting to know more should buy the guidebook.... and dooyo should have a link to the guidebook to help the consumer buy the product.
I'v e heard all about the consumer being the one we're supposed to be writing for but the truth of the matter, as you will see by how people rate and the comments they leave -- on the opinions they read and rate -- is that a lot of people are writing for their own cirlce of readers and those looking for a circle of readers.
Hey this comment is getting so long, I might put it out as an opinion :)
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- 28/05/02 Hey again, I see you're kinda new to all this, maybe if you read a couple of other ops around the site you'll get an idea of the general quality expected. If you need any help feel free to drop me a line - weaseiscool@aol.com Welcome to dooyoo :) |
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