Flambards -not worth a 60 mile drive! (Flambards Village Theme Park)

Member Name: DunlopBCFC

Product:	Flambards Village Theme Park
Date:	19/08/02 (217 review reads)
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Advantages: Victorian Village, The Extreme Ride

Disadvantages: Not many rides, Expensive, Rides not available

It is August 2002 and the weather in North Cornwall is not very good. Ah, TV adverts for a place called Flambards - "it looks like Drayton Manor" said my 13 year old Son. A leaflet also made it look very exciting. So an hour and a half later we arrive. Loads of car parking space. It was £11.95 per adult and £7.95 for children so for the 3 of us it was £32. Family tickets are available. Whilst queing we noticed a board outside explaining that the latest attraction "Thunderbolt" was not available and had been replaced by a carousel ride - when we got inside we found this was a little ride for 6 year olds! The roller coaster is tame. The log flume is a joke. You get in, are then pulled up a steep incline and then you then roll down through the water (you do get wet) - then you roll round to the start and get out - that's it. The extreme ride is good and scary. At one point you are held upside down for a few seconds with only the shoulder harness between you and the ground.
At this point you have really done the "free" rides and they are just not that good to keep going on. Lots of other things COST. I am glad I didn't have to queue for the rides because I would have been seriously upset.
The plus point for me was the Victorian Village - but my 13 year old was bored stiff.
As my wife was not really interested in the rides I would have rather gone to a fair and spent £32+£15 petrol money on the rides for myself and son. Unless you are local it is not worth a long special journey and if your children have experience of Alton Towers or Drayton Manor then expect some long faces if you do go.

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