M and D's Scotland's Theme Park

I could not recommend this theme park to anyone with children. We took up the deal with the hotel and theme park included. The hotel was first class with very friendly staff I would have no problem staying there again if it was not for the theme park attached to it. We entered the theme park only to find that on nearly all the rides both my children could not join in together my first child is 8 and the second 6 with very little height difference in them. The park was not very busy with most rides empty or only with a few people on them but a very strict height restriction was in place not only for being big enough due to health and safety requirements which i can ...

The kids had been talking about Blackpool non stop since we took them there last year so we decided to treat them to a day out at M and D's theme park which is much closer to home. I loved to go to the shows as a kid but the cost of taking three kids out for a day quickly adds up so going to a theme park with unlimited rides for a set price seemed a good option for us. There were five of us in our party, two adults and three kids aged eleven, seven and six. The six year old was under the 1.30m height for riding unsupervised on almost all rides, the seven year old reached the 1.30m limit when his hair was spiked up high so managed both the kiddie and bigger rides and the ...

I live quite near Strathclyde park and was thrilled when they first decided to build M and D's here, advertising it as Scotland's first theme park. However, once built I realised it was a far cry from Alton Towers or Thorpe Park, although it is an alright day out if you live nearby. Strathclyde park itself is easy enough to find, being located between Motherwell and Hamilton, both of which are not far from Glasgow. The park itself is built round a loch, round which you can walk or cycle (bikes are available for hire) or you can even hire boats or pay for a motorboat ride on the lake itself. You can't miss M and D's from anywhere within the park as ...