The worst place on the east coast? Yes, definitely (Fantasy Island Skegness)

Member Name: stuff10

Product:	Fantasy Island Skegness
Date:	27/09/09 (109 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Erm, £15 for a day's wristband isn't bad

Disadvantages: Horrible place, horrible people. Urgh

I'm gonna admit it right from the start - I'm a snob. English seaside resorts are below me, I'd much rather be lapping up the sunshine in Tenerife or Barbodos than enduring the sewage-infested waters of the British coast. However, despite this, I've just come back from a day in Ingoldmells and Skeggy and I can honestly say that Ingoldmells is an absolute craphole.

With the warm weather we've had in the last couple of days, the wife wanted to spend some time together and suggested a combined trip to Skegness and Ingoldmells, which I agreed to. We went to Ingoldmells first and having not been there for a few years, I can do nothing to hide my disappointment.

Fantasy Island (and Ingoldmells in general) is everything you'd expect from a seaside resort - awful, tacky and full of the UK's underclasses... you know the type - plain white sleeveless t-shirts, 400 tattoos, 5 packets of fags and a pushchair.

For those of you luckily enough not to have been to Fantasy Island, I'll give you a bit of background: Fantasy Island is a small theme park located in Ingoldmells just to the north of Skegness on the east coast of England. It has a couple of roller coasters, a log flume, an awful market and a heck of a lot of horrible-looking people.

For those you interested in the rides, the roller coasters did look quite interesting. One of the coasters was a traditional sit-down affair with the other one suspending you in the air like Nemesis in Alton Towers. Both coasters go upside down which strikes them off the list in my view as I'm not the world's greatest thrill-seeker! If you wanted to go on the rides, you can pay £15 for an all-day wristband, which to be honest isn't too bad in this day and age.

Strangely for a theme park, it also has a market which sells... well to be honest it sells crap. Nothing you'd ever really want, but plenty that the underclasses will buy - knock-off sunglasses and (presumably) stolen "designer" goods from the likes of Henleys and Bench.

If you can't tell from the above, I'm not a fan of Fantasy Island or Ingoldmells in general. Will I ever go back? No, no I won't.

Summary: An awful awful awful awful place