Safari Park Opens at 2pm and NOT 10am, why? (Longleat Safari Park)

Member Name: swindoom

Product:	Longleat Safari Park
Date:	12/08/09 (114 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice place for a picnic

Disadvantages: Four hour wait for safari park.

This is my review of our visit yesterday, Tuesday the 11 of August 2009.

Extremely disappointing and a complete waste of a day. We travelled almost two hours arriving just after 10am, the time stated on the website and other literature as the opening time, to visit the safari park only to find it was not open until 2pm, with no explanation as to why. The signs, located very close to the car park, indicating it would not open until 2pm seem fairly permanent so why do they not update the website to reflect this change. As a result, lots of unhappy people milling around waiting for the safari park to open, hence huge queues for all the other attractions. Did not see the point of waiting around for four hours for the safari park to open so decided to visit Lacock Abbey instead.
Considering all the other excellent places to visit in that area of the south-west I was surprised at Longleat for being so thoughtless.
Note: Take you own food and drink as the prices charged are high

Summary: Do not go too early.